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Danny Dougherty

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Graphics reporter in DC (currently WSJ). Lots of data and coding work but often distracted by comics, St. Louis sports and interesting things I've read in the news of the day. I feed on groan responses to my puns.

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It wouldn't even be Subway's most controversial spokesperson

13.08.2025 23:21 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Both _are_ about growing impressions

13.08.2025 13:25 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

"I don't know what you mean by polling is bad. I did a poll the other day, and it was good."

12.08.2025 15:49 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
12.08.2025 01:13 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Golf Carts Have Taken Over Suburbia. Cue the Resistance. Demand for street legal carts is surging despite complaints from drivers; β€˜We all hate you’

I am begging people to just hop on a bicycle and see how much they genuinely enjoy it

www.wsj.com/lifestyle/go...

11.08.2025 17:38 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Ugh. Now I want a 32-issue run with a B plot that becomes the main plot about Peter dealing with The Apps.

11.08.2025 02:04 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I think Alamo is a weird outlier, but I do think more broadly in fast food we're seeing the effects of being a Giffen Good as cheaper places raise prices, which increases consumption when people can't afford nicer substitute options on occasion

10.08.2025 18:13 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Unfortunately, it's difficult to build a platform on this issue because of extreme reticence to test its popularity

09.08.2025 22:28 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

to really know if this is always true or an outlier we should check our senses

06.08.2025 17:11 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It's people! Polling means are made out of people!

06.08.2025 15:22 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Japan's access to natural resources (oil) was cut off. They gambled on a decisive blow to minimize U.S. engagement in the pacific hoping for a quick war

05.08.2025 18:53 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

It is a small thing... but literally our style is to use "indexes" not "indices" 😞

05.08.2025 16:25 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Real Strains Inside the BLS Made It Vulnerable to Trump’s Accusations The agency has faced tighter budgets, falling response rates to its surveys and a staff shortage.

Solid explainer of what and how BLS does what it does

05.08.2025 16:12 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

I see people are at least furiously spinning around, blowing hot air

05.08.2025 02:29 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

New or old

05.08.2025 01:26 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

You picked a terrible escape room to play tonight

02.08.2025 02:07 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I think this goes past restaurants and applies to how a lot of car-centric sprawl affects how Americans relate to the rest of society

01.08.2025 14:34 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

A Pier-less generation

31.07.2025 17:13 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

(Looking down at a cue card) "We would have also accepted 'Normans conquered' or 'We've entered a Gile-less era'."

31.07.2025 16:58 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Here’s How Companies Are Dealing With $50 Billion of New Tariffs Someone has to pay the skyrocketing levies the U.S. is collecting on importsβ€”and companies say some of the burden will fall on consumers.

A gorgeous look at where tariffs are already hitting that you will actually read to the bottom of www.wsj.com/economy/trad...

31.07.2025 16:52 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Your RV may need a filter but your EV doesn't use 5W-40 going from DC to WV

31.07.2025 14:28 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

You can tell he did not come up as a cops reporter, given this steadfast refusal to chase sirens

30.07.2025 23:04 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I pay small creators on Patreon a comparable amount to that subscription price and the _last_ thing I would want is for them to take direction from me instead of being weird lil guys

30.07.2025 23:00 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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How the Epstein Scandal Fractured Trump’s Relationship With MAGA A Wall Street Journal analysis of thousands of podcast transcripts shows the conservative conversation on Epstein has swelled in recent weeks.

Maybe the real Joe Rogan of The Left was the Epstein Files we found along the way www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

30.07.2025 20:53 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Even setting aside the technical issues around LLMs... this feels a bit like conducting a poll only of the people who call you up to express their opinions

30.07.2025 15:37 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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What’s on Cupid’s Mind at Versailles? A.I. Can Tell You.

Guys I did it! I found the one bad plaque to stop and read! www.nytimes.com/2025/07/30/a...

30.07.2025 14:47 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

You've got this on locket

29.07.2025 17:01 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This is going to be a whole thing on TikTok

29.07.2025 01:10 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Couple bricks wrapped in duct tape was what the rucking groups I was in suggested to folks before they bought their first plates

28.07.2025 10:45 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

(starting a new one)

Yup. Stick a fork in it.

26.07.2025 22:23 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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