At my college the roof of the education building collapsed into the third floor, centered on one faculty office room, and that faculty member would have died if he wasn't getting coffee at that precise time

Good morning, election data nerds! Here's a Monday morning present for you: we've finished updating our county-level presidential election results dataset to include 2024. The full dataset (covering 2000-2024) is now available on our Dataverse: buff.ly/eUGYc1h

And hey, why not, let's end the night with a Democratic overperformance in a deeply Republican, rural part of Alabama.

Republicans hold onto this Trump+74 seat by 72 points.

Ukrainian ancestry by State Senate District (or equivalent)! This is the second biggest project I’ve made so far this year!

New from me @sfjournal.bsky.social. I find the link between Christian nationalism & authoritarianism extends to the home. Specifically, Christian nationalism predicts adults prioritizing kids' obedience over independent thought & hard spanking as the way to keep kids in line.
doi.org/10.1093/sf/s...

538-style poll collection has now been recreated by a small group of fans and former staff. all fully transparent and public now. return of live public aggregation is imminent

docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

The Freedom Riders Museum in Montgomery, housed in the former Greyhound bus station where riders were attacked in 1961, appears to be on the DOGE list of properties to be sold off.

www.alreporter.com/2025/03/06/h...

This article came out the day I got a denial notice from UW Madison's grad program 😔

Among members, advertising, credit claiming, and position taking now revolve exclusively around one person.

Are any former presidents going to issue a statement about government capacity imploding?

Might post stuff here, might not