Favorite Rejects 2022-08-23
types of CA ballot propositions:
-rich person's obviously insane obsession
-something that clearly should have been legislation
-effort by tech company to kill regulation
-well intentioned, would kill thousands if implemented
-rich person's subtly insane obsession
-dialysis
🍴 For years, critics have argued that #FoodTrucks hurt established restaurants within communities.
🧐 IJ's study puts those concerns to the test.
⚠️ Spoiler Alert: food trucks actually complement the brick-and-mortar restaurant industry.
ij.org/press-release/…
Food for thought: if the US cut just 2% of its annual defense budget it could afford to construct a colossal obsidian sphere in the San Francisco Bay. On top of the obvious economic benefits, it would be visible throughout all of northern California and emanate an ominous hum!
Apple is preparing to manufacture its new iPhone 14 in India months earlier than it did previous models, sign it’s boosting production outside China where Covid-related shutdowns and geopolitical tensions have raised risks for foreign businesses.
The state of Evangelical Christianity in the US...
'I’ve had pastors tell me that they (...) mentioned the Sermon on the Mount and have had church members say: where did you get those liberal talking points?'
Did not expect China's government to come out in favor of the British Empire and Imperial Japan, but here we are...
Zhang Meifang张美芳 @CGMeifangZhang
The takeaway from Minneapolis (which leads in housing construction nationwide) is simply that replacing single-family zoning for theoretically 3-units a lot is not going to yield anywhere as much housing as high density upzoning like what MLPS 2040 did.
Conor Sen @conorsen
