Dukakis Dude
@dukakisdude.bsky.social
Described by the Financial Times as “a reference to 1988 Democratic presidential nominee Michael Dukakis”
weekend ridership way above pre-pandemic but overall ridership is still quite below 2019, so likely more people are riding but less frequently due to hybrid work.
seems like WFH still poses a big challenge for farebox recovery rates. we need new ideas for funding rail.
seems like WFH still poses a big challenge for farebox recovery rates. we need new ideas for funding rail.
December 7, 2025 at 5:04 PM
weekend ridership way above pre-pandemic but overall ridership is still quite below 2019, so likely more people are riding but less frequently due to hybrid work.
seems like WFH still poses a big challenge for farebox recovery rates. we need new ideas for funding rail.
seems like WFH still poses a big challenge for farebox recovery rates. we need new ideas for funding rail.
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That and GOP fundraising has shifted hard towards Silicon Valley billionaires who care far now about implementing Yarvinism than making their stock price go up.
December 6, 2025 at 4:40 PM
That and GOP fundraising has shifted hard towards Silicon Valley billionaires who care far now about implementing Yarvinism than making their stock price go up.
oh come on lol
anyone who has prepared for any kind of competitive exam recently has been exposed to the increasing use of extra time accommodations
anyone who has prepared for any kind of competitive exam recently has been exposed to the increasing use of extra time accommodations
Even by the standards of The Atlantic, this is an extraordinarily weak evidence base for an article.
Data from a tiny handful of schools that isn't measuring the variable at issue and a few thin, secondhand anecdotes.
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
Data from a tiny handful of schools that isn't measuring the variable at issue and a few thin, secondhand anecdotes.
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
December 2, 2025 at 9:57 PM
oh come on lol
anyone who has prepared for any kind of competitive exam recently has been exposed to the increasing use of extra time accommodations
anyone who has prepared for any kind of competitive exam recently has been exposed to the increasing use of extra time accommodations
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Yeah like sorry if you graduated class of 2027 I’m locking you in a room with a blue book and no cell phone for your interview, COVID during all of high school + ChatGPT during all of college is not a good combo
November 30, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Yeah like sorry if you graduated class of 2027 I’m locking you in a room with a blue book and no cell phone for your interview, COVID during all of high school + ChatGPT during all of college is not a good combo
Surprise surprise Mike Johnson is an idiot in way over his head
November 27, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Surprise surprise Mike Johnson is an idiot in way over his head
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Here is the federal district court's 2–1 ruling, authored by a very conservative Trump appointee, striking down Texas' new Republican gerrymander on the grounds that it unlawfully discriminates against racial minorities. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
November 18, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Here is the federal district court's 2–1 ruling, authored by a very conservative Trump appointee, striking down Texas' new Republican gerrymander on the grounds that it unlawfully discriminates against racial minorities. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
two thoughts:
1) the UK increasing domestic gas production and reducing their clean power target to something like 95% would be a better power sector decarb policy regime
2) MattY has a very weak grasp of energy economics and I find him frustrating to read on the subject
1) the UK increasing domestic gas production and reducing their clean power target to something like 95% would be a better power sector decarb policy regime
2) MattY has a very weak grasp of energy economics and I find him frustrating to read on the subject
one extremely funny thing is that @mattyglesias.bsky.social didn't even bother to look up whether there was any domestic constituency for fracking. there isn't. there is no shale gas production in the UK and most sources report that it would not even be commercially viable to frack for it.
November 17, 2025 at 9:33 PM
two thoughts:
1) the UK increasing domestic gas production and reducing their clean power target to something like 95% would be a better power sector decarb policy regime
2) MattY has a very weak grasp of energy economics and I find him frustrating to read on the subject
1) the UK increasing domestic gas production and reducing their clean power target to something like 95% would be a better power sector decarb policy regime
2) MattY has a very weak grasp of energy economics and I find him frustrating to read on the subject
ah, there's the sharp wit I expect from a YLS grad.
JD Vance: "I don't know if you saw this media circulating on social media, but the president met the president of Syria, al-Sharaa, in the Oval Office a couple of days ago, and he asked him, 'How many wives do you have?' Heh heh heh heh heh! Haaaaaa! Amazing comedic timing."
November 12, 2025 at 7:01 PM
ah, there's the sharp wit I expect from a YLS grad.
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another day volunteering at the lone and level sands. everyone keeps asking if they can look on the works & despair. buddy, they won't even let me look on it
November 2, 2025 at 5:58 PM
another day volunteering at the lone and level sands. everyone keeps asking if they can look on the works & despair. buddy, they won't even let me look on it
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"their work has proven less durable than they expected.”
Kelsey Tamborrino & Jessie Blaeser cover a Biden alumni autopsy of the admin's failure to protect its green legacy, which echoes many of the issues @politico.com uncovered in our Biden's Billions series.
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
Kelsey Tamborrino & Jessie Blaeser cover a Biden alumni autopsy of the admin's failure to protect its green legacy, which echoes many of the issues @politico.com uncovered in our Biden's Billions series.
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
Slow rollout throttled Biden’s big clean energy ambitions, former staffers say
An “executive branch machinery that defaulted to caution, process, and reactive strategies” undercut the ex-president’s massive energy and infrastructure programs, a report by his former staffers deta...
www.politico.com
November 4, 2025 at 2:53 PM
"their work has proven less durable than they expected.”
Kelsey Tamborrino & Jessie Blaeser cover a Biden alumni autopsy of the admin's failure to protect its green legacy, which echoes many of the issues @politico.com uncovered in our Biden's Billions series.
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
Kelsey Tamborrino & Jessie Blaeser cover a Biden alumni autopsy of the admin's failure to protect its green legacy, which echoes many of the issues @politico.com uncovered in our Biden's Billions series.
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
Come on lol the Biden administration so clearly botched policy towards irregular migration
October 27, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Come on lol the Biden administration so clearly botched policy towards irregular migration
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“many prominent young republicans are actual Nazis” is a self-censoring fact at this point
normie swing voters will literally refuse to believe it and the media refuses to report it because it would call everything else they’ve done into question
normie swing voters will literally refuse to believe it and the media refuses to report it because it would call everything else they’ve done into question
while 'young republicans are literal nazis' is well known to folks here, the extent of it is surprisingly not that commonly known even in media and analyst circles, let alone normal people.
a real water is wet scenario here
October 14, 2025 at 11:17 PM
“many prominent young republicans are actual Nazis” is a self-censoring fact at this point
normie swing voters will literally refuse to believe it and the media refuses to report it because it would call everything else they’ve done into question
normie swing voters will literally refuse to believe it and the media refuses to report it because it would call everything else they’ve done into question
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This pic really makes the US collapse into full despotism feel real, doesn't it? Leader's dead-eyed, meritless teen son shoved into powerful role solely because Leader wills it: a marker of corrupt autocracy recognizable on every continent and in every century.
Trump said he deserved a cut for brokering the TikTok deal, and at once there was agreement that his son Baron would have a top executive slot... though he hasn't asked for it, and has no apparent qualifications to hold it. This is how Trump 2.0 works. www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2025...
Barron Trump tipped for top TikTok job
US president’s 19-year-old son could be appointed to the app’s board
www.telegraph.co.uk
October 11, 2025 at 9:34 PM
This pic really makes the US collapse into full despotism feel real, doesn't it? Leader's dead-eyed, meritless teen son shoved into powerful role solely because Leader wills it: a marker of corrupt autocracy recognizable on every continent and in every century.
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tlaxcallans, 1519:
Are white Monsters any good?
October 9, 2025 at 1:16 AM
tlaxcallans, 1519:
Schumer had months to develop a coherent strategy for this moment and yet the Dems still shut down the govt without a clear ask.
Congressional Democrats need to go into a room, lock the door, and not come out unit they think of one single, popular ask of Trump that he coudn't possibly agree to without severely damaging himself, as the condition of reopening the government.
October 4, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Schumer had months to develop a coherent strategy for this moment and yet the Dems still shut down the govt without a clear ask.
Mamdani is a total empty suit. All charisma, minimal experience, and incoherent policies. Not good if this is the future Dem local governance. Lander appeared to be a much more serious candidate.
October 4, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Mamdani is a total empty suit. All charisma, minimal experience, and incoherent policies. Not good if this is the future Dem local governance. Lander appeared to be a much more serious candidate.
I can’t get over how stupid all this shit is.
Hegseth: "A few months ago I was at the White House when President Trump announced his liberation day for America's trade policy. It was a landmark day. Well, today is another liberation day. The liberation of America's warriors ... you kill people and break things for a living."
September 30, 2025 at 8:49 PM
I can’t get over how stupid all this shit is.
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Failing to understand how it makes sense to exercise limited political leverage to bail the ruling party out this self-imposed dilemma.
Democrats have made a lot of demands, but in the last few days, both Jeffries & Schumer have notably not ruled out a deal of CR + ACA money.
GOP stance is 'not now, perhaps later.' But various Republicans fear political blowback if funds expire.
It's the closest thing there is to a sweet spot.
GOP stance is 'not now, perhaps later.' But various Republicans fear political blowback if funds expire.
It's the closest thing there is to a sweet spot.
September 28, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Failing to understand how it makes sense to exercise limited political leverage to bail the ruling party out this self-imposed dilemma.
Wow we’re fucked
The Trump administration’s threat to deploy troops in Portland is unlawful.
Here’s a thought.
Focus on protecting the healthcare of the American people.
Here’s a thought.
Focus on protecting the healthcare of the American people.
September 28, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Wow we’re fucked