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John Dick @jdcivicscience.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

Kicking off Season 5 of the Dumbest Guy in the Room, with the great @mcuban.bsky.social, where we simultaneously fix healthcare and advertising, while making an indisputable case for the deliciousness of ketchup on eggs. www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQCV... open.spotify.com/episode/1s1S...

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Mark Cuban's Prescription for Fixing Healthcare

YouTube video by CivicScience

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John Dick @jdcivicscience.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

There are a few reasons (and one primary one) why so many companies are pulling back their DEI initiatives, but consumer sentiment is definitely not one of them. Support for companies engaging in DEI is up 5 percentage points YoY (per CivicScience)

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John Dick @jdcivicscience.bsky.social · 22/06/2025

And just like that, Republicans are globalists again.

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John Dick @jdcivicscience.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

There are a lot of reasons to be cynical about American exceptionalism, but our ubiquitous air conditioning is not one of them.

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John Dick @jdcivicscience.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

They should teach engineering and logistics classes about LAX as an example of how not to do absolutely everything.

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John Dick @jdcivicscience.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

I’d be strongly inclined to support whichever political candidate vows to end the unwarranted discrimination against laptops during takeoff and landing.

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John Dick @jdcivicscience.bsky.social · 27/04/2025

“Some people” are concerned? Like, not “all people?”

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John Dick @jdcivicscience.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

Though still far less than other groups, tariff concerns among Republicans have risen steeply over the past month, per CivicScience.

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John Dick @jdcivicscience.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

How long until they ban people from the platform for continuing to refer to it as Twitter?

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John Dick @jdcivicscience.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

With all the higher-ed loathing from the right in recent years, has there been a single Trump appointee that doesn't have a college degree, or even a non-prestigious one? It's as if Trump believes a college education is essential to being "the best and brightest."

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John Dick @jdcivicscience.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

You cant say you’re only hiring the best and brightest while stacking govt with your political supporters. There are 100M Blacks & Hispanics in the U.S. 78M voted for Trump. You’d have better odds finding a qualified candidate if you only hired minorities than if you only hired Trump supporters.

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John Dick @jdcivicscience.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

Daughter: Dad, what do they do when Punxsutawney Phil dies? Me: They get a Re-Phil.

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John Dick @jdcivicscience.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

In related news, here’s a 2022 GMC Yukon Mt. McKinley.

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John Dick @jdcivicscience.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

Few if any National Anthems will ever hold up against Chris Stapleton’s at the Super Bowl, especially since he played and sang it live, but Coco Jones just did an all-time prerecorded rendition at the National Championship game.

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John Dick @jdcivicscience.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

Wait, doesn’t Donald Trump work remote?

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John Dick @jdcivicscience.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

Of all the endless slights, Gen X being completely ignored in today’s Strands puzzle is a new low.

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John Dick @jdcivicscience.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

How is it possible that I still haven't found an effective synonym for the verb "trump" over the past ten years? It's editorial torture.

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John Dick @jdcivicscience.bsky.social · 12/01/2025

It would be cool to have at least one close game this weekend.

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John Dick @jdcivicscience.bsky.social · 12/01/2025

Maybe the Steelers are merely a textbook example of the Third Generation Principle of family-owned businesses and why they fail. There's some "Innovator's Dilemma" in there too. All-in-all, a classic case of organizational decline most business school grads could diagnose.

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John Dick @jdcivicscience.bsky.social · 11/01/2025

This is kind of a self-own. If you believe that strongly about it, quit using them altogether. Otherwise, acknowledge that you’re willing to completely sell out your principles because you’re addicted to using a social media app. Or just admit that you’re not all that pissed off in the first place.

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John Dick @jdcivicscience.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

Pittsburgh-area residents, fairly decisively, seem to oppose the sale of U.S. Steel to Nippon Steel, per CivicScience.

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John Dick @jdcivicscience.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

And so our adversarial trade policies with our European allies begin...

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John Dick @jdcivicscience.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

It's also worth noting that a plurality of Americans, including a large percentage of Democrats, lack confidence in our ability to combat climate change - with little sign of change over time. The growing "lack of concern" might reflect a degree of emotional surrender.

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John Dick @jdcivicscience.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

Time will tell if the current catastrophe in California moves the needle, but the harsh reality is that Americans have become precipitously less concerned about climate change and the environment in recent years, per CivicScience.

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John Dick @jdcivicscience.bsky.social · 04/01/2025

While people who cited dieting or alcohol/smoking cessation declined among New Year’s resolutions this year, improved financial management jumped significantly (so did exercise), per CivicScience. civicscience.com/new-years-re...

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New Year's Resolution Setting Up for 2025

It’s nearly impossible to think of January without considering New Year’s Resolutions. As soon as the ball drops on New Year’s Eve, ringing in the start of a new year, millions of Americans will take ...

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John Dick @jdcivicscience.bsky.social · 04/01/2025

Somebody should do a study on the demise of high school reunions and why it was perpetrated by Gen Xers who are to exhausted to plan them.

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John Dick @jdcivicscience.bsky.social · 03/01/2025

One of the best things about Bluesky vs Threads is you don’t get bludgeoned with a million posts from fitness gurus about the evils of alcohol. Seriously, get off my back.

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John Dick @jdcivicscience.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

Just over 1 in 3 Americans believe Die Hard is a Christmas movie - but they’re generally happier people. Maybe a lesson in there. civicscience.com/is-die-hard-...

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Is 'Die Hard' a Christmas Movie? 37% Say Yes, and Maybe They're Happier for It

37% say "Die Hard" is a Christmas movie.

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John Dick @jdcivicscience.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

Some of the comments I’m seeing on here about Brian Thompson’s murder are as repugnant as anything I left Twitter for.

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John Dick @jdcivicscience.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

Call me old-fashioned, but the bar for reveling in the death of another human being should be extremely, extremely high.

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John Dick @jdcivicscience.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

Year 8 of “Fantasy Christmas Songs,” where, from 12/1-25, our family of 4 listens only to Holiday Traditions on Sirius, scoring points every time they play songs we draft. Drop/Adds after every 5-day head-to-head. Then playoffs and finals. Winner keeps the trophy all year.

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John Dick @jdcivicscience.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

The Yacht Rock Dockumentary is one of the cooler things you can watch right now. So much I didn’t know.

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John Dick @jdcivicscience.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

Happy Thanksgiving to all my new Bluesky friends. Enjoy the day, as we celebrate natural born residents of our nation charitably welcoming and aiding immigrants.

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John Dick @jdcivicscience.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

The precipitous decline in Tesla sentiment among Dems isn't countered by a commensurate rise in sentiment among Rs - even though Rs views of Elon Musk have improved (chart in the comments). It would suggest that negative views of EVs among Rs trump Musk's membership in their tribe. Pun intended.

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John Dick @jdcivicscience.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

Fun Fact: Last night I posted a mundane comment about Monday Night Football on Twitter and quickly got 1.2K views despite no RTs. Today I posted the Tesla data I shared here on Twitter- and got two quick RTs. 4hrs later only 190 views. Probly a coincidence #freespeech.

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John Dick @jdcivicscience.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

Overall, those with an unfavorable view of Tesla climbed from 26% in January to 38% this week. That's an increase of 46% for the stats geeks out there.

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John Dick @jdcivicscience.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

Among Democrats, the percentage who have an "unfavorable" view of Tesla is up 68% since the beginning of this year and over 3X since early 2022.(Per CivicScience)

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John Dick @jdcivicscience.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

When Bill Belichick is on the Manning Cast, it’s like sitting through football class. It’s excellent.

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John Dick @jdcivicscience.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

Democrats and Republicans have even shifted their QSR dining behaviors since the election.

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John Dick @jdcivicscience.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

Confirming what everyone here already knows: Democrats are switching - and even more are considering switching - social networks in the wake of the election.

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