Patrick McEwen
@pmcewen.bsky.social
Lacrosse guy, but no one seems to talk about sports here, so I guess I'm here for the political news? Maybe some finance and economics stuff too?
Some people care about a specific school regardless of the sport and some people just love a specific sport regardless of the teams. Others are somewhere in the middle. They're fun ways to follow sports for different reasons
November 24, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Some people care about a specific school regardless of the sport and some people just love a specific sport regardless of the teams. Others are somewhere in the middle. They're fun ways to follow sports for different reasons
Or if you happen to know someone in an athletic department, they always have a very good idea way in advance because they need to start making travel arrangements ASAP. When I was in the band, we always knew before the public announcements. Maybe even someone in the ticket office can give you a hint
November 24, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Or if you happen to know someone in an athletic department, they always have a very good idea way in advance because they need to start making travel arrangements ASAP. When I was in the band, we always knew before the public announcements. Maybe even someone in the ticket office can give you a hint
Your best bet is probably looking at the various bowl projections to see where they have teams:
www.espn.com/college-foot...
www.cbssports.com/college-foot...
www.si.com/college-foot...
www.espn.com/college-foot...
www.cbssports.com/college-foot...
www.si.com/college-foot...
November 24, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Your best bet is probably looking at the various bowl projections to see where they have teams:
www.espn.com/college-foot...
www.cbssports.com/college-foot...
www.si.com/college-foot...
www.espn.com/college-foot...
www.cbssports.com/college-foot...
www.si.com/college-foot...
The whole system is kind of opaque and relies on what has always seemed to me to be handshake agreements and understandings. But it sort of has to function that way because they don’t know how many teams will be bowl eligible, and from what conferences. There are too many possibilities.
November 24, 2025 at 9:42 PM
The whole system is kind of opaque and relies on what has always seemed to me to be handshake agreements and understandings. But it sort of has to function that way because they don’t know how many teams will be bowl eligible, and from what conferences. There are too many possibilities.
No. Regular season isn’t over yet. One more weekend of rivalry games, then conference championship games
November 24, 2025 at 9:03 PM
No. Regular season isn’t over yet. One more weekend of rivalry games, then conference championship games
I want something like “Appointing Merrick Garland as AG was the biggest mistake of the Biden administration and my goal during the Senate confirmation process of Justice Department officials will be to ensure that mistake is not repeated”
November 23, 2025 at 6:23 PM
I want something like “Appointing Merrick Garland as AG was the biggest mistake of the Biden administration and my goal during the Senate confirmation process of Justice Department officials will be to ensure that mistake is not repeated”
I was talking about the presidential primary, but if any Congressional candidate answered like that, it would be borderline disqualifying as far as I’m concerned.
The norms have been broken already. We elect the people that appoint and confirm the AG, US Attorneys, Director of the FBI, etc
The norms have been broken already. We elect the people that appoint and confirm the AG, US Attorneys, Director of the FBI, etc
November 23, 2025 at 6:23 PM
I was talking about the presidential primary, but if any Congressional candidate answered like that, it would be borderline disqualifying as far as I’m concerned.
The norms have been broken already. We elect the people that appoint and confirm the AG, US Attorneys, Director of the FBI, etc
The norms have been broken already. We elect the people that appoint and confirm the AG, US Attorneys, Director of the FBI, etc
I am not sure many current office holding Democrats are prepared for how many 2028 primary voters will have “how many people involved in the Trump admin and adjacent fraud and corruption are you willing to put in prison?” as their top issue
November 23, 2025 at 5:34 PM
I am not sure many current office holding Democrats are prepared for how many 2028 primary voters will have “how many people involved in the Trump admin and adjacent fraud and corruption are you willing to put in prison?” as their top issue
It’s also sort of self refuting in that if AI technology was actually advanced enough to be capable of doing that, then there might not actually be an AI bubble
November 23, 2025 at 1:23 AM
It’s also sort of self refuting in that if AI technology was actually advanced enough to be capable of doing that, then there might not actually be an AI bubble
Not sure if anyone else has proposed this theory, but sounds like Claxton’s back is better BECAUSE he became a dad.
Nothing better for core strength than being a dad. Picking up & holding babies, especially trying to keep them steady while they sleep, means doing light core work all day every day
Nothing better for core strength than being a dad. Picking up & holding babies, especially trying to keep them steady while they sleep, means doing light core work all day every day
November 22, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Not sure if anyone else has proposed this theory, but sounds like Claxton’s back is better BECAUSE he became a dad.
Nothing better for core strength than being a dad. Picking up & holding babies, especially trying to keep them steady while they sleep, means doing light core work all day every day
Nothing better for core strength than being a dad. Picking up & holding babies, especially trying to keep them steady while they sleep, means doing light core work all day every day
Personally, think it’s time more people accept that human being were just not meant to live so far away from the Great Lakes and Missouri River
November 22, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Personally, think it’s time more people accept that human being were just not meant to live so far away from the Great Lakes and Missouri River
That dip that you see at the beginning was under Carter. If you isolate the years Reagan was in office, wages were up modestly
November 22, 2025 at 12:52 AM
That dip that you see at the beginning was under Carter. If you isolate the years Reagan was in office, wages were up modestly
You keep finding technical things wrong with what I say rather than addressing any of the actual arguments, so fine with me. It was not a particularly good discussion
November 21, 2025 at 1:29 PM
You keep finding technical things wrong with what I say rather than addressing any of the actual arguments, so fine with me. It was not a particularly good discussion
Okay then I am not sure housing expenses are up over 30%. And then it’s either spent or saved/invested and spent in the future. If you are making a chart of what people do with their money, the percentages add up to 100% no matter the categories
November 21, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Okay then I am not sure housing expenses are up over 30%. And then it’s either spent or saved/invested and spent in the future. If you are making a chart of what people do with their money, the percentages add up to 100% no matter the categories
When you are talking about the allocation of consumer expenditures, it’s literally true. The wedges of the pie chart have to add up to 100%. If you are saving or investing the money, it’s not an expenditure
November 21, 2025 at 4:35 AM
When you are talking about the allocation of consumer expenditures, it’s literally true. The wedges of the pie chart have to add up to 100%. If you are saving or investing the money, it’s not an expenditure
Sure. It’s a hypothetical expressed in limited characters. I was using “mortgage” to mean total monthly cost of buying a house.
Make up a different set of numbers that illustrates the point I was making to your satisfaction if you don’t like my set of made up numbers
Make up a different set of numbers that illustrates the point I was making to your satisfaction if you don’t like my set of made up numbers
November 21, 2025 at 4:26 AM
Sure. It’s a hypothetical expressed in limited characters. I was using “mortgage” to mean total monthly cost of buying a house.
Make up a different set of numbers that illustrates the point I was making to your satisfaction if you don’t like my set of made up numbers
Make up a different set of numbers that illustrates the point I was making to your satisfaction if you don’t like my set of made up numbers
IMO, the thing that dramatically changed since 2022 is the cost of buying relative to renting. If you are ~35, for much of your adult life buying was cheaper. 30% of your income on a mortgage is cheap if you currently pay 35% in rent but expensive if you rent for 25%
November 21, 2025 at 1:46 AM
IMO, the thing that dramatically changed since 2022 is the cost of buying relative to renting. If you are ~35, for much of your adult life buying was cheaper. 30% of your income on a mortgage is cheap if you currently pay 35% in rent but expensive if you rent for 25%
Sure, but in the 1960s, people were spending much more on the absolute essentials like food, clothing and appliances. As those percentages come down, the money has to get spent on something, so it goes into big houses, healthcare, college tuition, etc
November 21, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Sure, but in the 1960s, people were spending much more on the absolute essentials like food, clothing and appliances. As those percentages come down, the money has to get spent on something, so it goes into big houses, healthcare, college tuition, etc
The price of a house and the amount people spend on mortgage payments / rent / other housing expenses are two different things
November 21, 2025 at 12:08 AM
The price of a house and the amount people spend on mortgage payments / rent / other housing expenses are two different things
I was curious to see what cities were on lists of most walkable and the one from the Midwest outside of Chicago/Ann Arbor/Madison that gets mentioned is Minneapolis, which I haven’t been to enough to know, so that might have been an omission
November 20, 2025 at 1:43 AM
I was curious to see what cities were on lists of most walkable and the one from the Midwest outside of Chicago/Ann Arbor/Madison that gets mentioned is Minneapolis, which I haven’t been to enough to know, so that might have been an omission
Outside of the parts of college towns where students live, the only midwestern city you could reasonably describe as walkable is Chicago. No where else has the public transportation necessary to not have a car without significant difficulties
November 20, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Outside of the parts of college towns where students live, the only midwestern city you could reasonably describe as walkable is Chicago. No where else has the public transportation necessary to not have a car without significant difficulties
NVDA earnings feels like in a sports game where the teams should be reasonably competitive , but somehow all six people on TV pick the same team
November 19, 2025 at 8:41 PM
NVDA earnings feels like in a sports game where the teams should be reasonably competitive , but somehow all six people on TV pick the same team
It’s the first time the US media can do a “who will the pope vote for in the upcoming presidential election” clickbait story
November 19, 2025 at 3:25 AM
It’s the first time the US media can do a “who will the pope vote for in the upcoming presidential election” clickbait story
Sorry, I meant for US president. I just forgot to actually write out that part
November 19, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Sorry, I meant for US president. I just forgot to actually write out that part
Only kind of related, but 2028 will also be the first election where the pope is an eligible voter, right?
November 19, 2025 at 3:20 AM
Only kind of related, but 2028 will also be the first election where the pope is an eligible voter, right?