Favorite Rejects 2021-11-24

Next door in Silicon Valley @nextdoorsv

Weird how a shortage of a thing means the price of the thing goes up. I’ve even thought about it for 10 seconds.

The Boston Globe @BostonGlobe

In Cambridge, a 2021 BMW that cost $79,000 new recently sold for $85,000 — used. As the shortage of new cars turns used cars into objects of intense desire, dealers are begging car owners to turn in their vehicles early so they can flip them for more. https://t.co/TfrGRLswTe

Noah Smith 🐇 @Noahpinion

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S*nate Malapportionment Is A Social Construct 👁 @csilverandgold

I think it is fine if high property taxes make old people who only have 1-2 people living in their house sell their homes and buy smaller ones.

Timothy B. Lee @binarybits

"Affordable housing" activists frequently claim that building new apartment buildings will accelerate gentrification and thereby raise rents. That's totally backwards, as this research shows.

fullstackeconomics.comHow luxury apartment buildings help low-income rentersNew empirical research shows how luxury apartments push down rents for everyone.

Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

Read @EricLevitz on the biggest known unknown in American politics.

nymag.comIs the GOP’s Policy Agenda Hidden or Nonexistent?For a party that may soon have full control of government, its ambitions remain remarkably unclear.

Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

I would simply send an oil drilling crew featuring Bruce Willis and Ben Affleck

The Associated Press @AP

NASA launched a spacecraft on a mission to smash into an asteroid and test whether it would be possible to knock a speeding space rock off course if one were to threaten Earth. The mission official says the craft is designed "to give it a small nudge." https://t.co/OkcFc87kI0

Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

The fact that Trump’s DC hotel is apparently no longer profitable now that it can’t be used as a vehicle for bribing the president of the United States seems like something that once upon a time would have been considered noteworthy.

Noah Smith 🐇 @Noahpinion

Me: These monuments are just monuments Them: Yes but look at this monument

ForbiddenPopehat @Popehat

Some news, an upcoming venture, and a request for input from fans of All The Presidents' Lawyers

popehat.substack.comFarewell to All the Presidents’ Lawyers, Looking For Your Input on What’s NextDear Readers, Many of you listen to All the Presidents’ Lawyers, the KCRW radio show and podcast I’ve co-hosted with Josh Barro for the last three years. We’ve had a blast exploring the Mueller investigation, the colorful figures like Roger Stone and Michael Avenatti, and the bizarre legal issues su…

Dinislаm Теbuеv @onlylowercase

how it started: how it's going:

Dan Federman @TheFederman

Just a few cones can go a long way towards righting a wrong.

Nat Bullard @NatBullard

Chart: passenger electric vehicles are now 10% of total car sales. And most of those sales are pure battery EV, not plug-in hybrid.

brb opening a hardware store @Nativephilly

So moral of the story is