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Darin Self @darinself.com · 29/09/2026

Lindsey Graham dying and then the Dems potentially getting a 55th seat out of SC was not on my bingo card.

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Darin Self @darinself.com · 29/09/2026

As long as we agree that the preferred outcome is a Brewers vs Braves LCS I'm good.

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Darin Self @darinself.com · 28/09/2026

The mayor of Ithaca (my friend and former fellow PhD candidate in Government at Cornell) announces a moratorium on permitting Greek Life activities until Cornell produces new standards of addressing sexual assault.

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Darin Self @darinself.com · 28/09/2026

Mid-day 30yr mortgage rates just hit 7.50% The last time borrowing money to buy a home was this expensive was back in April 2024 but the trend looks like it could take us back to late 2023 when rates hit 8%

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Darin Self @darinself.com · 28/09/2026

This is fun and in now way bad for an economy that has been built heavily on cheap debt rather than innovation and increased labor productivity.

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Darin Self @darinself.com · 23/09/2026

Mortgage rates haven't been this high since the week before Trump became president again

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Darin Self @darinself.com · 23/09/2026

What are we doing here, press?

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Darin Self @darinself.com · 22/09/2026

Not sure when this flipped, but @fiftyplusone.news now has the median senate outcome at 52 seats. It had been sitting at 51 for a while.

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Darin Self @darinself.com · 22/09/2026

*kicks door open* Happy first day of fall Blueskies!

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Darin Self @darinself.com · 18/09/2026

Nice capture of the lightning. I'm apparently above and to the right of you!

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Darin Self @darinself.com · 18/09/2026

When you're a native Idahoan and you wake up and this is the first thing you see

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Darin Self @darinself.com · 17/09/2026

Ah helzz nah Google Scholar

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Darin Self @darinself.com · 17/09/2026

The Left in Northern Europe

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Darin Self @darinself.com · 15/09/2026

Mortgage rates are now up an entire 1.23pts since the start of the Iran War and don't really show any signs of slowing their increase.

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Darin Self @darinself.com · 15/09/2026

Oil and bonds go up Stonks go bloop

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Darin Self @darinself.com · 14/09/2026

Here is the cost of borrowing money to buy a home since the war began. I'm sure nothing bad happens when debt suddenly becomes expensive.

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Darin Self @darinself.com · 13/09/2026

From @fiftyplusone.news the average for Iowa is now for Dems. *its happening.gif* fiftyplusone.news/averages#sen...

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Darin Self @darinself.com · 10/09/2026

There is currently a heated debate in Utah about the potential role of the Forward Party and whether its a spoiler or it will replace the Democratic Party as the new member of a two-party system. In Utah County at least FP is losing registered voters while Dems/Indys gain.

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Darin Self @darinself.com · 10/09/2026

@fiftyplusone.news has Trump's average approval at 35.6% which is a term low, and 1pt lower than a month ago. As @jonathanbernstein.bsky.social points out the latest surveys weren't in the field with the spike in oil the past two days, so he's just going to keep bleeding support.

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Darin Self @darinself.com · 10/09/2026

The 30 year mortgage cost is now above 7% ad a .10% jump is pretty massive.

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Darin Self @darinself.com · 09/09/2026

Pretty good chance the cost of a new mortgage breaks 7% this week.

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Darin Self @darinself.com · 08/09/2026

No, of course we didn't use your work to solve this unsolved math problem.

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Darin Self @darinself.com · 07/09/2026

This is absolutely incredible news. My uncle could still be alive if we had had this vaccine a decade ago.

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Darin Self @darinself.com · 05/09/2026

The logic of this doesn't make any sense. The Fed cares about inflation and unemployment Tariffs increase inflation and decrease unemployment in protected sectors. Is he just thinking that holding a gun to the economy's head will make the Fed lower rates?

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Darin Self @darinself.com · 01/09/2026

Multiple homes in my neighborhood have been sitting on the market for weeks. The market for them to sell has only gotten worse with 30yr mortgage rates just a hair under 6.9% today.

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Darin Self @darinself.com · 01/09/2026

US Gov borrowing costs End of August '24 (left) vs end of August '26 (right)

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Darin Self @darinself.com · 01/09/2026

Markets rediscovering that there is an unresolved war in the Middle East.

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Darin Self @darinself.com · 21/08/2026

post a perfect album from the 2000s (2000-2009).

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Darin Self @darinself.com · 20/08/2026

Really rich from a guy who voted for the BBB that is exploding the deficit while also refusing to use his power to stop unconstitutional spending and taxation

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Darin Self @darinself.com · 19/08/2026

AI use is organic which is why Google will not let me remove this Gemini button that they put in a place that had the most frequently used buttons on Android