Favorites August 20th 2022

June 2021, Mountain View

Surprisingly, a photo of a French restaurant in Mountain View is somewhat relevant today.

Stan Oklobdzija @stan_okl

I wonder if wine moms in France have pictures of dilapidated strip malls and dumpy ranch homes that say "Mountain View" in cursive.

Mountain View YIMBY 🥑 @MVyimby

An average, centrally located 1 bedroom rents for: 🇪🇸$1k/month in Barcelona 🇯🇵$1.1k/month in Tokyo 🇩🇪$1.2k/month in Berlin 🇫🇷$1.3k/month in Paris 🇺🇸$3.1k/month in Mountain View A better world is possible.

He went on to make a mockup of the artwork for our adoring French fans to hang on their wall. The greyscale actually helps to hide the parking lot in my opinion. I guess that’s the secret to photographing ugly strip malls.

Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

Here is a more precise test from XKCD to which I will answer The Counselor (2013)

Too many people are proud of hating movies, it's much harder (and more interesting) to be proud of liking something no one else does.

Alice @alicescrambled

Seriously, this is what they went with? When ‘Tsarbucks’ was right there for the taking?

Graphic design-wise, ‘Star Coffee’ also leaves a bunch of empty space at the top of the circle. Also, there’s better options on character design.

Threads

• Thread about Colonel Yevgeny Vindman, (twin brother of Alexander), who was retaliated against by Trump for his brother's actions. Biden could reverse this, but has chosen not to so far.

• Fun thread about the current status of the Republican party. I was initially not going to include it: 'ugh, not another Noah Smith thread', but then Kai Ryssdal shared it approvingly, so I guess that's a strong enough endorsement.