non functional tubule@meatspacemaxima
Dean Preston is actually a cartoon villain invented by YIMBY operatives, prove me wrong
5:08 AM · Feb 18, 2022
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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!
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Walking Tour of Mountain View Housing Sites
6:09 AM · Feb 18, 2022
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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…
5:04 AM · Feb 17, 2022
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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.org
Interactive: The impacts of climate change at 1.5C, 2C and beyond
9:15 AM · Feb 18, 2022
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Atlas Obscura@atlasobscura
A monument to Lenin has been transformed into a statue of everyone's favorite black-helmeted, fool-choking Sith Lord.
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Darth Vader Statue
9:47 AM · Feb 18, 2022
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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?
12:50 PM · Feb 18, 2022
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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.
12:55 PM · Feb 18, 2022
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Lauren Peikoff@laurenpeikoff
Dr. Scott Gottlieb: My kids won't wear Covid masks in school when mandate lifts later this month
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Dr. Scott Gottlieb: My kids won’t wear Covid masks in school when mandate lifts later this month
6:12 PM · Feb 18, 2022
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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
6:43 PM · Feb 18, 2022
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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…
3:04 PM · Feb 17, 2022
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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 🤷🏻♂️
8:21 PM · Feb 18, 2022
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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
8:59 PM · Feb 18, 2022
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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
1:51 AM · Feb 19, 2022
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