Dave Deek - BlueSky is Amazing
@davedeek.substack.com
Too Sparkl for Twitter (Big fan of Common Side Effects)
Writes: https://www.governance.fyi
Biases: YIMBY, Urbanist, Antitrust, Right To Repair, Free Speech, Deming’s Fanboy, ML models are useful but against AI Art
Writes: https://www.governance.fyi
Biases: YIMBY, Urbanist, Antitrust, Right To Repair, Free Speech, Deming’s Fanboy, ML models are useful but against AI Art
Any Questions?
October 31, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Any Questions?
It’s just the loudest voices are hellbent on being Vox 2.0 and showcasing they learned *nothing* since 2016
What’s worse they could have use Mamdani to build cred, but they don’t
It says a lot that @whstancil.bsky.social became infinitely more pleasant after the movement became more *honest*
What’s worse they could have use Mamdani to build cred, but they don’t
It says a lot that @whstancil.bsky.social became infinitely more pleasant after the movement became more *honest*
October 26, 2025 at 6:52 AM
It’s just the loudest voices are hellbent on being Vox 2.0 and showcasing they learned *nothing* since 2016
What’s worse they could have use Mamdani to build cred, but they don’t
It says a lot that @whstancil.bsky.social became infinitely more pleasant after the movement became more *honest*
What’s worse they could have use Mamdani to build cred, but they don’t
It says a lot that @whstancil.bsky.social became infinitely more pleasant after the movement became more *honest*
Graham Platner: 46%
Janet Mills: 25%
Jordan Wood: 3%
Not sure: 26%
“After hearing Platner’s statement defending past remarks, 45% said it made them MORE likely to support him"
Platner also sees a 71% favorability among the Dem Base
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Janet Mills: 25%
Jordan Wood: 3%
Not sure: 26%
“After hearing Platner’s statement defending past remarks, 45% said it made them MORE likely to support him"
Platner also sees a 71% favorability among the Dem Base
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October 24, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Graham Platner: 46%
Janet Mills: 25%
Jordan Wood: 3%
Not sure: 26%
“After hearing Platner’s statement defending past remarks, 45% said it made them MORE likely to support him"
Platner also sees a 71% favorability among the Dem Base
substackcdn.com/image/fetch/...
Janet Mills: 25%
Jordan Wood: 3%
Not sure: 26%
“After hearing Platner’s statement defending past remarks, 45% said it made them MORE likely to support him"
Platner also sees a 71% favorability among the Dem Base
substackcdn.com/image/fetch/...
Palantir is worse than a tattoo
October 23, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Palantir is worse than a tattoo
Love him or hate him, Orban does seem to outperforming center governments in trying to increase green energy capacity
Heck, Hungary is even starting to out generating the United Kingdom (per capita) now
Heck, Hungary is even starting to out generating the United Kingdom (per capita) now
October 9, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Love him or hate him, Orban does seem to outperforming center governments in trying to increase green energy capacity
Heck, Hungary is even starting to out generating the United Kingdom (per capita) now
Heck, Hungary is even starting to out generating the United Kingdom (per capita) now
Iceland, one of the coldest countries on the planet, made large investments in electricity generation. Where does it go? Iceland is one of the largest aluminum refiners. The aluminum ore comes from tropical countries and gets shipped to places like Iceland, where electricity (not labor) is cheap
September 21, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Iceland, one of the coldest countries on the planet, made large investments in electricity generation. Where does it go? Iceland is one of the largest aluminum refiners. The aluminum ore comes from tropical countries and gets shipped to places like Iceland, where electricity (not labor) is cheap
Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild & Studio Ghibli movies boost happiness by fostering exploration, calm, purpose and skill mastery
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
September 16, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild & Studio Ghibli movies boost happiness by fostering exploration, calm, purpose and skill mastery
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
September 14, 2025 at 8:02 PM
I fell down multiple research rabbit holes that became hefty boys of an articles (think 10 to 15k words each). Breaking them into digestible series instead
The first one starting today: “Are we measuring fertility wrong?”
open.substack.com/pub/governan...
The first one starting today: “Are we measuring fertility wrong?”
open.substack.com/pub/governan...
August 25, 2025 at 6:19 PM
I fell down multiple research rabbit holes that became hefty boys of an articles (think 10 to 15k words each). Breaking them into digestible series instead
The first one starting today: “Are we measuring fertility wrong?”
open.substack.com/pub/governan...
The first one starting today: “Are we measuring fertility wrong?”
open.substack.com/pub/governan...
South Park, the OG Free Speech Warriors, are taking the gloves off
August 7, 2025 at 5:19 PM
South Park, the OG Free Speech Warriors, are taking the gloves off
July 11, 2025 at 6:38 PM
I like pretty walkable places
July 9, 2025 at 7:52 PM
I like pretty walkable places
What the hell is that?!??
June 22, 2025 at 12:08 AM
What the hell is that?!??
Nothing pairs better with beer than jazz & automation
June 19, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Nothing pairs better with beer than jazz & automation
June 19, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Captain Sisko in DS9: My father always says, the way to a woman's heart is through her stomach
June 3, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Captain Sisko in DS9: My father always says, the way to a woman's heart is through her stomach
We have plenty of case studies showing that a little dab of density (just imagine how much more by turning a dab into a glaze!) deliver a better product (better neighborhoods, better cities, better places to live.)
Yet when discussing housing, people have a bad habit using McKinsey speak, bleh!
Yet when discussing housing, people have a bad habit using McKinsey speak, bleh!
June 1, 2025 at 3:53 AM
We have plenty of case studies showing that a little dab of density (just imagine how much more by turning a dab into a glaze!) deliver a better product (better neighborhoods, better cities, better places to live.)
Yet when discussing housing, people have a bad habit using McKinsey speak, bleh!
Yet when discussing housing, people have a bad habit using McKinsey speak, bleh!
After Czechoslovakia's breakup in 1993, these are virtually identical except for family policy:
- Both reduced family spending through the mid-1990s
- Slovakia cut more aggressively
- Czechia expanded benefits during 2005-2008, 2018
- Slovakia's family spending continued falling until 2018
- Both reduced family spending through the mid-1990s
- Slovakia cut more aggressively
- Czechia expanded benefits during 2005-2008, 2018
- Slovakia's family spending continued falling until 2018
May 13, 2025 at 2:31 PM
After Czechoslovakia's breakup in 1993, these are virtually identical except for family policy:
- Both reduced family spending through the mid-1990s
- Slovakia cut more aggressively
- Czechia expanded benefits during 2005-2008, 2018
- Slovakia's family spending continued falling until 2018
- Both reduced family spending through the mid-1990s
- Slovakia cut more aggressively
- Czechia expanded benefits during 2005-2008, 2018
- Slovakia's family spending continued falling until 2018
Japan implemented major family support increases in 2010 with measurable effects:
- Japan's fertility would have plummeted from about 1.4 to 0.8 children per woman without intervention, according to synthetic control modeling
- Instead, Japan maintained fertility around 1.3-1.4 through 2022
- Japan's fertility would have plummeted from about 1.4 to 0.8 children per woman without intervention, according to synthetic control modeling
- Instead, Japan maintained fertility around 1.3-1.4 through 2022
May 13, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Japan implemented major family support increases in 2010 with measurable effects:
- Japan's fertility would have plummeted from about 1.4 to 0.8 children per woman without intervention, according to synthetic control modeling
- Instead, Japan maintained fertility around 1.3-1.4 through 2022
- Japan's fertility would have plummeted from about 1.4 to 0.8 children per woman without intervention, according to synthetic control modeling
- Instead, Japan maintained fertility around 1.3-1.4 through 2022
Hungary's fertility rose from 1.25 in 2012 to 1.52 in 2022 after implementing:
- Constitutional protection of marriage (2012)
- Marriage bonuses
- Family Housing Support Program/CSOK program subsidizing home loans for young families
- Expanded cash benefits (with more added in 2024)
- Constitutional protection of marriage (2012)
- Marriage bonuses
- Family Housing Support Program/CSOK program subsidizing home loans for young families
- Expanded cash benefits (with more added in 2024)
May 13, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Hungary's fertility rose from 1.25 in 2012 to 1.52 in 2022 after implementing:
- Constitutional protection of marriage (2012)
- Marriage bonuses
- Family Housing Support Program/CSOK program subsidizing home loans for young families
- Expanded cash benefits (with more added in 2024)
- Constitutional protection of marriage (2012)
- Marriage bonuses
- Family Housing Support Program/CSOK program subsidizing home loans for young families
- Expanded cash benefits (with more added in 2024)
