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Eric Budd

@ericmbudd.com
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the econ side of everything. @boulderbedrooms.bsky.social, @BoulderProgressives.org, Better Boulder. he/him. I run Boulder Colorado Election Voter Guide bouldercoloradovoterguide.com and @didtherockieslose.com

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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 10h
So-called AI detection tools might be an even bigger scurge than AI. I was talking today with a student (a senior), who shared that they now have to spend time "dumbing down" their papers--shortening sentences, removing advanced vocab and punctuation--because otherwise they get flagged as "AI."
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Damion Schubert @zenofdesign.com · 28/09/2026
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Eric Budd @ericmbudd.com · 8h
I'm obsessed with Beethoven's 9th symphony. it's just so cool and interesting. often listen when going to sleep
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Symphony No. 9 ~ Beethoven
YouTube video by Evan Bennet
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Eric Budd @ericmbudd.com · 8h
lovely times in Colorado @zaneselvans.org
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Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 9h
I'm so old I remember Republicans complaining about "picking winners and losers" www.cbsnews.com/colorado/new...
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Federal government issues emergency order defying Colorado's plan to shut down coal power plant
The tug of war over energy production between several states and the federal government continued last week when the Department of Energy renewed an emergency order to keep a Colorado coal-fired power...
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Hunter Walker @hunterw.bsky.social · 10h
Remember folks, if you read @talkingpointsmemo.com, you will hear about things first.
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Eric Budd @ericmbudd.com · 11h
interesting. I'd love to understand this better
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Eric Budd @ericmbudd.com · 12h
just depends. some pollsters publish one or the other, sometimes both
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Eric Budd @ericmbudd.com · 12h
😂
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Anna Gifty @itsafronomics.blacksky.app · 13h
I believe that Dr. Ellora Derenoncourt is the first Black woman economist EVER to be named a MacArthur Genius. My heart is bursting. I am OVERJOYED.
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Eric Budd @ericmbudd.com · 12h
Meta Muse launch
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Dave Chappelle's Distraction Tactic
Alt: Dave Chappelle's Distraction Tactic
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Eric Budd @ericmbudd.com · 12h
go home polls, you're drunk
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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 14h
it is important to realize that many reporters for mainstream outlets are enthusiastic cogs in this elite-coordinated propaganda machine. don't print lies in the newspaper
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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 16h
Meta's "Muse" launched with a nasty zero day flaw that gave hackers the ability to spy on Mac users, openly gives root access to people pretending to be Muse agents, and invited strangers over to another guy's house without telling him
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Meta's Latest AI Product Is A Terrifying And Hilarious Mess
Authoritarian-friendly mass surveillance has never been more adorable
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Eric Budd @ericmbudd.com · 16h
Crispy Donkey lives in my alt text
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Eric Budd @ericmbudd.com · 16h
please keep saying this
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Eric Budd @ericmbudd.com · 16h
🤣 yeah or we could get a decade of high interest rates like the 1980s.
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Eric Budd @ericmbudd.com · 16h
"the intelligence, it's very, very, real"
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Eric Budd @ericmbudd.com · 17h
yeah but I do have six years to figure that out. 🫠
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Eric Budd @ericmbudd.com · 17h
it sounds like Chris's latest updates are downplaying much rain for Boulder / Denver
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Eric Budd @ericmbudd.com · 17h
lol. I'm actually not seeing much for Boulder now. I think precip will mostly be further south
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Eric Budd @ericmbudd.com · 17h
how did YouGov find Trump +10 two months before the election in 2018? that's a wild stat but yeah -35 in 2026 is lit.
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Stephen Wolf @stephenwolf.bsky.social · 17h
All it could take for the national popular vote compact to reach a majority of electoral votes is for Democrats to flip six legislative chambers across Arizona, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
Electoral College cartogram showing which states are in the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact and which ones could join in time for it to activate by 2028. Each state is sized and labeled according to its number of electoral votes. The states are spaced out enough to accommodate the changes in size but retain their general shapes and relative positions on the map.

Current members are in solid orange, potential members are in light green, and nonmembers that are unlikely to join are in medium gray. Members have 222 electoral votes, potential members have 68, and the unlikely states have 248. The compact would only activate once states with at least 270 electoral votes have joined.

The seven potential members and their electoral vote are Alaska (3), Arizona (11), Michigan (15), Nevada (6), New Hampshire (4), Pennsylvania (19), and Wisconsin (10). Democrats would need to gain the governor's office and/or legislative chambers to win unified power in these states, as detailed in the spreadsheet linked in this post.
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Eric Budd @ericmbudd.com · 17h
yeah, definitely am outlier but I'm really wondering about where it ends up after all the votes are counted
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Eric Budd @ericmbudd.com · 17h
poll is just trolling me now
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Eric Budd @ericmbudd.com · 17h
that doesn't fit with the narrative that all job postings / job applications are AI now (even though that's a compelling narrative tbh, lol)
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Eric Budd @ericmbudd.com · 17h
that's pretty staggering. here in Colorado our power rate is 21c on-peak and 8c off-peak per kWh. so that difference you're describing is intense
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Eric Budd @ericmbudd.com · 17h
💯
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Eric Budd @ericmbudd.com · 18h
omg
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Eric Budd @ericmbudd.com · 18h
GOP running a few candidates of color statewide this year and it's not panning out. kinda makes you think
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Eric Budd @ericmbudd.com · 18h
8% mortgages by election day?
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Eric Budd @ericmbudd.com · 19h
europeans need to draw down their emergency diesel supplies because of the election? lol
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Jen Lawrence's Expressive Moment
Alt: Jen Lawrence's Expressive Moment
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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 20h
Breaking news: US longer-term borrowing costs have hit their highest level in almost a quarter of a century as a recent sell-off in the Treasury market deepened. ft.trib.al/TgzIN9F
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Eric Budd @ericmbudd.com · 20h
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Tbhss: Goutte d'Eau du Robinet
Alt: Dripping faucet
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Eric Budd @ericmbudd.com · 20h
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Yes Yes Yes Smirk
Alt: Yes Yes Yes Smirk
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Eric Budd @ericmbudd.com · 20h
Republicans keep spending taxpayer money to boost themselves and their causes. it's so illegal.
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Grand jury finds DeSantis administration "misappropriated" $10 million in taxpayer money to Hope Florida
A Florida grand jury found the DeSantis administration misappropriated $10 million in taxpayer money for political purposes.
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Eric Budd @ericmbudd.com · 20h
just so blatantly illegal
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Eric Budd @ericmbudd.com · 20h
thanks!
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Eric Budd @ericmbudd.com · 20h
now I'm curious about QQQ 🤣 @dhauge3x.bsky.social
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Eric Budd @ericmbudd.com · 22h
billionaires don't believe in capitalism — they believe in being kings
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Eric Budd @ericmbudd.com · 22h
🫠🫠🫠
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Eric Budd @ericmbudd.com · 22h
look there's a certain subset of voters that believe the administration every time they blame Biden. but it's certainly getting smaller every month
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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Maybe the reason the economic vibes are so off isn't that things are *worse* than the great recession but because back then we all thought the pain was temporary, whereas the things that are wrong with the economy today have all been getting worse for a long time and show no signs of improving
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Eric Budd @ericmbudd.com · 22h
"they are watching their computers"
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Eric Budd @ericmbudd.com · 23h
$MCD stock price solution
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Eric Budd @ericmbudd.com · 23h
lmao
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Eric Budd @ericmbudd.com · 23h
K-shaped stock market
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John Connor (he/him) 🏳️‍🌈🚲🏙️ @therealjohnconnor.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
A study on the lack of public restrooms in the United States .
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Thor Benson @thorbenson.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Future presidential debates should probably feature questions like "are you stupid enough to start a cold war with Canada" or "who pays a tariff"
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Ben McAdams (The Resurrection Arc) @purrtah.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The House vote in 2018 was about R+4.7, so uhh that’s quite a bit bluer. The last time Dems won the House vote in Ohio was 2008
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