Jerald "Jerry" Katz
@jokonomist.bsky.social
Pursuing PhD in Economics at CU Boulder.
Formerly pursuing job in comedy.
Lover of trains, bikes, efficiency, Pigouvian taxes.
Hater of PM2.5, Single Family Zoning, unnecessarily large vehicles.
Formerly pursuing job in comedy.
Lover of trains, bikes, efficiency, Pigouvian taxes.
Hater of PM2.5, Single Family Zoning, unnecessarily large vehicles.
Two tire workers independently told me "I put these on my wife's car" which I think is one of the best endorsements of a car's safety!
I have now had a chance to test out the Michelin CrossClimate 2 tires in some heavy snow.
Here's a short thread on my thoughts. Overall extremely pleased with a few minor surprises.
Here's a short thread on my thoughts. Overall extremely pleased with a few minor surprises.
November 30, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Two tire workers independently told me "I put these on my wife's car" which I think is one of the best endorsements of a car's safety!
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Rewatching Anchor Man, and I think Trump is Ron Burgundy without the redeeming qualities.
November 2, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Rewatching Anchor Man, and I think Trump is Ron Burgundy without the redeeming qualities.
Gen Alpha is not okay:
Jared Leto Joker costumes: 5
Heath Ledger Joker costumes: 0
Jared Leto Joker costumes: 5
Heath Ledger Joker costumes: 0
November 2, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Gen Alpha is not okay:
Jared Leto Joker costumes: 5
Heath Ledger Joker costumes: 0
Jared Leto Joker costumes: 5
Heath Ledger Joker costumes: 0
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Lots of excellent reporting and writing in the NYT today. Will post some, but I’m out of gift links.
First, and most importantly, the great Nikole Hannah-Jones on the lived experience of Black and queer people in the aftermath of Charlie Kirk’s death.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/28/m...
First, and most importantly, the great Nikole Hannah-Jones on the lived experience of Black and queer people in the aftermath of Charlie Kirk’s death.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/28/m...
What the Public Memory of Charlie Kirk Revealed
www.nytimes.com
September 28, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Lots of excellent reporting and writing in the NYT today. Will post some, but I’m out of gift links.
First, and most importantly, the great Nikole Hannah-Jones on the lived experience of Black and queer people in the aftermath of Charlie Kirk’s death.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/28/m...
First, and most importantly, the great Nikole Hannah-Jones on the lived experience of Black and queer people in the aftermath of Charlie Kirk’s death.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/28/m...
Does anyone else think that this feels inappropriate? Like you're made of peanut butter... where did the peanut butter on your finger come from!?!?!
Note the jar looks full and maybe even sealed?
Note the jar looks full and maybe even sealed?
September 26, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Does anyone else think that this feels inappropriate? Like you're made of peanut butter... where did the peanut butter on your finger come from!?!?!
Note the jar looks full and maybe even sealed?
Note the jar looks full and maybe even sealed?
September 26, 2025 at 1:24 AM
I love going to costco on bike/walking
It feels like cheating!
It feels like cheating!
September 16, 2025 at 10:36 PM
I love going to costco on bike/walking
It feels like cheating!
It feels like cheating!
First day substitute teaching tomorrow! Should I school of rock them?
September 11, 2025 at 3:18 AM
First day substitute teaching tomorrow! Should I school of rock them?
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Research shows that criminalization and encampment clearing doesn’t solve #homelessness.
In a new post, Urban #research experts highlight evidence-based solutions like #housing vouchers and supportive housing to address homelessness in DC and beyond.
In a new post, Urban #research experts highlight evidence-based solutions like #housing vouchers and supportive housing to address homelessness in DC and beyond.
The National Guard Won’t End Homelessness. Housing Resources Can.
Despite a nationwide trend toward criminalizing people experiencing homelessness, decades of research show that housing resources and other supports remain the best solution to helping people exit hom...
urbn.is
August 18, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Research shows that criminalization and encampment clearing doesn’t solve #homelessness.
In a new post, Urban #research experts highlight evidence-based solutions like #housing vouchers and supportive housing to address homelessness in DC and beyond.
In a new post, Urban #research experts highlight evidence-based solutions like #housing vouchers and supportive housing to address homelessness in DC and beyond.
I agree with Paddington Bear as to the merits of marmalade!
August 13, 2025 at 11:40 AM
I agree with Paddington Bear as to the merits of marmalade!
Live Más
The owner of a bunch of Taco Bell franchises bought this 3-story building and replacing it with a 5-story building with a Taco Bell at the bottom.
I didn't think this was really going to happen, but it is in fact happening.
Central Ave, JC Heights
I didn't think this was really going to happen, but it is in fact happening.
Central Ave, JC Heights
August 7, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Live Más
Broken clock tariff? This seems like maybe the one tariff I can get behind.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Trump threatens 50% tariffs on India for buying Russian oil
India, which now faces among the highest tariff rates imposed by the US, called the levy "unjustified and unreasonable".
www.bbc.com
August 6, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Broken clock tariff? This seems like maybe the one tariff I can get behind.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Since my tweet about Jeff Bezos, I've been getting a lot of replies such as these. "Where do these dress rules come from?" "When do they change?"
These are very good questions, so let me answer them. 🧵
These are very good questions, so let me answer them. 🧵
June 28, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Since my tweet about Jeff Bezos, I've been getting a lot of replies such as these. "Where do these dress rules come from?" "When do they change?"
These are very good questions, so let me answer them. 🧵
These are very good questions, so let me answer them. 🧵
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Today marks the third anniversary of the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.
What's happened since?
A record number of women have been prosecuted. Pregnancy loss is now considered extremely suspicious, even when it has nothing to do with abortion.
What's happened since?
A record number of women have been prosecuted. Pregnancy loss is now considered extremely suspicious, even when it has nothing to do with abortion.
Criminalizing pregnancy: A record number of women were prosecuted the year after Dobbs
They were targeted for substance use, miscarriages, and stillbirths, largely driven by fetal personhood laws.
www.motherjones.com
June 24, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Today marks the third anniversary of the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.
What's happened since?
A record number of women have been prosecuted. Pregnancy loss is now considered extremely suspicious, even when it has nothing to do with abortion.
What's happened since?
A record number of women have been prosecuted. Pregnancy loss is now considered extremely suspicious, even when it has nothing to do with abortion.
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I think I messed up the instructions somewhere
June 21, 2025 at 2:17 AM
I think I messed up the instructions somewhere
Sometimes electric vehicles are more efficient and save money. This is bad policy.
👀 Scoop: Trump and Republicans want USPS to sell off its brand new EVs and chargers.
That would mean literally **ripping up post office parking lots** to auction off assets with no private-sector value.
It’s buried in the Senate’s “One Big Beautiful Bill.”
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
That would mean literally **ripping up post office parking lots** to auction off assets with no private-sector value.
It’s buried in the Senate’s “One Big Beautiful Bill.”
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
June 21, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Sometimes electric vehicles are more efficient and save money. This is bad policy.
I mean it's a metro area with only like 3.7% of the country's population.
Like, I mean one out of every 25 people lives in LA.
Like, I mean one out of every 25 people lives in LA.
What a disgusting thing for a public servant to say about any city
Kristi Noem on LA: "They're not a city of immigrants. They're a city of criminals."
June 10, 2025 at 4:59 PM
I mean it's a metro area with only like 3.7% of the country's population.
Like, I mean one out of every 25 people lives in LA.
Like, I mean one out of every 25 people lives in LA.
Please note that I also support magpies, jays, and even jackdaws!
I support all corvids!
I support all corvids!
June 9, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Please note that I also support magpies, jays, and even jackdaws!
I support all corvids!
I support all corvids!
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SB 79 PASSES OUT OF THE CALIFORNIA SENATE! 🎉🥑
June 4, 2025 at 3:34 AM
SB 79 PASSES OUT OF THE CALIFORNIA SENATE! 🎉🥑
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Universal school masking reduced weekly COVID-19 deaths by 0.57 per 100k people. 50 percent of districts removed mask requirements by spring 2022 contributing to 9 percent of COVID deaths that year, from Guzman, Imberman, Filosa, Kilbride, and Malkus https://www.nber.org/papers/w33849
May 31, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Universal school masking reduced weekly COVID-19 deaths by 0.57 per 100k people. 50 percent of districts removed mask requirements by spring 2022 contributing to 9 percent of COVID deaths that year, from Guzman, Imberman, Filosa, Kilbride, and Malkus https://www.nber.org/papers/w33849
Don't worry, if we get rid of NPR, then we won't know that we don't know!
Some of the CDC's main channels for communicating urgent health information to the public have gone silent.
Diseases are spreading. The CDC isn't warning the public like it was months ago
Some of the CDC's main channels for communicating urgent health information to the public have gone silent.
www.npr.org
May 22, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Don't worry, if we get rid of NPR, then we won't know that we don't know!
I'm excited for Colorado to show us what alt-history California would look like.
I live car free in Boulder, and there really is a lot of good car-free bones.
I live car free in Boulder, and there really is a lot of good car-free bones.
Colorado governor’s new executive order will condition municipalities’ receipt of $100 million in state grants on those cities’ compliance with state housing laws, including:
—Allowing ADUs
—Eliminating parking requirements near transit
—Denser zoning districts near transit
—Allowing ADUs
—Eliminating parking requirements near transit
—Denser zoning districts near transit
Gov. Polis will shut off millions in state grants to cities and counties that don’t comply with state housing policies
The governor issued an executive order Friday requiring local governments to show they’re enacting policies to encourage more housing in order to qualify for transportation and energy funds.
www.cpr.org
May 19, 2025 at 4:25 PM
I'm excited for Colorado to show us what alt-history California would look like.
I live car free in Boulder, and there really is a lot of good car-free bones.
I live car free in Boulder, and there really is a lot of good car-free bones.
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State Department Designates WNBA As Terrorist Organization
State Department Designates WNBA As Terrorist Organization
WASHINGTON—Promising to stamp out the extremist movement as well as its sympathizers, the U.S. State Department announced Thursday that the WNBA had been designated as a terrorist organization. Accord...
theonion.com
May 19, 2025 at 3:00 PM
State Department Designates WNBA As Terrorist Organization
With all this stock market volatility (caused austensibly by one man). Do we know that Trump and the Trump organization are not insider trading?
April 9, 2025 at 8:21 PM
With all this stock market volatility (caused austensibly by one man). Do we know that Trump and the Trump organization are not insider trading?