Stan Oklobdzija
@stano.bsky.social
Ass. Prof. Public Policy @ UC Riverside | Better Cities Through Better Government | 1st Gen 🇺🇸: 🇷🇸/ Việt Nam Cộng Hòa | 躺平 | Ham chơi
stanokl.github.io | https://everyoneiswelcome.substack.com/
📍: The Inland Empire, California.
stanokl.github.io | https://everyoneiswelcome.substack.com/
📍: The Inland Empire, California.
I'd really like to see this data for other nations. Americans really retreated into their homes following COVID but did other people follow suit?
November 25, 2025 at 5:39 AM
I'd really like to see this data for other nations. Americans really retreated into their homes following COVID but did other people follow suit?
While America's Democratic Socialist movement may have captured NYC's mayorship by appealing to affordability and governance issues, it's important that it not alienate its core constituency of "Maowadi," a dude with A Little Red Book and what appears to be a Hamas glider in his profile name.
Zohran adding YIMBYs to his transition team is resulting in some absolutely incredible Left NIMBY crashouts over on Twitter. This is my favorite.
November 25, 2025 at 1:04 AM
While America's Democratic Socialist movement may have captured NYC's mayorship by appealing to affordability and governance issues, it's important that it not alienate its core constituency of "Maowadi," a dude with A Little Red Book and what appears to be a Hamas glider in his profile name.
Should I start trying to move to Seattle?
Katie Wilson: "I look at what Mayor Hidalgo has achieved in Paris, and I think that, and some of the mayors in Spanish cities, progressive, socialist mayors in Spanish cities, and the transformation of public space into walkable, people-oriented places where you want to be, it’s just so important."
November 25, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Should I start trying to move to Seattle?
For folks who live in other countries: Are youth sports absolutely insane over there like they are here? Like my jiu jitsu instructor is thinking of cancelling his kids' program because he's sick of dealing with parents crashing out.
people get wrongfooted by terfs going “what if a man can just say he’s a woman and win the Olympics” but they will be a lot less sympathetic when that cashes out with “and that’s why the drunkest MAGA grandpas at the track meet are accusing your tomboy daughter of being a secret male”
November 24, 2025 at 11:56 PM
For folks who live in other countries: Are youth sports absolutely insane over there like they are here? Like my jiu jitsu instructor is thinking of cancelling his kids' program because he's sick of dealing with parents crashing out.
The worst part about this site is that maybe 10% of users are maladjusted defectives who scour posts just looking for someone to get mad at.
People, just spend 5 minutes reading the actual op-ed.
People, just spend 5 minutes reading the actual op-ed.
November 24, 2025 at 11:45 PM
The worst part about this site is that maybe 10% of users are maladjusted defectives who scour posts just looking for someone to get mad at.
People, just spend 5 minutes reading the actual op-ed.
People, just spend 5 minutes reading the actual op-ed.
We've gone from the masked American secret police grabbing our students and pushing them into waiting vans to them grabbing our colleagues as they board airplanes.
Down to a person, everyone who voted for this is trash and should never be forgiven.
Down to a person, everyone who voted for this is trash and should never be forgiven.
November 24, 2025 at 11:19 PM
We've gone from the masked American secret police grabbing our students and pushing them into waiting vans to them grabbing our colleagues as they board airplanes.
Down to a person, everyone who voted for this is trash and should never be forgiven.
Down to a person, everyone who voted for this is trash and should never be forgiven.
I remember living in Brazil and being told by some friends that the US invaded Iraq to steal its oil. But after I explained why the US actually invaded Iraq, everyone agreed the truth was much more depraved and it would've been better if the real motivation was just stealing oil.
Rep. Salazar on Venezuela: "We're about to go in ... we need to go in ... Venezuela for the American oil companies will be a field day"
November 24, 2025 at 10:34 PM
I remember living in Brazil and being told by some friends that the US invaded Iraq to steal its oil. But after I explained why the US actually invaded Iraq, everyone agreed the truth was much more depraved and it would've been better if the real motivation was just stealing oil.
If the Republican Party were not full of literal, no exaggeration, dictionary-definition Nazis, they would have been fast-tracking Venezuelan refugees into the United States and creating hundreds of thousands of die-hard Republican voters that'd last for generations.
Rep. Salazar: "We're gonna be doing a favor to us, to our children, to our economy, to our oil companies to be able to liberate. And to Venezuelans who wants to be free."
November 24, 2025 at 9:49 PM
If the Republican Party were not full of literal, no exaggeration, dictionary-definition Nazis, they would have been fast-tracking Venezuelan refugees into the United States and creating hundreds of thousands of die-hard Republican voters that'd last for generations.
Even though every American movie is a Los Angeles movie at heart, here are the top 11 movies specific to LA (in no particular order):
1. Gook
2. Killer of Sheep
3. Heat
4. Drive
5. Chinatown
6. Tangerine
7. Blood In, Blood Out
8. Mulholland Drive
9. Blade Runner
10. Short Cuts
11. Big Lebowski
1. Gook
2. Killer of Sheep
3. Heat
4. Drive
5. Chinatown
6. Tangerine
7. Blood In, Blood Out
8. Mulholland Drive
9. Blade Runner
10. Short Cuts
11. Big Lebowski
i would like pritzker's list of his top 11 movies set in chicago
star wars discourse, okay, but i'm here for fugitive discourse
star wars discourse, okay, but i'm here for fugitive discourse
a man with a beard is talking on a cell phone while wearing a plaid shirt .
Alt: harrison ford in the fugitive starting to trim off his iconic beard
media.tenor.com
November 24, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Even though every American movie is a Los Angeles movie at heart, here are the top 11 movies specific to LA (in no particular order):
1. Gook
2. Killer of Sheep
3. Heat
4. Drive
5. Chinatown
6. Tangerine
7. Blood In, Blood Out
8. Mulholland Drive
9. Blade Runner
10. Short Cuts
11. Big Lebowski
1. Gook
2. Killer of Sheep
3. Heat
4. Drive
5. Chinatown
6. Tangerine
7. Blood In, Blood Out
8. Mulholland Drive
9. Blade Runner
10. Short Cuts
11. Big Lebowski
The thing about high housing costs is that they can make the lives of even high-earning households pretty miserable because it forces them to either live far from work or accept substandard housing.
The solution is just to build more but that might take away a parking space though.
The solution is just to build more but that might take away a parking space though.
November 24, 2025 at 8:00 PM
The thing about high housing costs is that they can make the lives of even high-earning households pretty miserable because it forces them to either live far from work or accept substandard housing.
The solution is just to build more but that might take away a parking space though.
The solution is just to build more but that might take away a parking space though.
It has come to my attention that Mamdani might actually get it on housing.
November 24, 2025 at 7:52 PM
It has come to my attention that Mamdani might actually get it on housing.
Those are faces I'd not seen in a long time.
November 24, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Those are faces I'd not seen in a long time.
Reposted by Stan Oklobdzija
🚨We analyzed 138 million geocoded property tax records to quantify how municipal boundaries spatially overlap onto economic segregation in every US metro area—creating disparities in localities’ ability to fund public goods. And we made an interactive map of our results! [1/16]
November 24, 2025 at 4:31 PM
🚨We analyzed 138 million geocoded property tax records to quantify how municipal boundaries spatially overlap onto economic segregation in every US metro area—creating disparities in localities’ ability to fund public goods. And we made an interactive map of our results! [1/16]
Been reading a bit about the European far right and while it might seem crazy to say now with Trump in office, authoritarianism's prospects over on that continent might be stronger than on ours.
November 24, 2025 at 6:50 AM
Been reading a bit about the European far right and while it might seem crazy to say now with Trump in office, authoritarianism's prospects over on that continent might be stronger than on ours.
"...didn't crash out and decide they hated America."
Bay Area people, WTF happened to this guy?
Bay Area people, WTF happened to this guy?
November 24, 2025 at 4:40 AM
"...didn't crash out and decide they hated America."
Bay Area people, WTF happened to this guy?
Bay Area people, WTF happened to this guy?
Been on the BRAT diet after getting food poisoning and I'm sad to report that it's nothing like the album.
November 24, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Been on the BRAT diet after getting food poisoning and I'm sad to report that it's nothing like the album.
I like candidates like this because even when they don't win, they force incumbent Democrats to take the positions they should have been taking all along. Genuine swing voters in Congressional races only exist in your imagination.
Impeachment isn’t an option, it’s a necessity. I know firsthand the lengths Trump is willing to go in order to silence dissent.
Impeach, convict, remove. And if our current leaders won’t do it, they need to step aside for people who will: www.youtube.com/watch?v=jo54...
Impeach, convict, remove. And if our current leaders won’t do it, they need to step aside for people who will: www.youtube.com/watch?v=jo54...
Trump Wrongly Indicted Me, I’ll Rightly Impeach Him | Kat Abughazaleh Speaks at Lincoln Memorial
YouTube video by Kat Abughazaleh
www.youtube.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:38 AM
I like candidates like this because even when they don't win, they force incumbent Democrats to take the positions they should have been taking all along. Genuine swing voters in Congressional races only exist in your imagination.
"The high-income admissions advantage at Ivy-Plus colleges is driven by three factors: (1) preferences for children of alumni, (2) weight placed on non-academic credentials, and (3) athletic recruitment."
"attending an Ivy-Plus college instead of the average flagship public college increases students- chances of reaching the top 1% of the earnings distribution by 50%, nearly doubles their chances of attending an elite graduate school, and almost triples their chances of working at a prestigious firm"
Recently accepted by #QJE, “Diversifying Society’s Leaders? The Determinants and Causal Effects of Admission to Highly Selective Private Colleges,” by Chetty (@Oppinsights), Deming, and Friedman: doi.org/10.1093/qje/...
November 23, 2025 at 10:13 PM
"The high-income admissions advantage at Ivy-Plus colleges is driven by three factors: (1) preferences for children of alumni, (2) weight placed on non-academic credentials, and (3) athletic recruitment."
Reposted by Stan Oklobdzija
It's official: An American Problem (our book on the Voting Rights Act, preclearance, and the effects of Shelby County) will be coming out next year with Princeton University Press. As the VRA faces continued threats, we're hopeful it will offer insight into why the it's is so vitally important
October 28, 2025 at 3:16 PM
It's official: An American Problem (our book on the Voting Rights Act, preclearance, and the effects of Shelby County) will be coming out next year with Princeton University Press. As the VRA faces continued threats, we're hopeful it will offer insight into why the it's is so vitally important
This is 100% true, but the other ingredient in the secret sauce was a steady stream of immigrants whose children attended these universities and became luminaries like Norman Borlaug or Jonas Salk.
Really important to stress that the Crown Jewels of the US higher education system were never the Ivies or elite SLACs (other countries have equivalents of these) but the well-funded, large, cheap, and excellently staffed public state university systems bringing high quality education to the masses.
One of the bragging rights that the US ed system had in the 20th century is that we didn't have education tracks. Essentially, any kid could go to a CC or state school & major in whatever they wanted to (obviously an oversimplification). I fear this aspect of the American dream is dying.
November 23, 2025 at 7:09 PM
This is 100% true, but the other ingredient in the secret sauce was a steady stream of immigrants whose children attended these universities and became luminaries like Norman Borlaug or Jonas Salk.
Vietnamese Edward Lansdale is eight cans of 333 and a plate of gỏi mực deep at the nhậu and pulls out his phone because remembered he needs to tell moms in Nebrahoma not to vaccinate their kids.
thinking about how my parents escaped vietnam, where the CIA destabilized my family's home country by spreading misinformation, and they landed in the united states, which is now getting destabilized bc someone in vietnam is spreading misinformation
Twitter pays people based on engagement (views, retweets, comments, etc). It appears that many MAGA accounts are based abroad and they use AI technology to generate low-effort rage bait.
My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.
My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.
November 23, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Vietnamese Edward Lansdale is eight cans of 333 and a plate of gỏi mực deep at the nhậu and pulls out his phone because remembered he needs to tell moms in Nebrahoma not to vaccinate their kids.
The biggest takeaway from this whole Twitter account origin story is that, in addition to every other task, chuds are also too lazy and incompetent to do their own bigotry without the help of people from the developing world.
November 23, 2025 at 6:15 PM
The biggest takeaway from this whole Twitter account origin story is that, in addition to every other task, chuds are also too lazy and incompetent to do their own bigotry without the help of people from the developing world.
Thinking of firing up my Twitter account to tell the "Heritage American" accounts run by people younger than me that they need to get out because I was here first.
November 23, 2025 at 6:42 AM
Thinking of firing up my Twitter account to tell the "Heritage American" accounts run by people younger than me that they need to get out because I was here first.
The thing about journalism is that the main way it works is that people tell you things and the way you get people to tell you things is to spend time on a beat earning people's trust and filling mostly mundane copy. This is not very sexy or profitable, which is why most community media sucks.
November 23, 2025 at 2:47 AM
The thing about journalism is that the main way it works is that people tell you things and the way you get people to tell you things is to spend time on a beat earning people's trust and filling mostly mundane copy. This is not very sexy or profitable, which is why most community media sucks.
If newspapers still existed, they'd be pointing out that the all-hands-on-deck to arrest jornaleros and grandmas has let immigration enforcement lapse against actually dangerous people like sex traffickers and violent criminals.
Change in the number of ICE detainees at identified "threat levels" from October 2024 vs. November 2025.
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November 23, 2025 at 2:35 AM
If newspapers still existed, they'd be pointing out that the all-hands-on-deck to arrest jornaleros and grandmas has let immigration enforcement lapse against actually dangerous people like sex traffickers and violent criminals.