Matthew Yglesias
@mattyglesias.bsky.social
Thinking about Shklar as I watch the write try to whip people up into a fever about Somalians
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December 8, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Thinking about Shklar as I watch the write try to whip people up into a fever about Somalians
politicalnotmetaphysical.wordpress.com/2016/02/25/j...
politicalnotmetaphysical.wordpress.com/2016/02/25/j...
December 7, 2025 at 3:15 PM
High school grades vs SAT scores
December 7, 2025 at 12:48 PM
High school grades vs SAT scores
Next up in Elon’s book club
December 4, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Next up in Elon’s book club
Holding back students who haven’t learned basic reading by the end of third grade seems like good practice to me, but one-off policy change can’t possibly explain broad, sustained improvement
December 4, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Holding back students who haven’t learned basic reading by the end of third grade seems like good practice to me, but one-off policy change can’t possibly explain broad, sustained improvement
These guys have really lost it (and of course a huge share of these Hispanic kids are going to be “white”)
December 4, 2025 at 1:07 AM
These guys have really lost it (and of course a huge share of these Hispanic kids are going to be “white”)
It’s a universal health care program,
Michael, how much can it cost? $100?
Michael, how much can it cost? $100?
December 3, 2025 at 6:37 PM
It’s a universal health care program,
Michael, how much can it cost? $100?
Michael, how much can it cost? $100?
What's a little misunderstood about the influence of Fox News is there used to be tons of self-identified conservatives who voted for Democrats, so a one-off burst of info that's like "hey, vote for the more right-wing party" is very potent in a way that's not necessarily replicable.
December 2, 2025 at 2:55 PM
What's a little misunderstood about the influence of Fox News is there used to be tons of self-identified conservatives who voted for Democrats, so a one-off burst of info that's like "hey, vote for the more right-wing party" is very potent in a way that's not necessarily replicable.
The basic utility business model is that there is a financial incentive to invest in delivering more energy to more people.
Greens going back to the seventies hated this and preferred a focus on “home insulation” and “elegant frugality.”
Greens going back to the seventies hated this and preferred a focus on “home insulation” and “elegant frugality.”
December 1, 2025 at 10:24 PM
The basic utility business model is that there is a financial incentive to invest in delivering more energy to more people.
Greens going back to the seventies hated this and preferred a focus on “home insulation” and “elegant frugality.”
Greens going back to the seventies hated this and preferred a focus on “home insulation” and “elegant frugality.”
I'm not half the statistician @statmodeling.bsky.social is but if Mississippi's boost in 4th Grade reading scores was purely due to a change in retention policy how come there's a continuous upward trend rather than a one-off?
December 1, 2025 at 10:08 PM
I'm not half the statistician @statmodeling.bsky.social is but if Mississippi's boost in 4th Grade reading scores was purely due to a change in retention policy how come there's a continuous upward trend rather than a one-off?
December 1, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Musk has really managed to make people hate Tesla
November 27, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Musk has really managed to make people hate Tesla
Friends of the Earth 1979.
Note that the very existence of big utilities is bad.
The ideal is energy efficiency + decentralized renewables but coal is preferred to zero-emissions hydro and nuclear because the target here is industrial-scale enterprises not pollution.
Note that the very existence of big utilities is bad.
The ideal is energy efficiency + decentralized renewables but coal is preferred to zero-emissions hydro and nuclear because the target here is industrial-scale enterprises not pollution.
November 27, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Friends of the Earth 1979.
Note that the very existence of big utilities is bad.
The ideal is energy efficiency + decentralized renewables but coal is preferred to zero-emissions hydro and nuclear because the target here is industrial-scale enterprises not pollution.
Note that the very existence of big utilities is bad.
The ideal is energy efficiency + decentralized renewables but coal is preferred to zero-emissions hydro and nuclear because the target here is industrial-scale enterprises not pollution.
As a member of the “has an uncle who was an MIT professor” community, I’m concerned that Trump is making us look bad with these kind of false claims
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/u...
November 26, 2025 at 12:12 PM
As a member of the “has an uncle who was an MIT professor” community, I’m concerned that Trump is making us look bad with these kind of false claims
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/u...
Now we’re cooking with electromagnetic induction!
November 25, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Now we’re cooking with electromagnetic induction!
Deaths vs births
November 25, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Deaths vs births
Summers doing a little racism to future CFPB commissioner Rohit Chopra is a particularly fun one.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2004...
www.thecrimson.com/article/2004...
November 24, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Summers doing a little racism to future CFPB commissioner Rohit Chopra is a particularly fun one.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2004...
www.thecrimson.com/article/2004...
There are people in Maine burning coal for home heat
November 24, 2025 at 1:11 AM
There are people in Maine burning coal for home heat
In other words they are not arguing that the hardship of the epidemic pushed people to the GOP for mystical reasons of out of abstract despair, opioid addiction drove voter demand for touch on crime policies that Republicans were offering.
November 24, 2025 at 12:19 AM
In other words they are not arguing that the hardship of the epidemic pushed people to the GOP for mystical reasons of out of abstract despair, opioid addiction drove voter demand for touch on crime policies that Republicans were offering.
It’s not just total randos either.
I have no problem with Mamdani having a friendly meeting with the president but the people jizzing themselves over the prospect of illiberal horseshoe politics are a big problem.
I have no problem with Mamdani having a friendly meeting with the president but the people jizzing themselves over the prospect of illiberal horseshoe politics are a big problem.
November 23, 2025 at 11:26 AM
It’s not just total randos either.
I have no problem with Mamdani having a friendly meeting with the president but the people jizzing themselves over the prospect of illiberal horseshoe politics are a big problem.
I have no problem with Mamdani having a friendly meeting with the president but the people jizzing themselves over the prospect of illiberal horseshoe politics are a big problem.
November 23, 2025 at 12:47 AM
I’m sure the author of this recent Jacobin piece would hate my political views, but it’s a good celebratory overview of the rise of left-of-liberal ideas.
jacobin.com/2025/11/neol...
jacobin.com/2025/11/neol...
November 22, 2025 at 9:06 PM
I’m sure the author of this recent Jacobin piece would hate my political views, but it’s a good celebratory overview of the rise of left-of-liberal ideas.
jacobin.com/2025/11/neol...
jacobin.com/2025/11/neol...