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Miguel A. Rodriguez, PhD @mroddc.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

When you call USAA and they call you Rank Surname

Miguel A. Rodriguez, PhD @mroddc.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

He put the eggs away and knew that it would add chaos to that morning, but he did it anyway and he smiled and ate his scramble.

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Miguel A. Rodriguez, PhD @mroddc.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

Gen Z employees don't seem to yet understand the full cost / value of employer health insurance, esp. if its an employer that pays 100% of premiums. They be like...

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Miguel A. Rodriguez, PhD @mroddc.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

Transit oriented development in action. People thought McLean Station on the Silver Line was underused. But as Capital One Tower went back to office, this is a train of knowledge workers jammed, queued to exit, every morning I come to go the other way. #wmata #virginia

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Miguel A. Rodriguez, PhD @mroddc.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

Guys, I think the WSJ found the smoking gun of what happened to the American Dream starting in the late 70s/early 80s , and guys, it wasn’t immigrants.

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Miguel A. Rodriguez, PhD @mroddc.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

Since it was only on screen for like half a second.

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Miguel A. Rodriguez, PhD @mroddc.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

Apropos of literally nothing, an AI image of Albert Einstein first with hair combed, and then clean shaven, reminds us how physical iconography matters for many famous people.

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Miguel A. Rodriguez, PhD @mroddc.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

I’m far from a “shadow stats” bro but your schtick on real wage growth is myopic. It is true they are up. It is also true, for example, that credit card and consumer delinquency is up since 2022. Why are all these real wage winners going delinquent?

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Miguel A. Rodriguez, PhD @mroddc.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

Depends if you think these swings are “stability”. A big thing is also that the share of pop under housing cost burden was reducing through 2019 and is getting worse since the pandemic. So yeah, more people are spending high % of $ now than a few years ago.

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Miguel A. Rodriguez, PhD @mroddc.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

Pew has different results from NAR which asks the question differently and shows people preferring walkability. So not sure that the pew table here is definitive. Also even if it were it suggests we neglect a gigantic market segment as we tend to only provide for one form by and large.

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Miguel A. Rodriguez, PhD @mroddc.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

The internet demands you comment on this French guy's outfit, @dieworkwear.bsky.social

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Miguel A. Rodriguez, PhD @mroddc.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

Coffee inflation (monthly year-over-year) is at a 10-year high and accelerating since January.

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Miguel A. Rodriguez, PhD @mroddc.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

The toddler because she got a green jellybean instead of a red jellybean

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Miguel A. Rodriguez, PhD @mroddc.bsky.social · 16/08/2025

They’ll think you went here(this is an actual school that grants degrees)

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Miguel A. Rodriguez, PhD @mroddc.bsky.social · 12/07/2025

Is this some odd descriptive term for just a prune ?

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Miguel A. Rodriguez, PhD @mroddc.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

Got my diploma in the mail. While I'm very proud, somehow for some reason they spelled my surname in ALL CAPS GOTHIC BLOCK FONT. Which, tbh, is metal AF. I have also attached a rendition of this band's t-shirt from 1983

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Miguel A. Rodriguez, PhD @mroddc.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

Too many of y'all use this law firm

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Miguel A. Rodriguez, PhD @mroddc.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

Like at best it’s an “attempted cartel” lol

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Miguel A. Rodriguez, PhD @mroddc.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

My whole portfolio in these positions since last Tuesday. Various inverses, two big puts, and some gold and Germany for mild diversification. I saw this coming and it was not hard to see.

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Miguel A. Rodriguez, PhD @mroddc.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

Here is the map with only the dark green. This dark green here is half of US GDP!

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Miguel A. Rodriguez, PhD @mroddc.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

These are US Counties sorted by GDP. The dark green generates 50% of US GDP, the light green is the next 25%. The white is the last 25% of US GDP

US map showing counties and GDP distribution. Dark green is the top 50% of US GDP, light green is the next 25% of US GDP, and the white is the last 25% of GDP.

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Miguel A. Rodriguez, PhD @mroddc.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

Hey #birds people. What #bird is this? Spotted on the pacific coast of Nicaragua. 🇳🇮 #birdwatching

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Miguel A. Rodriguez, PhD @mroddc.bsky.social · 16/03/2025

“Hey do you think they know it’s Burberry? This jacket has that plaid on the outside. But I got the hat, too, in case they don’t know. But then I also got these shoes with that pattern thing because maybe they’re looking at my feet. I wanna make sure they know I got Burberry but def not on eBay.”

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Miguel A. Rodriguez, PhD @mroddc.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

New net migration just dropped. My main takeaways: Miami has now hit its inevitable limits, and now joins the major out-migration club as the region doesn't build enough housing and has priced itself out. Minneapolis bucks the "old and cold" trend, likely on willingness to build more housing.

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Miguel A. Rodriguez, PhD @mroddc.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

The British getting to deal with that Russian cargo ship that hit a US tanker under British Admiralty Law

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Miguel A. Rodriguez, PhD @mroddc.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

I put all my money on this in December and have basically replicated this chart

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Miguel A. Rodriguez, PhD @mroddc.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

If people think 80s neo-Egyptian decor is as gauche, they’re wrong. The worst was the design aesthetic elder millennials had to suffer growing up with. I’m sorry ppl are nostalgic for this, but this was just bad taste. Like the 90s Arizona Diamondbacks and Anaheim Mighty Ducks uniforms.

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Miguel A. Rodriguez, PhD @mroddc.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

Likewise, I (investment). How many stupid investments are made? Like, consider when Jaguar paid millions for some marketing firm to make this logo I could’ve made for $15 and MS Paint. I think it’s stupid and a waste. But it’s still GDP!

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Miguel A. Rodriguez, PhD @mroddc.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

Wtf?! So my Roku has a cool backdrop app that shows me art (I set it to Art Institute of Chicago). And I did a jump scare when I saw this one. Apparently “James Vibert, Sculptor” by Ferdinand Hodler (1907).

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