Geoff Allen
@gallen89.bsky.social
Political scientist; electoral systems, party politics, representation
Phoenix Suns fan
https://geoff-allen.weebly.com/notes-on-moment
Phoenix Suns fan
https://geoff-allen.weebly.com/notes-on-moment
Jordan Ott should have waved the white flag about 3 minutes ago. Someone's going to get hurt for no good reason. We're down 3 starters! Let it go!
November 25, 2025 at 4:58 AM
Jordan Ott should have waved the white flag about 3 minutes ago. Someone's going to get hurt for no good reason. We're down 3 starters! Let it go!
I get a feeling we're going back to the way things were with the team in 2020-21. We talk too much to consistently get foul calls.
November 25, 2025 at 4:40 AM
I get a feeling we're going back to the way things were with the team in 2020-21. We talk too much to consistently get foul calls.
I struggle with the idea that The Last Jedi should be that high. I'd have it down 3 or so spots lower.
November 25, 2025 at 1:53 AM
I struggle with the idea that The Last Jedi should be that high. I'd have it down 3 or so spots lower.
Reposted by Geoff Allen
🚨We analyzed 138 million geocoded property tax records to quantify how municipal boundaries spatially overlap onto economic segregation in every US metro area—creating disparities in localities’ ability to fund public goods. And we made an interactive map of our results! [1/16]
November 24, 2025 at 4:31 PM
🚨We analyzed 138 million geocoded property tax records to quantify how municipal boundaries spatially overlap onto economic segregation in every US metro area—creating disparities in localities’ ability to fund public goods. And we made an interactive map of our results! [1/16]
This new crop of referees is really, really bad man. Thin-skinned and inconsistent.
November 24, 2025 at 2:42 AM
This new crop of referees is really, really bad man. Thin-skinned and inconsistent.
I never realized the disadvantage I had having Thanksgiving in the desert...
November 23, 2025 at 7:50 PM
I never realized the disadvantage I had having Thanksgiving in the desert...
Reposted by Geoff Allen
Our paper just got accepted in the @thejop.bsky.social 🎉 and is now on the journal website: www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/... For me personally, it's a milestone: my first paper accepted after a peer review!
November 22, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Our paper just got accepted in the @thejop.bsky.social 🎉 and is now on the journal website: www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/... For me personally, it's a milestone: my first paper accepted after a peer review!
Joe Ingles was celebrating with Royce O'Neale, hahaha.
November 22, 2025 at 4:45 AM
Joe Ingles was celebrating with Royce O'Neale, hahaha.
The officiating crew in this Suns v Wolves game is bad. The Wolves would probably still be winning this game without a favorable whistle, but they've gotten 6 really, really questionable calls. About 1/2 through the 3rd quarter the crew just radically altered the whistle.
November 22, 2025 at 4:33 AM
The officiating crew in this Suns v Wolves game is bad. The Wolves would probably still be winning this game without a favorable whistle, but they've gotten 6 really, really questionable calls. About 1/2 through the 3rd quarter the crew just radically altered the whistle.
Reposted by Geoff Allen
We spent a year investigating billionaires for @washingtonpost.com.
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
November 21, 2025 at 2:56 PM
We spent a year investigating billionaires for @washingtonpost.com.
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
The thing I think that is important to emphasize is that mortgages even on stagnant homes are asset-accruing for folks, because they're buying principal that they recoup as opposed to renting. Sure, it's less effective as a wealth generating tool. But it isn't ineffective.
November 21, 2025 at 3:20 PM
The thing I think that is important to emphasize is that mortgages even on stagnant homes are asset-accruing for folks, because they're buying principal that they recoup as opposed to renting. Sure, it's less effective as a wealth generating tool. But it isn't ineffective.
It also so often leads them to just write to the rubric. Which is horrible.
November 21, 2025 at 12:01 AM
It also so often leads them to just write to the rubric. Which is horrible.
They gotta bring Frank the Tank out of the commentators booth.
November 17, 2025 at 4:14 AM
They gotta bring Frank the Tank out of the commentators booth.
Just felt like there wasn't an effective counter to the five out lineup in the 4th.
November 17, 2025 at 4:02 AM
Just felt like there wasn't an effective counter to the five out lineup in the 4th.
The lack of a stretch big on the roster REALLY hurt this game. I think, in hindsight, I would have liked to see Ott put NHD in during that 4th quarter.
November 17, 2025 at 3:53 AM
The lack of a stretch big on the roster REALLY hurt this game. I think, in hindsight, I would have liked to see Ott put NHD in during that 4th quarter.
Feels like the first time this season Ott didn't know how to manage his roster. No Dunn or O'Neale down the stretch was a bad choice.
November 17, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Feels like the first time this season Ott didn't know how to manage his roster. No Dunn or O'Neale down the stretch was a bad choice.
He's just gotta go. He's been unwilling to dump coordinators or make changes until VERY recently. Nothing to indicate he understands the issues.
November 17, 2025 at 1:08 AM
He's just gotta go. He's been unwilling to dump coordinators or make changes until VERY recently. Nothing to indicate he understands the issues.
Also, I think he's showing that it isn't necessarily our personnel that is the problem.
November 17, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Also, I think he's showing that it isn't necessarily our personnel that is the problem.
I'll take him over Kyler for the foreseeable future.
November 17, 2025 at 12:21 AM
I'll take him over Kyler for the foreseeable future.
AND he's the new NFL completions in a game record holder!
November 17, 2025 at 12:13 AM
AND he's the new NFL completions in a game record holder!
Listen, he's pretty good as a backup for my fantasy team.
November 17, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Listen, he's pretty good as a backup for my fantasy team.
It's mostly playing the Cardinals offense at this point.
November 16, 2025 at 11:21 PM
It's mostly playing the Cardinals offense at this point.
You must believe in The Brisket.
November 16, 2025 at 8:09 PM
You must believe in The Brisket.
Reposted by Geoff Allen
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Jordan Ott has Suns winning where everyone in NBA wants to
It doesn't take long watching the Phoenix Suns to see how much buy-in they have for their head coach Jordan Ott and how he wants them to play basketball.
arizonasports.com
November 16, 2025 at 7:50 PM
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