Miguel A. Rodriguez, PhD
@mroddc.bsky.social
Director of Research @ Smart Growth America / @smartgrowthusa.bsky.social . Economist & urban planner. Passion for cities, data, real estate, & transpo. 🚉 DC area's journeyman adjunct professor of planning and policy. 🎓. 🐶 are the best.
And the funny thing is as I’ve always heard the metaphor, it’s an aircraft carrier. He could’ve just said aircraft carrier. It would’ve been been more based.
January 22, 2026 at 8:10 PM
And the funny thing is as I’ve always heard the metaphor, it’s an aircraft carrier. He could’ve just said aircraft carrier. It would’ve been been more based.
they could reassign every agent to protecting the Alaskan border. The Court could not question the wisdom of a president's tactics. So put them all to serve the Alaskan border, and they may apply to serve elsewhere.
January 22, 2026 at 5:41 PM
they could reassign every agent to protecting the Alaskan border. The Court could not question the wisdom of a president's tactics. So put them all to serve the Alaskan border, and they may apply to serve elsewhere.
This is literal catch-22 shit! “Do you have a warrant?”
“No”
“Then why are you breaking my door?”
“We have a memo that says we can”
“Can I see the memo?”
“No, and we don’t need a warrant”
“Why?”
“Because of the memo we were trained about”
“What does it say?”
“I’m not allowed to read it”
“No”
“Then why are you breaking my door?”
“We have a memo that says we can”
“Can I see the memo?”
“No, and we don’t need a warrant”
“Why?”
“Because of the memo we were trained about”
“What does it say?”
“I’m not allowed to read it”
January 22, 2026 at 12:07 AM
This is literal catch-22 shit! “Do you have a warrant?”
“No”
“Then why are you breaking my door?”
“We have a memo that says we can”
“Can I see the memo?”
“No, and we don’t need a warrant”
“Why?”
“Because of the memo we were trained about”
“What does it say?”
“I’m not allowed to read it”
“No”
“Then why are you breaking my door?”
“We have a memo that says we can”
“Can I see the memo?”
“No, and we don’t need a warrant”
“Why?”
“Because of the memo we were trained about”
“What does it say?”
“I’m not allowed to read it”
LOL they’re just gonna reiterate that the US can put missiles there (the status quo) aren’t they?
January 21, 2026 at 8:18 PM
LOL they’re just gonna reiterate that the US can put missiles there (the status quo) aren’t they?
They found the cost of a piece of chicken and a piece of broccoli. For the tortilla, they accounted for variance in the top tortilla of the bag that always crumbles from being the sacrificial tortilla to moisture. Those were 1000 monte carlo simulations of crumbling, the only variance in the sims.
January 21, 2026 at 7:11 PM
They found the cost of a piece of chicken and a piece of broccoli. For the tortilla, they accounted for variance in the top tortilla of the bag that always crumbles from being the sacrificial tortilla to moisture. Those were 1000 monte carlo simulations of crumbling, the only variance in the sims.
I teach on one big administrative burden: zoning and land use regulation. And your theories are as apt there as they are for things like VA benefits uptake.
January 21, 2026 at 2:43 AM
I teach on one big administrative burden: zoning and land use regulation. And your theories are as apt there as they are for things like VA benefits uptake.
Europe should be "The Kingdom of Denmark has committed to providing us lithium deposits from its vast land holdings in the Western Hemisphere"
January 20, 2026 at 6:34 PM
Europe should be "The Kingdom of Denmark has committed to providing us lithium deposits from its vast land holdings in the Western Hemisphere"
In February I went 100% ex-US
January 19, 2026 at 5:55 PM
In February I went 100% ex-US
Can someone please cut this in low fps grainy B&W ?
January 19, 2026 at 3:19 AM
Can someone please cut this in low fps grainy B&W ?
All politics is local. All local politics boils down to parking. All political movements and geopolitical conflicts ultimately stem from conflict over parking.
January 19, 2026 at 2:00 AM
All politics is local. All local politics boils down to parking. All political movements and geopolitical conflicts ultimately stem from conflict over parking.
Until he needs a bond auction to actually finance it. But you’re right that they’ll echo it.
January 19, 2026 at 1:57 AM
Until he needs a bond auction to actually finance it. But you’re right that they’ll echo it.
That being said, yeah there are probably some Eur / Can style level of meds that can be OTC easily. Like the ~real~ hydrocortisone cream. Or the ibuprofen big pills that is the same as me just taking 8 Motrins and is for some reason Rx
January 19, 2026 at 1:51 AM
That being said, yeah there are probably some Eur / Can style level of meds that can be OTC easily. Like the ~real~ hydrocortisone cream. Or the ibuprofen big pills that is the same as me just taking 8 Motrins and is for some reason Rx
It would take like 0.2 secs for Tik Tok to suddenly start saying Lipitor is good for weight loss and cancer prevention and boners, then you end up with a rise in heart attacks on account of a shortage.
January 19, 2026 at 1:49 AM
It would take like 0.2 secs for Tik Tok to suddenly start saying Lipitor is good for weight loss and cancer prevention and boners, then you end up with a rise in heart attacks on account of a shortage.
The thing about making some meds OTC is it messes with the ~magic link~ where it’s covered wholly or partially by your insurance. Also I’m not sure people will be good at knowing when and how to use blood thinners and insulin without some influencer finding off-label trends to mess the mkt up.
January 19, 2026 at 1:47 AM
The thing about making some meds OTC is it messes with the ~magic link~ where it’s covered wholly or partially by your insurance. Also I’m not sure people will be good at knowing when and how to use blood thinners and insulin without some influencer finding off-label trends to mess the mkt up.
It’s sort of like a lot of term 1. It’s only hysterical seeming because there were yet moves that stopped things. (ACA repeal one large example).
January 18, 2026 at 9:30 PM
It’s sort of like a lot of term 1. It’s only hysterical seeming because there were yet moves that stopped things. (ACA repeal one large example).
Probably a civil asset forfeiture. Still a waste of state money on maintenance and opportunity cost (could’ve sold it and used the money for better things than a gauche flex)
January 18, 2026 at 2:30 AM
Probably a civil asset forfeiture. Still a waste of state money on maintenance and opportunity cost (could’ve sold it and used the money for better things than a gauche flex)
The Danes should be like, “ok. Ten trillion dollars. Come up with it in six months. Full ten trillion, that’s the fair market price.”
Because wtf is the market price for a subcontinent size island anyways? (And I say this as an economist and benefit-cost analysis specialist!)
Because wtf is the market price for a subcontinent size island anyways? (And I say this as an economist and benefit-cost analysis specialist!)
January 18, 2026 at 2:26 AM
The Danes should be like, “ok. Ten trillion dollars. Come up with it in six months. Full ten trillion, that’s the fair market price.”
Because wtf is the market price for a subcontinent size island anyways? (And I say this as an economist and benefit-cost analysis specialist!)
Because wtf is the market price for a subcontinent size island anyways? (And I say this as an economist and benefit-cost analysis specialist!)
To throw shade tho, VMI is kinda just confederate wanna be West Point cosplay. Not sure why we spend public tax dollars on it. Work harder, get into West Point. Or just go do ROTC at VT or something.
January 18, 2026 at 2:10 AM
To throw shade tho, VMI is kinda just confederate wanna be West Point cosplay. Not sure why we spend public tax dollars on it. Work harder, get into West Point. Or just go do ROTC at VT or something.
Because there are also many, many low price Chinese EVs.
January 18, 2026 at 1:17 AM
Because there are also many, many low price Chinese EVs.
Im amazed my immigrant lower middle class parents bough a whole ass set of actual wood dining room furniture in 1979. My mom worked at Burger King and my dad had some low wage flatware factory job.
January 18, 2026 at 1:15 AM
Im amazed my immigrant lower middle class parents bough a whole ass set of actual wood dining room furniture in 1979. My mom worked at Burger King and my dad had some low wage flatware factory job.
The Swedes make sweet fighter jets and rifles.
January 18, 2026 at 1:06 AM
The Swedes make sweet fighter jets and rifles.
Which R? Stansbury here is a Democrat.
January 16, 2026 at 7:33 PM
Which R? Stansbury here is a Democrat.
Hi. Person with a PhD and knows economics models here. Can any other economists opine: wtf is a model for a plate of chicken and why would you need 1,000 and what the hell would each thing do? A shit Monte Carlo of ingredients and prices? And if it’s MC why only 1000? #econsky
January 15, 2026 at 4:45 AM
Hi. Person with a PhD and knows economics models here. Can any other economists opine: wtf is a model for a plate of chicken and why would you need 1,000 and what the hell would each thing do? A shit Monte Carlo of ingredients and prices? And if it’s MC why only 1000? #econsky