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joelrip.bsky.social
data analysis and visualization | affordable housing and homelessness | regionalism | open data | fiscal transparency | random observations
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“When it is laid down as a maxim, that *a King can do no wrong,* it places him in a state of similar security with that of ideots and persons insane, and responsibility is out of the question with respect to himself.” —Thomas Paine, The Rights of Man

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Trogdor was a man… He was a lawyer man… Maybe he was just a lawyer But he was still TROGDOOOOOOR! TROGDOOOOOOR! www.nytimes.com/2025/04/29/u...

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Tariffs xkcd.com/3073

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Me in the national security group chat

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#JobAlert: The California Policy Lab's UCLA team is hiring a Researcher, focused on homelessness policy. This is an exciting role for an early or mid-career researcher to design + conduct policy-relevant research. Role can be hybrid or remote. capolicylab.org/careers/rese...

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Jimmy Carter gave the commencement speech at Rice University my freshman year there. I remember he was introduced as, “The only person who has used the presidency of the United States as a stepping stone to greater things.” That’s my enduring memory of the man. He exemplified how one uses a life.

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Hmm. Global warming seems to be happening faster than I expected. But at least it will be nice by the weekend.

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November 30, 5:08pm Pacific: I’m out of the Mariah Carey pool. Good luck to the rest of you! #alliwantforchristmas

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As my family road trip this past weekend reminded me, this is a fun way to pass the time and get out your election frustrations

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And now that she’s here, I can tag her directly. Welcome @cydharrell.bsky.social

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Now I know the flood of Xitter refugees is in full swing, because I just had two people follow me on the same day

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I met my friend Doug in grad school. He offered to stomp on my new white sneakers to make them a little less shiny. He was an econ genius who wrote his own piano music but also regularly got thrown out of bars. Smoked but always gave it up for lent. Hilarious. Left us in his 30s, always remembered.

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Sunrise from Mount Tam. Acceptable.

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Not quite in the first 10%. Pretty amazing how much this app has grown in the year that I’ve been here.

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👏👏👏

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my new comic, inspired by the lady who shows up at local planning meetings with a megaphone to shout down new housing developments in neighbourhoods she does not live in

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