Mr. Nick Beaudrot
@nbeaudrot.bsky.social
Math Dad.
Aspiring-to-comeback Triathlete.
Fall Out Boy apologist.
Aspiring-to-comeback Triathlete.
Fall Out Boy apologist.
Pinned
Mr. Nick Beaudrot
@nbeaudrot.bsky.social
· Nov 15
"Inflation is very unpopular and the median voter's views on crime and immigration are closer to Trump's than Harris's" is like 90% more accurate than every narrative take out there that focuses on Rogan, trans rights, "the information environment", etc
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Silicon Valley, 1990s: Free and open access to all the world’s knowledge will usher a new utopian age of information!
Silicon Valley, 2025:
Silicon Valley, 2025:
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November 15, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Silicon Valley, 1990s: Free and open access to all the world’s knowledge will usher a new utopian age of information!
Silicon Valley, 2025:
Silicon Valley, 2025:
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The most on-brand and accessible "aggressive" or quick fix Mayor Wilson could do, is to unblock key bus route bottlenecks. Much of our bus lane network is effectively wasted because careless/selfish car drivers routinely queue up blocking bus lane turns every rush hour.
Like here at Valley/Westlake
Like here at Valley/Westlake
November 13, 2025 at 5:39 PM
The most on-brand and accessible "aggressive" or quick fix Mayor Wilson could do, is to unblock key bus route bottlenecks. Much of our bus lane network is effectively wasted because careless/selfish car drivers routinely queue up blocking bus lane turns every rush hour.
Like here at Valley/Westlake
Like here at Valley/Westlake
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I’d also love to see her very aggressively fix some problems, but I’m not hopeful that the electorate would understand that that’s what she’s done. I don’t think it will help her get reelected.
One of the few things the Abundance people are straightforwardly right about is that progressives need to stand up for their values and demonstrate their worth.
Wilson should be *extremely* aggressive in making the city better. Win the next election on outcomes, not process.
Wilson should be *extremely* aggressive in making the city better. Win the next election on outcomes, not process.
The way for progressive mayors to win reelections is to go all in
November 13, 2025 at 4:38 PM
I’d also love to see her very aggressively fix some problems, but I’m not hopeful that the electorate would understand that that’s what she’s done. I don’t think it will help her get reelected.
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Thriller where three women stumble onto a sinister conspiracy in Washington DC but it’s Nancy Mace, Boebert and MTG
November 15, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Thriller where three women stumble onto a sinister conspiracy in Washington DC but it’s Nancy Mace, Boebert and MTG
You can't do scorigamis for individual stat lines. That's not a thing.
November 15, 2025 at 3:32 AM
You can't do scorigamis for individual stat lines. That's not a thing.
Post your favorite Star Trek character, wrong answers only.
November 15, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Post your favorite Star Trek character, wrong answers only.
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This is the way.
You'll ignore this, but every time you tweet angrily about crap like that Nuzzi piece you're confirming NYT editors' intuitions/incentivizing more of it. The entire intellectual/journo model here is, "Does this person get people angry? Yes? OK they're provocative/get talked about. Write about her."
November 15, 2025 at 2:48 AM
This is the way.
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I am amazed at the pre-shutdown conventional wisdom that the anti-government temper tantrum party would somehow "win" the shutdown.
(in practice memories are short and once things are going again approval will improve a bit)
(in practice memories are short and once things are going again approval will improve a bit)
November 4, 2025 at 6:30 PM
I am amazed at the pre-shutdown conventional wisdom that the anti-government temper tantrum party would somehow "win" the shutdown.
(in practice memories are short and once things are going again approval will improve a bit)
(in practice memories are short and once things are going again approval will improve a bit)
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Libs are way better off with less partisan podcasters like Rogan/Theo Von/Andrew Schultz than with hacks like O'Reilly, Hanity, or the various talk radio guys.
Occasional exceptions here like Obama's outreach to Smerconish, but just much harder to get a word in edgewise.
Occasional exceptions here like Obama's outreach to Smerconish, but just much harder to get a word in edgewise.
November 4, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Libs are way better off with less partisan podcasters like Rogan/Theo Von/Andrew Schultz than with hacks like O'Reilly, Hanity, or the various talk radio guys.
Occasional exceptions here like Obama's outreach to Smerconish, but just much harder to get a word in edgewise.
Occasional exceptions here like Obama's outreach to Smerconish, but just much harder to get a word in edgewise.
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I know this affects so many people in so many ways, but for my part, every Iranian I have worked on visas for was a doctor coming (or staying) here to treat patients.
Scoop: The Trump administration is planning a policy change that could make it harder for immigrants to get green cards and other approvals if they are from countries subject to the president’s travel ban, according to internal documents.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/u...
Trump Plan Could Limit Green Cards for Immigrants From Travel Ban Countries
www.nytimes.com
November 14, 2025 at 8:29 PM
I know this affects so many people in so many ways, but for my part, every Iranian I have worked on visas for was a doctor coming (or staying) here to treat patients.
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Benjamin Couillard’s job market paper finds rising housing costs explain 51% of the decline in US total fertility rate between the 2000s and 2010s, and we’d have 11% more births since 1990 without rising costs. Any economics care to opine on the methodology? drive.google.com/file/d/1BK6j...
BKC_JMP.pdf
drive.google.com
November 15, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Benjamin Couillard’s job market paper finds rising housing costs explain 51% of the decline in US total fertility rate between the 2000s and 2010s, and we’d have 11% more births since 1990 without rising costs. Any economics care to opine on the methodology? drive.google.com/file/d/1BK6j...
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By far my biggest guilty pleasure this season has been seeing the weekly RTs of the freaking out that took place last offseason about Seattle's QB situation. Some of them are so good
November 5, 2025 at 7:44 PM
By far my biggest guilty pleasure this season has been seeing the weekly RTs of the freaking out that took place last offseason about Seattle's QB situation. Some of them are so good
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At a conference in Seattle and there's like 999 people dressed in boring business clothes (myself included) and 1 woman in an action green Michael Bennett jersey. Tremendous respect to her
November 15, 2025 at 12:50 AM
At a conference in Seattle and there's like 999 people dressed in boring business clothes (myself included) and 1 woman in an action green Michael Bennett jersey. Tremendous respect to her
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We always look to prior crises to try to understand current risks and I think because we never did bad mortgage underwriting and household/bank leverage are fine people are struggling to understand the risks created by the price imbalance we have in the housing market.
November 14, 2025 at 1:25 PM
We always look to prior crises to try to understand current risks and I think because we never did bad mortgage underwriting and household/bank leverage are fine people are struggling to understand the risks created by the price imbalance we have in the housing market.
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Omigod they finally closed that weird gold bullion tax loophole. I had no idea.
Gold may lose its shine in Seattle next year. Here’s why
As gold prices soared, investors found a way to hedge against economic shocks and sellers cashed out. In Washington, that boom is likely to end next year.
www.seattletimes.com
November 15, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Omigod they finally closed that weird gold bullion tax loophole. I had no idea.
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People care less about labels than results. I was elected on the promise that all Seattle citizens should have access to a dignified life, regardless of their background or income. #thisisyourcity
youtu.be/TNvmWV78ZlM
youtu.be/TNvmWV78ZlM
Katie Wilson: “What SOCIALISM means to me”
YouTube video by Katie Wilson for Seattle
youtu.be
November 14, 2025 at 11:43 PM
People care less about labels than results. I was elected on the promise that all Seattle citizens should have access to a dignified life, regardless of their background or income. #thisisyourcity
youtu.be/TNvmWV78ZlM
youtu.be/TNvmWV78ZlM
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Was looking at this again data yesterday. The BEA’s breakdown of PCE shows that the top 10% don’t even account for 50% of spending *within the categories for which they account for largest proportion of the total*.
November 14, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Was looking at this again data yesterday. The BEA’s breakdown of PCE shows that the top 10% don’t even account for 50% of spending *within the categories for which they account for largest proportion of the total*.
Great piece but I think we're at peak Seahawks, even if they finish 13-4 this level of dominance doesn't feel sustainable (and I think the whuppings unleahsed vs NO/WAS/ARI don't tell us _that_ much)
Now up on @yahoosports.bsky.social
I previewed Seahawks-Rams it all of its glory.
sports.yahoo.com/nfl/article/...
I previewed Seahawks-Rams it all of its glory.
sports.yahoo.com/nfl/article/...
Seahawks vs. Rams: What wrinkles could decide this clash of NFL juggernauts?
Two elite offenses face two elite defenses in this strength-on-strength battle of NFC West leaders. Here's how Nate Tice sees each team attacking the matchup.
sports.yahoo.com
November 14, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Great piece but I think we're at peak Seahawks, even if they finish 13-4 this level of dominance doesn't feel sustainable (and I think the whuppings unleahsed vs NO/WAS/ARI don't tell us _that_ much)
Cal Raleigh was robbed.
November 14, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Cal Raleigh was robbed.
Will Katie Wilson be the mayor of the largest US city who doesn't have a bachelor's degree?
November 14, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Will Katie Wilson be the mayor of the largest US city who doesn't have a bachelor's degree?
Dudes Rock.
November 14, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Dudes Rock.
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My first formal remarks as mayor-elect: When I say, “This is your city,” I mean you have a right to be here, no matter your background. But I also mean that we have a collective responsibility to this place and each other.
#thisisyourcity
#thisisyourcity
November 14, 2025 at 4:03 PM
My first formal remarks as mayor-elect: When I say, “This is your city,” I mean you have a right to be here, no matter your background. But I also mean that we have a collective responsibility to this place and each other.
#thisisyourcity
#thisisyourcity
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[To the tune of Pretty Woman by Roy Orbison]
🎵Baba Yaga
🎵Walking down the street
🎵Baba Yaga
🎵House with chicken feet
🎵Baba Yaga
🎵Baba Yaga
🎵Walking down the street
🎵Baba Yaga
🎵House with chicken feet
🎵Baba Yaga
November 14, 2025 at 1:24 PM
[To the tune of Pretty Woman by Roy Orbison]
🎵Baba Yaga
🎵Walking down the street
🎵Baba Yaga
🎵House with chicken feet
🎵Baba Yaga
🎵Baba Yaga
🎵Walking down the street
🎵Baba Yaga
🎵House with chicken feet
🎵Baba Yaga
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True. And a good reason why society works better when:
1) Members of the legislature and their staffs are very well paid.
2) The legislature of more professionalized and has lots of staff
3) Society is full of powerful institutionalized groups that represent many interests beyond just corporations.
1) Members of the legislature and their staffs are very well paid.
2) The legislature of more professionalized and has lots of staff
3) Society is full of powerful institutionalized groups that represent many interests beyond just corporations.
November 14, 2025 at 3:46 PM
True. And a good reason why society works better when:
1) Members of the legislature and their staffs are very well paid.
2) The legislature of more professionalized and has lots of staff
3) Society is full of powerful institutionalized groups that represent many interests beyond just corporations.
1) Members of the legislature and their staffs are very well paid.
2) The legislature of more professionalized and has lots of staff
3) Society is full of powerful institutionalized groups that represent many interests beyond just corporations.
Why can't Larry Summers go sip wine in the Hamptons or whatever.
November 14, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Why can't Larry Summers go sip wine in the Hamptons or whatever.