Favorite Rejects 2022-02-18

non functional tubule @meatspacemaxima

Dean Preston is actually a cartoon villain invented by YIMBY operatives, prove me wrong

pdev pedlar @s_damerdji

come hang out with us as we take a walking tour of some of the new sites where the city is planning for new housing! the ~MAYOR~ of Mountain View @LucasRamirezMV will be there too, so dont miss it!

actionnetwork.orgWalking Tour of Mountain View Housing SitesJoin MV YIMBY and Mayor Ramirez to see where Mountain View is planning to build new homes! Our walking tour includes several sites that are included as priority sites for the next eight years. MV YIMBY is a group that supports new multi-family housing, both affordable and market-rate.

JW Mason @JWMason1

This is fun: The majority of people think that higher interest rates lead to higher inflation, not lower. Got to raise rates to keep those inflation expectations anchored, yup yup. restud.com/wp-content/upl…

Noah Smith 🌐+🧦=🐇 @Noahpinion

Basically the bad scenario now is 3C and the good scenario is 2C. This interactive chart is good for envisioning the difference between those two. It's a pretty big difference.

interactive.carbonbrief.orgInteractive: The impacts of climate change at 1.5C, 2C and beyondCarbon Brief has extracted key metrics showing how global warming is projected to affect the world

Atlas Obscura @atlasobscura

A monument to Lenin has been transformed into a statue of everyone's favorite black-helmeted, fool-choking Sith Lord.

atlasobscura.comDarth Vader StatueA monument to Lenin has been transformed into a statue of everyone’s favorite black-helmeted, fool-choking Sith Lord.

Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

I don’t think it was obvious to most people … if it was obvious to most people then why didn’t that obviousness show up in the financial markets? I know the TIPS spread is not highly predictive, but if you have a way to consistently outforecast it there’s money on the table.

Sam Altman @sama

genuinely curious: the fed has smart people. how were they so wrong about inflation being transient, when it seemed so obvious to most people that it wasn't going to be?

Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

Is this forecast correct currently? My confidence in it is low — I would not be that surprised if actual inflation was way higher than this or if we got a recession and undershoot — but I’m pretty reluctant to claim that I can do better.

Lauren Peikoff @laurenpeikoff

Dr. Scott Gottlieb: My kids won't wear Covid masks in school when mandate lifts later this month

cnb.cxDr. Scott Gottlieb: My kids won’t wear Covid masks in school when mandate lifts later this monthHowever, the Pfizer director and former FDA chief told CNBC on Friday he’ll still wear masks in stores as a courtesy. “It’s a matter of etiquette.”

Prof. Lemon Gogurt, Podcast State University @Ugarles

If you consider that Canada has oceans on both its east and west coasts, perhaps all of this is governed by maritime law.

Althia Raj @althiaraj

Meanwhile Pat King is telling truckers the OPS has said they will let truckers leave. He recommends taking their white shirts or underwear off to hold a white flag because the cops "cannot touch you if you are holding a white flag. That is international law." https://t.co/3sbQCxK18W

Taras Grescoe 🐌 @grescoe

THIS JUST IN: #Paris's car-free zone announced. Starting in 2024, cars will be banned in much of 1st-4th arrondissements. Zone will be reserved for pedestrians, cyclists, transit, the handicapped, local residents. Offenders will be automatically ticketed. leparisien.fr/paris-75/on-ne…

Alec Stapp @AlecStapp

NYT: “no one wants to work anymore” Labor market data: employment share is back to March 2018 levels and still increasing rapidly 🤷🏻‍♂️

Mike Masnick @mmasnick

Hard to believe that no one at Zillow was familiar with the concept of adverse selection before betting about a billion dollars on it not existing.

Timothy B. Lee @binarybits

Zillow's home-flipping program lost $881 million (!) during a time when home prices were rising rapidly. @AlanMCole explains what went wrong. https://t.co/4i0xv7Mdai

Not Josh Blackman @NotJoshBlackman

THERE WE GO. Thanks, Texas. You fucking idiots.

KPBS News @KPBSnews

"I'm sick of being on the defense on this stuff," Newsom said. He's backing a new bill in the state Legislature that would let private citizens enforce the state’s assault weapons ban by filing civil lawsuits. https://t.co/TKz90pfqnE