Adrian Nesta
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Data journalist. Into economics, basketball, baseball, film. All views and opinions posted are mine. Don't let him cook @ justanesta.com. Let's love.
Very cool, thank you! The comparison table is incredibly helpful. Are there vignettes any of the functions?
December 16, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Very cool, thank you! The comparison table is incredibly helpful. Are there vignettes any of the functions?
Reminds me of this apparently real thing from awhile back.
December 11, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Reminds me of this apparently real thing from awhile back.
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my stance has always been that we have an economy so as to have people, and arguments that we need to make people to have an economy are silly
December 5, 2025 at 1:44 PM
my stance has always been that we have an economy so as to have people, and arguments that we need to make people to have an economy are silly
I had a similar jolt when I stumbled on something the CDC published from ~the turn of the century.
bsky.app/profile/just...
bsky.app/profile/just...
I was reading something that backlinked to a 1999 CDC Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report listing the ten great public health achievements of the century. Striking how many of these are directly or indirectly in the crosshairs of our conservative political movement. www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview...
December 4, 2025 at 5:18 PM
I had a similar jolt when I stumbled on something the CDC published from ~the turn of the century.
bsky.app/profile/just...
bsky.app/profile/just...
I don't disagree. I will note that it's somewhat striking how different this picture looks if you start the base period two years earlier. fred.stlouisfed.org/graph/fredgr...
December 2, 2025 at 7:29 PM
I don't disagree. I will note that it's somewhat striking how different this picture looks if you start the base period two years earlier. fred.stlouisfed.org/graph/fredgr...
Roger Ailes, TikTok, and the Glonzofication of America
November 1, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Roger Ailes, TikTok, and the Glonzofication of America
Reminds me of this very insightful game from @davidawaldron.bsky.social www.waldrn.com/partisan-hack/
Partisan Hack 2020
www.waldrn.com
October 29, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Reminds me of this very insightful game from @davidawaldron.bsky.social www.waldrn.com/partisan-hack/
This is now well over 10 years old but it's a well written, digestible, more theoretical overview that I really did find helpful to clarify it for me.
think-like-a-git.net
think-like-a-git.net
Home // Think Like (a) Git
think-like-a-git.net
October 21, 2025 at 7:11 PM
This is now well over 10 years old but it's a well written, digestible, more theoretical overview that I really did find helpful to clarify it for me.
think-like-a-git.net
think-like-a-git.net
I have seen this everywhere too. Did you ever find out more about Moody's data source? I'm curious what specific types of consumption that skews towards lower-income consumers their sample might be under-representing (and why).
October 15, 2025 at 3:05 PM
I have seen this everywhere too. Did you ever find out more about Moody's data source? I'm curious what specific types of consumption that skews towards lower-income consumers their sample might be under-representing (and why).
I had a piece a few years ago with a similar cut of CPS ASEC data. Really striking how deleterious the GFC was (and to a lesser extent how much a boon pre-'22 Covid was)
www.investopedia.com/millennial-h...
www.investopedia.com/millennial-h...
Millennial Homeownership Still Lagging Behind Previous Generations
Millennials are buying homes at a lower rate than generations before, with high housing prices, the lack of entry-level homes, and the dearth of new builds particularly impacting millennials.
www.investopedia.com
October 14, 2025 at 1:39 PM
I had a piece a few years ago with a similar cut of CPS ASEC data. Really striking how deleterious the GFC was (and to a lesser extent how much a boon pre-'22 Covid was)
www.investopedia.com/millennial-h...
www.investopedia.com/millennial-h...
Yeah his vice was dip and not alcohol.
October 12, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Yeah his vice was dip and not alcohol.
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Before I led BLS I was not as acutely aware of how many businesses, firms, and individual jobs depend on a stream of public use data. One estimate is that the $2 billion the US spends on economic data creates a $200+ billion industry of 'data-intensive' businesses. pubs.aeaweb.org/doi/pdfplus/...
pubs.aeaweb.org
October 3, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Before I led BLS I was not as acutely aware of how many businesses, firms, and individual jobs depend on a stream of public use data. One estimate is that the $2 billion the US spends on economic data creates a $200+ billion industry of 'data-intensive' businesses. pubs.aeaweb.org/doi/pdfplus/...
Omg!! I also have been passing extra date component strings to `paste0()` for years. Lubricate truly is a gift that keeps on giving.
October 2, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Omg!! I also have been passing extra date component strings to `paste0()` for years. Lubricate truly is a gift that keeps on giving.
Just registered. I'm looking forward to it!
September 30, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Just registered. I'm looking forward to it!
Thank you for posting. Just put in an application!
September 24, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Thank you for posting. Just put in an application!
I wholeheartedly agree and not for nothing this was *after* the initial
6-leg parlay of:
Celtics tip
Celtics halftime lead
Celtics win
Garnett points
Garnett rebounds
Garnett blocks
**On top of** the lightning $1k per point they do/don't cover the spread. Filed with his bookie Mike Francesa lmao.
6-leg parlay of:
Celtics tip
Celtics halftime lead
Celtics win
Garnett points
Garnett rebounds
Garnett blocks
**On top of** the lightning $1k per point they do/don't cover the spread. Filed with his bookie Mike Francesa lmao.
September 8, 2025 at 10:43 PM
I wholeheartedly agree and not for nothing this was *after* the initial
6-leg parlay of:
Celtics tip
Celtics halftime lead
Celtics win
Garnett points
Garnett rebounds
Garnett blocks
**On top of** the lightning $1k per point they do/don't cover the spread. Filed with his bookie Mike Francesa lmao.
6-leg parlay of:
Celtics tip
Celtics halftime lead
Celtics win
Garnett points
Garnett rebounds
Garnett blocks
**On top of** the lightning $1k per point they do/don't cover the spread. Filed with his bookie Mike Francesa lmao.
This scored my first – of I'm sure far too many – Bluesky bookmark!
September 8, 2025 at 7:31 PM
This scored my first – of I'm sure far too many – Bluesky bookmark!
Frankly I have my doubts that a 50bps cut would stop the Truth Social posts. It might even embolden them, regardless of if the cuts are good macro policy.
August 22, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Frankly I have my doubts that a 50bps cut would stop the Truth Social posts. It might even embolden them, regardless of if the cuts are good macro policy.
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Recent jobs data suggests this streak might be coming to an end.
My analysis: open.substack.com/pub/davidwal...
My analysis: open.substack.com/pub/davidwal...
Is the yield curve still useful for predicting recessions?
In 2022, the yield curve suggested an economic downturn was around the corner, but the U.S. economy has continued to grow anyway
open.substack.com
August 4, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Recent jobs data suggests this streak might be coming to an end.
My analysis: open.substack.com/pub/davidwal...
My analysis: open.substack.com/pub/davidwal...