Michael Bradley 🍕
@mikebradleymke.bsky.social
Husband & dad. Demography, Safe Streets, Frozen Pizza, Lake Michigan. For 1 Million Milwaukeeans.
I have been saying for many years that the right price for crypto is ~0.
That being said, what's the explanation for BTC being down 31% from all time highs and shitcoins all crashing out?
That being said, what's the explanation for BTC being down 31% from all time highs and shitcoins all crashing out?
November 20, 2025 at 6:39 PM
I have been saying for many years that the right price for crypto is ~0.
That being said, what's the explanation for BTC being down 31% from all time highs and shitcoins all crashing out?
That being said, what's the explanation for BTC being down 31% from all time highs and shitcoins all crashing out?
As an aside, ive always thought that the definition of a recession is pretty silly and the real definition should be based on drawdowns from all time highs in employment levels.
GOOLSBEE: DUBIOUS THAT SLOWDOWN IN PAYROLLS POINTS TO A RECESSION
November 20, 2025 at 6:12 PM
As an aside, ive always thought that the definition of a recession is pretty silly and the real definition should be based on drawdowns from all time highs in employment levels.
So much for nvda saving the western economy. Now down on the day.
I looked away and didn't realize we were back into crash out mode.
November 20, 2025 at 6:09 PM
So much for nvda saving the western economy. Now down on the day.
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Evidently my intelligence type is "deeply offended by this unhinged 'infographic.'"
November 20, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Evidently my intelligence type is "deeply offended by this unhinged 'infographic.'"
If Harris had won last year, I think obviously we don't see the tarriffs. We probably get a much trimmed down tax bill, that's basically neutral or deflationary. Inflation is 0 to 1%. You don't get the classic right wing enthusiasm run up in stock prices. Interest rates have been cut rapidly.
November 20, 2025 at 5:41 PM
If Harris had won last year, I think obviously we don't see the tarriffs. We probably get a much trimmed down tax bill, that's basically neutral or deflationary. Inflation is 0 to 1%. You don't get the classic right wing enthusiasm run up in stock prices. Interest rates have been cut rapidly.
Wow. Some of the most newsworthy & disturbing statements from a politician since 1865 unfolding right now and the news orgs are running with the Dick Cheney funeral instead.
November 20, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Wow. Some of the most newsworthy & disturbing statements from a politician since 1865 unfolding right now and the news orgs are running with the Dick Cheney funeral instead.
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being an urbanist is like touching the stove just to feel something again
Georgetown? Philadelphia? San Francisco?
Nope.
Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
This photo was taken 90 years ago *today* in the Yankee Hill neighborhood.
Today this is a surface parking lot.
Nope.
Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
This photo was taken 90 years ago *today* in the Yankee Hill neighborhood.
Today this is a surface parking lot.
November 20, 2025 at 2:00 PM
being an urbanist is like touching the stove just to feel something again
The only thing in a high school resume that can't be legally shopped and bought with enough resources are the ACT/SAT scores.
It's really bizarre to me how many people think that the only measure that is standardized across the country is LESS fair than GPAs which operate on all sorts of bizarre systems all over the country, often based on what courses are available at a given school (totally outside a student's control)
basically every single measure of academic achievement is correlated with family income for pretty obvious reasons. the ~20% of SAT variation explained by family SES makes it one of the measures *least* determined by this.
November 20, 2025 at 4:42 AM
The only thing in a high school resume that can't be legally shopped and bought with enough resources are the ACT/SAT scores.
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100%. "Illegal" is shorthand for not allowed by a transparent, rule-bound, dispassionate process. Which in a civilized country is what the law means.
When urbanist say multifamily housing is illegal everywhere, that's because the vast majority of projects have to receive discretionary approval. And for what it's worth, similar is the case for new single family subdivisions too, which is where most new houses are built too.
November 19, 2025 at 10:50 PM
100%. "Illegal" is shorthand for not allowed by a transparent, rule-bound, dispassionate process. Which in a civilized country is what the law means.
I would be suprised if more than 2% of multifamily units in this country are permitted outside of ultimately discretionary process.
“There are lots of places where you can build non-SFH” =/= “you can build non-SFH anywhere in America, and specifically, in Flathead County”
November 19, 2025 at 10:36 PM
I would be suprised if more than 2% of multifamily units in this country are permitted outside of ultimately discretionary process.
Housing spend as a percent of income, i don't think tells us much about the housing crisis.
For example, the fact that it costs 1.6 million to live in ho-hum ranch 30 miles out into long Island, but the owner pays 32% of their income on it, doesn't tell us about the families that move to Dallas.
For example, the fact that it costs 1.6 million to live in ho-hum ranch 30 miles out into long Island, but the owner pays 32% of their income on it, doesn't tell us about the families that move to Dallas.
November 19, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Housing spend as a percent of income, i don't think tells us much about the housing crisis.
For example, the fact that it costs 1.6 million to live in ho-hum ranch 30 miles out into long Island, but the owner pays 32% of their income on it, doesn't tell us about the families that move to Dallas.
For example, the fact that it costs 1.6 million to live in ho-hum ranch 30 miles out into long Island, but the owner pays 32% of their income on it, doesn't tell us about the families that move to Dallas.
I, on the other hand, believe the many many victims not Epstein's accounts.
November 19, 2025 at 9:52 PM
I, on the other hand, believe the many many victims not Epstein's accounts.
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If Nvidia doesn’t beat earnings expectations today the earth will explode.
November 19, 2025 at 6:00 PM
If Nvidia doesn’t beat earnings expectations today the earth will explode.
Screens out of classrooms is going to be the "bring back phonics" of our generation.
Call me Luddite but it's mental that some American school districts have moved absolutely everything onto screens??
November 19, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Screens out of classrooms is going to be the "bring back phonics" of our generation.
Seems odd that everyone at the White House and in Congress seems to know what's in these supposedly sealed files.
BREAKING: The Epstein files disclosures must be limited in order to “make sure we don’t do permanent damage to the political system,” according to House Speaker Mike Johnson.
What’re Republicans hiding?
What’re Republicans hiding?
November 19, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Seems odd that everyone at the White House and in Congress seems to know what's in these supposedly sealed files.
A good pollster.
Generic Ballot Polling:
🔵 Democrats: 53%
🔴 Republicans: 44%
Marquette / Nov 12, 2025
🔵 Democrats: 53%
🔴 Republicans: 44%
Marquette / Nov 12, 2025
November 19, 2025 at 7:26 PM
A good pollster.
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This is a misconception. In Phoenix in 2005 literally they’d tell you to show up on Saturday, they’d have 5 newly permitted lots. 10 people would put their names in a hat and 5 would get to buy homes that week.
There wasn’t a lot of spec building. Inventory was because of cancellations.
There wasn’t a lot of spec building. Inventory was because of cancellations.
November 19, 2025 at 6:53 PM
This is a misconception. In Phoenix in 2005 literally they’d tell you to show up on Saturday, they’d have 5 newly permitted lots. 10 people would put their names in a hat and 5 would get to buy homes that week.
There wasn’t a lot of spec building. Inventory was because of cancellations.
There wasn’t a lot of spec building. Inventory was because of cancellations.
I think "housing crisis" is probably the right term for where we are right now.
It was probably the right term in 2006 too. I think a lesson of post-great recession is that the "housing bubble" was a totally bunk theory.
It was probably the right term in 2006 too. I think a lesson of post-great recession is that the "housing bubble" was a totally bunk theory.
November 19, 2025 at 6:43 PM
I think "housing crisis" is probably the right term for where we are right now.
It was probably the right term in 2006 too. I think a lesson of post-great recession is that the "housing bubble" was a totally bunk theory.
It was probably the right term in 2006 too. I think a lesson of post-great recession is that the "housing bubble" was a totally bunk theory.
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10 years ago "House of Debt" was published to wide acclaim and became the go-to explainer about the housing boom and financial crisis.
Can we say now that it was quite clearly wrong? If not now, when can we say it?
Can we say now that it was quite clearly wrong? If not now, when can we say it?
November 18, 2025 at 8:29 PM
10 years ago "House of Debt" was published to wide acclaim and became the go-to explainer about the housing boom and financial crisis.
Can we say now that it was quite clearly wrong? If not now, when can we say it?
Can we say now that it was quite clearly wrong? If not now, when can we say it?
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The vibes go deep for the agglomeration crowd.
NYC is obviously expensive because it's so awesome.
Never mind that housing permits and outmigration are at Dust Bowl levels.
So everywhere else must suck because everywhere else isn't expensive.
1/
NYC is obviously expensive because it's so awesome.
Never mind that housing permits and outmigration are at Dust Bowl levels.
So everywhere else must suck because everywhere else isn't expensive.
1/
November 19, 2025 at 4:31 AM
The vibes go deep for the agglomeration crowd.
NYC is obviously expensive because it's so awesome.
Never mind that housing permits and outmigration are at Dust Bowl levels.
So everywhere else must suck because everywhere else isn't expensive.
1/
NYC is obviously expensive because it's so awesome.
Never mind that housing permits and outmigration are at Dust Bowl levels.
So everywhere else must suck because everywhere else isn't expensive.
1/
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Are you bummed it’s getting dark out so early?
Spare a thought for those living in Utqiagvik, Alaska, 330 miles north of the Arctic Circle. Yesterday at 1:36pm local time, the sun set…and it won’t rise again until January 22. For 64 days, residents will be living in what’s known as polar night.
Spare a thought for those living in Utqiagvik, Alaska, 330 miles north of the Arctic Circle. Yesterday at 1:36pm local time, the sun set…and it won’t rise again until January 22. For 64 days, residents will be living in what’s known as polar night.
November 19, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Are you bummed it’s getting dark out so early?
Spare a thought for those living in Utqiagvik, Alaska, 330 miles north of the Arctic Circle. Yesterday at 1:36pm local time, the sun set…and it won’t rise again until January 22. For 64 days, residents will be living in what’s known as polar night.
Spare a thought for those living in Utqiagvik, Alaska, 330 miles north of the Arctic Circle. Yesterday at 1:36pm local time, the sun set…and it won’t rise again until January 22. For 64 days, residents will be living in what’s known as polar night.
Pretty robust population growth, to be perfectly honest.
November 19, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Pretty robust population growth, to be perfectly honest.
Who's the constituency pushing for jobs like building or parking security to wear tactical gear and drive fake cop cars?
November 19, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Who's the constituency pushing for jobs like building or parking security to wear tactical gear and drive fake cop cars?
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Imagine losing world cup qualification to a country the size of the Worcester MA metro area and on top of that the 20 most athletic guys in the country all became shortstops instead of playing soccer
November 19, 2025 at 3:31 AM
Imagine losing world cup qualification to a country the size of the Worcester MA metro area and on top of that the 20 most athletic guys in the country all became shortstops instead of playing soccer
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Bellingcat’s contact email has always been a magnet for people with fairly unusual views; paranoid delusions, sprawling conspiracies, the works. But recently, the pattern has shifted, we’re seeing more and more emails clearly written with ChatGPT.
November 19, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Bellingcat’s contact email has always been a magnet for people with fairly unusual views; paranoid delusions, sprawling conspiracies, the works. But recently, the pattern has shifted, we’re seeing more and more emails clearly written with ChatGPT.