Matthew Yglesias
@mattyglesias.bsky.social
Musk has really managed to make people hate Tesla
November 27, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Musk has really managed to make people hate Tesla
Friends of the Earth 1979.
Note that the very existence of big utilities is bad.
The ideal is energy efficiency + decentralized renewables but coal is preferred to zero-emissions hydro and nuclear because the target here is industrial-scale enterprises not pollution.
Note that the very existence of big utilities is bad.
The ideal is energy efficiency + decentralized renewables but coal is preferred to zero-emissions hydro and nuclear because the target here is industrial-scale enterprises not pollution.
November 27, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Friends of the Earth 1979.
Note that the very existence of big utilities is bad.
The ideal is energy efficiency + decentralized renewables but coal is preferred to zero-emissions hydro and nuclear because the target here is industrial-scale enterprises not pollution.
Note that the very existence of big utilities is bad.
The ideal is energy efficiency + decentralized renewables but coal is preferred to zero-emissions hydro and nuclear because the target here is industrial-scale enterprises not pollution.
As a member of the “has an uncle who was an MIT professor” community, I’m concerned that Trump is making us look bad with these kind of false claims
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/u...
November 26, 2025 at 12:12 PM
As a member of the “has an uncle who was an MIT professor” community, I’m concerned that Trump is making us look bad with these kind of false claims
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/u...
Now we’re cooking with electromagnetic induction!
November 25, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Now we’re cooking with electromagnetic induction!
Deaths vs births
November 25, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Deaths vs births
Summers doing a little racism to future CFPB commissioner Rohit Chopra is a particularly fun one.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2004...
www.thecrimson.com/article/2004...
November 24, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Summers doing a little racism to future CFPB commissioner Rohit Chopra is a particularly fun one.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2004...
www.thecrimson.com/article/2004...
There are people in Maine burning coal for home heat
November 24, 2025 at 1:11 AM
There are people in Maine burning coal for home heat
In other words they are not arguing that the hardship of the epidemic pushed people to the GOP for mystical reasons of out of abstract despair, opioid addiction drove voter demand for touch on crime policies that Republicans were offering.
November 24, 2025 at 12:19 AM
In other words they are not arguing that the hardship of the epidemic pushed people to the GOP for mystical reasons of out of abstract despair, opioid addiction drove voter demand for touch on crime policies that Republicans were offering.
It’s not just total randos either.
I have no problem with Mamdani having a friendly meeting with the president but the people jizzing themselves over the prospect of illiberal horseshoe politics are a big problem.
I have no problem with Mamdani having a friendly meeting with the president but the people jizzing themselves over the prospect of illiberal horseshoe politics are a big problem.
November 23, 2025 at 11:26 AM
It’s not just total randos either.
I have no problem with Mamdani having a friendly meeting with the president but the people jizzing themselves over the prospect of illiberal horseshoe politics are a big problem.
I have no problem with Mamdani having a friendly meeting with the president but the people jizzing themselves over the prospect of illiberal horseshoe politics are a big problem.
November 23, 2025 at 12:47 AM
I’m sure the author of this recent Jacobin piece would hate my political views, but it’s a good celebratory overview of the rise of left-of-liberal ideas.
jacobin.com/2025/11/neol...
jacobin.com/2025/11/neol...
November 22, 2025 at 9:06 PM
I’m sure the author of this recent Jacobin piece would hate my political views, but it’s a good celebratory overview of the rise of left-of-liberal ideas.
jacobin.com/2025/11/neol...
jacobin.com/2025/11/neol...
It’s a regular School of Pericles on the right
November 22, 2025 at 7:13 PM
It’s a regular School of Pericles on the right
Incredible work by Nevada Dems on “organizing”
November 21, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Incredible work by Nevada Dems on “organizing”
I think this might be the best solution to public demand for lower prices, but maybe just do one zero instead of three
November 21, 2025 at 6:45 PM
I think this might be the best solution to public demand for lower prices, but maybe just do one zero instead of three
Mark Carney seems like he's doing well, especially given that up north the electoral geography disadvantages the right
canadianpolling.substack.com/p/another-sl...
canadianpolling.substack.com/p/another-sl...
November 21, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Mark Carney seems like he's doing well, especially given that up north the electoral geography disadvantages the right
canadianpolling.substack.com/p/another-sl...
canadianpolling.substack.com/p/another-sl...
Guy who loves the Trump movement except for the conspiracy theories, bigotry, and anti-vax morons
November 21, 2025 at 3:40 AM
Guy who loves the Trump movement except for the conspiracy theories, bigotry, and anti-vax morons
Incredible @titonka.bsky.social reaction shot to this bullshit
November 20, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Incredible @titonka.bsky.social reaction shot to this bullshit
This is utility costs as a share of household consumption (note NOT income) by decile — cheap electricity and home heat is a really big deal for poorer families.
November 20, 2025 at 2:18 PM
This is utility costs as a share of household consumption (note NOT income) by decile — cheap electricity and home heat is a really big deal for poorer families.
If @gelliottmorris.com is amenable, I'd accept peace in the Moderation Wars based on: "voters don't care about ideological labels as such they like politicians who are willing to set both sides' interest group agendas aside and focus on economic well-being."
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/not-just-l...
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/not-just-l...
November 20, 2025 at 1:52 PM
If @gelliottmorris.com is amenable, I'd accept peace in the Moderation Wars based on: "voters don't care about ideological labels as such they like politicians who are willing to set both sides' interest group agendas aside and focus on economic well-being."
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/not-just-l...
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/not-just-l...
The lowest ridership WMATA stations (almost all Silver Line)
November 20, 2025 at 12:41 PM
The lowest ridership WMATA stations (almost all Silver Line)
All current tech debates take place in the shadows of a sincere but deeply misguided utopianism that existed 15-25 years ago about the benefits to society of connecting everyone through an information superhighway.
www.slowboring.com/p/parents-ca...
www.slowboring.com/p/parents-ca...
November 20, 2025 at 11:18 AM
All current tech debates take place in the shadows of a sincere but deeply misguided utopianism that existed 15-25 years ago about the benefits to society of connecting everyone through an information superhighway.
www.slowboring.com/p/parents-ca...
www.slowboring.com/p/parents-ca...
Weird paper.
When it’s unusually cold, employers do more layoffs and are slower to fill vacancies.
www.nber.org/system/files...
When it’s unusually cold, employers do more layoffs and are slower to fill vacancies.
www.nber.org/system/files...
November 19, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Weird paper.
When it’s unusually cold, employers do more layoffs and are slower to fill vacancies.
www.nber.org/system/files...
When it’s unusually cold, employers do more layoffs and are slower to fill vacancies.
www.nber.org/system/files...
Guy who thinks Mamdani’s various efforts to reassure people about public safety have backfired by demobilizing his base
November 19, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Guy who thinks Mamdani’s various efforts to reassure people about public safety have backfired by demobilizing his base
This is the good Gilded Age stuff, bond traders betting the US will overthrow Maduro and install a more investor-friendly regime
November 19, 2025 at 12:45 PM
This is the good Gilded Age stuff, bond traders betting the US will overthrow Maduro and install a more investor-friendly regime