Reposted by Jay LeeAndy Boyle @andymboyle.bsky.social · 18/03/2026good reminder that before the counting is over, election results don’t tighten. at no point is anyone trailing. nobody moves closer. they’re just tabulating the polls. it’s a fixed number that just isn’t done yet. to say otherwise is bad journalism but even worse math. 81984403
Reposted by Jay LeeThe Great Pumpkin Papers 🎃🎃🎃 @professormusgrave.bsky.social · 14/07/2026My methods training was okay to good but it definitely left me with the impression that analysis was something like 80% estimating 15% presentation 5% wrangling and it’s actually 96% wrangling 1415110
Reposted by Jay LeeDerek Willis @dwillis.bsky.social · 08/07/2026"Did you make that image for the anti-communist club fundraising email?" "Sure did, boss, and made sure to use red, too!" 2155
Reposted by Jay LeeAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 02/07/2026Folarin Balogun, who is a US citizen because he was born here, scores a go-ahead goal for the US team in a knockout game. Score one for birthright citizenship. 191175672759
Reposted by Jay LeeJon Bois @jonbois.bsky.social · 24/06/2026i'm troubled by the election results coming out of new york city tonight. i firmly believe that no one should ever do anything 281818121
Reposted by Jay LeeYonah Freemark @yonahfreemark.com · 17/06/2026Metro areas like Houston & Phoenix grew at a much faster rate overall, than regions like New York & Washington DC. But this was not the case in those regions' already developed neighborhoods. There, the New York & DC regions grew *more quickly* than the equivalent areas in Houston & Phoenix! 1222
Reposted by Jay LeeFootball is here Dan @jacketdan.bsky.social · 14/06/2026Tony Bourdain taught us all that a place is full of good food, good people, and good experiences despite very shitty politics and I think it’s kind of classically American to have thought we were excluded from that Venn diagram 224307947
Reposted by Jay LeeJon Bois @jonbois.bsky.social · 12/06/2026i'm fine with people choosing bicycles as a primary mode of transportation. in fact, there are lots of benefits to doing so. all i'd ask is that they run a gas generator or something for a couple hours a day to fulfill their commitment to the carbon footprint 262681311
Reposted by Jay LeeMichael Andersen @andersem.bsky.social · 02/06/2026Hey, during my sabbatical I made a podcast! It’s a one-shot miniseries about what happened after the world’s most ambitious upzoning campaign won. Here’s the trailer; episodes coming weekly all through June & July. You can subscribe on Apple/Spotify/etc. rss.com/podcasts/yim...rss.comYIMBY Country | Podcast on RSS.comIn 2021, the nation of New Zealand announced the YIMBY rapture.In the country's five largest cities, you would be allowed to build up to eight-story buildings anywhere within a 10-minute walk of mass ... 54912
Reposted by Jay LeeKate Macfarlane @katemacfarlane.bsky.social · 05/06/2026We can’t stop people from moving to the Puget Sound region. We can make policy choices to minimize the environmental impacts of growth. In the Seattle Comp Plan, that means legalizing urban infill. Build up, not out. Seattle doesn’t have room to sprawl, but other cities in the region sure can. 191
Reposted by Jay LeeCameron 🇺🇸🗽🦅 @cameroncorduroy.bsky.social · 04/06/2026maybe i'm too YIMBY brained but it kinda feels like everything with AI is getting channeled through data centers because "cancelling construction projects" is unfortunately the most effective form of state capacity we have rn 531727
Reposted by Jay Leeamb @amb.fyi · 03/06/2026the secret it to never drive a car in Seattle and visit in June when there’s approximately twenty hours of daylight and the orca whales are waving to you while you’re on the bus 1262
Reposted by Jay LeeFrances “Poet Laureate of the Robot Alliance” Klein @fklein907.bsky.social · 19/05/2026Paying attention to local politics means you will regularly feel the level of burning hatred most people feel for war criminals, but directed toward a real estate agent who keeps voting against library funding 1425
Reposted by Jay LeeDan Bertolet @danbertolet.bsky.social · 18/05/2026Ahoy housing wonks in Alaska and BC! Sightline is hiring part-time contributors to help advance housing abundance in these two corners of Cascadia. Please spread the word! www.sightline.org/about/careers/ 0105
Reposted by Jay LeeAl Vanderklipp @alvanderklipp.bsky.social · 07/05/2026Ranked choice voting elevates candidates who speak to the broadest swath of voters. In the 2022 contests for AK's US House seat, that was Mary Peltola. In 2024, it was Nick Begich. It really is that simple. New analysis of ballot data from myself and @jayleetx.com for @sightline.org below. ⬇️ 055
Reposted by Jay LeeYonah Freemark @yonahfreemark.com · 04/05/2026Top 10 neighborhoods by housing density added, 2020–25: 1—Greenpoint waterfront Brooklyn 2—East Harlem Manhattan 3—Navy Yard DC 4—Downtown Brooklyn 5—Hunters Pt Queens 6—Journal Sq Jersey City 7—Lower E Side Manhattan 8—The Drag Austin 9—Downtown Jersey City 10—LI City Queens 913827
Reposted by Jay LeeKevin Morris @kevintmorris.bsky.social · 01/05/2026This week, the Supreme Court finally killed off the Voting Rights Act of 1965. I've spent the past decade studying the VRA and the attacks on it, so I thought I would offer some historical perspective, and where I think we're headed. This will be a long thread; buckle up. 291976909
Reposted by Jay LeeKevin Morris @kevintmorris.bsky.social · 01/05/2026“After enduring nearly a century of systematic resistance to the Fifteenth Amendment,” the Chief Justice wrote, “Congress might well decide to shift the advantage of time and inertia from the perpetrators of the evil to its victims.” 123016
Reposted by Jay LeeFischer 🛠️🚇 @fischer.bsky.social · 25/04/2026we’re not going to know in the moment but someday we are going to live through the last oil supply crisis in human history 2484
Reposted by Jay LeeRM @dorsalstream.bsky.social · 03/04/2026The horse op-ed is an instant classic. I can't tell you how much joy this piece gives me. It should be taught in every introductory writing class in no small part because the horse arguments are so compelling. "I have noticed that human children get to eat cake. But I am bigger than the children." 266176886057
Reposted by Jay LeeKylie Eleison @gonebabygone.bsky.social · 18/03/2026Democratic consultants: To replicate Mamdani’s success with the young people we must appeal to their short attention spans with memes and TikTok Mamdani (actual quote): In the fifth century in what we now know as Ireland, a British warlord named Coroticus had laid waste to the countryside 280191835
Reposted by Jay Leewell it’s dan @danbe.bsky.social · 28/02/2026Sup chat this is Slouching Towards Bethlehem with your boy The Rough Beast, and it looks like today’s stream could be a big one, as some of you might’ve already seen there are rumors going around social media that the hour has come round at last, so we’re gonna get right into it 352350638
Reposted by Jay Leekrat @kwholesaler.bsky.social · 11/02/2026No son, they are not "magically delicious." The workers made them delicious. This is a slogan meant to mystify the social conditions of labor 109207834675
Reposted by Jay LeeUytae Lee @uytaelee.bsky.social · 11/01/2026NEW VIDEO: North America’s Elevator’s Problem Elevators are absolutely essential to modern cities..... and it turns out North America kind of sucks at them. We partnered with @sightline.org to look into the many issues plaguing our elevator industry, and what it might take to fix it. 727185
Reposted by Jay Leethe babahuck @tylerhuckabee.bsky.social · 01/01/2026day one in mamdani’s new york 262210743646
Reposted by Jay LeeCodify Baseball @codifybaseball.bsky.social · 17/12/2025maybe the greatest pitch frame in baseball history 181168208
Reposted by Jay LeeCatie Gould @citizen-cate.bsky.social · 03/12/2025Price those curbs! 👏 www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/o...nytimes.comOpinion | We Have a Way to Pay for Free Buses. It Means Free Street Parking Is Over. 091
Jay Lee @jayleetx.com · 25/11/2025Any pro tips on the calendar-at-home? I've been using a notebook calendar and recently struggled with a) not knowing my future availability while out of the house and b) accidentally double-booking myself 😶🌫️ 200
Reposted by Jay LeeYonah Freemark @yonahfreemark.com · 24/11/2025Exciting new research that demonstrates how localities in the same metropolitan area have wildly varying tax bases—which go on to have a huge impact on the ability to provide services. Rich towns can collect more taxes, give themselves better services, and reinforce inequality. 17221
Reposted by Jay LeeFischer 🛠️🚇 @fischer.bsky.social · 07/11/2025the two types of part time state legislator: - retired dentist - part time employee of a progressive nonprofit both of these end up having distinct problems! 1181
Jay Lee @jayleetx.com · 06/11/2025I think the statute of limitations on those should be equal to the time since the election in question 000
Jay Lee @jayleetx.com · 06/11/2025Nice work! Any idea if that upper left tail of Cuomo/Yes precincts is the same precincts as the upper right tail of Cuomo/Harris precincts in your earlier viz? bsky.app/profile/kevi... 000
Jay Lee @jayleetx.com · 23/10/2025I just got mine in the mail! Absolutely fascinating/unsurprising how hard the Council is going against these. I've also been getting a ton of youtube ads from the charter commission, but those stop at "affordable housing is important, flip your ballot over and vote on the measures" (not vote "for") 100
Reposted by Jay LeeKai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 09/10/2025This is the lesson of 2025 4559111260
Reposted by Jay LeeSightline Institute @sightline.org · 03/10/2025"If you set different rules, people will change how they play the game." Thanks to those who made it to yesterday's *Hot Seat* w researcher Shannon Grimes! Our latest democracy and elections work/quips/analysis are always available via newsletter: sightline.org/newsletters 042
Reposted by Jay LeeSharon Machlis @smachlis.bsky.social · 01/10/2025Just learned: It's so easy to sort strings that are numbers in proper numerical order with the {stringr} #Rstats 📦's `str_sort()` function and numeric = TRUE!! x <- c("8", "10", "1", "40") str_sort(x, numeric = TRUE) [1] "1" "8" "10" "40" 67011
Jay Lee @jayleetx.com · 30/09/2025okay bad wording I've heard the news I'm looking for shows etc while I'm back in town 110
Jay Lee @jayleetx.com · 18/09/2025And the STUDENTS are going??? Apparently SA can just make students do anything during the school day!! If only there were some sort of oversight structure that could increase standards for charter schools... 000
Reposted by Jay LeeJon Bois @jonbois.bsky.social · 14/08/2025sometimes when you're very overdue on doing laundry, your only shirts available are your worst shirt, for obvious reasons, and your favorite shirt, which you have reserved in case of emergency. this is known as the Launderer's Paradox and may result in you wearing your favorite shirt to walgreens 291894255