As another possible shutdown approaches, here’s the history of U.S. government shutdowns since 1976.

I started reading this book by John Iceland, Eric Silver, and Illana Redstone. Among a host of other courses, it can be a great addition to an intro to sociology course.

Dubai, you are stunning…

I was curious about the bed bug situation in NYC, so I created a map of bedbug reports in the city based on their filing dates. This map covers the period from 1/1-14, 2025.

I guess DeepSeek isn’t interested in this topic.

Maps of Detroit and NYC showing the 2024 election results and the changes compared to the 2020 election.

I agree, it’s not just Nate Silver. Remember this gaslighting?

How things have changed. Imagine going back to 2016/2017 and showing a 20 year old this chart.

Pre-tenure vs tenured

While commute times by bridges and tunnels have decreased, there are other streets and sections of the city where the congestion pricing data, so far, indicate otherwise. Of course it's still too early.

Reading “How to lie with maps” and came across this interesting calculated error.

This is not surprising at all; it's sad and unfortunate. However, I'm glad that we are having conversations today that we couldn't discuss a few years ago.

The most diverse urban counties shifted the most toward Trump - look at the Bronx and Queens.
For more interesting figures, see: www.nytimes.com/2024/12/06/u....

He was Heterodoxy Academy. I’m not quite sure how HxA is right wing because its members are not all right wing. Here’s a recent breakdown of member political orientation. Now if HxA receives funds from a conservative & liberal groups, does that mean it’s conservative?