J.D. Lande
@jdlande.bsky.social
Statistician. Love music. Used to play in a band. Would love to again some day. Lover of Scrabble and NYT puzzles. Coach and mentor.
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Firing the BLS Commissioner — the wonk in charge of the statisticians who track economic reality — is an authoritarian four alarm fire.
It will also backfire: You can't bend economic reality, but you can break the trust of markets. And biased data yields worse policy.
It will also backfire: You can't bend economic reality, but you can break the trust of markets. And biased data yields worse policy.
August 1, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Firing the BLS Commissioner — the wonk in charge of the statisticians who track economic reality — is an authoritarian four alarm fire.
It will also backfire: You can't bend economic reality, but you can break the trust of markets. And biased data yields worse policy.
It will also backfire: You can't bend economic reality, but you can break the trust of markets. And biased data yields worse policy.
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Krugman again on the money paulkrugman.substack.com/p/this-is-no...
Like Krugman, I've never been a Newsom fan, but he's right, everyone who cares about democracy should be backing him now.
Like Krugman, I've never been a Newsom fan, but he's right, everyone who cares about democracy should be backing him now.
This Is Not a Drill
American democracy is on the line right now
paulkrugman.substack.com
June 12, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Krugman again on the money paulkrugman.substack.com/p/this-is-no...
Like Krugman, I've never been a Newsom fan, but he's right, everyone who cares about democracy should be backing him now.
Like Krugman, I've never been a Newsom fan, but he's right, everyone who cares about democracy should be backing him now.
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When I feel powerless amidst all the crazy, it's helpful to me to just do something. My something was taking the time to talk to NPR about why we should not cut federal data collection. I realize it won't change many minds. But it was something: www.marketplace.org/episode/2025... #econsky #dataecon
What if government data becomes untrustworthy?
It won’t be good for businesses that need to predict tomorrow’s economy. Plus, the warehousing sector, hard versus soft data and Utah’s booming culture of entrepreneurship.
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June 4, 2025 at 1:14 AM
When I feel powerless amidst all the crazy, it's helpful to me to just do something. My something was taking the time to talk to NPR about why we should not cut federal data collection. I realize it won't change many minds. But it was something: www.marketplace.org/episode/2025... #econsky #dataecon
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April 5, 2025 at 2:50 AM
This totally reminds me of the “I, Mudd” episode of Star Trek, where an android is disabled through the liar’s paradox.
I had to check these posts by Grok - Elon Musk’s AI bot - to see if they were real.
Grok keeps labeling Musk a “top misinformation spreader on X” - including with respect to American elections. That’s of course true - but surprising to see it stated so bluntly by Grok!
Grok keeps labeling Musk a “top misinformation spreader on X” - including with respect to American elections. That’s of course true - but surprising to see it stated so bluntly by Grok!
April 6, 2025 at 2:31 AM
This totally reminds me of the “I, Mudd” episode of Star Trek, where an android is disabled through the liar’s paradox.
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Boy did this tweet age poorly.
April 5, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Boy did this tweet age poorly.
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The policy lead for CDC's H5N1 response has abruptly resigned.
Sources tell me CDC's response to the bird flu pandemic has been severely hobbled by the chaos of the past two weeks.
Sources tell me CDC's response to the bird flu pandemic has been severely hobbled by the chaos of the past two weeks.
February 6, 2025 at 3:32 AM
The policy lead for CDC's H5N1 response has abruptly resigned.
Sources tell me CDC's response to the bird flu pandemic has been severely hobbled by the chaos of the past two weeks.
Sources tell me CDC's response to the bird flu pandemic has been severely hobbled by the chaos of the past two weeks.
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Apparently there’s a “kickoff” meeting between the DOGE people and Department of Labor management planned for tomorrow at 4pm ET.
Unrelatedly, the Frances Perkins Building that houses the Dept of Labor is located at 200 Constitution Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20210.
Unrelatedly, the Frances Perkins Building that houses the Dept of Labor is located at 200 Constitution Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20210.
Depr.management
February 5, 2025 at 4:06 AM
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