Favorite Rejects 2023-07-27

– Anti-YIMBYs confuse 'more housing helps everyone' which is true, with 'more housing is all we need' which no YIMBYs claim. (src)
– Article about Upstart search engine that failed, Neeva (src)
– Cross border smuggling is mostly done by US Citizens (src)
– Einstein had trouble getting a university job after publishing e=mc^2 (src)
– Filter Bubbles are real, but probably don't have the negative effects you'd expect (src)
– Map of Highway shootings is yikes, there are a lot fewer shootings on BART (src)
– New IRS tools for finding complex tax evasion (src)
– Oh dang, the rewind app with an LLM interface on top of it can do some impressive stuff (src)
– Real GDP is back on it's pre-pandemic upward trend, very impressive. (src)

– Employment numbers look terrific as well (src)

– Russia's failure in Ukraine comes down to everything besides their weapons. (src)
– The Proximal Origins paper scandal seems bad (src)
– The UK is adding regulations specifically disallowing A/C in new construction. Seems dumb (src)
– There's a new statue of Harry Truman in South Korea (src)
– Weather forecasts are very good now (src)