Sally Hudson
@sallylhudson.bsky.social
economist // former Charlottesville state rep 🏛️ // UVa prof // election reform 🇺🇸 // I write about bright lights for democracy ✨
There are now more Democratic women in Virginia’s House than Republicans — total.
VA has come a longgg way!
VA has come a longgg way!
November 8, 2025 at 1:48 AM
There are now more Democratic women in Virginia’s House than Republicans — total.
VA has come a longgg way!
VA has come a longgg way!
I tried to give his long take a fair hearing and was not prepared to wade through this.
October 26, 2025 at 11:21 PM
I tried to give his long take a fair hearing and was not prepared to wade through this.
Ta-Nehisi Coates has this beautiful little essay about his time teaching writing at MIT that nails it, I think.
www.theatlantic.com/national/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/national/arc...
October 13, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Ta-Nehisi Coates has this beautiful little essay about his time teaching writing at MIT that nails it, I think.
www.theatlantic.com/national/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/national/arc...
Today I learned that MIT is in Massachusetts because its founder, William Barton Rogers — a UVA prof and the state geologist — decided he just couldn’t with Virginia anymore.
October 13, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Today I learned that MIT is in Massachusetts because its founder, William Barton Rogers — a UVA prof and the state geologist — decided he just couldn’t with Virginia anymore.
We used to be a proper country.
September 30, 2025 at 11:36 PM
We used to be a proper country.
“[T]here are more ways of building a valid districting plan than there are particles in the galaxy, and every one of them will produce a 9-0 Democratic delegation.”
Hell of an abstract kicker.
Hell of an abstract kicker.
August 12, 2025 at 11:18 PM
“[T]here are more ways of building a valid districting plan than there are particles in the galaxy, and every one of them will produce a 9-0 Democratic delegation.”
Hell of an abstract kicker.
Hell of an abstract kicker.
Pedagogically, is this an overwhelming or empowering lens for starting an intro stats class in a policy school?
Emily Dickinson's take on telling "all the truth" looms large in my mind...
Emily Dickinson's take on telling "all the truth" looms large in my mind...
August 12, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Pedagogically, is this an overwhelming or empowering lens for starting an intro stats class in a policy school?
Emily Dickinson's take on telling "all the truth" looms large in my mind...
Emily Dickinson's take on telling "all the truth" looms large in my mind...
I'm back teaching stats in a School of Public Policy this fall, and I can't decide whether to show this clip from Game of Thrones on the first day of class or the last.
Knowledge can be helpful, but power is power.
Knowledge can be helpful, but power is power.
August 12, 2025 at 2:36 PM
I'm back teaching stats in a School of Public Policy this fall, and I can't decide whether to show this clip from Game of Thrones on the first day of class or the last.
Knowledge can be helpful, but power is power.
Knowledge can be helpful, but power is power.
Thanks for reminding me of this blast from the past:
perchance.org/q222enyay4
perchance.org/q222enyay4
July 10, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Thanks for reminding me of this blast from the past:
perchance.org/q222enyay4
perchance.org/q222enyay4
Hey UVA — if you put these at waist height right next to elevators, absent-minded professors will push them to try to get on. And then it’s a whole situation.
July 9, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Hey UVA — if you put these at waist height right next to elevators, absent-minded professors will push them to try to get on. And then it’s a whole situation.
The National Science Foundation just chose its latest round of prestigious student fellowships:
60%+ in computer science
0 in life sciences (yes, zero)
This govt does not have a human vision for our future.
60%+ in computer science
0 in life sciences (yes, zero)
This govt does not have a human vision for our future.
July 9, 2025 at 1:32 PM
The National Science Foundation just chose its latest round of prestigious student fellowships:
60%+ in computer science
0 in life sciences (yes, zero)
This govt does not have a human vision for our future.
60%+ in computer science
0 in life sciences (yes, zero)
This govt does not have a human vision for our future.
Today I learned elder millennials are higher on civics than everyone else. Splains a lot.
July 3, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Today I learned elder millennials are higher on civics than everyone else. Splains a lot.
My office mates have a reminder.
July 3, 2025 at 1:50 PM
My office mates have a reminder.
(I don't live in Chesapeake and am extrapolating from Virginia cities I know better with similar local/state/federal voting patterns to the ones described in the article.)
June 18, 2025 at 6:22 PM
(I don't live in Chesapeake and am extrapolating from Virginia cities I know better with similar local/state/federal voting patterns to the ones described in the article.)
Since I happen to have these data close at hand -- here they are. Cville can get up to ~8K in a Dem primary with a highly competitive top of the ticket. This low ~6K figure is standard when there's not a bunch of money spent on staff and TV.
June 18, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Since I happen to have these data close at hand -- here they are. Cville can get up to ~8K in a Dem primary with a highly competitive top of the ticket. This low ~6K figure is standard when there's not a bunch of money spent on staff and TV.
Turns out immigrants do a lot of work — many people are saying!
June 12, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Turns out immigrants do a lot of work — many people are saying!
If elected AG, Shannon Taylor should recuse herself from cases involving Dominion and regulated utilities — given the $650K+ they’ve already given her.
Virginians need to know their Attorney General works for the public, not a private company.
Virginians need to know their Attorney General works for the public, not a private company.
June 10, 2025 at 2:10 AM
If elected AG, Shannon Taylor should recuse herself from cases involving Dominion and regulated utilities — given the $650K+ they’ve already given her.
Virginians need to know their Attorney General works for the public, not a private company.
Virginians need to know their Attorney General works for the public, not a private company.
It’s a history lots of local Dems don’t know — though the party has played a huge part at every stage.
June 9, 2025 at 6:14 PM
It’s a history lots of local Dems don’t know — though the party has played a huge part at every stage.
BLS is ending access to restricted use data because they want Americans to know less about these things:
June 6, 2025 at 8:18 PM
BLS is ending access to restricted use data because they want Americans to know less about these things:
*taps the literal sign*
June 6, 2025 at 3:55 PM
*taps the literal sign*
When politicians say America was founded as a Christian nation, I wish Monticello had subpoena power to summon them back for re-education.
June 6, 2025 at 3:53 PM
When politicians say America was founded as a Christian nation, I wish Monticello had subpoena power to summon them back for re-education.
Google is now hallucinating summaries of conversations that haven’t even happened yet.
My colleague Matthew just emailed me a budget to review.
I haven’t even read it yet — let alone agreed!
My colleague Matthew just emailed me a budget to review.
I haven’t even read it yet — let alone agreed!
June 2, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Google is now hallucinating summaries of conversations that haven’t even happened yet.
My colleague Matthew just emailed me a budget to review.
I haven’t even read it yet — let alone agreed!
My colleague Matthew just emailed me a budget to review.
I haven’t even read it yet — let alone agreed!
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