wanye@wanyeburkett
What it shows is how little governance matters when there are significant exogenous factors and how much of a city’s success comes down to luck and intangibles (well, and also built-in “tangibles” like natural beauty, access to water, etc). https://t.co/rDUscNB7Bt
ZaxxonGalaxian @ZaxxonGalaxian
@sdamico San Francisco is amazing - it shows how poorly a city can be run and still remain a world class city.
8:40 PM · Mar 3, 2023
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Brent Toderian@BrentToderian
NEW: People riding bikes (sorry, never been a fan of the word “cyclists”) are now the “single largest vehicular mode counted during peak times on London City streets,” according a new report by the City of London Corporation. Via @carltonreid in @Forbes.
forbes.com
Cyclists Now Outnumber Motorists In City Of London
3:27 AM · Mar 4, 2023
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Noah Smith 🐇🇺🇦@Noahpinion
Good idea. A bunch of European countries should build defense factories in Ukraine.
Special Kherson Cat 🐈🇺🇦 @bayraktar_1love
Rheinmetall is negotiating the construction of a tank factory on 🇺🇦 soil. "Plant can be set up in 🇺🇦 for around 200 million euros." company boss Armin Papperger. Potentially it will be able to produce up to 400 Panther-type tanks annually.- Spiegel
https://t.co/A9RezdYVd4 https://t.co/igrup7LXKL
8:45 AM · Mar 4, 2023
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Noah Smith 🐇🇺🇦@Noahpinion
Anarchism's big moment in America was a bit of a flop
Franklin Stove Expropriator @agraybee
The very first thing CHAZ created were cops and by the end of day 1 they killed an innocent Black teenager and the left has sworn to never mention this again. https://t.co/TLFDb8JfUU
9:47 AM · Mar 4, 2023
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Matthew Yglesias@mattyglesias
France moving to repeal a misguided law capping nuclear at 50% of the country’s energy mix.
euractiv.com
French MPs pave way to dropping legal limit on nuclear in energy mix
1:48 PM · Mar 4, 2023
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Joey Politano 🏳️🌈@JosephPolitano
Automation has always increased employment—not ended it—and AI will be no different.
That's why I'm rooting for the robots: a world where AI is as transformational as its proponents hope is a world where workers, people, and society are better off.
apricitas.io
ChatGPT, Please Take My Job!
2:44 PM · Mar 4, 2023
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Matthew Yglesias@mattyglesias
When farmers invaded Europe
nytimes.com/2023/03/01/sci…
4:12 PM · Mar 4, 2023
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Matthew Yglesias@mattyglesias
“Surface Pressure” > “We Don’t Talk About Bruno”
How did we get this wrong as a society?
4:35 PM · Mar 4, 2023
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Chris Freiman@cafreiman
Sadly this isn’t the case, but it can be if we reform occupational licensing
5:52 PM · Mar 4, 2023
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Noah Smith 🐇🇺🇦@Noahpinion
The UK government hired sci-fi writers to write short stories about World War 3:
gov.uk
Stories From Tomorrow: exploring new technology through useful fiction
7:04 PM · Mar 4, 2023
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