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Statistician at the U.S. Copyright Office, but all posts & replies are my own. Been digging into copyright registrations data to see what there is to learn about the geography and demographics of creativity and innovation.
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This is so great!

Protest is alive and well in the nation's capital

Efficiency? Proposal would force millions to file Social Security claims in person www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

This is why I’m quadrupling down on my internet culture reporting alongside politics. Because even though the country is being toppled, we’ve lost the ability to even tell people that, and we can’t move forward until we get it back

1. I would like a job where I get paid to tear up trucks. 2. "You should not be able to tear up a truck with your bare hands" is a hell of a good point.

This is the first story I have seen about a manufacturer relocating production in response to new US tariffs. Moving production to the US? No.

Old Ox's rye porter was my favorite dark beer. Boo!

I try not to read too much into short run changes to the stock market, but this is a hell of a chart.

Yes. If DHS can barge in, say your visa was revoked, be told you have a green card, say it's revoked too, and then disappear you so that neither your lawyer nor your family can find you, then all the guardrails are gone. There is no policy, practice, or law protecting anyone.

It is the fourth anniversary today of the best lede for a newspaper article ever. I love the Irish. ☘️