Daniel Golliher 🗽

530,600

September 2026 points

Scores updated 8 min ago

Tweets: 115
Likes: 4,047
Retweets: 206
Replies: 73
Quote tweets: 15
2× boosted: 8
Followers: 3,832+94

Every scored tweet

300 per tweet · 100 per like · 200 per reply · 300 per retweet · 300 per quote tweet

Tweet	Likes	Retweets	Replies	Quotes	Boost	Points
“I don’t like you, and here’s your permit” is the essence of a pluralistic, small-l liberal society. https://t.co/f9B7Y8dCd7 Aug 26🥉 Bronze	3,082	155	12	5	—	358,900
"If somebody sends me a spicy email about data centers, I say, 'Please, please, please hand-walk that to my office.'" https://t.co/IaJiqkr2Dq Aug 3	58	6	0	0	—	7,900
Imagine learning about government here https://t.co/EEISvuDyI6 https://t.co/GfRKqan18L Aug 18	58	3	1	0	—	7,200
The president is supporting data centers, the mayor is pushing back on the teachers union. They’re both right in my view. https://t.co/hcIgEG761T Aug 20	38	4	2	1	—	6,000
From a February NYT piece. Let’s hope this is the beginning of a trend 🗽 https://t.co/AkZSN1kBsv https://t.co/ee7HJGBKH8 Aug 19	36	2	5	1	—	5,800
Sometime this fall Maximum New York is going to have events with invited members of both major parties to discuss, in a sensible fashion that examines priors and validates them live, hot-button issues at various levels of government. These could be labeled “cultural issues,” even as they have deep technical points. The overall goal is not to agree on a conclusion, but to lay out everyone’s priors and examine how they overlap, with a north star of converging on mutually agreed upon priors. Agreement or disagreement on terminal policy will be left for attendees to do as they socialize. These include, but are certainly not limited to: - Israel/Palestine - Trans athletics - Immigration On the internet, these conversations get dominated by the unhelpful and the ill-tempered. It is crucial for people of good faith to come together (in person), and fully pull apart specific claims, validating them live on a projector in front of everyone in a spirit of Maximum New York concreteness. These “cultural issues,” if you want to label them that way, make people walk on eggshells, make them fearful and wrathful, and shut down the thinking mind in the process. But this is no way to get to the bottom of things and move productively forward as Americans. We must not fear discussing these things, discovering what our friends think, and embracing an attitude of curiosity and truth-seeking. People who are more traditional policy wonk types often stay away from working on these issues more often than not, ceding the realm to the overly confident and under-challenged. So, it’s a straightforward fix. Aug 11	23	1	0	0	2× MNY	5,800 2,900 × 2
Cohort 16, baby! Application are now open. We start September 14. https://t.co/0k4lrctqFf Aug 4	21	4	3	4	—	5,400
Legally Blonde is properly viewed as a piece of fun entertainment, but, like all quality entertainment, it also possesses the ability to pull on deeper threads for audience members who are so inclined. I saw it first in late elementary school, before I had a full appreciation of what I was seeing. But it would become my most-rewatched movie, then and now. It's a classic American tale. As Elle (@ReeseW) moves through the acts of the movie, we are presented with the following: - No matter who you are, hard word and determination will allow you to improve your lot. - Do not judge people hastily or in a prejudicial fashion. We all contain surprising multitudes and capabilities. - You can change your life by deciding to move into new domains, and you don't need anyone's permission to make that move. - You can overcome setbacks and mistakes. You can summon inner determination and help from your friends. - Others want you to succeed. They are rooting for you. - It is important to make good friends. Your characters reflect back upon each other. - You can extend grace, forgive those who transgressed against you, and go forward as friends. - A cheerful worldview won't get you everywhere, but it will get you far. - There's nothing like stick-to-it-iveness, mental toughness, and a positive attitude! Have some can-do, follow-through, and gumption! Not everyone will be as deeply touched by this movie as I was, and that's to be expected. We all attach to media in different ways, for different reasons. I love the movie because I love the law; because I love a fearless upstart; because I love the American northeast; because there is a 2000's glamour to it that is evergreen for me; and because I love stories of Americans who pick up sticks, move across the country, and--fish out of water fears and realities be damned--establish a great, new life. "What, like it's hard?" compresses a lot. Elle worked hard to earn a near-perfect score on the LSAT, and clearly possessed the capability to achieve at the highest level (even if she needed a kick). When she displays surprise at Warner about her getting into Harvard Law, it reflects a worldview that we've already seen play out by that point in the movie: just do what needs to be done to get where you want to go--what's hard about know that? It's the same lesson that comes across in the famous 1960 interview with Orson Welles about making "Citizen Kane" (https://t.co/UbJH3MkS7O): >> Interviewer: What I’d like to know is where did you get the confidence from to make the film with such — >> Welles: Ignorance. Ignorance. Sheer ignorance. You know, there’s no confidence to equal it. It’s only when you know something about a profession, I think, that you’re timid, or careful or — >> Interviewer: How does this ignorance show itself? >> Welles: I thought you could do anything with a camera that the eye could do or the imagination could do. And if you come up from the bottom in the film business, you’re taught all the things that the cameraman doesn’t want to attempt for fear he will be criticized for having failed. And in this case I had a cameraman who didn’t care if he was criticized if he failed, and I didn’t know that there were things you couldn’t do, so anything I could think up in my dreams, I attempted to photograph. >> Interviewer: You got away with enormous technical advances, didn’t you? >> Welles: Simply by not knowing that they were impossible. Or theoretically impossible. And of course, again, I had a great advantage, not only in the real genius of my cameraman, but in the fact that he, like all great men, I think, who are masters of a craft, told me right at the outset that there was nothing about camerawork that I couldn’t learn in half a day, that any intelligent person couldn’t learn in half a day. And he was right. >> Interviewer: It’s true of an awful lot of things, isn’t it? >> Welles: Of all things. ==== "You changed your life for the better in a big way?" "What, like it's hard?" Aug 2	34	4	2	0	—	5,300
Despite increasing pro-supply sentiment in the past few years, the City Council as an institution would still rather slow or halt housing production below the level that NYC needs (>=50k units a year?). It remains the squeaky wheel of city government in that respect. This became quite apparent in its opposition to last November’s CRC ballot questions, and that same institutional impulse is on display here. @NYCMayor’s appointment is well qualified for the role. Aug 6	35	2	3	0	—	5,000
Dolly is one of the few who deserves the recognition and honor of a whole civilization, and I believe she will receive it. https://t.co/mlg1SQ7yhW Aug 25	26	2	1	0	—	3,700
You too, can experience me talking about city government from the floor. https://t.co/d5L0UvROEe https://t.co/GfRKqan18L Aug 4	26	1	2	0	—	3,600
I’m planning a “How to be a good political party member” seminar via Maximum New York for the fall. Participants will be Democrats and Republicans. DM if you are a party official who likes what I do, and who wants to speak/have ideas. This post is a preview of how I approach party issues: https://t.co/yTL4aCcRau Aug 3	8	1	0	1	2× MNY	3,400 1,700 × 2
It’s going to be a great autumn https://t.co/qIU5R1B1RN Aug 18	13	0	0	0	2× Fractal	3,200 1,600 × 2
I think Nicole has the right view of Moses, and she lays it out well in her book, Movement, which you should buy and read! https://t.co/jFovoOFgV3 https://t.co/grMvtPbSbh Aug 27	19	3	0	0	—	3,100
I agree, @jasminewsun's piece (linked in QT'd thread) is great. The policy response across states has not been uniformly responsive to real concerns, but many of them are being reflected in policy across the country. Although: even if you're a policymaker or a data center fan, you still have to communicate well that concerns are truly being reflected in policy! One particular challenge is protecting the public against downside risk, (like the "Foxconn fiasco" described in the piece)--a project running up a tab of investment and expectation, which people and governments plan around, and then pulling out. Good policy can mitigate this by: (1) setting up selection effects that screen out less stable projects, and (2) requiring deposits and other terms that pay out in the event that a project does materialize, or terminates too early. In my recent piece on data centers connecting to the grid, I wrote about how Texas addressed these concerns (see screenshot below for an example), and compared it to New York, which is not as far along in the policy process. @Prigoose -- data center policy event at @fractaltechnyc?? Aug 7	7	0	2	0	2× Fractal	2,800 1,400 × 2
A lovely blog from a cohort 15 alumnus, on the course requirement of memorizing the poem “The New Colossus” https://t.co/wAykL4hnjt https://t.co/GfRKqan18L Aug 5	16	2	1	0	—	2,700
People are saying https://t.co/T0Mx43bDAC Aug 4	18	2	0	0	—	2,700
@zdch Has anyone written about this?? Aug 27	21	0	1	0	—	2,600
This is creativity in government hiring, love to see it. https://t.co/nxIAG3GPAr Aug 10	16	1	2	0	—	2,600
NYC before post-WW2 zoning and planning: https://t.co/s2nfYn30y5 https://t.co/RJirUHsooy Aug 3	20	0	1	0	—	2,500
Beautiful post, and also: "permanent middle class" is a wonderful sentiment https://t.co/PtK3X8dyGu Aug 17	21	0	0	0	—	2,400
Endorse https://t.co/NPj0GF9fRQ Aug 14	18	1	0	0	—	2,400
Before “you can just do things,” there was “What, like it’s hard?” https://t.co/QCKa7Z9u78 Aug 2	15	0	0	2	—	2,400
Love these stories https://t.co/XX2TqIquCu Aug 7	18	0	1	0	—	2,300
This cohort is going to be bonkers. https://t.co/GfRKqan18L Aug 26	14	1	1	0	—	2,200
She was one of the greatest Americans, and her life will endure as a great hope and inspiration to all of us. I grew up with her music, and have referenced her many times in my own writing. Dolly was a true model of how to live, across any domain you could think of. In business, family, culture, politics, philanthropy, and more, she was the best of us. I will miss knowing that she walks on the same world as me, but she will always be in my heart, and the hearts of millions. I will always love you, Dolly. Aug 25	13	2	0	0	—	2,200
Excelsior https://t.co/Z7k212Wvph https://t.co/Yyum4CJXWc Aug 9	18	0	0	0	—	2,100
Learn AI, meet pals, grow into the future! https://t.co/AYj7sBZYz9 Aug 31	7	0	0	0	2× Fractal	2,000 1,000 × 2
Applications close Friday https://t.co/GfRKqan18L Aug 31	7	2	1	0	—	1,800
Catch me in DC! https://t.co/VECj62sQmy Aug 31	12	1	0	0	—	1,800
I am suspicious of a person who smokes in public spaces (especially more acrid marijuana), who also decries air pollution more generally. “Externalities for thee, not for me!” Aug 29	10	0	2	0	—	1,700
Broadly speaking: help peer Aug 8	11	1	0	0	—	1,700
SF: August 6-8 DC: August 19-20 Aug 2	10	0	2	0	—	1,700
People are saying: https://t.co/36icrauYNu https://t.co/fvp7qbxljG https://t.co/payxvCd53Y Aug 1	9	1	1	0	—	1,700
This particular post is at odds with the governor's expressed interest in figuring out a way forward with data centers. The governor went on @NY1 just a few days ago and laid out an approach to hyperscale data centers (which she defines as >50MW in her executive order banning them for the next year) that was thoughtful, even if you don't ultimately agree with it (see: https://t.co/DfYjGVFIJP). Her appearance on the Odd Lots podcast earlier this summer with @TheStalwart and @tracyalloway was also thoughtful, and full of pro-progress points that were widely applauded: https://t.co/ylreTw3mLQ And her use of AI (powered by hyperscale infrastructure!) to improve state law shows her willingness to embrace the new technology and its requisite physical infrastructure to improve government (https://t.co/9cbOKJ7ZsF). The president's post, even if not the way I'd put it, is correct. And the governor's approach to data centers and AI has been thoughtful, even though it isn't exactly what I would have done. This post seems to work against all of that. Data centers are an opportunity for New York and the nation. Aug 31	9	0	2	0	—	1,600
“Compromise” vibes: watering down an ideal “Common promise” vibes: building up mutual ties that bind Aug 26	12	0	0	0	—	1,500
Up my alley https://t.co/abalUQnnQM Aug 4	8	0	2	0	—	1,500
@davidshimel @fractaltechnyc Spotted: @__drewface, @liamdanielduffy, and These United States https://t.co/lejROMAFKJ Aug 9	4	0	0	0	2× Fractal	1,400 700 × 2
The MNY piece: https://t.co/P3OXg6Q4AU Aug 7	2	0	1	0	2× MNY	1,400 700 × 2
Good lens. Government ought to be able to execute, or things proceed off the rails. https://t.co/B0AQUxcmqu Aug 6	9	0	1	0	—	1,400
I just follow orders. Godspeed, @AlexTISYoung. https://t.co/bBtmQdtTia https://t.co/xcedUpB4fj Aug 4	7	0	2	0	—	1,400
https://t.co/zSjmK5nNQR https://t.co/yXdtTHylTM Aug 3	9	0	1	0	—	1,400
Run, don’t walk https://t.co/LKkRVYjzGo Aug 26	7	1	0	0	—	1,300
Agree https://t.co/rGmTG0db8d Aug 25	8	0	1	0	—	1,300
FYI https://t.co/LnnGrF5JqC Aug 13	10	0	0	0	—	1,300
One day they will get their subway link to the other boroughs! https://t.co/VJpMgkGyJe Aug 13	8	0	1	0	—	1,300
@GarettJones and @akoustov are excellent follows generally, but if you want honest truth-seekers when it comes to the perennially thorny topic of immigration, they’re your guys. https://t.co/GYTmE50XfE Aug 30	5	0	2	0	—	1,200
If you want to read the City Council's committee report for today's hearing on the Pied-a-Terre rollout, I will post the 12 pages as images in this thread, followed by a link to the report. https://t.co/oxUQCllg4h https://t.co/sT5SXZmeXU Aug 18	7	0	1	0	—	1,200
Excellent https://t.co/Ur0dRK8lfb Aug 12	9	0	0	0	—	1,200
It is wonderful to have vision and pragmatism at the head of NASA. https://t.co/EzdagJmFrp Aug 9	9	0	0	0	—	1,200
I’ll allow it https://t.co/0JcGdn0yXJ https://t.co/bOPWdB68cL Aug 7	4	0	1	1	—	1,200
One of the marvelous things about America is that it’s enormous, and many kinds of people want to live in different kinds of ways. Rural, suburban, urban. It can all be productively unlocked with prudent policy to allow us all to pursue our version of the American Dream. https://t.co/61SbyKywM9 Aug 28	8	0	0	0	—	1,100
Yes! And also: it was delivered in 1893. Essentially every online source, and every published physical book I could find, gets the date wrong and pins it at 1883. Even the @PBS "original source archive"! I wrote a post about how I tracked down and verified the correct date: https://t.co/UvGiLBCUSJ Aug 24	5	1	0	0	—	1,100
Putting it out there if you're doing fall programming: I would be interested in doing talks, debates, etc on New York's CLCPA (Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act, 2019) implementation. I'll definitely be doing my own talks about this, but the more the merrier! Aug 10	8	0	0	0	—	1,100
There are more locations for nuclear plants than we think. @GovKathyHochul ☢️🗽 https://t.co/8YeCsfrPLZ https://t.co/sz1fIAegGv Aug 5	5	1	0	0	—	1,100
The Chinatown birds will absolutely steal your dumplings if you’re not careful https://t.co/6xGHwfa36V Aug 30	7	0	0	0	—	1,000
https://t.co/ECDjxjq4PV https://t.co/Djvmw8J5uN Aug 25	7	0	0	0	—	1,000
You can learn many things here: https://t.co/lp4elFI3zu Aug 18	2	0	0	0	2× Fractal	1,000 500 × 2
What interesting times we live in https://t.co/IIlDf00fd8 Aug 6	7	0	0	0	—	1,000
Also: https://t.co/09vIMjT9AU Aug 6	5	0	1	0	—	1,000
@__drewface Related: https://t.co/UFXBg3wDdY Aug 24	6	0	0	0	—	900
@aarmlovi cc @__drewface this is a post we could collaborate on Aug 18	4	0	1	0	—	900
It is indeed a political nerd Christmas. In my gov class, we cover c3/4s (and the whole 501c chunk of the Internal Revenue Code) towards the end, and the questions and discussion are always great. https://t.co/2KAEi5G2qz Aug 8	6	0	0	0	—	900
Cohort 1, the Ur-cohort https://t.co/Fo3aIcd51q Aug 5	6	0	0	0	—	900
From @ahall_research and @danmthomp: https://t.co/asOE0mo5Im https://t.co/MdlnSBTr7x Aug 4	1	1	1	0	—	900
Get ready https://t.co/IoZFvw35mo Aug 13	5	0	0	0	—	800
@__drewface @lorenz_system I even QT’d it Aug 6	3	0	1	0	—	800
@emhuntersmith 🫡 Aug 4	3	0	1	0	—	800
Neat! https://t.co/ITBJ5d4P0P Aug 4	5	0	0	0	—	800
Go write! https://t.co/2plwpwdhcM Aug 31	4	0	0	0	—	700
Neat! https://t.co/NNmMPX9GLq Aug 27	4	0	0	0	—	700
Needs immediate city-wide deployment https://t.co/V60SeWASqU Aug 24	4	0	0	0	—	700
@s_sullivan @EphieBernstein His story pops up in Stripe Press's "Maintenance of Everything: Part One" https://t.co/c81emCPK5p Aug 17	2	0	1	0	—	700
Also: https://t.co/HgVYf3EDOv Aug 7	2	0	1	0	—	700
!! https://t.co/z6LfXUHU8y Aug 27	3	0	0	0	—	600
Heavens https://t.co/8KKJ8Fnfjr Aug 26	3	0	0	0	—	600
Some background: https://t.co/qFbEnLEJuE Aug 19	3	0	0	0	—	600
"The great privilege of the Americans is to be able to have repairable mistakes." Tocqueville's "Democracy in America," Volume 1, Part 2, Chapter 6. https://t.co/NdXaqahLVv https://t.co/t7ogTkJ8qy Aug 14	3	0	0	0	—	600
@IsaiahMenning @ACC_National @JoinFAI Congratulations on the move! Aug 10	1	0	1	0	—	600
Good question for anyone to contemplate: does your institution/social graph have an outgroup advocatus diaboli to consult? https://t.co/Hd3fXDAog0 Aug 9	3	0	0	0	—	600
@Prigoose 🚨Helen Keller and Anne Sullivan mentioned🚨 Aug 7	3	0	0	0	—	600
*applications. Proof of humanity! Aug 4	3	0	0	0	—	600
@Liface https://t.co/VBuIICLNlw Aug 4	1	0	1	0	—	600
I’m just scrolling along and get to spectate so many cool developments https://t.co/etHLiO08WA Aug 4	3	0	0	0	—	600
@Prigoose Sunday night, and also every night Aug 2	3	0	0	0	—	600
Seems like a good idea https://t.co/qRvACpOF6v Aug 24	2	0	0	0	—	500
@IrvingSwisher https://t.co/ZupAD8XnWz Aug 20	2	0	0	0	—	500
https://t.co/31BNJ02fPv Aug 18	0	0	1	0	—	500
https://t.co/djRFHMlDgO Aug 18	0	0	1	0	—	500
Also: https://t.co/NJjM1vOAU2 Aug 7	0	0	1	0	—	500
@GarettJones @ufhamilton https://t.co/ZRlabtgH9u Aug 4	2	0	0	0	—	500
@zdch 🫡 Aug 2	2	0	0	0	—	500
@emmma_camp_ Well earned! Congratulations! Aug 31	1	0	0	0	—	400
See also: https://t.co/WKbo4wSBny Aug 31	1	0	0	0	—	400
Again FYI, get @NYCComptroller’s newsletter https://t.co/V1jQdO7IaF https://t.co/TuNKeflbAe Aug 31	1	0	0	0	—	400
@cojobrien Several people have said this to me! Always down to assist a Foundations of DC endeavor Aug 31	1	0	0	0	—	400
@Trent_STEMpunk 🫡 Aug 20	1	0	0	0	—	400
All-of-the-above is the name of the game with energy, and natural gas is a big part of that. https://t.co/UzRvFbIQTY Aug 20	1	0	0	0	—	400
Related: https://t.co/eQOFb0cEg8 Aug 20	1	0	0	0	—	400
Also: https://t.co/19ZVeHKIlr Aug 8	1	0	0	0	—	400
@mbateman At the end of my government classes we read Lincoln's Lyceum Address from 1838, and discuss the overall societal context that necessitated its delivery. Grim! And yet here we are today. Aug 7	1	0	0	0	—	400
@markfishman_xyz They will! True public servants Aug 7	1	0	0	0	—	400
@jasminewsun's piece: https://t.co/Bjji4Mg9QP Aug 7	1	0	0	0	—	400
@lorenz_system Need Aug 5	1	0	0	0	—	400
@neejkapoor @AlexTISYoung 💙 Aug 4	1	0	0	0	—	400
@ahall_research @danmthomp https://t.co/BWeijPBMVn Aug 4	1	0	0	0	—	400
@ChrisGillett It just wanted to explore! Aug 4	1	0	0	0	—	400
@lorenz_system @NYCHousing Yesssssss Aug 2	1	0	0	0	—	400
This, on the other hand, is more my speed if the goal is a jocular post: https://t.co/YAdtkNwISM Aug 31	0	0	0	0	—	300
Related: https://t.co/FXp5akb4kw Aug 20	0	0	0	0	—	300
Ahem: https://t.co/ryV9Dvoihv Aug 20	0	0	0	0	—	300
The legistar link: https://t.co/dwsbqjEMrQ Aug 18	0	0	0	0	—	300
@Paul_Taske YES Aug 5	0	0	0	0	—	300
The post: https://t.co/7WNqJIxSnL Aug 5	0	0	0	0	—	300
@chill__berrt YES Aug 4	0	0	0	0	—	300
Total · 115 tweets in September 2026	4,047	206	73	15	8 boosted	530,600

Posts, replies, and quote tweets count — native retweets are excluded. Mentioning a project on the boost list doubles that tweet's points.