Laurel Eckhouse
@eckhouse.bsky.social
Recovering academic, current data scientist. Current enthusiasms: e bikes, botanical printing, backpacking, talking to insurance companies on the phone.
The sign says SUN VALLEY DAIRY, so the cow is likely related. It’s an old SF dairy, no longer operating. This picture raises a lot of questions for me!
October 1, 2025 at 2:01 PM
The sign says SUN VALLEY DAIRY, so the cow is likely related. It’s an old SF dairy, no longer operating. This picture raises a lot of questions for me!
I miss certain things about being a professor, but prepping for intro to US politics in this environment is not one of them.
July 14, 2025 at 7:48 PM
I miss certain things about being a professor, but prepping for intro to US politics in this environment is not one of them.
Teaching US politics and US law has gotten more and more fun.
July 14, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Teaching US politics and US law has gotten more and more fun.
This is a thing on BART in the Bay Area. Harris hawks, not eagles, but still cool as hell.
June 16, 2025 at 3:21 PM
This is a thing on BART in the Bay Area. Harris hawks, not eagles, but still cool as hell.
I actually have quite a few thoughts on this but none of em are for BlueSky just yet.
May 25, 2025 at 12:50 AM
I actually have quite a few thoughts on this but none of em are for BlueSky just yet.
I usually don’t look at professional survey questions and see an intro methods problem for undergrads, but this poll really seems to be giving its all that way.
May 21, 2025 at 7:38 PM
I usually don’t look at professional survey questions and see an intro methods problem for undergrads, but this poll really seems to be giving its all that way.
How many clauses does the optimal survey question include.
May 21, 2025 at 7:35 PM
How many clauses does the optimal survey question include.
I didn’t grow up with Man Skills but my adult experience is that, as with Woman Skills, you can do an adequate job at the simple ones just by looking things up and giving it a shot.
And then for complex ones (repairing cars, making clothes) very few people actually do it at home anyway.
And then for complex ones (repairing cars, making clothes) very few people actually do it at home anyway.
April 6, 2025 at 1:51 AM
I didn’t grow up with Man Skills but my adult experience is that, as with Woman Skills, you can do an adequate job at the simple ones just by looking things up and giving it a shot.
And then for complex ones (repairing cars, making clothes) very few people actually do it at home anyway.
And then for complex ones (repairing cars, making clothes) very few people actually do it at home anyway.
Thanks! Any faves I should check out?
February 10, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Thanks! Any faves I should check out?
That seems…. not possible.
November 3, 2024 at 3:22 AM
That seems…. not possible.
I’ve seen a lot of numbers go by this year and this is the only one I’ve texted anyone about. If there’s one number to find informative it’s probably the Iowa poll. So what the HELL.
November 3, 2024 at 1:37 AM
I’ve seen a lot of numbers go by this year and this is the only one I’ve texted anyone about. If there’s one number to find informative it’s probably the Iowa poll. So what the HELL.
Iowa is probably easier to poll than many places: more homogeneous, more landlines, more people who answer strange numbers.
But also: Selzer is the undisputed expert on polling the state. Rare to have a smallish homogeneous place with that kind of dedicated expertise.
But also: Selzer is the undisputed expert on polling the state. Rare to have a smallish homogeneous place with that kind of dedicated expertise.
November 3, 2024 at 1:34 AM
Iowa is probably easier to poll than many places: more homogeneous, more landlines, more people who answer strange numbers.
But also: Selzer is the undisputed expert on polling the state. Rare to have a smallish homogeneous place with that kind of dedicated expertise.
But also: Selzer is the undisputed expert on polling the state. Rare to have a smallish homogeneous place with that kind of dedicated expertise.
Also this is going to be mostly an ebike account now I guess.
October 4, 2023 at 1:29 AM
Also this is going to be mostly an ebike account now I guess.
People love to pretend politicians are their friends, one of many worst ways to make a vote choice.
September 26, 2023 at 5:01 AM
People love to pretend politicians are their friends, one of many worst ways to make a vote choice.
At that point many (most?) people could be using e bikes — better for the planet, roads, electric infrastructure, air quality, and health.
August 31, 2023 at 5:45 PM
At that point many (most?) people could be using e bikes — better for the planet, roads, electric infrastructure, air quality, and health.
It’s so awesome. Sometimes I wish I coulda stuck around to be part of it.
August 27, 2023 at 7:28 PM
It’s so awesome. Sometimes I wish I coulda stuck around to be part of it.
The bakfiets appeal is mostly about kid hauling for me.
August 26, 2023 at 9:47 PM
The bakfiets appeal is mostly about kid hauling for me.
I think it’s pretty revelatory that “elite” is (for some people) so separate from actual power and status that an adjunct prof is an “elite” while the ex POTUS isn’t. That is absolutely wild! The message it conveys is exceptionally different from the denotative meaning of the word.
August 26, 2023 at 9:44 PM
I think it’s pretty revelatory that “elite” is (for some people) so separate from actual power and status that an adjunct prof is an “elite” while the ex POTUS isn’t. That is absolutely wild! The message it conveys is exceptionally different from the denotative meaning of the word.
Idk it seems like it’s got some momentum?
August 26, 2023 at 5:08 PM
Idk it seems like it’s got some momentum?
The versions of federal ebike credits I’ve seen have a limit of $8k or so on the bike price — more expensive bike means no rebate. Huge bummer since the cleanest car replacement bikes are front loaders (great for kids, groceries, etc) and they’re often above that.
August 26, 2023 at 5:52 AM
The versions of federal ebike credits I’ve seen have a limit of $8k or so on the bike price — more expensive bike means no rebate. Huge bummer since the cleanest car replacement bikes are front loaders (great for kids, groceries, etc) and they’re often above that.
I deeply covet a bakfiets.
August 26, 2023 at 5:50 AM
I deeply covet a bakfiets.