Thomas Lewis @tlewis.bsky.social · 26/09/2026The other thing about this situation is even if it didn’t have a good explanation — sometimes in our relationships or our lives we fuck up and don’t support our partner as much as we should but weird public harassment campaigns where you’re telling the person to kill themselves isn’t fixing that 001
Thomas Lewis @tlewis.bsky.social · 07/09/2026In college I had a job where I got paid to push a button every ten minutes or so that would rotate a camera for a virtual class. It paid surprisingly well and I got to do a lot of studying in between button pushing 000
Reposted by Thomas LewisSarahJSloat @sjane.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Happy labor day (USA). What's one of the oddest paid job you've had? Mine was probably as a reader for a medical professor at Rutgers, whose eyes were failing. I read him many academic texts, as well as Samuel Butler's "The Way of All Flesh." 25462841
Thomas Lewis @tlewis.bsky.social · 04/09/2026I also don’t think they’re messing with these numbers but the amount of lies and conspiracies they flood the info environment with makes everything they do look suspicious. Most people don’t understand how federal data works. They just know they can’t trust this administration. 000
Thomas Lewis @tlewis.bsky.social · 16/08/2026I’d do various depressions starting in the 1840s and going through the Great Recession told through the central banks/treasuries, etc 000
Thomas Lewis @tlewis.bsky.social · 30/07/2026me going to random events when I was an unpaid intern in DC 000
Thomas Lewis @tlewis.bsky.social · 29/07/2026I’ve lived 9 different lifetimes since the start of the O’s/Braves series 000
Thomas Lewis @tlewis.bsky.social · 26/07/2026Yep. It’s leftists influenced by libertarianism. Libertarians have warned about an emergency like Covid where bigger government leads to authoritarianism and when that didn’t happen and instead it was *libertarian* ideas that killed people they were forced to create an alternate reality. 020
Thomas Lewis @tlewis.bsky.social · 13/07/2026The other giant hole in this argument is that Dems are responding to their voters on social issues. Yglesias continues to elide that Dem voters have gotten more liberal and that as *Dem* politicians they can’t just ignore that because you want them to 100
Reposted by Thomas LewisNathan Goldwag @goldwagnathan.bsky.social · 12/07/2026Not to keep repeating myself as infinitum but the fatal flaw with Mattyism is that he believes that the cultural divide he keeps complaining about is because of a few radical woke activists who can be defunded, instead of the beliefs of 30% or so of the country. 316316
Reposted by Thomas LewisCommon Wealth @cmmonwealth.bsky.social · 22/06/2026Our Director and US Principal Economist argue in an essay for @mainstreamlabour.bsky.social that the solution to Britain’s compounding crises is the Productive State — that owns, invests and provides essentials to make life affordable. www.mainstreamlabour.org/updates/new-...mainstreamlabour.orgNEW PUBLICATION - The Productive State: A Framework for ManchesterismToday, Mainstream publishes our first major research publication, The Productive State: A Framework for Manchesterism. 23111
Thomas Lewis @tlewis.bsky.social · 22/06/2026It’s usually not explicitly acknowledged but they tend to gloss over this by suggesting that left-liberal voters will have to suck it up in order to win. But they have no answer when it causes an uproar amongst progressive normie voters and then try to pin blame for that on online progressives 041
Thomas Lewis @tlewis.bsky.social · 19/06/2026I can’t get over how there were days of discourse on there about whether women should have voting rights. Prominent folks had entire threads devoted to it. And while they used them to push back—if you don’t spend your time surrounded by nazis there’s no need to debate such nonsense 000
Thomas Lewis @tlewis.bsky.social · 19/06/2026I’ll be directing my primary vote in the dem presidential race to whomever has the best plan for throwing all of these people in jail. 000
Thomas Lewis @tlewis.bsky.social · 18/06/2026To be a successful coach requires acknowledging when you are wrong and Albernaz handled the Sammy situation poorly and should admit as much. It comes across as hypocritical when you see multiple other young players doing similar things not being held accountable. www.nytimes.com/athletic/737...nytimes.comCal Ripken Jr. takes more active player development role as Orioles emphasize fundamentals 000
Thomas Lewis @tlewis.bsky.social · 18/06/2026name a TV show you’re positive no one remembers but you this show lives in my brain for some reason 010
Reposted by Thomas LewisNathaniel William Horadam @horadam.bsky.social · 15/06/2026This is entirely on Joe Biden and the Inflation Reduction Act. Not even debatable. 🔌💡 0264
Thomas Lewis @tlewis.bsky.social · 09/06/2026This x100000. I’ve also seen many centrist pundits say that advocating for better pay for workers is bad for the same reason. 000
Thomas Lewis @tlewis.bsky.social · 05/06/2026Not Talarico but I’m home in very conservative NEPA this weekend. I’ve seen multiple signs for Democratic candidates and zero for Republicans. I can’t stress enough how out of character that is. There’s unsurprisingly but clearly a massive enthusiasm gap emerging. 010
Thomas Lewis @tlewis.bsky.social · 29/05/2026I’m in an Orioles group on Facebook and the most common type of post after poor pitching is a very specific kind of guy asking why they won’t just sign Trevor Bauer. This has been going on for years and it will continue long past he dies. It’s It's our atonement, you see; it's our punishment. 000
Thomas Lewis @tlewis.bsky.social · 28/05/2026I keep making this point but if you look at the 2022 inflation from a historical lens it very clearly was a blip and transitory according to any definition of the word — the problem is when folks are living through it for some reason they think transitory means over in 6 hours. 000
Thomas Lewis @tlewis.bsky.social · 25/05/20262023 Bautista was such a cheat code for the current extra innings rules 100
Thomas Lewis @tlewis.bsky.social · 20/05/2026I’m mad at the Orioles front office too but *checks notes* the RAYS are the worst possible example of a team you could find “ignoring analytics” 100
Thomas Lewis @tlewis.bsky.social · 20/05/2026I think people misunderstand that the point of public development is to support something the private sector is neglecting on its own but public development as an end goal in and of itself doesn’t make sense 000
Thomas Lewis @tlewis.bsky.social · 16/05/2026Has this specific move ever worked out well for the other 29 teams he’s played for.. 000
Thomas Lewis @tlewis.bsky.social · 02/05/2026Top 15 shows without thinking about it too much: The Leftovers It’s a Sin Breaking Bad Lost You’re the Worst Broadchurch Chernobyl Mare of Easttown Severance True Detective Avatar: The Last Airbender For All Mankind Survivor Fyre Parks and Rec 000
Thomas Lewis @tlewis.bsky.social · 02/05/2026I coached some pretty bad junior high AAU teams over the years and I don’t think we ever missed this many shots in a row 000
Thomas Lewis @tlewis.bsky.social · 23/04/2026Not having an opinion on something is by far the most underrated thing you can do for your mental health 010
Thomas Lewis @tlewis.bsky.social · 22/04/2026Twitter spent all day arguing it’s a bad thing. The reasoning as I understand it is because it happened during Biden’s administration and then Harris lost the 2024 election that she lost because voters hated real wage gains. Now where that idea came from is beyond me.. 100
Reposted by Thomas LewisJoel Dodge @joeldodge07.bsky.social · 16/04/2026In the supply-shock era, we should revisit a lost industrial policy tool: public factories. 🏭In a new paper, Ganesh Sitaraman & I explore the history & future of US public factories. ⚡️In another paper, I propose public factories for critical energy components www.vanderbilt.edu/vanderbilt-p... 🧵vanderbilt.eduPublic FactoriesOur Work Public factories can be powerful means to support production of critical goods. Policymakers at all levels of government have deployed government-owned production facilities throughout Americ... 186
Thomas Lewis @tlewis.bsky.social · 20/04/2026That Yglesias hates dogs is both unsurprising and explains a lot about the general way he presents himself 100
Thomas Lewis @tlewis.bsky.social · 19/04/2026Hell there was an episode of the Office in 2007 where Michael panics about ageism because Ryan wants to modernize the companies processes — specially using new tech and an updated website. Actually the whole point of that episode is still useful for pro and anti AI fanatics.. 110
Thomas Lewis @tlewis.bsky.social · 15/04/2026#Factorle #470 2/4 🟩🟩⬜🟨⬜ ↘️ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🎯 www.manf.us/factorlemanf.usManufacturing Intelligence PlatformExplore U.S. manufacturing ecosystems — industry profiles, supply chains, and workforce data for all 50 states. 100
Thomas Lewis @tlewis.bsky.social · 14/04/2026#Factorle #469 1/4 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🎯 www.manf.us/factorlemanf.usManufacturing Intelligence PlatformExplore U.S. manufacturing ecosystems — industry profiles, supply chains, and workforce data for all 50 states. 100
Thomas Lewis @tlewis.bsky.social · 13/04/2026#Factorle #468 1/4 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🎯 www.manf.us/factorlemanf.usManufacturing Intelligence PlatformExplore U.S. manufacturing ecosystems — industry profiles, supply chains, and workforce data for all 50 states. 100
Reposted by Thomas Lewisbatul.bsky.social @batul.bsky.social · 06/04/2026NEW @cplusc.bsky.social: A New Era of Manufacturing for Public Good: The Case for the CA Grid Manufacturing Initiative In CA, labor-led green industrial policy is the way out of chronic delays and skyrocketing costs for electric grid components that burden ratepayers and slow the green transition. 15519
Reposted by Thomas LewisSam @samd.bsky.social · 02/04/2026left-YIMBYism is the future of progressive politics 326518
Reposted by Thomas LewisThe BlueGreen Alliance @bluegreenalliance.bsky.social · 01/04/2026It’s been six months since the U.S. Department of Energy terminated 321 energy projects worth $7.5 billion in federal funding. Read about the consequences this has caused for the future of #cleanenergy innovation here: doealumninetwork.substack.com/p/rep… 011
Thomas Lewis @tlewis.bsky.social · 30/03/2026I legit assumed the quotes were fake because how does the guy who wrote a novel about scientific curiosity, cross-cultural cooperation, sacrifice for the greater good, and the idea that collaboration defines us more than conflict… not think that’s political? 000
Reposted by Thomas LewisYonah Freemark @yonahfreemark.com · 27/03/2026Happy birthday to the Washington Metro, which opened 50 years ago today with service on 4.6 mi of Red Line between Rhode Is. Ave & Farragut N. System now serves 130 mi. The DC Metro shows that, with good planning & enough investment, the public sector can succeed & build something extraordinary. 1185465942
Thomas Lewis @tlewis.bsky.social · 10/02/2026Our neighbor called George, Teddy this morning and unfortunately since I went with it that’s his new name. There is nothing that can be done. 000
Reposted by Thomas Lewisalex williams @atwilliams.bsky.social · 09/02/2026alright, first issue is out for Forces of Production, Common Wealth's new monthly newsletter on the US supply side, from a macro point of view! www.forcesofproduction.com/p/slow-slide...forcesofproduction.comSlow Slide on the Supply SideOur first issue! 22610
Reposted by Thomas Lewisderek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 22/01/2026I'm excited to announce I'm doing a new Bloomberg column about the business of fashion. The first column is about how we can re-shore US garment manufacturing. Instead of mass deportations and raising tariffs, I argue the government should move the industry upstream: tinyurl.com/reshoringapparelbloomberg.comAn Un-MAGA Proposal to Bring Back American ManufacturingFollow the path of Italy, France and Japan. 563054341
