Sameer Shaikh

Associate Analyst, NERA | prev: @centralbank_ie | MSQE, @NYUSternEcon + BA Econ, @TCDdublin

[I'm not mad I actually think it's funny @herr_naphta]

Very happy to have (mostly) finished this project: county-level election returns for the US House from 1990 to the present. Currently such data are only available from very expensive sources. I've compiled a dataset that provides it for free.

https://t.co/zEnkpH4lKw

[Zealand @theoldzealand]

I LOVE THE WORLD CUP

[Omer Osman @OmerOsman200]

OG even made an IG post, something he didn’t do after the Raptors won the 2019 championship. 🥲❤️

Man, you can tell he really wanted to earn/actually contribute towards winning a championship. No freebies/gifts.

Hopefully we get to see Masai win another championship as well, because I know that security incident left a bitter taste in his mouth, and he wants to properly enjoy winning a championship.

[Knicks Nation @KnicksNation]

Umm.. look at the date

[YT: Kofie @Kofie]

My brother the BRAZILIANS are in town

[Zach Lowe @ZachLowe_NBA]

I am still in shock

[Sam Morril @sammorril]

Jalen Brunson took a 100 million pay cut for this. He saw it. New York legend forever.

[brian b.dot™️ miller @bdotTM]

jalen brunson avenging his fathers 1999 lost to the spurs will be some godfather 2 shit.

[Shea Serrano @SheaSerrano]

jalen brunson leading the new york knicks to a championship is genuinely one of the most beautiful basketball things i’ve ever seen

[NBA @NBA]

FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 53 YEARS, THE KNICKS ARE NBA CHAMPIONS 🏆

New York defeats San Antonio 4-1 in the NBA Finals, capturing their third championship in franchise history!

[Bd@irB@ll @Bd_irB_ll]

Nastiest thing about American sports is letting the owner lift the trophy first

[Kris Pursiainen @krispursiainen]

Jalen Brunson:

"Real quick, before we get started. Just want to say, my thoughts and prayers are with a friend of mine I got to meet and talk to last week: Jonathan from North Carolina, from the Make-a-Wish Foundation and the Garden of Dreams Foundation. He had a heart condition, and it was asked of me to kind of reach out to him and take a video. Something in my mind told me to get on FaceTime, chat with him. I got the pleasure to do so, it was a quick call but it was well worth it. I just want to say my thoughts and prayers for his family. I just found out some news about him today. May God rest his soul."

[YT: Kofie @Kofie]

Oh wow.... how did they do it

[Kevin O'Connor @KevinOConnor]

One of the all-time great comebacks in the history of sports. Up there with Patriots 28-3 in the Super Bowl. I can't believe what I just saw here tonight at Madison Square Garden. I am like shaking, goosebumps all over. What a magical experience. Sports is the best thing ever.

[Max Kellerman @maxkellerman]

That was one of the greatest basketball games of all time

[Zach Lowe @ZachLowe_NBA]

What a Finals. My god

[Zach Lowe @ZachLowe_NBA]

What is happening. (I am in the building and still asking).

[Zach Lowe @ZachLowe_NBA]

I don't think anyone has left their seat. It's deafening

[The Mind Scourge @TheMindScourge]

LA isn’t like NYC. The mayor’s office works very differently in LA

NYC is a classic “imperial mayor” city. The mayor appoints most agency heads and commissioners, has direct authority over the school system, and much more besides. He’s always a main character in the media, and often a national figure as well

LA is nothing like this. The mayorship is weak. She doesn’t control the schools, the council is much more powerful relative to the mayor, senior appointments often require confirmation, and so on. Directly the opposite of NYC, the LA mayor is unusually invisible. Most Angelenos wouldn’t recognize Bass if she was behind them in line for coffee.

So when people ask “how can LA put up with more of Bass”, that’s why. People just aren’t thinking about the mayor in LA. In NYC there’s a much tighter accountability loop for the mayor. (This is also one of the ways that NYC is a “real city” in a way that LA is not)

[Sameer Shaikh @sameershaikhhh]

MITCHELL ROBINSON AND JOHN TARTURRROOO