Favorite Rejects 2023-07-24

– Ads in Northern Virginia targeting literally 4 pentagon procurement officers (src)
– COVID NPIs were probably mostly useless, but the Republican politicians who pushed them also planned anti-vax, which got people killed. (src)
– Every US Governor has a net positive approval rating (src)
– IRA in the US is resulting in Solar manufacturing happening in the US instead of Germany. But that's positive sum, there's more sun in the US. (src)
– Lack of commutes has meant folks are (src)
– No one can afford starter homes because they just aren't made anymore. (src)

– Real world NIMBYs admit that it's actually all about parking (src)
– The builder's remedy homes in Menlo Park may be the tallest in the Peninsula. (src)
– Trying to make permitting reform happen via regulatory changes, it’s a start (src)
– White people give different answers about tests vs other options depending on what they think will help their kids. Here’s the paper (src)