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Peter Mains

@pmains.bsky.social
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Data Scientist. Artist. Writer. Go Blue! poliscopic.com yimbymaricopa.org

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Peter Mains @pmains.bsky.social · 12h
All of the statewide races in Arizona are polling even or in single digits. Not sure what that means yet
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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Digger was amazing. 5/5.
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Peter Mains @pmains.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I dunno. Our pay-for-play foreign policy where we’re selling treaties to Russia and various Middle Eastern dictatorships seems like it would be up there as well. When it comes to “the worst scandal in American history,” we’re just spoiled for riches these days.
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Emily Hamilton @ebwhamilton.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I have a new policy brief out on zoning for manufactured housing. I think that laws that are already on the books protecting manufactured housing as an option are somewhat under the radar: www.mercatus.org/research/pol...
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Peter Mains @pmains.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Founder, sobbing: “but Doctor, I AM a sex pest!”
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Peter Mains @pmains.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Ladies and Gentlemen. Your American League West.
American League West Standings. Houston “leads” at .497.
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
BREAKING: SCOTUS denies the Trump administration’s request to enforce the new U.S. Postal Service rule for the 2026 elections. Justices Alito and Thomas dissent. More to come at Law Dork. www.lawdork.com
SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES
No. 26A305
UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE, ET AL. U.
CALIFORNIA, ET AL.
ON APPLICATION FOR STAY
[September 14, 2026]
The application for stay presented to JUSTICE JACKSON and by her referred to the Court is denied. The Government is unlikely to succeed on the merits of its challenge to the District Court's preliminary injunction. And the equitable factors applicable for obtaining emergency relief from this Court do not favor a stay.
JUSTICE KAVANAUGH, concurring.
In my view, based on the briefing the Court has received at this interim stage, there is at least a fair prospect that the final rule falls within the Postal Service's statutory authority. See 39 U. S. C. §401(2). But applying the rule in the 2026 elections would be arbitrary and capricious in violation of the Administrative Procedure Act because state and local election officials do not have sufficient time to reasonably implement the rule before the elections. See 39
U. S. C. §3001(m); 5 U. S. C. §706(2)(A). For that reason, I concur in the denial of the application for stay.
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Peter Mains @pmains.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
That’s cool! I’ve been working on optimizing Kimi Linear 48B specifically for Macs github.com/pmains/kimi-...
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Peter Mains @pmains.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Who would have the cash to buy a fleet of vehicles? You’d have to be a trillionaire.
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Peter Mains @pmains.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
If you’re very online, you might think everyone knows about Coyote vs Acme. But they don’t. They know Spiderman is out. They know the Odyssey is out. But everyone I’ve told about Coyote vs Acme tells me, “I didn’t know that was a movie. Word of mouth is important!
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Peter Mains @pmains.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
As Wile E. Coyote always says, "it's Morbin' time!" But seriously. Go see it. Before theaters start reducing showings and Zaslav gets another bonus.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 27/08/2026
Remember when I said that batteries are eventually going to make the grid abundant, reliable, & boring?
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The Texas Grid Has Had a Boring Summer Thanks to Batteries
Temperatures are high, but electricity drama is low.
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Peter Mains @pmains.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Marathon overtraining.
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Peter Mains @pmains.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Record scratch
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Peter Mains @pmains.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
The tokenpocalypse will happen. The market will correct to relying on efficient models and hardware instead of hyperscaling with VC money. The hype cycle will die, but best practices will emerge.
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Peter Mains @pmains.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
😂
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Peter Mains @pmains.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
“But Doctor, I am the Antichrist!”
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Peter Mains @pmains.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
This is a thinly coded plea for Larry Ellison or Rupert Murdoch to buy up Simon & Schuster. The Free Press was running the same narrative this morning, and I assumed it was the same grifter. But no. They’re multiplying.
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Peter Mains @pmains.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
In summary, the Democratic Party is a land of contradictions.
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Peter Mains @pmains.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Like, sure. She spent $70M to lose a Senate race. But just imagine what she could have done with $75M
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Peter Mains @pmains.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Wow. It must suck trying to make a deal with somebody who is incredibly dishonest, unstable and unreliable.
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Peter Mains @pmains.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
This is at least her third grift. I suppose this is more lucrative than selling courses on copywriting
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Peter Mains @pmains.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
I can imagine them saying “wow” and him being incapable or unwilling to parse the sense in which it was said.
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Peter Mains @pmains.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
So Carlos Danger, Pierre Delecto and Dirt McGirk walk into a bar
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Peter Mains @pmains.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
He’s no Carlos Danger
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Peter Mains @pmains.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Pierre Delecto unavailable for comment
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Peter Mains @pmains.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Now, Lady Ballers. That was epic.
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Matt Darling @besttrousers.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
I have a new piece out for @searchlightinst.bsky.social! Want to make housing cheaper? Stop taxing construction so heavily for being a volatile industry Our unemployment insurance system quietly makes it more expensive to build. Here’s how: (1/12) www.searchlightinstitute.org/research/the...
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The Hidden Tax on Blue-Collar Workers and Building in America
The unemployment insurance system has a design flaw that penalizes the construction industry, leading to fewer workers and lower productivity. Over time, that means less – and more expensive – housing...
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Peter Mains @pmains.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
As a millennial, I refuse to believe that Justin Bieber exists. He’s a fictional character like Dewey Cox.
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Peter Mains @pmains.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
archive.org has been down for hours. Is it under attack?
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Internet Archive: Digital Library of Free & Borrowable Texts, Movies, Music & Wayback Machine
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Peter Mains @pmains.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Happy Birthday, Santi!
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Peter Mains @pmains.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
He died doing what he loved. Exploiting parliamentary maneuvers to wring every ounce of political advantage out of the situation.
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Mina Kimes @minakimes.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Not trying to laundry shame but did Belgium’s kits get mixed in the wash with France or something
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Peter Mains @pmains.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
An LLM could quickly write a script that gauges reading level based on whatever criteria you have in mind.
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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
A lot of intra-Dem fighting is b/c factions are forced into competing in a single primary electorate. It'd be much healthier if it was openly a matter of each going out and winning its share of seats in accordance w/ its general election votes and then having an inter-party coalition shaped by that.
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Peter Mains @pmains.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Or bake a cake.
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Peter Mains @pmains.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
How is it that Christian Nationalism and Evangelical Protestantism diverge so sharply? Isn’t there a lot of overlap between those groups?
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Peter Mains @pmains.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
I’m surprised they’re willing to cross the mighty Franklins Union.
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Peter Mains @pmains.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
“We’ll be making an unplanned rapid descent. Just a bargaining tactic, folks. We’ll see how the C-suite responds to that one.”
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Peter Mains @pmains.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Sheehan was left in just long with to turn into a pumpkin.
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Peter Mains @pmains.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
You know who doesn't have a Nazi tattoo? Or more baggage than Samsonite's Salesman of the Year? Dave Costello. Good thing we spent all of our time talking about the other two candidates on the primary ballot.
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Peter Mains @pmains.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Well, I think we all owe Rae Huang a debt of gratitude in making the past few days so interesting.
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Peter Mains @pmains.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Wouldn’t Karen Bass be Cuomo? An establishment Democrat who is utterly beholden to wealthy donors and uninterested in the effects her policies have on normal people?
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Peter Mains @pmains.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
Jordan Wood dropped out to run for House, but he would have been fine. Three independents on the ballot, I believe. Probably oddballs.
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Peter Mains @pmains.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
You know. There are three randos not named Collins or Platner on the Maine Senate ballot. Maybe somebody should sit down with those guys and see if, yanno.
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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
damnatio memoriae
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Peter Mains @pmains.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
If you bet that George Santos is telling the truth, you deserve to lose your money.
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Peter Mains @pmains.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Don't miss out on your chance to fill out the Valley Metro Bus Network Redesign survey. storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/07fc...
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Valley Metro Bus Network Redesign
Your Voice. Your Ride.
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Peter Mains @pmains.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Thank you to Mayor Alexis Hermosillo for standing up for road safety and common sense! These two votes should not have been this close.
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