TheOmniZaddy 🇺🇦@TheOmniZaddy
Tokyo added 1.9m people since 2000 (⬆️13.7%)
New York added 795k people since 2000
(⬆️9.9%)
San Francisco added 97k people since 2000 (⬆️11%)
Here is how housing costs have compared between 東京都, NYC, and SF:
2:37 AM · Mar 22, 2022
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Matthew Yglesias@mattyglesias
What could we possibly do about a situation where demand for dwellings is high but demand for offices is low?
David Wessel @davidmwessel
People want to live in Manhattan as much ever but fewer want work there. Manhattan apartment rentals are booming and sales are reaching record levels. Midtown offices drawing barely one-third of pre-pandemic workforce. https://t.co/CxdzSu4jMR via @WSJ
11:50 AM · Mar 22, 2022
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Kevin Davis 🌻🌻🌻@nofatnoflavor
@Popehat @Timodc At least there's this gem in the comments.
2:27 PM · Mar 22, 2022
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Noah Smith 🐇🇺🇦@Noahpinion
Attention: Taiwan.
Rob Lee @RALee85
Video of Ukrainian troops striking a Russian Raptor Project 03160 high-speed patrol boat from Mariupol with a Konkurs ATGM. Two Russian sailors were reportedly wounded and the boat was towed to Yeysk.
https://t.co/SPMuT4O1pK https://t.co/CWxr3wWrey
5:14 PM · Mar 22, 2022
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Matthew Yglesias@mattyglesias
This is why I have canceled plans for Slow Boring to do a SPAC merger. https://t.co/xmKCBLFiqH
Ryan Butner Uses The Internet @RSButner
Its pretty hard to ignore the fact that despite going public seeming to be the one thing every organization strives for, it also usually means adopting a set of organizational incentives that are entirely antithetical to the objectives of worthwhile organizations. https://t.co/4K7DKYhT7c
5:40 PM · Mar 22, 2022
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Matthew Yglesias@mattyglesias
Secret Congress passed a small pro-housing bill and didn't even tell me about it!
upforgrowth.org/news/promoting…
6:13 PM · Mar 22, 2022
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Matthew Yglesias@mattyglesias
Congress would function better if there were no cameras in confirmation hearings and the only point of asking questions was to solicit an answer rather than generate a video clip of yourself.
7:27 PM · Mar 22, 2022
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Timothy B. Lee@binarybits
Relatedly, it would be a bad idea to broadcast video of Supreme Court oral arguments.
Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias
Congress would function better if there were no cameras in confirmation hearings and the only point of asking questions was to solicit an answer rather than generate a video clip of yourself.
7:32 PM · Mar 22, 2022
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Noah Smith 🐇🇺🇦@Noahpinion
I believe this! The first person I heard say this was Cosma Shalizi:
bactra.org/weblog/699.html
Marc Andreessen @pmarca
A thing I believe that most people don’t believe: The Kurzweil singularity has been in effect since the 1700s. https://t.co/1WhOZkFUVk
9:26 PM · Mar 22, 2022
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Matthew Yglesias@mattyglesias
The academy should lean-in to fragmentation and supplement the actual presentation of the awards with dozens of streaming mini-docs that break down all the nominees — give me ten minutes explaining the editing in each of the Best Editing nominees etc
10:44 PM · Mar 22, 2022
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Matthew Yglesias@mattyglesias
Yes, give Taylor Ramos and Tony Zhou the money and access to do it and it would be amazing and educational.
Jared Brewer @DrJaredBrewer
@mattyglesias If they are done by the "Every Frame A Painting" guy, I'd almost certainly watch that.
10:51 PM · Mar 22, 2022
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