Tomas McIntee
@mathintee.bsky.social
My latest book: https://www.amazon.com/Accidental-War-Mage-Steampunk-Military-ebook/dp/B0F2ZBJ6L8/
Mathematician, social scientist, author, data scientist. n.Erdős = 3. Alum of UC-Irvine (Ph.D.) & Appalachian State (assorted other degrees).
Mathematician, social scientist, author, data scientist. n.Erdős = 3. Alum of UC-Irvine (Ph.D.) & Appalachian State (assorted other degrees).
The legal strategy that annoys me the most when it comes to election reform (and it works a lot) is playing clock shenanigans.
It should never be too early or too late to hold the state accountable for conducting elections properly.
It should never be too early or too late to hold the state accountable for conducting elections properly.
NEW: Missourians are mobilizing to give voters a chance to block the state’s new Trump-ordered GOP gerrymander, via ballot measure. But Republican officials are pulling out all the stops to stymie the effort. www.democracydocket.com/analysis/gop...
GOP Fights to Deny Missouri Voters a Voice on Trump-Ordered Gerrymander
Read about the fight for democracy from activists, elected officials, legal experts and others.
www.democracydocket.com
October 5, 2025 at 12:22 AM
The legal strategy that annoys me the most when it comes to election reform (and it works a lot) is playing clock shenanigans.
It should never be too early or too late to hold the state accountable for conducting elections properly.
It should never be too early or too late to hold the state accountable for conducting elections properly.
At this point, I intend to make a serious effort to write up a functional, fair, transparent, and easy to understand redistricting algorithm.
I'm interested in commentary, feedback, and comparison to other existing redistricting algorithms.
mcintee.substack.com/p/how-should...
I'm interested in commentary, feedback, and comparison to other existing redistricting algorithms.
mcintee.substack.com/p/how-should...
How should we end gerrymandering?
Inviting open comment on an algorithmic approach
mcintee.substack.com
September 15, 2025 at 10:50 PM
At this point, I intend to make a serious effort to write up a functional, fair, transparent, and easy to understand redistricting algorithm.
I'm interested in commentary, feedback, and comparison to other existing redistricting algorithms.
mcintee.substack.com/p/how-should...
I'm interested in commentary, feedback, and comparison to other existing redistricting algorithms.
mcintee.substack.com/p/how-should...
This isn't going to make me many friends on BlueSky, but those of you relying on BlueSky as source of information deserve to know that Karen Attiah misquoted Charlie Kirk and is therefore presently doubling down on a lie.
September 15, 2025 at 10:46 PM
This isn't going to make me many friends on BlueSky, but those of you relying on BlueSky as source of information deserve to know that Karen Attiah misquoted Charlie Kirk and is therefore presently doubling down on a lie.
I don't think I will write an article on the Charlie Kirk assassination. I may write one more broadly on political violence. I deeply disapprove of this development. This is abhorrent and morally indefensible.
September 13, 2025 at 1:11 AM
I don't think I will write an article on the Charlie Kirk assassination. I may write one more broadly on political violence. I deeply disapprove of this development. This is abhorrent and morally indefensible.
Book 2 is out! It's exciting :)
August 27, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Book 2 is out! It's exciting :)
We already went through the "affirmative action cheating" cycle with Elizabeth Warren.
She still got elected in her safely Democratic constituency, but by a notably smaller margin, and head-to-head polls suggested that she would manage to lose the popular vote to Donald Trump nationally.
She still got elected in her safely Democratic constituency, but by a notably smaller margin, and head-to-head polls suggested that she would manage to lose the popular vote to Donald Trump nationally.
July 4, 2025 at 3:10 PM
We already went through the "affirmative action cheating" cycle with Elizabeth Warren.
She still got elected in her safely Democratic constituency, but by a notably smaller margin, and head-to-head polls suggested that she would manage to lose the popular vote to Donald Trump nationally.
She still got elected in her safely Democratic constituency, but by a notably smaller margin, and head-to-head polls suggested that she would manage to lose the popular vote to Donald Trump nationally.
Happy Independence Day!
July 4, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Happy Independence Day!
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We were lucky enough to have our YouGov/The Economist poll in field when the US bombed Iranian nuclear facilities. You can see the partisan realignment in real time
June 27, 2025 at 11:33 AM
We were lucky enough to have our YouGov/The Economist poll in field when the US bombed Iranian nuclear facilities. You can see the partisan realignment in real time
This article is unpopular to the point of ragebait in the blue bubble here on BlueSky.
But it's correct. Allowing any one of hundreds of federal judges to issue a decision immediately binding on the entire nation was unsustainable.
But it's correct. Allowing any one of hundreds of federal judges to issue a decision immediately binding on the entire nation was unsustainable.
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson called yesterday's decision about nationwide injunctions "an existential threat to the rule of law."
She's mistaken.
My latest in @theatlantic.com: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
She's mistaken.
My latest in @theatlantic.com: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
The Supreme Court Put Nationwide Injunctions to the Torch
That isn’t the disaster for birthright citizenship that some fear.
www.theatlantic.com
June 28, 2025 at 3:41 PM
This article is unpopular to the point of ragebait in the blue bubble here on BlueSky.
But it's correct. Allowing any one of hundreds of federal judges to issue a decision immediately binding on the entire nation was unsustainable.
But it's correct. Allowing any one of hundreds of federal judges to issue a decision immediately binding on the entire nation was unsustainable.
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I've got a handful of free Audible audiobook codes for The Last Goblin Shaman and The Mapmaker's Husband. If you want a free download credit, fill out this Google Form and I'll send one to you. No newsletter signups or anything shifty, just hoping for a few reviews.
docs.google.com/forms/d/1nZE...
docs.google.com/forms/d/1nZE...
June 23, 2025 at 10:41 PM
I've got a handful of free Audible audiobook codes for The Last Goblin Shaman and The Mapmaker's Husband. If you want a free download credit, fill out this Google Form and I'll send one to you. No newsletter signups or anything shifty, just hoping for a few reviews.
docs.google.com/forms/d/1nZE...
docs.google.com/forms/d/1nZE...
Examining a gender disconnect taking place on t3h interwubz.
This is the tip of an iceberg, btw, I have more to say on this subject later.
tomasmcintee.substack.com/p/why-is-sab...
This is the tip of an iceberg, btw, I have more to say on this subject later.
tomasmcintee.substack.com/p/why-is-sab...
Why is Sabrina Carpenter unattractive?
What on Earth is going on between man-Twitter and woman-Twitter?
tomasmcintee.substack.com
June 16, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Examining a gender disconnect taking place on t3h interwubz.
This is the tip of an iceberg, btw, I have more to say on this subject later.
tomasmcintee.substack.com/p/why-is-sab...
This is the tip of an iceberg, btw, I have more to say on this subject later.
tomasmcintee.substack.com/p/why-is-sab...
Preorders are now open on my second novel for ebook and audiobook.
www.books2read.com/IntentionalW...
www.books2read.com/IntentionalW...
Available now at your favorite digital store!
Intentional War Mage: A Steampunk Military Fantasy by Tomas J. McIntee
www.books2read.com
June 12, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Preorders are now open on my second novel for ebook and audiobook.
www.books2read.com/IntentionalW...
www.books2read.com/IntentionalW...
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Newsom may come out of this looking bad, but this seems like the right thing for him to say.
The federal government is taking over the California National Guard and deploying 2,000 soldiers in Los Angeles — not because there is a shortage of law enforcement, but because they want a spectacle.
Don't give them one.
Never use violence. Speak out peacefully.
Don't give them one.
Never use violence. Speak out peacefully.
June 8, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Newsom may come out of this looking bad, but this seems like the right thing for him to say.
So, uh… these are headline images for the anti ICE action in Los Angeles.
I don’t think they depict protest aesthetics that the typical American swing voter responds positively to.
Just as a quick strategy note.
I don’t think they depict protest aesthetics that the typical American swing voter responds positively to.
Just as a quick strategy note.
June 8, 2025 at 2:19 AM
So, uh… these are headline images for the anti ICE action in Los Angeles.
I don’t think they depict protest aesthetics that the typical American swing voter responds positively to.
Just as a quick strategy note.
I don’t think they depict protest aesthetics that the typical American swing voter responds positively to.
Just as a quick strategy note.
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Interested in knowing what the Accidental War Mage #audiobook sounds like?
Here's a sample...
#fantasy #fantasynovel
Here's a sample...
#fantasy #fantasynovel
May 8, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Interested in knowing what the Accidental War Mage #audiobook sounds like?
Here's a sample...
#fantasy #fantasynovel
Here's a sample...
#fantasy #fantasynovel
Interested in knowing what the Accidental War Mage #audiobook sounds like?
Here's a sample...
#fantasy #fantasynovel
Here's a sample...
#fantasy #fantasynovel
May 8, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Interested in knowing what the Accidental War Mage #audiobook sounds like?
Here's a sample...
#fantasy #fantasynovel
Here's a sample...
#fantasy #fantasynovel
Feels so much more real now. It's exciting. This thing, it exists in the physical world.
April 29, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Feels so much more real now. It's exciting. This thing, it exists in the physical world.
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I have the new book cards (business cards) printed up. Comparison with the old ones on the right. Same idea, slightly different execution.
Does a glossy finish make them last better?
Does a glossy finish make them last better?
April 1, 2025 at 9:21 PM
I have the new book cards (business cards) printed up. Comparison with the old ones on the right. Same idea, slightly different execution.
Does a glossy finish make them last better?
Does a glossy finish make them last better?
I have the new book cards (business cards) printed up. Comparison with the old ones on the right. Same idea, slightly different execution.
Does a glossy finish make them last better?
Does a glossy finish make them last better?
April 1, 2025 at 9:21 PM
I have the new book cards (business cards) printed up. Comparison with the old ones on the right. Same idea, slightly different execution.
Does a glossy finish make them last better?
Does a glossy finish make them last better?
By the way, did I mention I wrote a fantasy novel recently? Audibook preorders are live.
www.audible.com/pd/Accidenta...
www.audible.com/pd/Accidenta...
Accidental War Mage: A Steampunk Military Fantasy
Check out this great listen on Audible.com. Conscripted into imperial battle, a lowly mechanic crosses boundaries to face monsters of war, in this thrilling dark-fantasy adventure Hailing from a rural...
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March 27, 2025 at 6:00 PM
By the way, did I mention I wrote a fantasy novel recently? Audibook preorders are live.
www.audible.com/pd/Accidenta...
www.audible.com/pd/Accidenta...
It has been 43 years since Reagan proved that cutting taxes would not increase revenue even when the top marginal rate was 70%.
The top marginal rate is nowhere near 70%, and yet we still have talk about "tax cuts" and "deficit reduction" as if the US is on the far side of the Laffer curve.
The top marginal rate is nowhere near 70%, and yet we still have talk about "tax cuts" and "deficit reduction" as if the US is on the far side of the Laffer curve.
February 27, 2025 at 2:51 AM
It has been 43 years since Reagan proved that cutting taxes would not increase revenue even when the top marginal rate was 70%.
The top marginal rate is nowhere near 70%, and yet we still have talk about "tax cuts" and "deficit reduction" as if the US is on the far side of the Laffer curve.
The top marginal rate is nowhere near 70%, and yet we still have talk about "tax cuts" and "deficit reduction" as if the US is on the far side of the Laffer curve.
If I had to read tea leaves based on the DNC's officer elections, I would say that the party is not correcting course based on the 2024 loss.
Most battleground state Democrats outperformed Kamala Harris. The lone former elected official they just put in the vice chair position is a rare exception.
Most battleground state Democrats outperformed Kamala Harris. The lone former elected official they just put in the vice chair position is a rare exception.
February 8, 2025 at 2:59 PM
If I had to read tea leaves based on the DNC's officer elections, I would say that the party is not correcting course based on the 2024 loss.
Most battleground state Democrats outperformed Kamala Harris. The lone former elected official they just put in the vice chair position is a rare exception.
Most battleground state Democrats outperformed Kamala Harris. The lone former elected official they just put in the vice chair position is a rare exception.
AFAIK, there were no actions taken by the Biden administration that:
(A) Represented a break with what "Blue Team" elites asked for.
(B) Were less popular among voters than what "Blue Team" elites would have preferred.
If you have a counterexample, speak up.
(A) Represented a break with what "Blue Team" elites asked for.
(B) Were less popular among voters than what "Blue Team" elites would have preferred.
If you have a counterexample, speak up.
February 1, 2025 at 9:10 PM
AFAIK, there were no actions taken by the Biden administration that:
(A) Represented a break with what "Blue Team" elites asked for.
(B) Were less popular among voters than what "Blue Team" elites would have preferred.
If you have a counterexample, speak up.
(A) Represented a break with what "Blue Team" elites asked for.
(B) Were less popular among voters than what "Blue Team" elites would have preferred.
If you have a counterexample, speak up.