Jake Grumbach
@jakemgrumbach.bsky.social
policy, $, political economy of race // 70-80s soul, 90s hip hop // #DubNation // proud product of miscegenation // Berkeley prof (formerly: Princeton CSDP, UW)
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#GenreRoulette
#SoulfulSaturday
#MusicChallenge
A big thanks to @funkydaggers.bsky.social & welcome to @musicloves.bsky.social
RIP Steve Cropper 🙏
youtu.be/50xx1_CbJTI?...
#SoulfulSaturday
#MusicChallenge
A big thanks to @funkydaggers.bsky.social & welcome to @musicloves.bsky.social
RIP Steve Cropper 🙏
youtu.be/50xx1_CbJTI?...
Booker T. & The MG's - Time Is Tight
YouTube video by AuntieSoul34
youtu.be
December 6, 2025 at 6:14 AM
#GenreRoulette
#SoulfulSaturday
#MusicChallenge
A big thanks to @funkydaggers.bsky.social & welcome to @musicloves.bsky.social
RIP Steve Cropper 🙏
youtu.be/50xx1_CbJTI?...
#SoulfulSaturday
#MusicChallenge
A big thanks to @funkydaggers.bsky.social & welcome to @musicloves.bsky.social
RIP Steve Cropper 🙏
youtu.be/50xx1_CbJTI?...
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my buddy @urbancomposition.bsky.social and I did an AMA where we answered a bunch of style-related questions for our menswear pod. you may enjoy it. these are totally free episodes and we'll be doing them every three months.
pod.link/blamo/episod...
pod.link/blamo/episod...
December 5, 2025 at 9:41 PM
my buddy @urbancomposition.bsky.social and I did an AMA where we answered a bunch of style-related questions for our menswear pod. you may enjoy it. these are totally free episodes and we'll be doing them every three months.
pod.link/blamo/episod...
pod.link/blamo/episod...
December 5, 2025 at 10:47 PM
The news is a torrent of horrors. Glee in domination and crimes against humanity. Dystopian tech and financialization. Antihuman futurism. All championed by sociopaths and raw id. We should be calling for humanistic moral revival, whether religious or secular.
December 5, 2025 at 9:53 PM
The news is a torrent of horrors. Glee in domination and crimes against humanity. Dystopian tech and financialization. Antihuman futurism. All championed by sociopaths and raw id. We should be calling for humanistic moral revival, whether religious or secular.
Was on Civic Forum with @rorytruex.bsky.social talking about US democracy. We talked about political inequality & minority rule in the US, with a focus on my research on the states. But then talk about what's new in the more acute democracy crisis of 2025
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbxC...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbxC...
Is American Democracy Failing at the State Level? | Jake Grumbach, UC Berkeley
YouTube video by The Civic Forum
www.youtube.com
December 5, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Was on Civic Forum with @rorytruex.bsky.social talking about US democracy. We talked about political inequality & minority rule in the US, with a focus on my research on the states. But then talk about what's new in the more acute democracy crisis of 2025
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbxC...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbxC...
The past few years have seen massive expansion of crypto (speculation), NFTs (speculation), sports betting (gambling), prediction markets (more gambling), and social media engagement farming (selling yourself or bots).
Surprising we don't hear more about decommodification in politics.
Surprising we don't hear more about decommodification in politics.
December 5, 2025 at 12:29 AM
The past few years have seen massive expansion of crypto (speculation), NFTs (speculation), sports betting (gambling), prediction markets (more gambling), and social media engagement farming (selling yourself or bots).
Surprising we don't hear more about decommodification in politics.
Surprising we don't hear more about decommodification in politics.
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Hey all,
The Onion is accepting applicants for our writing, video and graphics fellowships.
Fellowships last six months, pay well, and provide full benefits.
You can apply at theonion.com/fellowship.
The Onion is accepting applicants for our writing, video and graphics fellowships.
Fellowships last six months, pay well, and provide full benefits.
You can apply at theonion.com/fellowship.
Fellowship
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December 3, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Hey all,
The Onion is accepting applicants for our writing, video and graphics fellowships.
Fellowships last six months, pay well, and provide full benefits.
You can apply at theonion.com/fellowship.
The Onion is accepting applicants for our writing, video and graphics fellowships.
Fellowships last six months, pay well, and provide full benefits.
You can apply at theonion.com/fellowship.
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Climate change is killing workers. The fix is simple.
Water. Shade. Rest Breaks.
Our new Health Affairs study: California's heat standard was associated with a 33% drop in heat-related deaths among outdoor workers.
Now it's time for OSHA to adopt a federal heat standard.
tinyurl.com/4wejjhkd
Water. Shade. Rest Breaks.
Our new Health Affairs study: California's heat standard was associated with a 33% drop in heat-related deaths among outdoor workers.
Now it's time for OSHA to adopt a federal heat standard.
tinyurl.com/4wejjhkd
December 2, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Climate change is killing workers. The fix is simple.
Water. Shade. Rest Breaks.
Our new Health Affairs study: California's heat standard was associated with a 33% drop in heat-related deaths among outdoor workers.
Now it's time for OSHA to adopt a federal heat standard.
tinyurl.com/4wejjhkd
Water. Shade. Rest Breaks.
Our new Health Affairs study: California's heat standard was associated with a 33% drop in heat-related deaths among outdoor workers.
Now it's time for OSHA to adopt a federal heat standard.
tinyurl.com/4wejjhkd
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After becoming a congressional leader, a politician’s stock portfolio beats out those of peers by 47 (!!!) percentage points a year through trades timed around bills and firms that later get government contracts
www.nber.org/papers/w34524
via @florianederer.bsky.social
www.nber.org/papers/w34524
via @florianederer.bsky.social
December 3, 2025 at 1:42 AM
After becoming a congressional leader, a politician’s stock portfolio beats out those of peers by 47 (!!!) percentage points a year through trades timed around bills and firms that later get government contracts
www.nber.org/papers/w34524
via @florianederer.bsky.social
www.nber.org/papers/w34524
via @florianederer.bsky.social
A really nice figure of population and partisan malapportionment in national legislatures around the world
from Beramendi, Boix, Guinjoan, and Rogers (yassified by The Economist) priceschool.usc.edu/wp-content/u...
from Beramendi, Boix, Guinjoan, and Rogers (yassified by The Economist) priceschool.usc.edu/wp-content/u...
December 2, 2025 at 10:08 PM
A really nice figure of population and partisan malapportionment in national legislatures around the world
from Beramendi, Boix, Guinjoan, and Rogers (yassified by The Economist) priceschool.usc.edu/wp-content/u...
from Beramendi, Boix, Guinjoan, and Rogers (yassified by The Economist) priceschool.usc.edu/wp-content/u...
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Tight labor markets in the last decade reduced US community college enrollment.
Super interesting pic here showing just how countercyclical community college enrollment is (as compared to basically non-cyclical 4 year college enrollment)
From @joshua-goodman.com & Winkelman new NBER WP
Super interesting pic here showing just how countercyclical community college enrollment is (as compared to basically non-cyclical 4 year college enrollment)
From @joshua-goodman.com & Winkelman new NBER WP
December 1, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Tight labor markets in the last decade reduced US community college enrollment.
Super interesting pic here showing just how countercyclical community college enrollment is (as compared to basically non-cyclical 4 year college enrollment)
From @joshua-goodman.com & Winkelman new NBER WP
Super interesting pic here showing just how countercyclical community college enrollment is (as compared to basically non-cyclical 4 year college enrollment)
From @joshua-goodman.com & Winkelman new NBER WP
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A beautiful tribute to my legendary eighth grade English teacher was published in the Detroit Free Press.
(I've long said that someone needs to make a documentary about Detroit's Bates Academy. Everyone knows about Bates locally, but...the sheer impact of our school!)
www.freep.com/story/news/e...
(I've long said that someone needs to make a documentary about Detroit's Bates Academy. Everyone knows about Bates locally, but...the sheer impact of our school!)
www.freep.com/story/news/e...
Willie Bell Gibson, beloved Detroit teacher, dies at 94
Former Bates Academy English Teacher Willie Bell Gibson died on Nov. 24, 2025 at the age of 94. Students remembered her rigorous teaching.
www.freep.com
December 2, 2025 at 6:36 AM
A beautiful tribute to my legendary eighth grade English teacher was published in the Detroit Free Press.
(I've long said that someone needs to make a documentary about Detroit's Bates Academy. Everyone knows about Bates locally, but...the sheer impact of our school!)
www.freep.com/story/news/e...
(I've long said that someone needs to make a documentary about Detroit's Bates Academy. Everyone knows about Bates locally, but...the sheer impact of our school!)
www.freep.com/story/news/e...
that's right bill kristol
For some reason Democratic leaders seem to prefer telling voters what they won’t be able to do, rather than what they’d like to do.
If Hegseth ordered a war crime and lied about it, shouldn’t Ds try for impeachment? Put Rs on the spot. They might get a few defections.
www.axios.com/2025/12/01/j...
If Hegseth ordered a war crime and lied about it, shouldn’t Ds try for impeachment? Put Rs on the spot. They might get a few defections.
www.axios.com/2025/12/01/j...
Jeffries says not to expect Democrats to pursue Hegseth impeachment over boat strikes
"Republicans will never allow articles of impeachment to be brought to the floor," he said.
www.axios.com
December 2, 2025 at 12:48 AM
that's right bill kristol
Very interesting Gelman blog suggesting that a good amount of the "Mississippi Miracle" is selection bias (holding back lowest performers, who then don't take the 4th grade test) rather than improved learning
statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2025/12/01/h...
statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2025/12/01/h...
How much of “Mississippi’s education miracle” is an artifact of selection bias? | Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science
statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu
December 2, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Very interesting Gelman blog suggesting that a good amount of the "Mississippi Miracle" is selection bias (holding back lowest performers, who then don't take the 4th grade test) rather than improved learning
statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2025/12/01/h...
statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2025/12/01/h...
One of the most underrated ever
Check this gem out, two incredible songs in one (one starting at 0:01 and one starting at 3:24) www.youtube.com/watch?v=1B_A...
Check this gem out, two incredible songs in one (one starting at 0:01 and one starting at 3:24) www.youtube.com/watch?v=1B_A...
December 1, 2025 at 11:04 PM
One of the most underrated ever
Check this gem out, two incredible songs in one (one starting at 0:01 and one starting at 3:24) www.youtube.com/watch?v=1B_A...
Check this gem out, two incredible songs in one (one starting at 0:01 and one starting at 3:24) www.youtube.com/watch?v=1B_A...
Some new evidence that the 911 non-police mobile crisis response program in Eugene, OR is a helpful criminal justice policy
yotamshemtov.github.io/files/cahoot...
yotamshemtov.github.io/files/cahoot...
December 1, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Some new evidence that the 911 non-police mobile crisis response program in Eugene, OR is a helpful criminal justice policy
yotamshemtov.github.io/files/cahoot...
yotamshemtov.github.io/files/cahoot...
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to keep functioning, society has to discourage baldfaced lying, especially by authorities
Body cam shows an immigration agent asking ChatGPT for help writing a report:
“During surveillance in the area, I observed a male subject loitering while seated in a vehicle. Based on his behavior, I approached and initiated a consensual encounter.”
ICYMI:
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/28/b...
“During surveillance in the area, I observed a male subject loitering while seated in a vehicle. Based on his behavior, I approached and initiated a consensual encounter.”
ICYMI:
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/28/b...
Bodycam footage from Operation Midway Blitz released: ‘It’s all about arresting people’
The group of videos made public through the Loevy & Loevy law firm includes footage from agents who responded to controversial arrest operations in the Little Village and Irving Park neighborho…
www.chicagotribune.com
December 1, 2025 at 5:52 PM
to keep functioning, society has to discourage baldfaced lying, especially by authorities
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The Raiders are so bad that even an unfair advantage won’t help them.
NFL to allow Fox's Tom Brady to attend production meetings: Sources
www.nytimes.com
December 1, 2025 at 7:07 PM
The Raiders are so bad that even an unfair advantage won’t help them.
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Affordability is dominating the discourse. What I don't like about the conversation is that it focuses almost entirely on prices—as if the only way to make life affordable is to make things cheaper. But affordability is determined by prices *and pay.* 1/
December 1, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Affordability is dominating the discourse. What I don't like about the conversation is that it focuses almost entirely on prices—as if the only way to make life affordable is to make things cheaper. But affordability is determined by prices *and pay.* 1/
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Energy transitions can happen faster than we think:
In 2000 almost 90% of Denmark's electricity was from fossil fuels.
In 2024 less than 10% of Danish electricity was from fossil fuels.
In 2000 almost 90% of Denmark's electricity was from fossil fuels.
In 2024 less than 10% of Danish electricity was from fossil fuels.
December 1, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Energy transitions can happen faster than we think:
In 2000 almost 90% of Denmark's electricity was from fossil fuels.
In 2024 less than 10% of Danish electricity was from fossil fuels.
In 2000 almost 90% of Denmark's electricity was from fossil fuels.
In 2024 less than 10% of Danish electricity was from fossil fuels.
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This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
December 1, 2025 at 11:09 AM
This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
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Lol, Zillow tried to rate the climate risks facing individual properties. The real estate industry *hated* it, precisely because it worked -- it made selling risky properties more difficult. So they rebelled & Zillow caved.
Don't look up!
Don't look up!
Zillow Removes Climate Risk Scores From Home Listings
www.nytimes.com
November 30, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Lol, Zillow tried to rate the climate risks facing individual properties. The real estate industry *hated* it, precisely because it worked -- it made selling risky properties more difficult. So they rebelled & Zillow caved.
Don't look up!
Don't look up!
Has this been posted yet
December 1, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Has this been posted yet
It feels surreal, and like a new even darker turn has been taken in the anti-intellectual part of rightwing populism
OU has put the professor here on administrative leave:
December 1, 2025 at 1:18 AM
It feels surreal, and like a new even darker turn has been taken in the anti-intellectual part of rightwing populism