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
2:12 AM · Nov 24, 2021
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Noah Smith 🐇@Noahpinion
Thread
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.
8:50 AM · Nov 24, 2021
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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.com
How luxury apartment buildings help low-income renters
2:52 PM · Nov 24, 2021
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Matthew Yglesias@mattyglesias
Read @EricLevitz on the biggest known unknown in American politics.
nymag.com
Is the GOP’s Policy Agenda Hidden or Nonexistent?
3:39 PM · Nov 24, 2021
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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
4:02 PM · Nov 24, 2021
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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.
4:13 PM · Nov 24, 2021
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Noah Smith 🐇@Noahpinion
Me: These monuments are just monuments
Them: Yes but look at this monument
5:08 PM · Nov 24, 2021
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ForbiddenPopehat@Popehat
Some news, an upcoming venture, and a request for input from fans of All The Presidents' Lawyers
popehat.substack.com
Farewell to All the Presidents’ Lawyers, Looking For Your Input on What’s Next
5:41 PM · Nov 24, 2021
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Dinislаm Теbuеv@onlylowercase
how it started: how it's going:
7:36 PM · Nov 24, 2021
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Dan Federman@TheFederman
Just a few cones can go a long way towards righting a wrong.
7:45 PM · Nov 24, 2021
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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.
3:10 PM · Nov 24, 2021
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brb opening a hardware store@Nativephilly
So moral of the story is
1:49 AM · Nov 25, 2021
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