Matthew Yglesias@mattyglesias
But to make busses better requires changes beyond money — bus lanes, signal priority, etc
The path of least resistance is change nothing, cut fares to $0, then cut service levels during the next downturn and unleash a ridership death spiral.
slowboring.com
How to make the bus better
5:10 PM · Nov 21, 2021
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Adam Ozimek@ModeledBehavior
Some good news for you, a really nice environmental kuznets curve https://t.co/A54ZgCUNjr
Hannah Ritchie @_HannahRitchie
Scotland's forest cover is nearly back to where it was 1000 years ago.
Centuries of deforestation meant only 4-5% of its land was forested by 1750.
But it's coming back, and closing in on 20%.
From our @OurWorldinData work on forests and deforestation: https://t.co/VT9jxZmojK https://t.co/348OEi1ehJ
2:13 AM · Nov 22, 2021
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Noah Shachtman@NoahShachtman
We've had plenty of evidence already that the Jan. 6 rally team was coordinating with the Trump White House. But these leaked texts show -- in the organizers own words -- that they believed they were taking orders the Oval Office.
rollingstone.com
Leaked Texts: Jan. 6 Organizers Say They Were ‘Following POTUS’ Lead’
2:42 AM · Nov 22, 2021
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Matthew Yglesias@mattyglesias
There are obviously important exceptions to this rule, but something a lot of people haven't updated on is that Democratic donors are more left-wing than rank-and-file Democratic Party voters, including on economic issues.
3:05 PM · Nov 22, 2021
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Andrew Prokop@awprokop
The @MattGrossmann @DaveAHopkins argument was that Democrats were more a coalition of various interests rather than a party of ideology like the GOP.
@jonathanchait makes the case that's changing, driven by progressive nonprofits & their donors
nymag.com/intelligencer/…
3:34 PM · Nov 22, 2021
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Andrew Prokop@awprokop
I delved into the child care plan of the Build Back Better Act. It's one of the most ambitious parts of the bill, that could greatly help millions of families.
But its design could bring serious implementation challenges, both practical and political
vox.com
Democrats’ child care plan could help millions — or it could be a big mess
3:38 PM · Nov 22, 2021
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Matthew Yglesias@mattyglesias
It’s mostly land use imo, like “rich white people don’t run the bus” except they actually do ride the M86 in New York because it goes with decent frequency from one very dense rich neighborhood to another very dense rich neighborhood. https://t.co/s3wVWWigLh
Noah Smith 🐇 @Noahpinion
If you want more trains in America, you won't do it by making driving less attractive. People will revolt and you'll lose to pro-car people at the ballot box. Instead, figure out how to make Americans more enthusiastic about riding trains.
3:57 PM · Nov 22, 2021
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Richard Kadrey@Richard_Kadrey
Good morning.
via @tomgauld
4:48 PM · Nov 22, 2021
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🇧🇧🇹🇹🏳️🌈🌉 🚴🏿Ed@eparillon
Extremely disappointed to see @AaronPeskin go the full NIMBY and support the segregationists at livable CA.
release the crosstabs @TribTowerViews
.@AaronPeskin and Calvin Welch announce support for @livableca's local control ballot initiative in a column from @timredmondsf.
https://t.co/ekMUzBb63n https://t.co/qATMRFgWJC
5:21 PM · Nov 22, 2021
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Aaron@multeemodal
The @deyoungmuseum’s astroturf organization devoted to ruining @KidSafeSF JFK has broken its silence on the Concourse Garage. And now Museum Director Thomas Campbell copy-pasted this disinformation into a @sfchronicle op-ed. A mark-up:
5:41 PM · Nov 22, 2021
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Noah Smith 🐇@Noahpinion
The total number of fights I have ever seen on a train is 1, and I started it
6:18 PM · Nov 22, 2021
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Noah Smith 🐇@Noahpinion
One big reason SF politics is so screwed up is that it's run like a bunch of little fiefdoms instead of one unified city.
Jordan Grimes 🚰 @cafedujord
Translation: San Franciscans don't care if state anti-displacement protections, affordable housing, environmental, and fair housing laws get gutted by this initiative.
Why? Because it'll give them unilateral control of their little fiefdom. And that's all that matters to them. https://t.co/tBD7m8wB9y
6:39 PM · Nov 22, 2021
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Ned Resnikoff@resnikoff
"Prediction #8: Housing policy will become central to political battles about climate change"
rat king @MikeIsaac
redfin 2022 housing market predictions are pretty interesting after two years of madness
https://t.co/4NZAFEoz3T
7:28 PM · Nov 22, 2021
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Noah Smith 🐇@Noahpinion
I don't own a car, and I hate cars. But I recognize that other people love cars. It's like realizing that most people like the Eagles. You can get as mad as you want, but at the end of the day you live in a world where you're going to have to hear "Hotel California" a lot.
8:36 PM · Nov 22, 2021
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Kim-Mai Cutler@kimmaicutler
Why is this guy — again — spending federal affordable housing tax dollars, effectively stealing from his low-income tenants, to file lawsuits in order to stall Bay Area-wide regional plans to build housing and transit? https://t.co/h19bRaG1BD https://t.co/JbX2phM6PW
Conor Dougherty @ConorDougherty
Interesting SF Chronicle article on how an SF housing nonprofit has become a vociferous opponent of new housing and a kingmaker in local politics by, in essence, funding local ballot measures with millions of dollars in federal affordable housing funds. https://t.co/ZhCleGenK0
10:35 PM · Nov 22, 2021
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Matthew Yglesias@mattyglesias
I strongly support this voting rights legislation.
At the same time, as written *neither* of Democrats’ “save democracy” bills actually address the ability of highly gerrymandered state legislatures to determine the outcome of presidential elections.
Jay Rosen @jayrosen_nyu
"Midnight is approaching..." This open letter from political scientists and scholars of democracy puts it starkly. https://t.co/LBXVjQSbk5 via @ThePlumLineGS https://t.co/sSF7fz4V59
11:51 PM · Nov 22, 2021
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Noah Smith 🐇@Noahpinion
Important thread!
Goodbye world-island, hello world-ocean. Sorry Mackinder!
Paul Poast @ProfPaulPoast
Why can't 🇺🇸 let 🇯🇵, 🇹🇼, 🇰🇷, and most of East Asia be dominated by 🇨🇳?
Let's talk about the "Grand Area" and its importance to US foreign policy.
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1:00 AM · Nov 23, 2021
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