Joey Politano🏳️🌈
@josephpolitano.bsky.social
Writing a data-driven newsletter about economics @ apricitas.io
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Nuance? In this Economy
Full Employment Stan, Brazilian Coffee Tariff Victim |
Bunny has decided the corner where I keep the recycling is her new favorite place to stay. Never shown any interest in this corner until today but both times I have picked her up she’s walked right back to the corner.
December 6, 2025 at 4:28 AM
Bunny has decided the corner where I keep the recycling is her new favorite place to stay. Never shown any interest in this corner until today but both times I have picked her up she’s walked right back to the corner.
What should we name this neighborhood between Clarendon and Courthouse? Let’s call it Clarendon-Courthouse, this will surely not confuse anyone
December 5, 2025 at 11:01 PM
What should we name this neighborhood between Clarendon and Courthouse? Let’s call it Clarendon-Courthouse, this will surely not confuse anyone
Another month of US transit data is just in, & DC's WMATA remains the fastest-growing major US transit agency, with ridership up 10% compared to last year!
King County Metro (Seattle, +7%) & SEPTA (Philly, +5.3%) have performed well, while LA Metro & NJTransit have lost riders🧵
King County Metro (Seattle, +7%) & SEPTA (Philly, +5.3%) have performed well, while LA Metro & NJTransit have lost riders🧵
December 5, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Another month of US transit data is just in, & DC's WMATA remains the fastest-growing major US transit agency, with ridership up 10% compared to last year!
King County Metro (Seattle, +7%) & SEPTA (Philly, +5.3%) have performed well, while LA Metro & NJTransit have lost riders🧵
King County Metro (Seattle, +7%) & SEPTA (Philly, +5.3%) have performed well, while LA Metro & NJTransit have lost riders🧵
New Canadian Jobs Data came out today:
Employment Growth: +54k
Unemployment Rate: 6.5% (-0.3%)
Prime Age (25-54) Employment Rate: 83.4% (-0.1%)
Employment Level: 21.1M
Employment Growth: +54k
Unemployment Rate: 6.5% (-0.3%)
Prime Age (25-54) Employment Rate: 83.4% (-0.1%)
Employment Level: 21.1M
December 5, 2025 at 10:16 PM
New Canadian Jobs Data came out today:
Employment Growth: +54k
Unemployment Rate: 6.5% (-0.3%)
Prime Age (25-54) Employment Rate: 83.4% (-0.1%)
Employment Level: 21.1M
Employment Growth: +54k
Unemployment Rate: 6.5% (-0.3%)
Prime Age (25-54) Employment Rate: 83.4% (-0.1%)
Employment Level: 21.1M
dawg imagine being such a failson your country's stock market pukes 5% when you get picked to run for President
Flavio blew up Brazil today, ouch
*BRAZIL STOCKS SLUMP MOST SINCE 2021 ON BOLSONARO SON CANDIDACY
*BRAZIL STOCKS SLUMP MOST SINCE 2021 ON BOLSONARO SON CANDIDACY
December 5, 2025 at 9:27 PM
dawg imagine being such a failson your country's stock market pukes 5% when you get picked to run for President
Q3 GDP data is in for all EU members today, and all countries except Finland have seen their economies grow over the last year
Fastest: Ireland (10.8%), Denmark (3.9%), Cyprus (3.8%), Poland(3.6%), Malta (3.0%)
Slowest: Finland (-0.6%), Germany (0.3%), France (0.5%), Hungary (0.6%), Italy (0.6%)
Fastest: Ireland (10.8%), Denmark (3.9%), Cyprus (3.8%), Poland(3.6%), Malta (3.0%)
Slowest: Finland (-0.6%), Germany (0.3%), France (0.5%), Hungary (0.6%), Italy (0.6%)
December 5, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Q3 GDP data is in for all EU members today, and all countries except Finland have seen their economies grow over the last year
Fastest: Ireland (10.8%), Denmark (3.9%), Cyprus (3.8%), Poland(3.6%), Malta (3.0%)
Slowest: Finland (-0.6%), Germany (0.3%), France (0.5%), Hungary (0.6%), Italy (0.6%)
Fastest: Ireland (10.8%), Denmark (3.9%), Cyprus (3.8%), Poland(3.6%), Malta (3.0%)
Slowest: Finland (-0.6%), Germany (0.3%), France (0.5%), Hungary (0.6%), Italy (0.6%)
Incredible
I changed my discord about me to a quote from @josephpolitano.bsky.social that I love and I always forget about it and am incredibly amused every time I open my profile
December 5, 2025 at 5:51 AM
Incredible
losing my mind at the 25% of GOP voters who think most Italian Americans are "more loyal to a foreign country than to the United States."
December 4, 2025 at 9:00 PM
losing my mind at the 25% of GOP voters who think most Italian Americans are "more loyal to a foreign country than to the United States."
Trump: Shroedinger’s cat is either living or dead
Trump: We will either let USMCA expire or make another deal with Mexico and Canada.
December 3, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Trump: Shroedinger’s cat is either living or dead
Reposted by Joey Politano🏳️🌈
NEW from me:
Immigrants make up nearly 1/5 of the total US workforce and contribute throughout the entire economy
That makes it all the worse that, amidst Trump's mass deportations, we don't have good measures of how many immigrants have actually left the country
www.apricitas.io/p/america-is...
Immigrants make up nearly 1/5 of the total US workforce and contribute throughout the entire economy
That makes it all the worse that, amidst Trump's mass deportations, we don't have good measures of how many immigrants have actually left the country
www.apricitas.io/p/america-is...
America is Flying Blind on Immigration
Nobody Knows How Many Immigrant Workers Have Left the US Amidst Trump's Mass Deportations. That's Incredibly Bad.
www.apricitas.io
December 2, 2025 at 11:43 PM
NEW from me:
Immigrants make up nearly 1/5 of the total US workforce and contribute throughout the entire economy
That makes it all the worse that, amidst Trump's mass deportations, we don't have good measures of how many immigrants have actually left the country
www.apricitas.io/p/america-is...
Immigrants make up nearly 1/5 of the total US workforce and contribute throughout the entire economy
That makes it all the worse that, amidst Trump's mass deportations, we don't have good measures of how many immigrants have actually left the country
www.apricitas.io/p/america-is...
NEW from me:
Immigrants make up nearly 1/5 of the total US workforce and contribute throughout the entire economy
That makes it all the worse that, amidst Trump's mass deportations, we don't have good measures of how many immigrants have actually left the country
www.apricitas.io/p/america-is...
Immigrants make up nearly 1/5 of the total US workforce and contribute throughout the entire economy
That makes it all the worse that, amidst Trump's mass deportations, we don't have good measures of how many immigrants have actually left the country
www.apricitas.io/p/america-is...
America is Flying Blind on Immigration
Nobody Knows How Many Immigrant Workers Have Left the US Amidst Trump's Mass Deportations. That's Incredibly Bad.
www.apricitas.io
December 2, 2025 at 11:43 PM
NEW from me:
Immigrants make up nearly 1/5 of the total US workforce and contribute throughout the entire economy
That makes it all the worse that, amidst Trump's mass deportations, we don't have good measures of how many immigrants have actually left the country
www.apricitas.io/p/america-is...
Immigrants make up nearly 1/5 of the total US workforce and contribute throughout the entire economy
That makes it all the worse that, amidst Trump's mass deportations, we don't have good measures of how many immigrants have actually left the country
www.apricitas.io/p/america-is...
US hiring rates remain stuck at 3.2%—tied for the lowest readings since the worst of COVID—but vary dramatically from state to state
DOGE-hit DC has the lowest hiring rate at 2.1%, while Alaska, Montana, and Wyoming have some of the highest hiring rates at 4.5% and above
DOGE-hit DC has the lowest hiring rate at 2.1%, while Alaska, Montana, and Wyoming have some of the highest hiring rates at 4.5% and above
December 2, 2025 at 7:14 PM
US hiring rates remain stuck at 3.2%—tied for the lowest readings since the worst of COVID—but vary dramatically from state to state
DOGE-hit DC has the lowest hiring rate at 2.1%, while Alaska, Montana, and Wyoming have some of the highest hiring rates at 4.5% and above
DOGE-hit DC has the lowest hiring rate at 2.1%, while Alaska, Montana, and Wyoming have some of the highest hiring rates at 4.5% and above
EU and Eurozone unemployment rates held steady in data released this morning, unchanged at 6% and 6.4% respectively from last month
Malta (3.1%), Czechia (3.2%), & Poland (3.3%) had the lowest unemployment rates, while Spain (10.5%), Finland (10.3%), & Sweden (9.3%) had the highest
Malta (3.1%), Czechia (3.2%), & Poland (3.3%) had the lowest unemployment rates, while Spain (10.5%), Finland (10.3%), & Sweden (9.3%) had the highest
December 2, 2025 at 1:25 PM
EU and Eurozone unemployment rates held steady in data released this morning, unchanged at 6% and 6.4% respectively from last month
Malta (3.1%), Czechia (3.2%), & Poland (3.3%) had the lowest unemployment rates, while Spain (10.5%), Finland (10.3%), & Sweden (9.3%) had the highest
Malta (3.1%), Czechia (3.2%), & Poland (3.3%) had the lowest unemployment rates, while Spain (10.5%), Finland (10.3%), & Sweden (9.3%) had the highest
Just finished “The Great Peace of Montreal of 1701”—an incredibly detailed book about the strategies behind French-Indigenous relations at the end of the Beaver Wars & King William’s War that culminated in peace between the French & the Iroquois
www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Joey Politano's review of The Great Peace of Montreal of 1701
4/5: For decades, colonists in New France and their indigenous allies had battled the Iroquois League in the Beaver Wars, culminating in the Nine Years' War where New France and its allies fought New ...
www.goodreads.com
December 1, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Just finished “The Great Peace of Montreal of 1701”—an incredibly detailed book about the strategies behind French-Indigenous relations at the end of the Beaver Wars & King William’s War that culminated in peace between the French & the Iroquois
www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
The bigger thing about Nalin (& a lot of Gen Z conservatives) is that they try to center young people's economic struggles rhetorically don't actually offer anything new on econ policy. All his answers to economic struggles are "we need less immigrants", which is already established Trump policy
the comments to this Fox News article are so fucking funny, man
literally conservative boomers being like "yeah, fuck Gen Z"
www.foxnews.com/media/nikki-...
literally conservative boomers being like "yeah, fuck Gen Z"
www.foxnews.com/media/nikki-...
Nikki Haley’s son urges GOP to step in as Gen Z reaches breaking point on jobs, housing
Nikki Haley's son slams Republican leaders as a 'glorified nursing home' over Gen Z's economic struggles, including record unemployment and a housing affordability crisis.
www.foxnews.com
December 1, 2025 at 8:18 PM
The bigger thing about Nalin (& a lot of Gen Z conservatives) is that they try to center young people's economic struggles rhetorically don't actually offer anything new on econ policy. All his answers to economic struggles are "we need less immigrants", which is already established Trump policy
Going from the middle out and the bottom to build a small yard and a tall fence with a strong floor and no ceiling
November 30, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Going from the middle out and the bottom to build a small yard and a tall fence with a strong floor and no ceiling
Goodbye beautiful Toronto, Canada. Until next time!
November 29, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Goodbye beautiful Toronto, Canada. Until next time!
Official data is in this week, and US solar continues to grow rapidly, with generation up 30% compared to last year!
November 29, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Official data is in this week, and US solar continues to grow rapidly, with generation up 30% compared to last year!
Beautiful and incredible things are happening in Toronto, Canada
November 28, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Beautiful and incredible things are happening in Toronto, Canada
One thing I really like about the Toronto subway is the pride it takes in shaping the city. They have all these ads that go “here’s a cool thing you can do in Toronto, and how to get there via transit”
November 28, 2025 at 6:05 PM
One thing I really like about the Toronto subway is the pride it takes in shaping the city. They have all these ads that go “here’s a cool thing you can do in Toronto, and how to get there via transit”
Canada, I am in a different part of you
November 28, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Canada, I am in a different part of you
NEW: Data released today shows the Canadian economy returning to normal growth after the massive trade-war hit in Q2, with GDP growing 2.6% annualized in the third quarter
Consumption dropped & investment/government activity were flat though—the entire rebound was in net exports
Consumption dropped & investment/government activity were flat though—the entire rebound was in net exports
November 28, 2025 at 1:46 PM
NEW: Data released today shows the Canadian economy returning to normal growth after the massive trade-war hit in Q2, with GDP growing 2.6% annualized in the third quarter
Consumption dropped & investment/government activity were flat though—the entire rebound was in net exports
Consumption dropped & investment/government activity were flat though—the entire rebound was in net exports
Au revoir Montreal, one the most beautiful cities I've ever visited. Will definitely have to be back soon!
November 27, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Au revoir Montreal, one the most beautiful cities I've ever visited. Will definitely have to be back soon!
Favorite signs from the Montreal Metro
November 26, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Favorite signs from the Montreal Metro
Hydro Quebec is sponsoring the theatre companies here too lol
November 26, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Hydro Quebec is sponsoring the theatre companies here too lol