Brad Smith
@bradsmithtx.bsky.social
ATX 🌮 | Data Science 📊 | Progressive 🫎
Austin-based data scientist turning analytics into action. Turning insights into impact, because the numbers don’t lie, but they can tell a damn good story 📚
Austin-based data scientist turning analytics into action. Turning insights into impact, because the numbers don’t lie, but they can tell a damn good story 📚
Mhmm so what’s the question?
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November 23, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Mhmm so what’s the question?
When a president’s party label matters more than inflation, jobs, or growth… that’s not economics.
That’s identity masquerading as analysis, grievance dressed up as data.
And that’s how we end up arguing about an imaginary economy while the real one moves on without us.
#EconSky
That’s identity masquerading as analysis, grievance dressed up as data.
And that’s how we end up arguing about an imaginary economy while the real one moves on without us.
#EconSky
October 5, 2025 at 8:11 PM
When a president’s party label matters more than inflation, jobs, or growth… that’s not economics.
That’s identity masquerading as analysis, grievance dressed up as data.
And that’s how we end up arguing about an imaginary economy while the real one moves on without us.
#EconSky
That’s identity masquerading as analysis, grievance dressed up as data.
And that’s how we end up arguing about an imaginary economy while the real one moves on without us.
#EconSky
Line up perception with real GDP though and pretty clear:
Democrats’ optimism rises and falls with actual growth; up in recoveries, down in recessions, no matter who’s president.
Republicans’ optimism collapses the moment a Democrat takes office, regardless of actual economic growth.
Democrats’ optimism rises and falls with actual growth; up in recoveries, down in recessions, no matter who’s president.
Republicans’ optimism collapses the moment a Democrat takes office, regardless of actual economic growth.
October 5, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Line up perception with real GDP though and pretty clear:
Democrats’ optimism rises and falls with actual growth; up in recoveries, down in recessions, no matter who’s president.
Republicans’ optimism collapses the moment a Democrat takes office, regardless of actual economic growth.
Democrats’ optimism rises and falls with actual growth; up in recoveries, down in recessions, no matter who’s president.
Republicans’ optimism collapses the moment a Democrat takes office, regardless of actual economic growth.
Yes and no. A couple things worth flagging:
August:
- Full-time (35+ hrs): –357k
- Part-time (<35 hrs): +597k
- Invol part-time (economic reasons): +65k (+284k since June)
The risk isn’t vanishing jobs, it’s jobs hollowing out.
August:
- Full-time (35+ hrs): –357k
- Part-time (<35 hrs): +597k
- Invol part-time (economic reasons): +65k (+284k since June)
The risk isn’t vanishing jobs, it’s jobs hollowing out.
September 6, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Yes and no. A couple things worth flagging:
August:
- Full-time (35+ hrs): –357k
- Part-time (<35 hrs): +597k
- Invol part-time (economic reasons): +65k (+284k since June)
The risk isn’t vanishing jobs, it’s jobs hollowing out.
August:
- Full-time (35+ hrs): –357k
- Part-time (<35 hrs): +597k
- Invol part-time (economic reasons): +65k (+284k since June)
The risk isn’t vanishing jobs, it’s jobs hollowing out.
Anytime!
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September 6, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Anytime!
This comes from the BLS Household Survey (Current Population Survey), Table A-9: Selected Employment Indicators in the Employment Situation release:
- Full-time (35+ hrs): LNS12500000
- Part-time (<35 hrs): LNS12600000
You can see the full tables here: www.bls.gov/news.release...
- Full-time (35+ hrs): LNS12500000
- Part-time (<35 hrs): LNS12600000
You can see the full tables here: www.bls.gov/news.release...
Employment Situation Summary
- 2025 M08 Results
www.bls.gov
September 6, 2025 at 4:22 PM
This comes from the BLS Household Survey (Current Population Survey), Table A-9: Selected Employment Indicators in the Employment Situation release:
- Full-time (35+ hrs): LNS12500000
- Part-time (<35 hrs): LNS12600000
You can see the full tables here: www.bls.gov/news.release...
- Full-time (35+ hrs): LNS12500000
- Part-time (<35 hrs): LNS12600000
You can see the full tables here: www.bls.gov/news.release...
Bread and circuses for all!
September 5, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Bread and circuses for all!
Told y’all this wasn’t gonna go well.
Damnit… I’m gonna have to write a whole research paper and get this peer reviewed, aren’t I?
I spent a decade in dairy so I was only trying to figure out how bad the FDA’s recent decision to suspend Grade A milk could get and it’s… concerning.
#PublicHealth #EconSky #DataVisualization #EpiSky
I spent a decade in dairy so I was only trying to figure out how bad the FDA’s recent decision to suspend Grade A milk could get and it’s… concerning.
#PublicHealth #EconSky #DataVisualization #EpiSky
August 30, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Told y’all this wasn’t gonna go well.
Not silent, just overshadowed. They made a public announcement, it just got buried because the Pope literally died the day before.
Definitely wasn’t quiet but wasn’t a focus for most.
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Definitely wasn’t quiet but wasn’t a focus for most.
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August 28, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Not silent, just overshadowed. They made a public announcement, it just got buried because the Pope literally died the day before.
Definitely wasn’t quiet but wasn’t a focus for most.
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Definitely wasn’t quiet but wasn’t a focus for most.
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That total seems a little low for the public housing program according to HUD’s data.
5,600 × $45.44/person/day = $254,464/day.
Still, well below the $1.1M per day.
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5,600 × $45.44/person/day = $254,464/day.
Still, well below the $1.1M per day.
www.commondreams.org/news/trump-n...
Trump's DC Occupation Costs 4 Times More Than It Would Take to House City's Entire Homeless Population | Common Dreams
Trump's deployment of the National Guard to Washington, DC costs more than 4 times as much as it would cost to simply house every homeless person in the city, according to researcher Hanna Homestead.
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August 26, 2025 at 11:45 PM
That total seems a little low for the public housing program according to HUD’s data.
5,600 × $45.44/person/day = $254,464/day.
Still, well below the $1.1M per day.
www.commondreams.org/news/trump-n...
5,600 × $45.44/person/day = $254,464/day.
Still, well below the $1.1M per day.
www.commondreams.org/news/trump-n...