Derrick Flakoll
@dflakoll.bsky.social
Policy @BloombergNEF - US and Canadian industrial strategy, trade, regulations, etc. UNC and @harvardkennedy.bsky.social
alum. Category-5 brainstormer. Views are my own, likes & reposts are not endorsements, etc.
alum. Category-5 brainstormer. Views are my own, likes & reposts are not endorsements, etc.
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since we're talking about pies- one of my favorite internet traditions is r/costco every year, without fail, featuring multiple top-of-page posts of people completely agog at the scale of the costco pumpkin pie display. it must feel like walking onto a sherman tank factory floor in 1944
November 25, 2025 at 11:26 PM
since we're talking about pies- one of my favorite internet traditions is r/costco every year, without fail, featuring multiple top-of-page posts of people completely agog at the scale of the costco pumpkin pie display. it must feel like walking onto a sherman tank factory floor in 1944
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As mayor of New York Mamdani controls access to the one thing Trump values above all else: tickets to CATS.
November 22, 2025 at 1:09 AM
As mayor of New York Mamdani controls access to the one thing Trump values above all else: tickets to CATS.
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Not only that, but Greek sculptors in Afghanistan were the first to depict the Buddha in human form, and all of our imagery of him - including his robes - descends from this school.
"Greeks living in Afghanistan were Buddhist 500 years before China and a thousand years before Southeast Asia" is one of those things that sounds made up but is in fact true
November 21, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Not only that, but Greek sculptors in Afghanistan were the first to depict the Buddha in human form, and all of our imagery of him - including his robes - descends from this school.
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Our new Focus issue "Rethinking Waste" is live! We’re thrilled to present a human-centred look at sustainable waste management. [1/14] www.nature.com/collections/...
November 21, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Our new Focus issue "Rethinking Waste" is live! We’re thrilled to present a human-centred look at sustainable waste management. [1/14] www.nature.com/collections/...
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For @ggwash.org, Tobias Peter and I discuss our proposal that DC legalize redevelopment of large single-family lots into duplexes, triplexes, and townhomes: ggwash.org/view/101486/...
November 20, 2025 at 1:37 AM
For @ggwash.org, Tobias Peter and I discuss our proposal that DC legalize redevelopment of large single-family lots into duplexes, triplexes, and townhomes: ggwash.org/view/101486/...
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Kind of amazing how Speaker Johnson used the phone a friend lifeline to get John Thune to bail him out on Epstein and Thune just backed the truck right over him.
November 19, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Kind of amazing how Speaker Johnson used the phone a friend lifeline to get John Thune to bail him out on Epstein and Thune just backed the truck right over him.
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new paper by Sean Westwood:
With current technology, it is impossible to tell whether survey respondents are real or bots. Among other things, makes it easy for bad actors to manipulate outcomes. No good news here for the future of online-based survey research
With current technology, it is impossible to tell whether survey respondents are real or bots. Among other things, makes it easy for bad actors to manipulate outcomes. No good news here for the future of online-based survey research
November 18, 2025 at 7:16 PM
new paper by Sean Westwood:
With current technology, it is impossible to tell whether survey respondents are real or bots. Among other things, makes it easy for bad actors to manipulate outcomes. No good news here for the future of online-based survey research
With current technology, it is impossible to tell whether survey respondents are real or bots. Among other things, makes it easy for bad actors to manipulate outcomes. No good news here for the future of online-based survey research
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you see, I have this need to scream into the void. physically incapable of shutting the fuck up. I do not enjoy the void screaming back
November 19, 2025 at 3:31 AM
you see, I have this need to scream into the void. physically incapable of shutting the fuck up. I do not enjoy the void screaming back
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truly a phenomenal night for messy bitches who love drama
(it's me I'm bitches)
(it's me I'm bitches)
November 18, 2025 at 4:25 AM
truly a phenomenal night for messy bitches who love drama
(it's me I'm bitches)
(it's me I'm bitches)
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Charlotte-Mecklebburg Schools, according to reports, saw 15% of its students absent today amid Border Patrol operations in Charlotte. If that percentage of 15% happens Tuesday in Wake County due to the Border Patrol coming to Raleigh, 24.000 students could be absent from school. #nced #ncpol #wcpss
November 18, 2025 at 12:59 AM
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The ghost of mortifying scandals jumps out from behind my television. “What are you doing here?” I say.
“Oh I forgot my line, wait, wait, go out and come back in.”
I go out. I come back in.
The ghost of mortifying scandals leaps out again. “Bam-BOO!”
I roll my eyes and flop down on the couch.
“Oh I forgot my line, wait, wait, go out and come back in.”
I go out. I come back in.
The ghost of mortifying scandals leaps out again. “Bam-BOO!”
I roll my eyes and flop down on the couch.
November 18, 2025 at 2:21 AM
The ghost of mortifying scandals jumps out from behind my television. “What are you doing here?” I say.
“Oh I forgot my line, wait, wait, go out and come back in.”
I go out. I come back in.
The ghost of mortifying scandals leaps out again. “Bam-BOO!”
I roll my eyes and flop down on the couch.
“Oh I forgot my line, wait, wait, go out and come back in.”
I go out. I come back in.
The ghost of mortifying scandals leaps out again. “Bam-BOO!”
I roll my eyes and flop down on the couch.
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I was just handed this puppy.
November 16, 2025 at 7:49 PM
I was just handed this puppy.
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it has EVERYTHING. THE BUDDHA. KEITH OLBERMANN. A PLOT TWIST.
November 18, 2025 at 1:22 AM
it has EVERYTHING. THE BUDDHA. KEITH OLBERMANN. A PLOT TWIST.
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My mother in law has this book on her coffee table and the first sentence of chapter 1 is, “one cannot spend 35 years looking at barley without acquiring an enormous amount of observations”
November 17, 2025 at 1:33 AM
My mother in law has this book on her coffee table and the first sentence of chapter 1 is, “one cannot spend 35 years looking at barley without acquiring an enormous amount of observations”
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YOU GUYS WANNA SEE SOMETHING CURSED???? HOW ABOUT NEON GENESIS LEHIGH VALLEY PHANTOMS HOCKEY?????
November 16, 2025 at 11:25 PM
YOU GUYS WANNA SEE SOMETHING CURSED???? HOW ABOUT NEON GENESIS LEHIGH VALLEY PHANTOMS HOCKEY?????
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Some inspiring words on cinema in the streaming era from the Pope.
Yes, THAT Pope.
Yes, THAT Pope.
November 15, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Some inspiring words on cinema in the streaming era from the Pope.
Yes, THAT Pope.
Yes, THAT Pope.
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This is brilliant.
November 15, 2025 at 3:18 PM
This is brilliant.
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This is such a central milestone in parenting. Maybe not on a level with first words, but it's up there.
As a very particular kind of nerd, one of the things I've looked forward to most as a parent is having an in-house third for board game nights.
November 15, 2025 at 4:24 AM
This is such a central milestone in parenting. Maybe not on a level with first words, but it's up there.
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Home insurance is getting less affordable, and less available, as insurers raise prices and pull back from areas with extreme weather. That's forcing families across the country to make tough choices. n.pr/47QGKwH
It's harder to get home insurance. That's changing communities across the U.S.
Home insurance is getting less affordable, and less available, as insurers raise prices and pull back from areas with extreme weather. That's forcing families across the country to make tough choices.
n.pr
November 12, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Home insurance is getting less affordable, and less available, as insurers raise prices and pull back from areas with extreme weather. That's forcing families across the country to make tough choices. n.pr/47QGKwH
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Mongabay launches dedicated Oceans Desk to expand global reporting on marine ecosystems news.mongabay.com/2025/11/mong... 🧪🦑🌎
Mongabay launches dedicated Oceans Desk to expand global reporting on marine ecosystems
With increasing pressures from overfishing, habitat destruction, pollution and climate change, the health of the world’s oceans is imperiled. In response, Mongabay has launched a dedicated Oceans…
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November 12, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Mongabay launches dedicated Oceans Desk to expand global reporting on marine ecosystems news.mongabay.com/2025/11/mong... 🧪🦑🌎
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how did i go so long not knowing we were literally teaching people to read wrong. i knew something wasn't right but jesus christ www.apmreports.org/episode/2019...
How a flawed idea is teaching millions of kids to be poor readers
For decades, schools have taught children the strategies of struggling readers, using a theory about reading that cognitive scientists have repeatedly debunked. And many teachers and parents don't kno...
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November 11, 2025 at 6:18 PM
how did i go so long not knowing we were literally teaching people to read wrong. i knew something wasn't right but jesus christ www.apmreports.org/episode/2019...
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if you told 17 year old me how thoroughly, world-historically vindicated ICP would be within a couple decades...
November 11, 2025 at 4:33 PM
if you told 17 year old me how thoroughly, world-historically vindicated ICP would be within a couple decades...
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It's hard enough even trying to be civil to myself
November 10, 2025 at 6:37 PM
It's hard enough even trying to be civil to myself
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Found this box of beautiful and haunting family photos in front of a house on 15th St NW in DC today. So curious whose they are—some date from around 1900 or earlier
November 7, 2025 at 5:23 AM
Found this box of beautiful and haunting family photos in front of a house on 15th St NW in DC today. So curious whose they are—some date from around 1900 or earlier