Favorite Rejects 2022-12-23

Alex Muresianu @ahardtospell

Abraham Woodliff is a writer. @Abrahamburger91

This is something that should resonate with you: If you're from the Bay Area it is more financially responsible to move to New York City than it is to keep living here. Concord is as expensive as Brooklyn. CONCORD.

kyle alex brett @kyalbr

There are a few different film punctuations, for how a director ends a film. These are the superior ones. 5. Fade to Black. 4. Cut to Black, on beat or after. 3. Cut to Black, unexpectedly fast. 2. Fade to White. And the most elite. 1. Run Credits as Last Shot Plays.

Jay Yarow @jyarow

Read @EllisItems⁩ on the COVID crisis that’s hitting China.

41jellis.medium.comMutation.How does a Chinese national say “President Xi was completely wrong” without finding himself or herself on the midnight express to…

Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

Rags to riches would be a better story politically *if* Santos could offer a legitimate explanation of how he made his money — but instead he’s offered a story about jobs that turned out to be fake which raises the question of where the 💰💰💰is from.

Josh @Tyrangiel

What's so nuts is that his actual story—multilingual son of a domestic worker, who pulled himself up from a Queens call center—is so much better politically than ex-Goldman Sachs banker! https://t.co/VsTzMAggO9

Mountain View YIMBY 🥑 @MVyimby

.@MountainViewGov's latest housing plan is more of the same: white neighborhoods are successfully keeping low income housing out of their backyards. We have a progressive city council - why don't we have a progressive housing element? 🙄

Feross @feross

Recursive Game of Life 🤯 oimo.io/works/life/

Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

This is even better if you happen to be a Trek fan

Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

People will be all “central planning doesn’t work” and then not talk about how a committee of experts has monthly meetings where they set credit conditions and time-preference throughout the economy.

Noah Smith 🐇🇺🇦 @Noahpinion

There will be no green energy transition if this keeps happening.

Dan Gearino @DanGearino

BREAKING: EDF Renewables cancels 400-megawatt solar project in Columbus, Ohio area in response to intense local opposition. This is the second-largest project in US to be canceled for this reason. https://t.co/VIdn1fA5hi

Mountain View YIMBY 🥑 @MVyimby

merry christmas folks

Arin Dube @arindube

One of the many benefits of running the labor market hot: you can be happy if you see employers automating unpleasant, low-paid, tasks because paying terribly low wages is no longer feasible.