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fbrady
@fbrady.bsky.social
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https://franciscothebrady.github.io/
i like to code and skim econ papers.
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wild www.nber.org/papers/w34413
screenshot of the paper abstract: We study how Elon Musk's polarizing and partisan actions have impacted Tesla vehicle sales in the United States. Using county-level, monthly data on new vehicle registrations, we leverage how changes in vehicle sales over time diverge across counties with differing shares of Democratic and Republican voters. Without the Musk partisan effect, Tesla sales between October 2022 and April 2025 would have been 67-83% higher, equivalent to 1-1.26 million more vehicles. Musk’s partisan activities also increased the sales of other automakers' electric and hybrid vehicles 17-22% because of substitution, and undermined California’s progress in meeting its zero-emissions vehicle target
October 28, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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image of 2 astronauts in space above earth one in the foreground is pointing a gun at the back of the one farther away. this is a meme format sometimes called “always has been”
August 21, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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picture of JB pritzker with laser eyes on top of a horse and holding a sword in the foreground in from of a map of the united states all in one gold color. above the map the title “The glorious illinois khanate” with two stars labeled on the map: 1. chicago (summer capital), 2. springfield (winter capital)
August 7, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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but really this is good news
anime girl holding an italian beef and a bottle of malort wearing a cubs hat with the text CHICAGO MENTIONED in the foreground
July 17, 2025 at 2:05 AM
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very difficult but i will try
anime girl wearing a cubs hat, holding malort and a beef sandwich with the text “Chicago mentioned” across the bottom of the image
June 25, 2025 at 2:17 AM
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diagram showing a man in chair shifting from leaning back to leaning forward, indicating renewed attention and interest
June 3, 2025 at 2:29 AM
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i feel like this also works with the hello human resources meme
blank hello human resources meme: 1st panel has a suave guy talking to a lady in a cubicle who is not alarmed saying aww you’re sweet. 2nd panel has a nerdier man talking to a lady on the phone saying hello human resources
June 2, 2025 at 1:09 PM
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playlist grade tbd but i like the name
screenshot of the spotify "daylist" title image with the title "noise research thursday afternoon" which sounds kinda cool
May 22, 2025 at 8:40 PM
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sickos meme: guy looking through the window wearing a shirt that says sickos. a voice bubble above him says “yes… ha ha ha yes!”
May 20, 2025 at 12:23 AM
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woo finally closing my jobs spreadsheet tab 🥲
Screenshot of google sheets tab in a browser titled "Job Search 2025". Column names are: Position, Org, City, Deadline, Date Applied, 1st Round, 2nd Round, Data Task?, and Outcome. There are more columns but you get the idea. Only the first 5 rows are shown but it is a big spreadsheet.
May 16, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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i think a stylized census hierarchy diagram is a good one: www2.census.gov/geo/pdfs/ref...
screenshot of census hierarchy diagram
April 5, 2025 at 5:40 PM
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🙀 is stack overflow down?!
screenshot of firefox window with stackoverflow.com web address. The page is black with with text that says: "Something isn't right..." instead of the usual stack overflow website. yikes!
April 2, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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reasonable people can disagree over the scope and size of all of the things the department of education does, but this article did a really good job of explaining the importance of many of them: www.slowboring.com/p/what-the-d...
Screenshot of article: " Everything the Department of Education actually does falls into five categories: Making large foundational investments in schools serving low-income students and students with disabilities and enforcing associated requirements for states to educate the most disadvantaged children in society Running the student loan and grant programs that help about 10 million students a year and managing loan repayment for 40 million Americans Enforcing civil rights laws to ensure that students aren’t discriminated against because of their race, sex, or national origin Compiling data on education, tracking national educational progress, and funding research to figure out what works Administering a range of smaller grant programs for things like charter schools, programming for homeless and foster youth, college access, and institutional support for lower-resourced colleges. Here’s a closer look at the department’s five core functions."
March 19, 2025 at 3:25 AM
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filed under “Cappicola”
screenshot of the Cappicola glossary entry: “dialecized as “cap i coal” or “capa gool”
March 16, 2025 at 4:36 AM
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found something incredible www.ggjaguar.com/glossary.pdf
screenshot of a pdf titled: “The Sopranos: A Viewer’s Glossary for Italian, Southern Italian and Sicilian Dialect Phrases and Naughty Words by Greg Gagliano”
March 16, 2025 at 2:28 AM
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Stata help is so snarky i love it
Screenshot of Stata help document "23 Working with Strings": "The problem is that summarize does not know how to calculate the mean of string variables — how to calculate the mean of “Joe” plus “Bill” plus “Roger” — even when the string variable contains what could be numbers. By using the destring command ([D] destring), the variable mistakenly stored as a str4 can be converted to a numeric variable."
March 10, 2025 at 2:29 AM
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chmod -R 777
What The Hell, Sure Meme Image: a Q&A Instagram Story posted by Jemima Kirke, best known for playing the character Jessa in HBO's Girls.
March 5, 2025 at 4:23 AM
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blonde woman in two panels meme. in panel 1 she is making a grimace face looking off screen. in panel two she seems to be reconsidering with eyebrows raised. these are screenshots from a tiktok user @britneyt445
February 19, 2025 at 7:54 PM
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painting by normal rockwell called freedom of speech. depicts a man standing up with people around him sitting and looking up at him while he is seeming to make a speech or public comment.
February 9, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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always has been meme image with no text. image description: two astronauts in space looking at earth. the astronaut in the foreground is aiming a gun at the astronaut further away with his back turned toward him facing earth.
February 4, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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Public Action in support of refugees at 12pm today in Lafayette Square, DC — cosponsored by @rcusa.bsky.social
screenshot of email text: WHAT: Public action and prayer vigil Speakers: jamie raskin, mariam sayeed, some other people. WHEN: Tuesday, February 4th at 12pm WHERE: Lafayette Square, Washington DC COSPONSORS: Interfaith Immigration Coalition, Refugee Council USA, NOVA Friends of Refugees
February 4, 2025 at 3:39 PM
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🥲
screenshot of an email from IPUMS. text: “Dear Francisco, As you may already be aware, on Friday, January 31, federal agencies removed public data and documentation previously made available via public-facing federal government websites in response to administration directives. The types of data removed include large-scale population data sources that provide vital insight into the health and wellbeing of all communities. We are writing to reassure you that IPUMS data remain available, and that IPUMS remains committed to preserving and democratizing access to the world’s population data.”
February 3, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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holy shit
screenshot from an iphone of census.gov, saying the site is down for maintenance!!!
January 31, 2025 at 9:47 PM
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its not a lot but it's what i can afford. from what i understand most funds are better served by sustained support more than one time donations.
screenshot of an email receipt of donations to the Chicago Abortion Fund. The screenshot shows 12 months of monthly $5.35 donations.
January 30, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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just to add a little levity to the timeline — this cat i swear to the lort
a 6 month old black kitten named xochitl at the absolute top of the cabinet looking like she wants to try to jump and hang from the ceiling.
January 25, 2025 at 6:44 PM