Steve B. Holt
@stevebholt.bsky.social
Associate Professor. Public Management, Education Policy, Econometrics. https://stevebholt.github.io/
I am begging editors to log off the internet. We do not need to still be doing this. People not terminally online or involved in culture war issues with colleges - which is most people - barely knew who Charlie Kirk was. Who is all this coverage for?
September 29, 2025 at 3:37 PM
I am begging editors to log off the internet. We do not need to still be doing this. People not terminally online or involved in culture war issues with colleges - which is most people - barely knew who Charlie Kirk was. Who is all this coverage for?
Used the one window I had to see a movie to see One Battle After Another. I cannot recommend it enough. See it in theaters - it's so worth it. The movie is an homage to the American revolutionary spirit fit into a cat and mouse film. And from beginning to end, this movie just *goes*.
September 29, 2025 at 3:56 AM
Used the one window I had to see a movie to see One Battle After Another. I cannot recommend it enough. See it in theaters - it's so worth it. The movie is an homage to the American revolutionary spirit fit into a cat and mouse film. And from beginning to end, this movie just *goes*.
Good God, I didn't realize he got this wrecked in the interview.
September 24, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Good God, I didn't realize he got this wrecked in the interview.
First thing that popped into my head was these little guys.
September 4, 2025 at 12:07 AM
First thing that popped into my head was these little guys.
Lmao...spamming the wrong inbox, my friends. Maybe you should ask ChatGPT 5 if I'm the target audience for this.
August 13, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Lmao...spamming the wrong inbox, my friends. Maybe you should ask ChatGPT 5 if I'm the target audience for this.
Incredible that we are one point below a franchise currently without a home.
August 13, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Incredible that we are one point below a franchise currently without a home.
Well, yeah, but not at the scale and totality of K12 penetration that we are about to be.
August 12, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Well, yeah, but not at the scale and totality of K12 penetration that we are about to be.
My two. In a movie or show? Great, I'm in.
August 12, 2025 at 6:32 PM
My two. In a movie or show? Great, I'm in.
I just assumed such cookies were made of wood intentionally, tbh.
August 12, 2025 at 6:16 PM
I just assumed such cookies were made of wood intentionally, tbh.
This AI use case got me thinking that we might end up seeing a split where experience services have a high-end market using only human selection and labor and a mid- to low-end market with a bunch of "just tell me what to put here" firms.
August 12, 2025 at 4:14 PM
This AI use case got me thinking that we might end up seeing a split where experience services have a high-end market using only human selection and labor and a mid- to low-end market with a bunch of "just tell me what to put here" firms.
We are all this guy, staring blankly into the void with a blank wall in front of us, this season.
August 11, 2025 at 6:28 PM
We are all this guy, staring blankly into the void with a blank wall in front of us, this season.
Me, heading into the semester of LLMs everywhere with an asynchronous section of a capstone class on deck.
August 9, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Me, heading into the semester of LLMs everywhere with an asynchronous section of a capstone class on deck.
Watching a close Orioles game when the starter comes off the mound
August 5, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Watching a close Orioles game when the starter comes off the mound
As the shadow docket is used to again uphold another executive capture of an independent regulatory agency, re-upping my early Biden administration takes about what the priority for the Democratic congress and White House should have been.
July 24, 2025 at 3:23 PM
As the shadow docket is used to again uphold another executive capture of an independent regulatory agency, re-upping my early Biden administration takes about what the priority for the Democratic congress and White House should have been.
Today's gym listen was the album in my early teens that opened up music for me: Rush's 2112. And Overture / Priests of Syrinx remains one of my favorite album openers of all time.
I also can't see "The Laser-inth" (Bob's Burgers) without thinking of it.
I also can't see "The Laser-inth" (Bob's Burgers) without thinking of it.
July 24, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Today's gym listen was the album in my early teens that opened up music for me: Rush's 2112. And Overture / Priests of Syrinx remains one of my favorite album openers of all time.
I also can't see "The Laser-inth" (Bob's Burgers) without thinking of it.
I also can't see "The Laser-inth" (Bob's Burgers) without thinking of it.
Also, for those not in the know, Card and Dahl (2011) showed a causal effect of upset losses for a home team led to significant increases in domestic violence calls to police.
July 22, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Also, for those not in the know, Card and Dahl (2011) showed a causal effect of upset losses for a home team led to significant increases in domestic violence calls to police.
Finally decided to switch off podcasts at the gym and go back to the music that keeps me grounded. Today, I went back to Against Me!'s Reinventing Axl Rose, an album that is a true no skip for me. Felt like seeing an old friend, the kind that knows all your shit and loves you anyway.
July 21, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Finally decided to switch off podcasts at the gym and go back to the music that keeps me grounded. Today, I went back to Against Me!'s Reinventing Axl Rose, an album that is a true no skip for me. Felt like seeing an old friend, the kind that knows all your shit and loves you anyway.
It was a good day for baseball.
July 21, 2025 at 2:16 AM
It was a good day for baseball.
While true, this exact story is a side character plot arc in the well-written (but admittedly flawed) book Ministry of Time.
July 19, 2025 at 4:50 PM
While true, this exact story is a side character plot arc in the well-written (but admittedly flawed) book Ministry of Time.
As article after article comes in about tech companies laying junior devs off en masse, demanding more use of AI in their stead, and a large decline in entry level hiring in tech, I am reminded of how much push-back I got last year in saying creatives had less to worry about than tech workers in AI.
July 17, 2025 at 5:23 PM
As article after article comes in about tech companies laying junior devs off en masse, demanding more use of AI in their stead, and a large decline in entry level hiring in tech, I am reminded of how much push-back I got last year in saying creatives had less to worry about than tech workers in AI.
Sometimes you just have to make yourself an appetizer of pan-seared scallops with a drizzle of Old Bay and garlic butter sauce.
July 16, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Sometimes you just have to make yourself an appetizer of pan-seared scallops with a drizzle of Old Bay and garlic butter sauce.
I hope the lead theory of violent crime is wrong, because jfc.
July 13, 2025 at 1:30 AM
I hope the lead theory of violent crime is wrong, because jfc.
Every once in awhile a politician will give a quote that perfectly encapsulates a fractional line within their political coalition. In the Democratic party, this "I just want people to be happier with the inequality that shapes their lives" quote from Adams is one such quote.
July 8, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Every once in awhile a politician will give a quote that perfectly encapsulates a fractional line within their political coalition. In the Democratic party, this "I just want people to be happier with the inequality that shapes their lives" quote from Adams is one such quote.
Waking up and reading this little "let's run the Great Recession conditions back again and see how it goes" pair is a bit of a bummer.
June 27, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Waking up and reading this little "let's run the Great Recession conditions back again and see how it goes" pair is a bit of a bummer.