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Someone should name a bar/speakeasy in D.C. "That's Classified" so that when someone asks where you're going, you can say, "That's Classified"
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“When people talk of friend-shoring, I get a little nervous because I don't know who is a friend,” WTO DG Okongo-Iweala said during a panel discussion. “A friend today maybe tomorrow will not be a friend. When you say that, I never hear any countries in Africa mentioned.”
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Bryce Baschuk @bbaschuk
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Real wages back to growing — to the extent inflation is now driven by prices in labor-intensive services, I think that’s probably less of a big deal politically than inflation in commodities or manufactured goods.
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I wish we could get stories like this headlined “Washington State might allow four-unit buildings” — I think a lot of people read this as a proposal to prohibit single-family homes or something.
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🚨New Essay🚨
It's 2023. Where are all the robots we were promised !?
Here's why we desperately need a Henry Ford of domestic bots.
strangeloopcanon.com/p/where-are-al…
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"Twitter’s annual interest burden has increased by over $100 million since he announced the takeover deal last April, as the overnight rate has increased. At the time of the announcement, the overnight rate was 0.3%."
Now it's 4.3%ish — wow.
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The U.K.'s struggles are bigger than the crisis of the N.H.S., but the struggles of the N.H.S. are truly staggering at the moment. (1/x)
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1978: SF NIMBYs downzone SF, banning 180,000 potential homes
Less than a decade ago: the YIMBY movement is born in SF
This week: the SF BOS voted to make over *HALF A MILLION* new homes legal, counteracting the '78 downzoning by >3x
Thank you @Scott_Wiener @SFyimby @cayimby!
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Senator Scott Wiener @Scott_Wiener