insulae bro@TribTowerViews
This is a good paper paper from @DonaldShoup on frictions of land assembly and graduated density zoning to incent cooperation.
But what if we looked at reducing non-usable floorspace (second stairs, corridors & large elevators) to reduce the threshold for "buildable" lots?
2:21 AM · Nov 26, 2022
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Matthew Yglesias@mattyglesias
Certainly true that highway safety is an underrated issue https://t.co/s1gMySEmkl
The Kyiv Independent @KyivIndependent
⚡️Speaking of Russian military casualties, Putin says 'death is inevitable.'
During a meeting with soldiers' mothers, Russian dictator Vladimir Putin compared the country's losses during the invasion of Ukraine with the number of people dying in road accidents.
10:31 AM · Nov 26, 2022
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Aaron Chalfin@AaronChalfin
How admissions to top universities in the US really works as revealed by a simple comparison between one of NYC's top public high schools (Stuyvesant HS) and one of NYC's top private high schools (Horace Mann School). A short thread with some basic descriptive statistics 👇👇
1:10 PM · Nov 26, 2022
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Alex Tabarrok@ATabarrok
Kudos to @geoffreyfowler for writing this piece and to Wash Post for publishing it.
washingtonpost.com
Perspective | It’s not your imagination: Shopping on Amazon has gotten worse
6:16 PM · Nov 26, 2022
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Matthew Yglesias@mattyglesias
Ugh … I’m formally committed to moderation and political pragmatism now but it still kinda seems to me that personal cars should be completely banned from Manhattan — just deliveries, tradespeople, a fleet of accessible taxis, and plenty of busways and bike lanes.
7:36 PM · Nov 26, 2022
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Wiggle Wiggle Vigil@DaOfficialVigil
Chinese propaganda of the US Navy.
7:02 PM · Nov 26, 2022
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Matthew Yglesias@mattyglesias
There’s a faction on US Twitter that insists we could have had Xi Jinping’s Covid policies if not for David Leonhardt and Emily Oster.
Vivian Wu @vivianwubeijing
At this movement in the chilly winter night, Shanghai people are chanting on the downtown street “ we don’t want dictatorship, we want democracy”.Extraordinary courage and solidarity showed. After 3 years of suffering from lockdown & control of society, people are raged. https://t.co/AZRFh6bbiE
11:49 PM · Nov 26, 2022
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Phil Cunningham@jinpeili
Scenes from Hotan in Xinjiang where citizens waving red flag break through police barrier manned by white suits.
Similar street battles reported in Tianjin, Guangdong, Chongqing and elsewhere.
5:33 PM · Nov 26, 2022
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Li Yuan@LiYuan6
Widespread protests against the zero Covid policy on university campuses and city streets across China. People gathered to mourn the victims who died in a horrifying fire tragedy Thursday and protest the inhuman policy. Don't think I've seen anything like this since 1989.
5:43 PM · Nov 26, 2022
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Eva Rammeloo@eefjerammeloo
‘Down with the party! Down with Xi Jinping!’ Free Xinjiang!’
7:14 PM · Nov 26, 2022
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Byron Wan@Byron_Wan
🔥 You won’t believe this: the people on Urumqi Middle Road in Shanghai are yelling “共产党、下台! 共产党、下台!” (Communist Party, step down! Communist Party, step down!)
3/n
7:21 PM · Nov 26, 2022
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Franka Lu@FrankaLu
Cao Guozheng, the President of Communication University of China, Nanjing, threatened the protesting students: “One day you will all pay a price for what you are doing!”
Students shouted back: “One day this country will pay a price (for what is has done to the people)!”
8:27 PM · Nov 26, 2022
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Vivian Wu@vivianwubeijing
Scale of the protest tonight in Shanghai. Notice police didn’t do anything but standing calmly watching ppl protest and shouting. It’s not benevolence. My guess: they need to ask for directives from the top authorities. Police might be stunned as nobody dares doing so for decades
11:31 PM · Nov 26, 2022
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