Mr. Nick Beaudrot
@nbeaudrot.bsky.social
Math Dad.
Aspiring-to-comeback Triathlete.
Fall Out Boy apologist.
Aspiring-to-comeback Triathlete.
Fall Out Boy apologist.
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Mr. Nick Beaudrot
@nbeaudrot.bsky.social
· Nov 15
"Inflation is very unpopular and the median voter's views on crime and immigration are closer to Trump's than Harris's" is like 90% more accurate than every narrative take out there that focuses on Rogan, trans rights, "the information environment", etc
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Then Toad began to bang his head against the wall
February 3, 2026 at 5:37 AM
Then Toad began to bang his head against the wall
The Florida and Texas spillover universities seem pretty good.
February 3, 2026 at 5:08 AM
The Florida and Texas spillover universities seem pretty good.
They are in fact mostly mooching off rich kids from Atlanta and Houston and Miami and Charlotte
February 3, 2026 at 2:46 AM
They are in fact mostly mooching off rich kids from Atlanta and Houston and Miami and Charlotte
That's not what's happening! "oh Bama is just mooching off rich kids from the northeast and midwest" is East Coast Media Bias. bsky.app/profile/nbea...
Ah here we go. Mostly it's "people who can't get into their GA/FL/TX/VA/NC flagship", but then I guess IL/MD and to a lesser extent PA/OH are overrepresented. www.collegefactual.com/colleges/the...
February 3, 2026 at 2:45 AM
That's not what's happening! "oh Bama is just mooching off rich kids from the northeast and midwest" is East Coast Media Bias. bsky.app/profile/nbea...
Ah here we go. Mostly it's "people who can't get into their GA/FL/TX/VA/NC flagship", but then I guess IL/MD and to a lesser extent PA/OH are overrepresented. www.collegefactual.com/colleges/the...
February 3, 2026 at 2:43 AM
Ah here we go. Mostly it's "people who can't get into their GA/FL/TX/VA/NC flagship", but then I guess IL/MD and to a lesser extent PA/OH are overrepresented. www.collegefactual.com/colleges/the...
30 yrs ago ~any upper middle class Metro Atlanta student who halfway cared about school would get into UGA. Now those students have to choose between (from least to most $)
* regional in-state university
* midtier private university
* out of state flagship with less competitive admissions
* regional in-state university
* midtier private university
* out of state flagship with less competitive admissions
February 3, 2026 at 2:10 AM
30 yrs ago ~any upper middle class Metro Atlanta student who halfway cared about school would get into UGA. Now those students have to choose between (from least to most $)
* regional in-state university
* midtier private university
* out of state flagship with less competitive admissions
* regional in-state university
* midtier private university
* out of state flagship with less competitive admissions
They can ... but they might not be able to get into their in-state public flagship or land grant engineering school.
February 3, 2026 at 2:08 AM
They can ... but they might not be able to get into their in-state public flagship or land grant engineering school.
I'm not sure the students at UNC Charlotte get those opportunities (UNC Charlotte and Elon University have similar median SATs)
Additionally the financial aid formulas mean the net price for private unis & colleges may be lower than for out of state publics at certain incomes.
Additionally the financial aid formulas mean the net price for private unis & colleges may be lower than for out of state publics at certain incomes.
February 3, 2026 at 2:03 AM
I'm not sure the students at UNC Charlotte get those opportunities (UNC Charlotte and Elon University have similar median SATs)
Additionally the financial aid formulas mean the net price for private unis & colleges may be lower than for out of state publics at certain incomes.
Additionally the financial aid formulas mean the net price for private unis & colleges may be lower than for out of state publics at certain incomes.
The private universities here are providing a different service (the dating pool, playing golf, etc.)
February 2, 2026 at 10:50 PM
The private universities here are providing a different service (the dating pool, playing golf, etc.)
Has someone quantified the amount of flight from the northeast/midwest to Bama/Tennessee/Ole Miss/etc? I think it's mostly "kids from Metro Atlanta who could have gotten into UGA in 1995 but can't now" etc.
February 2, 2026 at 10:49 PM
Has someone quantified the amount of flight from the northeast/midwest to Bama/Tennessee/Ole Miss/etc? I think it's mostly "kids from Metro Atlanta who could have gotten into UGA in 1995 but can't now" etc.
Be honest, if they had said they wanted Bob Dylan to host would you have needed to check to see if he's still alive?
February 2, 2026 at 10:45 PM
Be honest, if they had said they wanted Bob Dylan to host would you have needed to check to see if he's still alive?
Congrats to the NFL players for separating The Art from The Artist on this one.
incredible note here
February 2, 2026 at 10:45 PM
Congrats to the NFL players for separating The Art from The Artist on this one.
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NFL offensive players: i just think we need to stop picking people from new mexico. i mean nobody any disrespect but football is an american sport.
NFL defensive players: carly rae jepsen is mother
NFL defensive players: carly rae jepsen is mother
February 2, 2026 at 8:24 PM
NFL offensive players: i just think we need to stop picking people from new mexico. i mean nobody any disrespect but football is an american sport.
NFL defensive players: carly rae jepsen is mother
NFL defensive players: carly rae jepsen is mother
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i'm about 2/3 convinced that Stancil's replies are the King in Yellow and anyone who reads too many of them loses their mind
February 2, 2026 at 10:41 PM
i'm about 2/3 convinced that Stancil's replies are the King in Yellow and anyone who reads too many of them loses their mind
(and because it will price out competitors)
February 2, 2026 at 10:38 PM
(and because it will price out competitors)
In the short-term Waymo won't be very many cars; in the long term they'll probably support congestion pricing to make the infrastructure financially sustainable?
February 2, 2026 at 10:37 PM
In the short-term Waymo won't be very many cars; in the long term they'll probably support congestion pricing to make the infrastructure financially sustainable?
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need to defend tooze here--all evidence suggests he is NOT a "treatler" but rather "upper west side guy who has never actually grocery shopped in his entire life," a well established NYC archetype which predates doordash by decades
Treatler-Stalinism is a real ideology and an actual, tenured crackpot historian (who used to be a quite good historian) is a true believer in it.
We live in some goddamn interesting times.
We live in some goddamn interesting times.
February 2, 2026 at 5:39 PM
need to defend tooze here--all evidence suggests he is NOT a "treatler" but rather "upper west side guy who has never actually grocery shopped in his entire life," a well established NYC archetype which predates doordash by decades
Well interestingly he cited "shooting overseas" as something that's raising production costs/timelines and ... yeah, if you're making a procedural, you structure the show so you don't need to do location shots in Ireland or w/e.
February 2, 2026 at 9:55 PM
Well interestingly he cited "shooting overseas" as something that's raising production costs/timelines and ... yeah, if you're making a procedural, you structure the show so you don't need to do location shots in Ireland or w/e.
Nobody:
Michael Caine:
Michael Caine:
are the muppets real
February 2, 2026 at 9:50 PM
Nobody:
Michael Caine:
Michael Caine:
I think there's a sweet spot for both producers and consumers where we have more episodic TV than we had 2015-2025, but less than we had 2005-2015 (and way less than times before it).
But also people underrate that The Wire/Sopranos/etc are quite episodic!
But also people underrate that The Wire/Sopranos/etc are quite episodic!
February 2, 2026 at 9:50 PM
I think there's a sweet spot for both producers and consumers where we have more episodic TV than we had 2015-2025, but less than we had 2005-2015 (and way less than times before it).
But also people underrate that The Wire/Sopranos/etc are quite episodic!
But also people underrate that The Wire/Sopranos/etc are quite episodic!
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IMO there's a coherent story where a big cost of inflation is that people suddenly have to devote energy to figuring out new relative prices and updating how they live their lives
but the anti-stancilers try to argue for declines in purchasing power that aren't there, especially over a longer term
but the anti-stancilers try to argue for declines in purchasing power that aren't there, especially over a longer term
February 2, 2026 at 7:14 PM
IMO there's a coherent story where a big cost of inflation is that people suddenly have to devote energy to figuring out new relative prices and updating how they live their lives
but the anti-stancilers try to argue for declines in purchasing power that aren't there, especially over a longer term
but the anti-stancilers try to argue for declines in purchasing power that aren't there, especially over a longer term
Yeah I assumed "you" here meant Claude :)
February 2, 2026 at 9:18 PM
Yeah I assumed "you" here meant Claude :)
... can you draw this with 2020 and 2016 vote share? I'm still trying to figure out how far the vaunted "multiracial workers party" stuff has been unwound.
February 2, 2026 at 9:12 PM
... can you draw this with 2020 and 2016 vote share? I'm still trying to figure out how far the vaunted "multiracial workers party" stuff has been unwound.
Meaning like can the President direct the plane repossesser to repossess the plane and argue it was an official act?
February 2, 2026 at 9:11 PM
Meaning like can the President direct the plane repossesser to repossess the plane and argue it was an official act?