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John Johnson

@jdjmke.bsky.social

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Milwaukee stuff, MULaw Poll, RStats, etc. ☧ https://johndjohnson.info/

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John Johnson @jdjmke.bsky.social · Sep 3

shout out to the University of Missouri Library's website collecting primary sources on historical prices and wages. Great stuff here: libraryguides.missouri.edu/pricesandwag...

Library Guides: Prices and Wages by Decade: 1890-1899

Links to government documents and primary sources listing retail prices for products and services, as well as wages for common occupations.

libraryguides.missouri.edu

John Johnson @jdjmke.bsky.social · Sep 2

I've been very clear this whole time. If you're doing an activity on American streets that puts you next to cars driving at speed, wear a helmet. In my view, recommending that people *not* wear a helmet, as I read you to be doing in this tweet, is dangerous.

John Johnson @jdjmke.bsky.social · Sep 2

Of course I do! But you began this whole thing by appealing to greater sophistication in parsing tradeoffs & statistical risks. Now you're acting like you can't differentiate between the risk of a car hitting a biker in a shared lane vs a walker on the sidewalk. Get a grip.

John Johnson @jdjmke.bsky.social · Sep 2

I'm no athlete, but I ride my commuter bike every day all over my city. In the thousands of miles I've ridden, I've been hit by a car twice. Each time, my helmet prevented a concussion or worse. Wear a helmet, you might save your life.

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Binnig at Hanging Rock @binnig.bsky.social · Sep 2

But this is the thing: US bike norms have been driven by guys (gendered) with drop handlebars who think about biking in terms of “urban bike events” and classify what they’re doing with Olympic luge. They probably should wear helmets!

I’m just trying to go buy bread.

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Binnig at Hanging Rock @binnig.bsky.social · Sep 2

Partly because I think it’s *bad* that biking is a marginal pursuit in the US, unlike the Netherlands.

Partly because in practice the norm is enforced by people yelling at strangers.

John Johnson @jdjmke.bsky.social · Sep 2

Where did I say that?

John Johnson @jdjmke.bsky.social · Sep 2

This isn't the Netherlands. In America we have a norm that bicyclists wear helmets for their own protection. This norm doubtlessly saves lives every year. I don't know why you're trying to change that.

John Johnson @jdjmke.bsky.social · Sep 2

Given the behavior of cars, closer to the former. I don't see people jogging in the street, inches from cars. But if I did, I would recommend they wear helmets too.

Every urban bike event I participate in encourages or requires helmets--as they should.

John Johnson @jdjmke.bsky.social · Sep 2

Also, I've been a daily bike commuter for nearly a decade & I've had 3 incidents that probably would've been life-changing if not for a helmet. Wear a helmet. This isn't complicated.

John Johnson @jdjmke.bsky.social · Sep 2

Personally, I wouldn't categorize this as a "niche athletic" gear and I don't think anyone sees it as such.

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Bobby Big Wheel @kleinman.bsky.social · Sep 2

Actual Blueskyism is people having typical differences within the left-liberal coalition getting into insane flame wars over minor stuff because there are no Republicans to get mad at here.

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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · Aug 27

Trump administration moves to bar states and even private (!) nonprofits, such as Red Cross, from helping undocumented immigrants after disasters.
Evil. s2.washingtonpost.com/4467742/68af...

DHS moves to bar aid groups from serving undocumented immigrants

Disaster-aid groups said the new contracts would make it harder for nonprofits to help the most vulnerable Americans in the aftermath of a disaster.

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John Johnson @jdjmke.bsky.social · Aug 27

maybe because they don't support this narrative. I wrote about how the decline in support for Democratic candidates among Black Milwaukeeans is easily exaggerated.

faculty blog post: law.marquette.edu/facultyblog/...
newsletter version: bluebookmke.substack.com/p/the-declin...

The Decline in Support for Democratic Candidates among Black Milwaukeeans is Easily Exaggerated – Marquette University Law School Faculty Blog

law.marquette.edu

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John Johnson @jdjmke.bsky.social · Aug 27

A recent NYT op-ed "Inside the Rise of the Multiracial Right" used Milwaukee as its example of where "the unity of the Black Democratic vote is splintering." As evidence, it quoted five (5) people who don't like the Democrats. There were no statistics...

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John Johnson @jdjmke.bsky.social · Aug 22

Who do you use for knife sharpening in Milwaukee?

John Johnson @jdjmke.bsky.social · Aug 20

In new cities I often wonder where the people live. How far did the baggage handlers at the airport have to commute? Do the finance workers in the towers downtown live in condos nearby, or do they all come in from the outer 'burbs?

Here are LAX employees vs Warner Bros (pics from LODESmap.com)

John Johnson @jdjmke.bsky.social · Aug 18

It's easy to share maps because the URL updates as you pan, zoom, & select geographies & filters. Send someone a URL & they'll see the same thing as you.

Here is a quick-start guide. johndjohnson.info/posts/2025/l...

The Geography of American Workers – John Johnson’s Internet Archive

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John Johnson @jdjmke.bsky.social · Aug 18

I'm pleased to share LODESmap.com, a website @mitchellhenke.com and I built that lets you explore an extremely detailed dataset of American worker flows over 21 years in spatially integrated geographies. You can seamlessly move between counties, county subdivisions, census tracts, & block groups.