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Kevin Wallsten
Personal blog · themissingdatadepot.substack.compoliticsdata
Kevin Wallsten writes The Missing Data Depot, a personal blog at themissingdatadepot.substack.com about politics and data. Since 2022, 4 different Hacker News readers have linked it 5 times. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-02-23, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (1) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
One HN commenter links a post from this Substack on DEI and free speech, in a thread about Texas banning DEI offices. The comment gives no view on the writing itself.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 1 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
What's Left Out of Conversations about American Politics.
What Hacker News says?
Asian Americans, for one. See lawsuits here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Students_for_Fair_Admissions_v... And likely anyone who values true freedom of speech: https://themissingdatadepot.substack.com/p/is-dei-destroying...
Comment linking /p/is-dei-destroying-free-speech-on
on “Texas Passes Ban on DEI Offices and Tenure Reform at Public Universities”Submitted The Political Causes of the College Enrollment Crisis as a story · 13 points
HN discussionSubmitted Big Tech's Surprisingly Weak Case for Affirmative Action as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Military’s White Democrat Problem as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted A Brief Note on Bad Faith as a story · 1 points
HN discussion
