Favorite Rejects 2023-08-01

– being married was the single biggest differentiator of reported happiness, 30% difference. (src)

– China's official government position has been decoupling since 2014 (src)
– EU is implementing some dumb requirements for people to get visas to travel between EU countries. (src)
– LA wanted fewer stories in a building, this guy sued and is now gonna build more stories. (src)
– Portugal outsourced their drug treatment system to nonprofits and everything has gone downhill (src)
– Standing Nap Pod (src)

– Trump now 1st, 2nd, and 3rd president to be charged with a crime (src)
– US Manufacturing construction continues to hit record highs (src)

– Visiting Japan is a very good deal right now (src)
– We should be expecting public sector pay to rise significantly in the medium term, many can't be done remotely. (src)
— poor Cory Doctorow is so nostalgic for his prime (src)