#nokings Beaverton, OR. We definitely were paid to wear these hats.

I don't teach any more, but I still always read the news as if I am looking for examples for class. For authoritarianism and capitalism week, this would be a nice illustration of Fraenkel's normative state as the US devolves into a dual state: apnews.com/article/smuc...

A couple positives in my world this week. The Portland Frog and @mit.edu saying what every university and college should say in response to the demands of an administration that aspires to authoritarian rule: orgchart.mit.edu/letters/rega...

So proud of our Stanford colleague Will Tarpeh, newly named a 2025 MacArthur Fellow! Will is a brilliant and innovative scientist and a deeply committed community builder who helped launch a support network for junior Black faculty at Stanford. We’re all beaming! news.stanford.edu/stories/2025...

An important win for science, health, and democracy.

I have many thoughts about Charlie Kirk—and perhaps even more about the white elites, including some on the left, who insist we can’t hold multiple realities at once. We can. And we must. A brief 🧵

wrote on charlie kirk for the newsletter this weekend

I wonder which economist is getting data from Etsy right now to assess this impact.

This is spot on.

absolute truth

In 2015, I tried to get this data, but instead was scolded for using a Meta (Facebook) employee bike (bike riding = data request denied?). So glad someone finally did. Amazing visualization and a story of mobility that is really hard to tell from other data sources.

This is about as clear a statement as you could make about what is at stake and not just to a legal audience: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Breaking: Rare weather event, #sun in #pdx

If so, to date, it's coordination to be largely silent with a few exceptions. Long term, staying silent is a losing strategy.

I often wonder who in #philanthropy will step up and be the @arnoldventures.bsky.social for #immigrationpolicy. Kudos to Arnold for building better evidence across these critical areas.

This collaboration from @cgdev.org and @nytimes.com is powerful. My hope is scholars and journalists find more paths to work collaboratively in data-driven storytelling, to understand the harm being caused, and to jointly defend freedom of speech.

Today's newsletter: www.readtpa.com/p/this-is-ho...

In my neighborhood today, some overly smiley guy. 27 positive honks, 0 negative. Go #PDX for supporting #science!! #standupforscience @standupforscience.bsky.social

I could start my Bluesky era with snark, but cute dog photos for now. This is how to weekend in #PDX when you haven't seen the sun in 4 months.