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PhD student posting about politics while I wait for experiments to run.
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endorsements != endorsements. min flow is max cut
they/them
Developer and operator of urbanstats.org
📍 Cambridge Mass
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🚨 Urban Stats 30.3.9 🚨
In this change
- Luke added a text box system! You can add rich text boxes to your maps via an interactive editor.
- I added the ability to put multiple years on the same density plot. Just select multiple years in the sidebar and they appear!
In this change
- Luke added a text box system! You can add rich text boxes to your maps via an interactive editor.
- I added the ability to put multiple years on the same density plot. Just select multiple years in the sidebar and they appear!
They saw Season 15 of @jetlagthegame.bsky.social and put their foot down
You won't arrive on time and may not even get a seat. Your booking might get lost. Things have gotten so dire that a foreigner has been brought in to shake things up. n.pr/48NZ9e5
Germany's train service is one of Europe's worst. How did it get so bad?
You won't arrive on time and may not even get a seat. Your booking might get lost. Things have gotten so dire that a foreigner has been brought in to shake things up.
n.pr
December 15, 2025 at 11:39 PM
They saw Season 15 of @jetlagthegame.bsky.social and put their foot down
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🚨 Urban Stats 30.3.9 🚨
In this change
- Luke added a text box system! You can add rich text boxes to your maps via an interactive editor.
- I added the ability to put multiple years on the same density plot. Just select multiple years in the sidebar and they appear!
In this change
- Luke added a text box system! You can add rich text boxes to your maps via an interactive editor.
- I added the ability to put multiple years on the same density plot. Just select multiple years in the sidebar and they appear!
December 15, 2025 at 6:50 PM
🚨 Urban Stats 30.3.9 🚨
In this change
- Luke added a text box system! You can add rich text boxes to your maps via an interactive editor.
- I added the ability to put multiple years on the same density plot. Just select multiple years in the sidebar and they appear!
In this change
- Luke added a text box system! You can add rich text boxes to your maps via an interactive editor.
- I added the ability to put multiple years on the same density plot. Just select multiple years in the sidebar and they appear!
If you're trying to provide an answer to the question "why is Trump's approval not falling over issue X" the first part of your analysis needs to be "he's starting at ~40 and it's harder to drop in approval when you're starting at 40"
December 15, 2025 at 7:47 PM
If you're trying to provide an answer to the question "why is Trump's approval not falling over issue X" the first part of your analysis needs to be "he's starting at ~40 and it's harder to drop in approval when you're starting at 40"
🚨 Urban Stats 30.3.9 🚨
In this change
- Luke added a text box system! You can add rich text boxes to your maps via an interactive editor.
- I added the ability to put multiple years on the same density plot. Just select multiple years in the sidebar and they appear!
In this change
- Luke added a text box system! You can add rich text boxes to your maps via an interactive editor.
- I added the ability to put multiple years on the same density plot. Just select multiple years in the sidebar and they appear!
December 15, 2025 at 6:50 PM
🚨 Urban Stats 30.3.9 🚨
In this change
- Luke added a text box system! You can add rich text boxes to your maps via an interactive editor.
- I added the ability to put multiple years on the same density plot. Just select multiple years in the sidebar and they appear!
In this change
- Luke added a text box system! You can add rich text boxes to your maps via an interactive editor.
- I added the ability to put multiple years on the same density plot. Just select multiple years in the sidebar and they appear!
Juxtastat
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December 15, 2025 at 5:18 AM
Fundamentally the thing about running on anti richoid populism is that unlike bringing down prices it's actually possible to make rich people pay up. You just need a bare trifecta and can do it with reconciliation
"For the first time, a majority of Americans believe billionaires are a threat to democracy. A remarkable 71 percent believe there should be a wealth tax. A majority believe there should be a cap on how much wealth a person can accumulate."
Opinion | The Billionaires Have Gone Full Louis XV
www.nytimes.com
December 15, 2025 at 4:41 AM
Fundamentally the thing about running on anti richoid populism is that unlike bringing down prices it's actually possible to make rich people pay up. You just need a bare trifecta and can do it with reconciliation
I've noted this before but like there seems to be a massive audience of American movie watchers who have never heard of a cozy mystery
I assume they started watching the Knives Out series because they're star wars fans. But like if you like this there's like 100 episodes of Midsomer Murders!
I assume they started watching the Knives Out series because they're star wars fans. But like if you like this there's like 100 episodes of Midsomer Murders!
December 15, 2025 at 4:36 AM
I've noted this before but like there seems to be a massive audience of American movie watchers who have never heard of a cozy mystery
I assume they started watching the Knives Out series because they're star wars fans. But like if you like this there's like 100 episodes of Midsomer Murders!
I assume they started watching the Knives Out series because they're star wars fans. But like if you like this there's like 100 episodes of Midsomer Murders!
In general people really seem to like lying about medically assisted dying and I genuinely do not know why. Like yeah man what technically constitutes a terminal disease is a fuzzy boundary, but eg the Illinois laws do not say "terminal disease" they have a clean definition (6mo to live or less)
December 15, 2025 at 4:30 AM
In general people really seem to like lying about medically assisted dying and I genuinely do not know why. Like yeah man what technically constitutes a terminal disease is a fuzzy boundary, but eg the Illinois laws do not say "terminal disease" they have a clean definition (6mo to live or less)
Honestly like the whole Energy Affordability thing really has this tenor to me, you have people get interested in the subject because it's a way to promote solar (which they like for env reasons) then get really invested, then learn that All Of The Above is optimal for energy prices
December 15, 2025 at 4:25 AM
Honestly like the whole Energy Affordability thing really has this tenor to me, you have people get interested in the subject because it's a way to promote solar (which they like for env reasons) then get really invested, then learn that All Of The Above is optimal for energy prices
I feel like journalists just put the word "alleged" in out of habit when discussing crimes. Like Epstein was (1) convicted (2) is dead. He cannot sue you for saying he did crimes, and it's obviously not a matter of real dispute
December 14, 2025 at 7:30 AM
I feel like journalists just put the word "alleged" in out of habit when discussing crimes. Like Epstein was (1) convicted (2) is dead. He cannot sue you for saying he did crimes, and it's obviously not a matter of real dispute
Juxtastat
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December 14, 2025 at 5:12 AM
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Love to look at a situation where enlightenment liberal christians were the bulk of both support and opposition to slavery and decide that the enlightenment part caused the slavery and the christianity opposed it
If that's the case, why was slavery normal in pre-enlightenment Christianity?
If that's the case, why was slavery normal in pre-enlightenment Christianity?
May 10, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Love to look at a situation where enlightenment liberal christians were the bulk of both support and opposition to slavery and decide that the enlightenment part caused the slavery and the christianity opposed it
If that's the case, why was slavery normal in pre-enlightenment Christianity?
If that's the case, why was slavery normal in pre-enlightenment Christianity?
Can anyone on here give me a single good reason why the state of California is explicitly treating bad drivers as a protected class?????
December 14, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Can anyone on here give me a single good reason why the state of California is explicitly treating bad drivers as a protected class?????
My hottest take is that this, like every other kitchen hygiene dispute, probably does not matter in the modern bubble wrapped world where you can generally rely on the safety of purchased ingredients and the non toxicity of cleaning supplies
The people of Albion are insisting that leaving soap on dishes is good
December 14, 2025 at 1:12 AM
My hottest take is that this, like every other kitchen hygiene dispute, probably does not matter in the modern bubble wrapped world where you can generally rely on the safety of purchased ingredients and the non toxicity of cleaning supplies
Look what if I need to run over 30-50 feral hogs who flooded my yard in 3-5 minutes???
its very funny that the speeding discourse has begun again and replies to @michaelhobbes.bsky.social 's posts have begun bearing this kind of fruit again, i love it
December 14, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Look what if I need to run over 30-50 feral hogs who flooded my yard in 3-5 minutes???
This is half of it, the other half is trump came into office and 3 months later decided to very publicly hit a "raise prices" button in the form of the tarrifs. Once you do that, nobody's going to give you any benefit of the doubt on affordability
to back up my guy I feel like Trump's drop in popularity over 12 months is "we voted for the guy to make things cheaper *despite* all the other shit he said, shit is too expensive still". which I feel doesn't get talked about enough
Another data point in favor of "everything is affordability now": DOGE cost Trump maybe 3-5 pts of approvals, Liberation Day caused a 10-15 pt drop.
The public is so angry about costs rn that AMLO's "no rich government in a poor country" shlock would probably work on voters.
The public is so angry about costs rn that AMLO's "no rich government in a poor country" shlock would probably work on voters.
December 13, 2025 at 11:52 PM
This is half of it, the other half is trump came into office and 3 months later decided to very publicly hit a "raise prices" button in the form of the tarrifs. Once you do that, nobody's going to give you any benefit of the doubt on affordability
I mean to be fair it makes sense that people who literally live in Kirkland city want to keep their big box stores
I'm catching up on last week's Kirkland city council meeting, where two properties currently home to big box stores and surface parking were upzoned after two entire years of process.
"We have to preserve the sky," is something that was actually said during public comment.
"We have to preserve the sky," is something that was actually said during public comment.
December 13, 2025 at 11:31 PM
I mean to be fair it makes sense that people who literally live in Kirkland city want to keep their big box stores
I originally posted this as a joke about how we do urban policy in America but tbh this plan has teeth that the average urban policy proposal doesn't
December 13, 2025 at 9:22 PM
I originally posted this as a joke about how we do urban policy in America but tbh this plan has teeth that the average urban policy proposal doesn't
This one doesn't need a big lot, it's right next to Coolidge Corner on the green line!
December 13, 2025 at 6:54 PM
This one doesn't need a big lot, it's right next to Coolidge Corner on the green line!
I love the idea that punishing powerful people for crimes is a "minor issue to most voters" and therefore should be deprioritized but "assiduous commitment to procedure", a thing literally nobody in the history of the universe has sincerely cared about, is critical
That’s a minor issue to most voters. It needs to be addressed, but there’s always the danger of political self interest warping the fairness, so assiduous commitment to procedure is critical.
December 13, 2025 at 4:37 PM
I love the idea that punishing powerful people for crimes is a "minor issue to most voters" and therefore should be deprioritized but "assiduous commitment to procedure", a thing literally nobody in the history of the universe has sincerely cared about, is critical
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December 13, 2025 at 5:08 AM
In general I don't understand why if there's a primary opponent who you agree with on 95% of issues you wouldn't support them against an incumbent who you agree with on 90% of issues, especially if that 5% is particularly important
Being a member of the CPC is basically meaningless— but if you want to make this sort of intra caucus appeal then maybe Goldman shouldn't have voted for a Republican resolution to censure the only Palestinian in Congress, who is literally also in the CPC.
December 13, 2025 at 3:59 AM
In general I don't understand why if there's a primary opponent who you agree with on 95% of issues you wouldn't support them against an incumbent who you agree with on 90% of issues, especially if that 5% is particularly important
Taking the Worcester commuter rail for 2 stops as a replacement for the currently not running green line lol
December 12, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Taking the Worcester commuter rail for 2 stops as a replacement for the currently not running green line lol
"Look forward not backward" needs to be destroyed as an impulse within the Democratic party. Just a stupid policy that's taken nothing but Ls my whole life
December 12, 2025 at 8:15 PM
"Look forward not backward" needs to be destroyed as an impulse within the Democratic party. Just a stupid policy that's taken nothing but Ls my whole life
Preview for an alternate history I'm working on
December 12, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Preview for an alternate history I'm working on