"Time is a flat circle" was literally a motto I heard every day during my campaign job!

Thanks to the small donor revolution, it's *also* a massive wealth transfer from highly-engaged professionals with college degrees to local television station owners.

This week's newsletter is part 1 of 2 on what actually matters about campaigns, starting with the big kahuna: advertising. standarderrors.substack.com/p/campaigns-wh…

This is a great thread - we use testing to hire, but narrow coding tests just aren't useful. I've never written code without copious Googling, and practical problem-solving is totally distinct from e.g., implementing algorithms. You'll never do that in 95% of data science jobs!

We won't know for years or even decades, but global carbon emissions probably peaked in 2019. Great graphs and info on the fascinating story of energy in 2020. bloomberg.com/opinion/articl…

Too soon to say, but looks like Senator Perdue might be losing on the midnight dump from Georgia. 🚂

This week's newsletter is about how Covid-19 has totally messed up the Southern California ports, trans-oceanic shipping, and how it's about to do a number on US economic data. Alex Copulsky standarderrors.substack.com/p/covid-made-y…

This week's newsletter is about the exigencies of epidemic economic evidence. In other words, we know Covid messed up the economy but we may never know how much! standarderrors.substack.com/p/epidemic-eco…

This week's newsletter is about the Covid recovery: it's going to be great, and it's happening faster than economic data can catch up to it. standarderrors.substack.com/p/tomorrows-la…

This week's newsletter is on the data about homelessness in California, why it's likely to get worse, and how the local government is totally unprepared to address it. Like everything else in CA, it's a housing cost story. standarderrors.substack.com/p/the-coming-c…

This week's newsletter is on government corruption, statistical adjustment, and of course the late Harry Truman. by Alex Copulsky standarderrors.substack.com/p/harry-truman…

Some theories: #1: Ballots exude shark repellent. #2: Non-voters are less conscientious & bait sharks. #3: Non-voters are less conscientious & bait pollsters. #4: Shark bites are underreported. #5: The ANES only reaches Floridians living in mangrove swamps. Many possibilities!

Today's newsletter: using the magic of "data science" to create structured data for social analysis and problem-solving. It's pretty neat! standarderrors.substack.com/p/all-you-can-…

Hope you're excited to account for 2020 in time series charts for the rest of your life.

Amazing to see Revival Homes get a shout-out in today's LAT. If you're looking for help paying for an ADU, give me a shout: revivaladu.com