Nate Jensen
@natemjensen.bsky.social
Professor of Government at UT Austin. Here until Jeff Bezos buys this platform.
If you follow me, I will hate on you.
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Nate Jensen
@natemjensen.bsky.social
· Nov 19
I'm trying to have more posts than followers.
It would help if some of you would leave.
It would help if some of you would leave.
I forgot about this place.
October 26, 2025 at 10:06 PM
I forgot about this place.
I find the lack of NFL posts here a systemic failure.
September 12, 2025 at 3:11 PM
I find the lack of NFL posts here a systemic failure.
At the DMV. I am ticket R55. They called just called T51, I7, and P8. Like a dystopian novel here.
September 12, 2025 at 3:07 PM
At the DMV. I am ticket R55. They called just called T51, I7, and P8. Like a dystopian novel here.
This place is still a little too earnest for me.
September 7, 2025 at 8:00 PM
This place is still a little too earnest for me.
$5 billion more in subsidies? They already started construction. Why add $5 billion to a project already here?
www.syracuse.com/micron/2025/...
www.syracuse.com/micron/2025/...
Trump’s big bill boosts Micron’s tax break for Clay chip plants by about $5 billion
Trump's tax and spending law gives a bigger tax credit to semiconductor manufacturers who build new plants.
www.syracuse.com
August 8, 2025 at 6:18 PM
$5 billion more in subsidies? They already started construction. Why add $5 billion to a project already here?
www.syracuse.com/micron/2025/...
www.syracuse.com/micron/2025/...
These WNBA team valuations are so high yet so many claim they are losing money. Would love to read more on the economics of the league.
www.espn.com/wnba/story/_...
www.espn.com/wnba/story/_...
Source: C's minority owner buying Sun for $325M
A group led by Celtics minority owner Steve Pagliuca has a deal in place to buy the WNBA's Connecticut Sun for a record $325 million and plans to move the team to Boston, a source confirmed to ESPN.
www.espn.com
August 5, 2025 at 6:18 PM
These WNBA team valuations are so high yet so many claim they are losing money. Would love to read more on the economics of the league.
www.espn.com/wnba/story/_...
www.espn.com/wnba/story/_...
Complicated story. Ford says they would have built even without tax credits. This project was popular with state officials but locals tried to block it. The politics is complex.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/09/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/09/b...
Ford Says Battery Plant’s Tax Break Survived Republican Attacks
www.nytimes.com
July 10, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Complicated story. Ford says they would have built even without tax credits. This project was popular with state officials but locals tried to block it. The politics is complex.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/09/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/09/b...
These Gold Cup tickets are expensive!
June 24, 2025 at 11:44 PM
These Gold Cup tickets are expensive!
I honestly forgot about this site. Can I point out that covering “only” 25% of a stadium’s costs is still madness.
frontofficesports.com/josh-harris-...
frontofficesports.com/josh-harris-...
Josh Harris Delivers What Dan Snyder Couldn’t: A D.C. Stadium
A newly struck $3.8 billion stadium deal further shows how Commanders owner Josh Harris accomplished what predecessor Dan Snyder could not.
frontofficesports.com
April 28, 2025 at 8:43 PM
I honestly forgot about this site. Can I point out that covering “only” 25% of a stadium’s costs is still madness.
frontofficesports.com/josh-harris-...
frontofficesports.com/josh-harris-...
Reposted by Nate Jensen
🚨Check out this hot off the presses article with @ericjstokan.bsky.social and @natemjensen.bsky.social in Policy Studies Journal! In the paper, we examine public support for the Amazon HQ2 development across space and time, in a novel application of the political market framework!
April 3, 2025 at 8:02 PM
🚨Check out this hot off the presses article with @ericjstokan.bsky.social and @natemjensen.bsky.social in Policy Studies Journal! In the paper, we examine public support for the Amazon HQ2 development across space and time, in a novel application of the political market framework!
I’m too tired to write up anything on Texas Film Incentives. Half a billion $ coming to Hollywood.
March 19, 2025 at 2:22 PM
I’m too tired to write up anything on Texas Film Incentives. Half a billion $ coming to Hollywood.
Painful grifter ad on Texas film incentives.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpgr...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpgr...
True To Texas - Let's Bring Productions Home
YouTube video by True to Texas
www.youtube.com
February 20, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Painful grifter ad on Texas film incentives.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpgr...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpgr...
Is cyrpto good for reducing government central reserve risk?
Economists: What? Wait, what?
www.kentclarkcenter.org/surveys/cryp...
Economists: What? Wait, what?
www.kentclarkcenter.org/surveys/cryp...
Crypto Holdings by US Public Authorities - Clark Center Forum
This Finance survey examines (a) Central banks’ international reserves portfolios would have substantially lower risk if they were to hold a substantial portion of their reserves in crypto assets; (b)...
www.kentclarkcenter.org
February 20, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Is cyrpto good for reducing government central reserve risk?
Economists: What? Wait, what?
www.kentclarkcenter.org/surveys/cryp...
Economists: What? Wait, what?
www.kentclarkcenter.org/surveys/cryp...
Hard to be invested in a MLS team when most of the team turns over in the offseason.
February 16, 2025 at 3:57 AM
Hard to be invested in a MLS team when most of the team turns over in the offseason.
Steel tariffs. Old school.
February 10, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Steel tariffs. Old school.
That was one of my favorite halftime shows. Music and backup dancers. No over the top on the production. Mostly just music.
It helps that my kids knew Kendrick.
“Who is Usher?”
It helps that my kids knew Kendrick.
“Who is Usher?”
February 10, 2025 at 4:06 AM
That was one of my favorite halftime shows. Music and backup dancers. No over the top on the production. Mostly just music.
It helps that my kids knew Kendrick.
“Who is Usher?”
It helps that my kids knew Kendrick.
“Who is Usher?”
Is Musk a remote Tesla CEO now?
February 5, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Is Musk a remote Tesla CEO now?
This is horrible.
www.austinchronicle.com/news/2025-01...
www.austinchronicle.com/news/2025-01...
Living on the Streets Can Cut Your Life Short by 20 Years, New Report Finds
Community leaders say more housing and services will help
www.austinchronicle.com
January 17, 2025 at 3:29 PM
This is horrible.
www.austinchronicle.com/news/2025-01...
www.austinchronicle.com/news/2025-01...
My 7 year old might win our family NFL playoff pool. She picked based on animal/color.
January 13, 2025 at 2:32 PM
My 7 year old might win our family NFL playoff pool. She picked based on animal/color.
People here are freaking out about 40 degrees and possible rain.
January 9, 2025 at 3:44 PM
People here are freaking out about 40 degrees and possible rain.
I worry Aaron Rodgers might be our next university president.
January 7, 2025 at 10:56 PM
I worry Aaron Rodgers might be our next university president.
I feel like this could be coming to other states.
www.news9.com/story/677d1b...
www.news9.com/story/677d1b...
Hundreds Rally At State Capitol Against Green Energy Initiatives
Hundreds of people rallied at the Oklahoma State Capitol on Tuesday, where Republican lawmakers and Attorney General Gentner Drummond spoke to oppose green energy initiatives, while Democratic leaders...
www.news9.com
January 7, 2025 at 9:58 PM
I feel like this could be coming to other states.
www.news9.com/story/677d1b...
www.news9.com/story/677d1b...