Robert A. Schultz

Surveys & Research @Nextdoor - @umichgradschool & @WayneGradSchool Alum

[Robert A. Schultz @Rschultzzy]

Best $5 I’ve ever spent

[Adrian College Athletics @AdrianBulldogs]

The @AdrianBaseball team defeats No. 2 Rowan 10-1 on Friday night to claim an opening round victory in the DIII College World Series

RECAP--https://t.co/zZjmwBFc2N

#d3baseball #GDTBAB

[Adrian College Baseball @AdrianBaseball]

WE DID IT! 🏆

But how about that crowd and that atmosphere! Big thanks to EVERYONE who came out all year long!

The Nic at Night was electric!

See you in Eastlake!

[Jeremy Horpedahl 🥚📉 @jmhorp]

People will say "I’m glad I learned about parallelograms instead of how to do my taxes, it’s really come in handy this parallelogram season" and then also not be able to tell you anything about parallelograms

[Patrick Collison @patrickc]

Detroit impressions:

• The downtown is full of beautiful buildings. All of them seem to have been built specifically in the 1920s. I guess that is after the city had accumulated enough auto wealth but before the twin hits of Modernism and the Depression. (I hadn't known that the GM Renaissance Center, built as a revitalization project, was at the time the largest private development in US history, and also at the time the world's tallest hotel. It may be large, but it is not pretty.) The downtown is surprisingly depopulated -- both the streets and the sidewalks feel empty. That said, it didn't feel at all unsafe. There are lots of great homes in the suburbs.

• The Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation is amazing, and it's worth visiting Detroit for it alone. Among many (many) other things, it contains the oldest known surviving steam engine in the world, the actual Montgomery bus on which Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat, a deconstructed Model T, a deconstructed Eames Chair, and many great cars, agricultural equipment, locomotives, industrial specimens, and more. (They have the Lincoln Continental that JFK was riding in when assassinated -- which, apparently, was returned to service and used by several subsequent presidents.)

• The museum made me wonder why American car design peaked in the mid-60s. (This fact is very evident at the museum.) The LLMs blame the 1966 National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act. (Not quite https://t.co/ox5TEECH6N, but close.)

• Good food exists but it is hard to find.

• The Heidelberg Project also exists and is unique.

• We stayed at the Dearborn Inn, which is wonderful, and contains cottages modeled after the homes of significant American figures. Dearborn (and Hamtramck) are now predominantly Muslim, apparently for reasons that go back a century to Henry Ford's $5 wage. Dearborn felt noticeably prosperous (we stopped for coffee at a fancy Japanese cheesecake cafe); Hamtramck did not.

• https://t.co/OOkCI7DbAz says that the Hispanic population of Michigan is just 6%. Coming from California, the absence is very striking.

• The Detroit Institute of Arts is remarkable, particularly the room with the American landscapes and the section with the Dutch masters (especially The Visitation). An obvious question is why there is nothing quite like it in the Bay Area given how much richer the latter is than Detroit ever was -- we techies are just so uncultured by comparison. The Diego Rivera murals are amazing (and quite strange; you can see why they were controversial).

• Detroit is full of historic plaques -- they are truly everywhere. This is presumably due in part to the fact that Detroit has a lot of history, but it still has many more than places with comparable historical depth. Some research suggests that it might be related to generous tax credits for historic preservation. Whether or not that is true, Detroit persuades me that other places should engage in more plaquemaxxing.

• I recommend a visit! You overall leave with some sense for how exciting America must have felt in the early 20th century.

[Erin Price-Wright @espricewright]

If you're a naturally anxious person, I recommend pursuing a high stress career path where at least you'll be compensated for anxiety you're going to have anyways.

[Chad Livengood @ChadLivengood]

Downriver bear is now a full-fledged Facebook meme.

[Detroit Pistons @DetroitPistons]

NEXT STOP: THE LAND

[National Park Service @NatlParkService]

Don’t go chasing waterfalls...cautiously approach and be careful of slippery conditions. In fact, you may just want to stick to the rivers and lakes that you’re used to.

[Nextdoor @Nextdoor]

Today, we published financial results for Q1 2026 — a standout quarter. Revenue grew 14% year-over-year to $62M, Platform WAU reached an all-time high of 22.3M, and Adjusted EBITDA near breakeven. More at https://t.co/HdDyIci4Oh $NXDR

https://t.co/yhZLwQwfHm

[Nextdoor @Nextdoor]

.@voxdotcom just published a piece on "neighborism,” the growing movement of people turning to their physical communities for real support.

The thesis: digital tools aren't replacing local relationships, they're activating them. That's the Nextdoor mission.

Read the whole thing 👇https://t.co/8ZJxHLJoTp

[The Washington Post @washingtonpost]

Pope Leo's pick to be bishop of West Virginia is a formerly undocumented immigrant who was smuggled into the U.S. in a car trunk.

Bishop Evelio Menjivar-Ayala has called for Catholics to speak out against President Trump’s treatment of immigrants. https://t.co/mbCbdug0Fk

[Darren Rovell @darrenrovell]

The craziest stat of the night from the Pistons-Magic game.

The Magic did not score a point for 45 minutes of real clock time -- 8:46 to 9:31pm ET!

23 consecutive missed field goal attempts.

(Credit: ESPN Research)

[Garry Kasparov @Kasparov63]

I don’t see the problem!

[Robert A. Schultz @Rschultzzy]

What % is novelty tho - as in you pay to experience it versus it’s your habit forming who you reach for first?

[Hayden @the_transit_guy]

Waymo moving 500k autonomous rides per week. Wow.

[Robert A. Schultz @Rschultzzy]

@annastansbury @brian_callaci Also on preorder for me! Love reading about food and economics because it crosses into so many topics.

[Robert A. Schultz @Rschultzzy]

Team bonding this afternoon was a hike to the Taco Bell in Pacifica, California that sits on the ocean.

[Bloomberg @business]

The unionization bid at a Chipotle store in Michigan has ended without a collective bargaining agreement https://t.co/iScDMF5lv6

[Robert A. Schultz @Rschultzzy]

@FairweatherPhD Finding I spend a fair amount of time almost testing whether something could be automated. Then poking all sorts of holes in it and then having to do it normally as I would. And I just spent extra time experimenting.

[Robert A. Schultz @Rschultzzy]

@brian_armstrong Not understanding why a prediction market would fix this - why not rather penalize the journal for publishing results that are untrue or not doing due diligence.