Roberto Gallardo
@robertoge.bsky.social
Regional/community/economic developer and scholar. Number cruncher. Storyteller. Personal account.
To close out the year 2025, here is a recap of my #DataWhisperer Substack. Twenty posts (including this one), 66 subscribers, and more than 2,400 reads. Not bad.
#RegionalDevelopment
#DataInsights
#GenAI
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#RegionalDevelopment
#DataInsights
#GenAI
datawhisperer.substack.com/p/the-year-2...
The Year (2025) in Review
A look at data whispers in 2025, with some AI help
datawhisperer.substack.com
December 30, 2025 at 6:00 PM
To close out the year 2025, here is a recap of my #DataWhisperer Substack. Twenty posts (including this one), 66 subscribers, and more than 2,400 reads. Not bad.
#RegionalDevelopment
#DataInsights
#GenAI
datawhisperer.substack.com/p/the-year-2...
#RegionalDevelopment
#DataInsights
#GenAI
datawhisperer.substack.com/p/the-year-2...
Check out my latest #DataWhisperer number crunching. For part 2 of geographic mobility, we looked at those moving from a different state between 2013 and 2023, overall, prime working age, more educated, and higher income.
open.substack.com/pub/datawhis...
open.substack.com/pub/datawhis...
Part 2: Prime Working Age, More Educated, and Higher Income Geographic Mobility
A look at interstate trends
open.substack.com
December 17, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Check out my latest #DataWhisperer number crunching. For part 2 of geographic mobility, we looked at those moving from a different state between 2013 and 2023, overall, prime working age, more educated, and higher income.
open.substack.com/pub/datawhis...
open.substack.com/pub/datawhis...
#DidYouKnow less people moved in 2023 compared to 2013? Learn more on who moved and where did they come from in my latest #DataWhisperer post.
open.substack.com/pub/datawhis...
open.substack.com/pub/datawhis...
Who Moved? From Where?
A Descriptive Analysis of Geographic Mobility in the United States
open.substack.com
December 12, 2025 at 2:13 PM
#DidYouKnow less people moved in 2023 compared to 2013? Learn more on who moved and where did they come from in my latest #DataWhisperer post.
open.substack.com/pub/datawhis...
open.substack.com/pub/datawhis...
The #Indiana population ages 0 to 14 decreased by 13,000 between 2000 and 2024 while the population age 65 or older increased by 461,000
December 1, 2025 at 10:02 PM
The #Indiana population ages 0 to 14 decreased by 13,000 between 2000 and 2024 while the population age 65 or older increased by 461,000
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GOLDMAN DESK: “.. The market cap of NVDA (~$4.86 trn) is closing in on the market cap of the entire Industrials S&P500 GICS (~$4.89 trillion), composed of 79 companies.”
October 29, 2025 at 12:36 PM
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Now we go from a "big freeze" to a "big crunch", and perhaps, a "big bounce". Fortunately these latest estimates give us billions of years 'til the end.
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October 21, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Now we go from a "big freeze" to a "big crunch", and perhaps, a "big bounce". Fortunately these latest estimates give us billions of years 'til the end.
iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...
iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...
Yikes. All items on my Amazon buy later list increased in price.
October 11, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Yikes. All items on my Amazon buy later list increased in price.
Will we ever know the impact of Trump's immigration policy?
"Four of the seven bosses of the “Magnificent Seven” technology companies were born abroad"
Welcome to Zero Migration America
www.economist.com/finance-and-...
From The Economist
"Four of the seven bosses of the “Magnificent Seven” technology companies were born abroad"
Welcome to Zero Migration America
www.economist.com/finance-and-...
From The Economist
Welcome to Zero Migration America
Closed borders will make the country smaller, poorer and less innovative
www.economist.com
October 8, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Will we ever know the impact of Trump's immigration policy?
"Four of the seven bosses of the “Magnificent Seven” technology companies were born abroad"
Welcome to Zero Migration America
www.economist.com/finance-and-...
From The Economist
"Four of the seven bosses of the “Magnificent Seven” technology companies were born abroad"
Welcome to Zero Migration America
www.economist.com/finance-and-...
From The Economist
Nerding out a bit. Just finished reading "A Brief History of Intelligence" by Max Bennett. EXCELLENT read. Highly recommend it.
October 3, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Nerding out a bit. Just finished reading "A Brief History of Intelligence" by Max Bennett. EXCELLENT read. Highly recommend it.
Ever wondered how your entrepreneurs compare to an increase or decrease in workers or population in your community? Check out my latest #DataWhisperer number-crunching: open.substack.com/pub/datawhis...
How Efficient is Your Entrepreneur Pipeline?
Exploring the characteristics of counties with a high entrepreneurship efficiency.
open.substack.com
September 23, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Ever wondered how your entrepreneurs compare to an increase or decrease in workers or population in your community? Check out my latest #DataWhisperer number-crunching: open.substack.com/pub/datawhis...
Oh my ... speaking of going the wrong way when it comes to addressing the #digitaldive
potsandpansbyccg.com/2025/09/23/f...
potsandpansbyccg.com/2025/09/23/f...
FCC Killing USF WiFi Hotspots
After a prompt from Senator Ted Cruz, the FCC will be voting to ban using the Universal Service Fund to buy hotspots that can be lent to the public from libraries. This follows a similar action ear…
potsandpansbyccg.com
September 23, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Oh my ... speaking of going the wrong way when it comes to addressing the #digitaldive
potsandpansbyccg.com/2025/09/23/f...
potsandpansbyccg.com/2025/09/23/f...
Hey @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social: will this hold? Does it apply to research and public universities?
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Trump Adds $100,000 H-1B Visa Fee and Rolls Out $1 Million ‘Gold Card’
The new annual fee is intended to crack down on a system the Trump administration says has been used by tech companies to avoid hiring American workers.
www.wsj.com
September 20, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Hey @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social: will this hold? Does it apply to research and public universities?
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
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“The top 10% of U.S. households now account for nearly half of all consumer spending, a record high since data collection on this metric began in 1989.”
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September 16, 2025 at 11:30 AM
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Reposted by Roberto Gallardo
Unhedged chart of the week; Pity the poor Fed
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September 13, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Unhedged chart of the week; Pity the poor Fed
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How did the working age population (ages 15 to 64) change between 2013 and 2023? For one, it increased by 7.3 million. Which racial/ethnic groups were responsible for this increase?
Read more: datawhisperer.substack.com/p/the-workin...
Read more: datawhisperer.substack.com/p/the-workin...
August 29, 2025 at 1:19 PM
How did the working age population (ages 15 to 64) change between 2013 and 2023? For one, it increased by 7.3 million. Which racial/ethnic groups were responsible for this increase?
Read more: datawhisperer.substack.com/p/the-workin...
Read more: datawhisperer.substack.com/p/the-workin...
Check out my latest Data Whisperer number crunching: the role race/ethnic groups playes in increasing/decreasing specific age groups. Read more: datawhisperer.substack.com/p/the-workin...
The Working Age, the Future Talent Pipeline, and Retirement Age Groups
Specific race/ethnic groups are driving these changes
datawhisperer.substack.com
August 24, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Check out my latest Data Whisperer number crunching: the role race/ethnic groups playes in increasing/decreasing specific age groups. Read more: datawhisperer.substack.com/p/the-workin...
Was not expecting this! Glad to see states are prioritizing technology that will provide what the user needs in five or ten years, not today or yesterday.
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
Starlink wants billions in grants, but state governments aren’t cooperating
Despite Trump’s backing, states aren’t giving Starlink the money it demanded.
arstechnica.com
August 22, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Was not expecting this! Glad to see states are prioritizing technology that will provide what the user needs in five or ten years, not today or yesterday.
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
😱 Border Patrol Agents Show Up in Force at Newsom Rally www.nytimes.com/2025/08/14/u...
Border Patrol Agents Show Up in Force at Newsom Rally
www.nytimes.com
August 15, 2025 at 1:12 PM
😱 Border Patrol Agents Show Up in Force at Newsom Rally www.nytimes.com/2025/08/14/u...
Wow. A balck hole with the mass of *36 billion* suns. That is literally out of this world.
www.newscientist.com/article/2491...
www.newscientist.com/article/2491...
We’ve discovered the most massive black hole yet
A galaxy billions of light years from Earth houses what may be the most massive black hole in the universe, equivalent to cramming the full mass of a small galaxy into a single object
www.newscientist.com
August 9, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Wow. A balck hole with the mass of *36 billion* suns. That is literally out of this world.
www.newscientist.com/article/2491...
www.newscientist.com/article/2491...