Eric Budd
@ericmbudd.com
the econ side of everything. @boulderbedrooms.bsky.social, @BoulderProgressives.org, Better Boulder. he/him.
2025 Election Voter Guide: https://bouldercoloradovoterguide.com
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Does anyone want a survivorship bias shortbread
November 29, 2025 at 4:50 AM
Does anyone want a survivorship bias shortbread
not looking particularly snowy for Colorado either 😵💫
For the most part, it's looking like a mostly dry and warm start to December across much of the Southwest including much of California--with the major exception of the Central Valley, where a cold/damp tule fog layer may persist for a while yet. [Thread]
November 29, 2025 at 7:12 PM
not looking particularly snowy for Colorado either 😵💫
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I know everyone is dunking on the robot here but look at how much space is devoted to cars in this scenario. The sidewalk should be bigger and the road smaller.
Just as you thought food delivery companies couldn't inflict any more misery on society:
Instead of using lowly-paid gig economy contractors to deliver groceries, they're replacing humans with robots, who, in turn, force humans off the pavement into road traffic.
Instead of using lowly-paid gig economy contractors to deliver groceries, they're replacing humans with robots, who, in turn, force humans off the pavement into road traffic.
November 29, 2025 at 11:49 AM
I know everyone is dunking on the robot here but look at how much space is devoted to cars in this scenario. The sidewalk should be bigger and the road smaller.
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If Democrats were smart, they would make a major push for ending off cycle elections.
“This November was only the second time since 1989 that Democrats won mayoral races in each of the state’s five largest cities.” www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
Forget Mamdani. New York’s real political shift happened everywhere else.
Democrats flipped over 50 county legislative seats across the state. Republicans flipped one.
www.politico.com
November 29, 2025 at 2:14 PM
If Democrats were smart, they would make a major push for ending off cycle elections.
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Just as you thought food delivery companies couldn't inflict any more misery on society:
Instead of using lowly-paid gig economy contractors to deliver groceries, they're replacing humans with robots, who, in turn, force humans off the pavement into road traffic.
Instead of using lowly-paid gig economy contractors to deliver groceries, they're replacing humans with robots, who, in turn, force humans off the pavement into road traffic.
November 28, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Just as you thought food delivery companies couldn't inflict any more misery on society:
Instead of using lowly-paid gig economy contractors to deliver groceries, they're replacing humans with robots, who, in turn, force humans off the pavement into road traffic.
Instead of using lowly-paid gig economy contractors to deliver groceries, they're replacing humans with robots, who, in turn, force humans off the pavement into road traffic.
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It’s officially Denver’s first snow of the season!
A whopping 0.2” at DIA = we’re on the board. First measurable snow since April 18 (225 days).
❄️ 2nd-latest first snow of the season (12/10/21).
❄️ 225 snowless days = T-3rd-longest snowless on record for Denver.
#COwx
A whopping 0.2” at DIA = we’re on the board. First measurable snow since April 18 (225 days).
❄️ 2nd-latest first snow of the season (12/10/21).
❄️ 225 snowless days = T-3rd-longest snowless on record for Denver.
#COwx
November 29, 2025 at 2:51 PM
It’s officially Denver’s first snow of the season!
A whopping 0.2” at DIA = we’re on the board. First measurable snow since April 18 (225 days).
❄️ 2nd-latest first snow of the season (12/10/21).
❄️ 225 snowless days = T-3rd-longest snowless on record for Denver.
#COwx
A whopping 0.2” at DIA = we’re on the board. First measurable snow since April 18 (225 days).
❄️ 2nd-latest first snow of the season (12/10/21).
❄️ 225 snowless days = T-3rd-longest snowless on record for Denver.
#COwx
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It's been asked many times, but what did people think the "mass deportation now" signs meant?
November 29, 2025 at 1:29 PM
It's been asked many times, but what did people think the "mass deportation now" signs meant?
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BofA Savita: SPX more expensive than the tech bubble on nearly half the metrics we track
November 29, 2025 at 12:49 PM
BofA Savita: SPX more expensive than the tech bubble on nearly half the metrics we track
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Cold front is through. Down to 23 degrees. Snow showers have arrived. Even saw Boulder's first few flakes a little bit ago. Some places are getting their first accumulation this morning. #cowx
November 29, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Cold front is through. Down to 23 degrees. Snow showers have arrived. Even saw Boulder's first few flakes a little bit ago. Some places are getting their first accumulation this morning. #cowx
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The legal, media, and academic institutions capitulating to an authoritarian ordering payments for favorable treatment are damning themselves to irrelevance. They are destroying their institutions. They will be — and should be — shunned for failing in their most basic purposes for existing.
BREAKING: Northwestern University has agreed to pay the U.S. Treasury $75 million, over the course of three years as part of an agreement with the federal government to restore funding and end investigations into the university
Full statement from NU below:
Full statement from NU below:
November 29, 2025 at 1:37 AM
The legal, media, and academic institutions capitulating to an authoritarian ordering payments for favorable treatment are damning themselves to irrelevance. They are destroying their institutions. They will be — and should be — shunned for failing in their most basic purposes for existing.
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You've heard of the Friday night news dump. Here's the Friday night of Thanksgiving wknd dump. For special circumstances, like when the faculty assembly votes 595-4 against paying to end a shakedown and you do it anyway. Link to agreement here: bulkmail.northwestern.edu/trk/click?re...
BREAKING: Northwestern University has agreed to pay the U.S. Treasury $75 million, over the course of three years as part of an agreement with the federal government to restore funding and end investigations into the university
Full statement from NU below:
Full statement from NU below:
November 29, 2025 at 12:34 AM
You've heard of the Friday night news dump. Here's the Friday night of Thanksgiving wknd dump. For special circumstances, like when the faculty assembly votes 595-4 against paying to end a shakedown and you do it anyway. Link to agreement here: bulkmail.northwestern.edu/trk/click?re...
Republicans are trying to kill solar but failing
Official data is in this week, and US solar continues to grow rapidly, with generation up 30% compared to last year!
November 29, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Republicans are trying to kill solar but failing
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look, I’ve been operating on the assumption that we cannot reach Bush 2 numbers because the media environment makes the floor much higher than it was back then (and Fox won’t throw him overboard the same way)
but, uh, we aren’t through year one and…
but, uh, we aren’t through year one and…
Gallup poll | 11/3-11/25
President Trump approval
Disapprove 60% (+6)
Approve 36% (-5)
news.gallup.com/poll/699221/...
President Trump approval
Disapprove 60% (+6)
Approve 36% (-5)
news.gallup.com/poll/699221/...
November 28, 2025 at 4:53 PM
look, I’ve been operating on the assumption that we cannot reach Bush 2 numbers because the media environment makes the floor much higher than it was back then (and Fox won’t throw him overboard the same way)
but, uh, we aren’t through year one and…
but, uh, we aren’t through year one and…
my non-GLP-1 body had an extra serving of pie and ice cream yesterday
diet starts tomorrow 🙃🫠
diet starts tomorrow 🙃🫠
November 28, 2025 at 11:18 PM
my non-GLP-1 body had an extra serving of pie and ice cream yesterday
diet starts tomorrow 🙃🫠
diet starts tomorrow 🙃🫠
ah, now I understand why our snowstorm evaporated in Colorado
My personal temp drop will be 80° from Belize to Denver tonight.
Will accept any and all sympathy, thank you
Will accept any and all sympathy, thank you
November 28, 2025 at 11:10 PM
ah, now I understand why our snowstorm evaporated in Colorado
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Shout out to u/BuffaloCrapSmeller on the retro anime subreddit for posting this, I had no idea where this meme came from until today!
Anime: The Brave of Sun Fighbird, 1991.
Anime: The Brave of Sun Fighbird, 1991.
November 25, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Shout out to u/BuffaloCrapSmeller on the retro anime subreddit for posting this, I had no idea where this meme came from until today!
Anime: The Brave of Sun Fighbird, 1991.
Anime: The Brave of Sun Fighbird, 1991.
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Oracle has taken on so much debt in order to build out its infrastructure to support the anticipated $300B in usage from OpenAI, that Morgan Stanley has now flagged it as a credit risk and a target for short selling.
I guess this is the closest you can get to shorting OpenAI.
I guess this is the closest you can get to shorting OpenAI.
Morgan Stanley thinks you should short Oracle
Single-name CDS are so hot right now
www.ft.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Oracle has taken on so much debt in order to build out its infrastructure to support the anticipated $300B in usage from OpenAI, that Morgan Stanley has now flagged it as a credit risk and a target for short selling.
I guess this is the closest you can get to shorting OpenAI.
I guess this is the closest you can get to shorting OpenAI.
most successful politicians (and in my own work) go to great lengths to ensure that their achievements are not immediately rolled back by a change in power.
Biden's complete disregard for how to ensure any lasting change is probably his largest failure
Biden's complete disregard for how to ensure any lasting change is probably his largest failure
"The IRA’s survival was premised on the logic that a loose alignment of corporations would support climate policies in exchange for subsidies and convince Republicans to get on their side. That didn’t work." newrepublic.com/article/2027...
The Quick and Shameful Death of Biden’s Biggest Policy
It was far too easy for Republicans to kill the Inflation Reduction Act. Where did those who crafted it go wrong?
newrepublic.com
November 28, 2025 at 2:16 PM
most successful politicians (and in my own work) go to great lengths to ensure that their achievements are not immediately rolled back by a change in power.
Biden's complete disregard for how to ensure any lasting change is probably his largest failure
Biden's complete disregard for how to ensure any lasting change is probably his largest failure
I assume many people died
A pair of new studies published on Thursday show that the road to cat domestication was far more complex than scientists first suspected.
The Incredible, Unlikely Story of How Cats Became Our Pets
Two new studies dig into the long, curving path that cats took toward domestication
www.scientificamerican.com
November 28, 2025 at 1:37 PM
I assume many people died
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This is the first Thanksgiving for Sophie & Colin Hortman without their parents, Minnesota state Rep. Melissa Hortman and Mark Hortman who were assassinated along with the family dog in an act of political murder. National guards troops were not deployed to the state in response.
November 27, 2025 at 5:24 PM
This is the first Thanksgiving for Sophie & Colin Hortman without their parents, Minnesota state Rep. Melissa Hortman and Mark Hortman who were assassinated along with the family dog in an act of political murder. National guards troops were not deployed to the state in response.
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“She believed in the work she was doing, believed in the power of friendship and connection and will always live on that way and certainly live on in my heart.” Colorado Sen. Faith Winter was killed Wed. in a crash on I-25. She was 45 years old. via @denverpost.com www.denverpost.com/2025/11/27/f...
Colorado Sen. Faith Winter, killed in I-25 crash, remembered for relentless advocacy, ‘tremendous heart’
State Sen. Faith Winter was a fierce and relentless advocate for Colorado’s families, climate and transportation who forever altered the state’s political landscape by fighting to make …
www.denverpost.com
November 28, 2025 at 1:00 AM
“She believed in the work she was doing, believed in the power of friendship and connection and will always live on that way and certainly live on in my heart.” Colorado Sen. Faith Winter was killed Wed. in a crash on I-25. She was 45 years old. via @denverpost.com www.denverpost.com/2025/11/27/f...
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They like Trump and want to help him
“Biden Asylum Cases” is NYT’s framing for a story pegged to a man who got asylum 3 months into the Trump administration
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/u...
November 27, 2025 at 11:32 PM
They like Trump and want to help him
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