Colin Gibson
colingibson.bsky.social
Colin Gibson
@colingibson.bsky.social
Public policy research at wsipp.wa.gov
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February 5, 2026 at 4:22 AM
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Jodie Foster: They should have sent a poet

Poet: Aliens ahoy! A galactic sight. When you’re in space all day is night
December 24, 2025 at 2:47 AM
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According to Motoi Okamoto, Mini-Game Director for Super Mario 64 DS, Shigeru Miyamoto would start midnight crunch sessions for the game's development by walking into the office and announcing "It's Mario time."
February 1, 2026 at 4:48 PM
January 17, 2026 at 1:50 AM
Trickle-down taconomics
napkins should be tortillas. you’re wiping food off your face; that food is still good. it can go on the tortilla, and then you get to eat it at the end. why am I always the one coming up with the good fucking ideas
January 7, 2026 at 4:53 AM
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Stranger things finale was fucking nuts!
January 3, 2026 at 3:06 AM
*Patrick Bateman voice* oh hold up, time to lock in
December 27, 2025 at 2:50 AM
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From computer files to Epstein files, files were everywhere you looked this year! That’s why I’m declaring 2025 the Year of the File
December 20, 2025 at 12:32 AM
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I will believe the zoomers are serious about y2k fashion when they bring these guys back.
December 14, 2025 at 9:07 PM
This mf said Toyko
December 14, 2025 at 3:43 AM
Aliens had advanced interstellar transportation tech, but also used Cow Tools
December 8, 2025 at 6:17 AM
@mtsw.bsky.social police take Faberge egg
New Zealand police have recovered a diamond-encrusted green Faberge egg after keeping a six-day watch over the thief accused of swallowing it

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December 5, 2025 at 5:50 AM
Writing done prior to November 2022 is going to be like low-background steel
Your universe is a photocopy of a photocopy of a…
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November 28, 2025 at 2:44 AM
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Francis was more Mike Shinoda whereas Leo is more Chester
November 24, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Now and then I check twitter, and I cannot understand why smart, thoughtful people would still post on that platform

@weisenthal.bsky.social
November 24, 2025 at 4:58 AM
What’s next, quadruply robust estimators?
November 24, 2025 at 3:53 AM
Hockey rink should have 90 degree corners instead of big curves. Make them scrounge around for the puck when it goes over there
November 21, 2025 at 5:56 AM
I'll say!
November 14, 2025 at 6:58 PM
It’s the guy from the 1965 bob dylan press conference.
November 13, 2025 at 3:16 AM
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How does employer access to prisoners’ labor through work release impact the well-being of those workers & of free workers?

New working paper by Sue Helper, Suresh Naidu, Akseli Palomaki, Adam Reich, + me provides evidence, focus on auto manufacturing in AL
#EconSky
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
November 3, 2025 at 2:20 PM
It’s like what’s next, $20 an hour?
Voters in Maine’s largest city on Tuesday approved Question A, a referendum that would raise the city’s minimum wage to $19 an hour by 2028.
November 7, 2025 at 4:49 AM
@worldbollardassoc.bsky.social Not an exaggeration to say that bollards are a pillar of our democracy
November 6, 2025 at 2:45 AM
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I can't find it anywhere on the internet anymore, so posting one of my fav @ryanpequin.bsky.social comics. "Big Coffee Comix"
November 23, 2024 at 12:31 AM
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Every single report to shareholders from a large REIT includes something about how it's great that market-rate multifamily housing isn't getting built in high-cost coastal cities because the shortage is what allows them to rent gouge.
New housing stops landlords from raising rents—take it from the CEO of AvalonBay, one of NYC's largest landlords:
"We're well-positioned… we face significantly less new supply. Land entitled for multifamily is hard to come by, the amount of time it takes to get those entitlements… sets us up well.”
October 30, 2025 at 11:12 PM