Favorite Rejects 2021-11-13

Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

One thing I think you see here is that writers who live in New York City tend to underestimate the life of material abundance enjoyed by the typical person who living outside a high-cost metro and working in a more normal industry.

Brian Stelter @brianstelter

"Walk around your town. Explore a major American city. Drive across the country. What are the most important problems you see?" —@hamiltonnolan https://t.co/NBO5IkB6bX https://t.co/zkCJcvXrm0

Noah Smith 🐇 @Noahpinion

LOLLLLLL missed this one when it came out

Science Banana @literalbanana

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Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

Many people are saying that legal immigration is a highly effective supply side reform

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla

JPMORGAN: “ .. the working-age population .. has been falling for almost two years .. the vast majority of the shortfall .. appears driven by a decline in immigration to the United States, beginning during the Trump administration and continuing through the COVID pandemic.” https://t.co/DbEegk9VqK

Gray Kimbrough @graykimbrough

Fake progressivism on display in East Silver Spring: one sign in favor of exclusionary zoning, another protesting a general plan (Thrive 2050) that calls for making Montgomery County more welcoming, and a Black Lives Matter sign.

Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

Ton of interesting stuff here. One thing that jumps out at me is Black people think anti-Black discrimination is widespread and white people think anti-white discrimination is widespread, but few people say they personally face frequent discrimination. voxeu.org/article/percep…

Aaron @BobbyBigWheel

Britney is free and Steve Bannon is indicted, another promise delivered on by Joe Biden

Billy Binion @billybinion

A cop killed an 8-year-old girl while responding to a gunfight. Then, the state charged two teens with her murder. People seem shocked by the charges. But this isn't the first time police have deflected accountability in this way. My latest @reason:

reason.comCop Kills 8-Year-Old Girl; Two Teens Charged With Her MurderFanta Bility’s death has revived an under-the-radar debate about the doctrine of transferred intent.

9DASHLINE @9DashLine

Japanese destroyer escorts Australian vessel for 1st time s.nikkei.com/2YHCTTn SDF expands asset protection mission under 2015 security law to include Canberra.

s.nikkei.comJapanese destroyer escorts Australian vessel for 1st timeSDF expands asset protection mission under 2015 security law to include Canberra

Berny Belvedere @bernybelvedere

This is exactly why libs hate him so much. They can’t stand it when a person becomes this self-reliant.

New York Post @nypost

'Super flexible' Joe Rogan says he can perform fellatio on himself https://t.co/PxNR5ue49W https://t.co/LkJtl7tSJL

John Gruber @gruber

USB glory holes:

Quinn Nelson @SnazzyQ

You think they can’t communicate with their customers any more poorly and then this… Tesla stops shipping USB-C/wireless charging in new cars due to part shortages and fails to inform customers taking delivery. There are just holes lol https://t.co/p6EXxjfHPS https://t.co/mJtp3cU5AO

Noah Smith 🐇 @Noahpinion

If inflation continues, the Fed will start hiking rates. But first it will wind down QE and do other pre-hike tightening stuff.

Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

The real (i.e. inflation adjusted) GDP recovery has been very impressive given the scale of the negative shock. I increasingly think the right thing to do is declare victory and raise interest rates. https://t.co/cFmt4tLnak

Noah Smith 🐇 @Noahpinion

And this is why all the "ban cars" people on Twitter are so full of crap. Americans love their cars, if you even hint that you're going to restrict cars Americans just vote Republican. ONLY electric cars break this cycle.

Noah Smith 🐇 @Noahpinion

@IDoTheThinking Anything other than "here, drive an electric, it's better and cheaper" is going to just result in the election of Republicans who cheerfully promote gas car ownership and suburbanization.

Noah Smith 🐇 @Noahpinion

SF is a regulatory dystopia

Heather Knight @hknightsf

My latest: Yoko and Clint Tan wanted to turn their wildly popular Noodle in a Haystack ramen pop-up into a San Francisco restaurant — but now they’ve spent $100,000, endured a permitting nightmare and still have no opening date. They regret ever trying. https://t.co/oO0UG1CEus

Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

Imagine if your neighbor was just allowed to buy whatever color car he wanted, whether or not it appeals to your personal sense of aesthetics but in exchange *you* are allowed to buy whatever color car you want without asking all your neighbors for permission first. Wild stuff.

Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

The thing that people who aren’t ignorant or dishonest know is that the exact same institutional mechanisms that block new market-rate housing also block nonprofits and municipalities from building subsidized housing. There is zero distinction between the agendas.