luis daniel
@luisdaniel.bsky.social
Engineering at Bloomberg News. Mostly charts. Opinions my own.
The most unexpected case of climate change butterfly effect you’ll see today.
Jellyfish shut down nuclear reactors
Jellyfish shut down nuclear reactors
August 18, 2025 at 3:13 PM
The most unexpected case of climate change butterfly effect you’ll see today.
Jellyfish shut down nuclear reactors
Jellyfish shut down nuclear reactors
Tedious forms
Declining trust in government
Staffing cuts
Have contributed to declining response rates over the years
Declining trust in government
Staffing cuts
Have contributed to declining response rates over the years
August 1, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Tedious forms
Declining trust in government
Staffing cuts
Have contributed to declining response rates over the years
Declining trust in government
Staffing cuts
Have contributed to declining response rates over the years
The BLS is making more educated guesses to calculate CPI due to staffing cuts.
August 1, 2025 at 6:33 PM
The BLS is making more educated guesses to calculate CPI due to staffing cuts.
Crazy to accuse the BLS of cooking the books, but some context: these were the largest job revisions since the pandemic. Issue is declining survey response rates & they're increasingly making more guesses w/ CPI on less data. This is all a huge problem that won't be solved by firing the commish.
Okay you can officially get ready for an attempt to cook the books.
August 1, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Crazy to accuse the BLS of cooking the books, but some context: these were the largest job revisions since the pandemic. Issue is declining survey response rates & they're increasingly making more guesses w/ CPI on less data. This is all a huge problem that won't be solved by firing the commish.
Young men facing challenges on multiple fronts: they're graduating from high school in fewer numbers, jobs that don't require a bachelors+ are decreasing (e.g. manufacturing), and jobs that are increasing (HEAL) men seem reluctant to get into.
great charts here:
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
great charts here:
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
Eight Charts Show Men Are Falling Behind, From Classrooms to Careers
The data on how men and boys have fallen behind and on the work opportunities they’re missing.
www.bloomberg.com
April 21, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Young men facing challenges on multiple fronts: they're graduating from high school in fewer numbers, jobs that don't require a bachelors+ are decreasing (e.g. manufacturing), and jobs that are increasing (HEAL) men seem reluctant to get into.
great charts here:
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
great charts here:
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
Law school applications up 24% from last year
April 21, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Law school applications up 24% from last year
Did you forget about the eggs? Bc they just hit a record high. Retailers keeping prices up fearing supply shocks.
April 10, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Did you forget about the eggs? Bc they just hit a record high. Retailers keeping prices up fearing supply shocks.
Oof this is a bad trend. People are withdrawing from their 401(k)'s at a higher rate. Doubly bad to be withdrawing on a down market.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Financial Stress Has More Americans Tapping Their 401(k)s
Empower sees hardship withdrawals running 15% to 20% above the historical norm.
www.bloomberg.com
April 7, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Oof this is a bad trend. People are withdrawing from their 401(k)'s at a higher rate. Doubly bad to be withdrawing on a down market.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
biggest two day drop since the pandemic
April 4, 2025 at 7:13 PM
biggest two day drop since the pandemic
Worst S&P performance since presidential inauguration day since Bush's first term
April 3, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Worst S&P performance since presidential inauguration day since Bush's first term
Big miss on Tesla deliveries. Sales fell 13% last quarter. Likely due to backlash on Musk
April 2, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Big miss on Tesla deliveries. Sales fell 13% last quarter. Likely due to backlash on Musk
It's been so sunny in Europe solar generation has exceeded forecasts. In some cases power prices have dipped far below zero.
April 1, 2025 at 3:03 PM
It's been so sunny in Europe solar generation has exceeded forecasts. In some cases power prices have dipped far below zero.
Trump antagonizing Canadians has put the Liberals back in the polling lead for the first time since 2023
March 29, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Trump antagonizing Canadians has put the Liberals back in the polling lead for the first time since 2023
Officially in a correction! Yay so much winning! 🎉🎊
March 13, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Officially in a correction! Yay so much winning! 🎉🎊
Market flirting with correction
March 11, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Market flirting with correction
This is remarkable. In 1995, almost half of the population of India was living in extreme poverty. Today it’s less than 1%. India has eradicated extreme poverty.
economist.com/finance-and-...
economist.com/finance-and-...
India has undermined a popular myth about development
Extreme poverty in the country has dropped to negligible levels
economist.com
March 5, 2025 at 6:37 AM
This is remarkable. In 1995, almost half of the population of India was living in extreme poverty. Today it’s less than 1%. India has eradicated extreme poverty.
economist.com/finance-and-...
economist.com/finance-and-...
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hey no big if not but do u know what the third book is called
We will never be a monarchy. Know that. To quote the LOTR trilogy: Gondor has no king. Gondor needs no king.
March 1, 2025 at 5:10 AM
hey no big if not but do u know what the third book is called
"It’s a familiar Silicon Valley mindset, the reason startups are forever reinventing a bus, or a bodega, or mail. It’s the implacable confidence that if you’re smart at one thing you must be smart at all of the things."
www.wired.com/story/doge-i...
www.wired.com/story/doge-i...
The Incompetence of DOGE Is a Feature, Not a Bug
A series of mistakes by DOGE shows just how arbitrary and destructive this slash-and-burn strategy can get.
www.wired.com
February 20, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Make America Rinse Your Plates Before Putting Them in the Dishwasher Again
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Trump to Roll Back Water Standards for Dishwashers, Sinks
President Donald Trump called for easing water efficiency standards for household appliances and fixtures like dishwashers and sinks, targeting environmental rules embraced by his predecessor Joe Bide...
www.bloomberg.com
February 14, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Make America Rinse Your Plates Before Putting Them in the Dishwasher Again
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
