![See new Tweets Conversation 🇺🇦Ukrainian Front @front_ukrainian ⚡️A 🇷🇺Russian former pilot and now a blogger writes that yesterday 🇺🇦Ukraine attacked the airfield of the Russian Federation for the first time (presumably in Kursk) using disposable PPDS cardboard UAVs of the 🇦🇺Australian company "SYPAQ". Depending on the model, these drones can lift up to 3 kg or 5 kg. The plane is capable of carrying cargo for 1-3 hours, depending on the load, at a distance of 40-120 km. See new Tweets Conversation 🇺🇦Ukrainian Front @front_ukrainian ⚡️A 🇷🇺Russian former pilot and now a blogger writes that yesterday 🇺🇦Ukraine attacked the airfield of the Russian Federation for the first time (presumably in Kursk) using disposable PPDS cardboard UAVs of the 🇦🇺Australian company "SYPAQ". Depending on the model, these drones can lift up to 3 kg or 5 kg. The plane is capable of carrying cargo for 1-3 hours, depending on the load, at a distance of 40-120 km.](https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F561b991a-caef-4757-b2d3-c7232a4aa558_1146x1186.png)
These are paper airplanes that can take out a tank, war is changing really fast.
![Stephen Hoskins 🔰🏗️🧦🪩 @GeorgistSteve Hadn't looked into the relationship between zoning & rates of homelessness before, but probably shouldn't be surprised. Stephen Hoskins 🔰🏗️🧦🪩 @GeorgistSteve Hadn't looked into the relationship between zoning & rates of homelessness before, but probably shouldn't be surprised.](https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F086495c8-1023-4fd4-9a2b-5b5c611970f7_1152x1076.png)
Somewhat related, a study about how a big part of variation in worker's income comes from which city they live in, the miracle of the agglomeration effect. But then in the last sentence they undercut it all: landlords eat up all the extra income. Land Value Tax would solve all of this.
![See new Tweets Conversation Whores of Yore @WhoresofYore The expression “call a spade a spade” comes from the work of Plutarch, who originally wrote “call a fig a fig & a trough a trough.” Figs & troughs were crude slang for the Vulva, so what Plutarch meant was “call a c*nt a c*nt”. When Erasmus (1466-1536) translated Plutarch’s work & changed it to a garden spade to avoid embarrassment. See new Tweets Conversation Whores of Yore @WhoresofYore The expression “call a spade a spade” comes from the work of Plutarch, who originally wrote “call a fig a fig & a trough a trough.” Figs & troughs were crude slang for the Vulva, so what Plutarch meant was “call a c*nt a c*nt”. When Erasmus (1466-1536) translated Plutarch’s work & changed it to a garden spade to avoid embarrassment.](https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F14a553d3-ac9f-4579-82e6-0d00e592e323_882x1432.png)
Here's the excellent article with the full explanation if you're interested.
![zachklein 1d While demolishing old sidewalk to make way for the sidewalk garden, I noticed large slabs laying in the dirt. I assumed they were concrete. Then I saw a crack and I realized what they were: slabs of granite. These were the old curbs! These days we make curbs out of concrete but a hundred years ago the city sourced granite quarried from the Sierra foothills. zachklein 1d While demolishing old sidewalk to make way for the sidewalk garden, I noticed large slabs laying in the dirt. I assumed they were concrete. Then I saw a crack and I realized what they were: slabs of granite. These were the old curbs! These days we make curbs out of concrete but a hundred years ago the city sourced granite quarried from the Sierra foothills.](https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F53ae7fb6-c63f-4c9e-a933-7e8610522b3d_1174x898.png)
Don't worry, it's not going to waste: the demolition contractor had already lined up a buyer.
Longer Reads
• Cool thread about how some economists managed to discover or confirm locations of a bunch of bronze age cities based on records from one family of merchants from 1895 to 1865 B.C. (cached)
Flotsam and Jetsam
– BART's crisis intervention specialists appear to be effective at reducing incidents on the trains. (src)
– EVs make up a quarter of cars sold in California, 15% in Washington and Oregon. (src)
– Canada does immigration, but forgot to do housing (src)
– Strange new worlds is doing pretty well according to Nielsen (src)
– English speaking world not doing so hot at building subways, but the US is doing the worst. (src)
– Many 'old' dishes are recent inventions, including uramaki sushi (the kind where the rice is on the outside) (src)
– People are upset about LLMs learning facts from websites then mostly bypassing those same sites. It's not clear that there's really anything that can be done under modern copyright law. (src)
– Twitter replacement contenders and where they stand on features (src)
– Dunking on Tucker Carlson, both Russia and Hungary are far less religious/churchgoing than any US state. (src)
– NYTimes article snuck some degrowth BS into a recent article. (src)
– One SF Neighborhood decided they liked parking so much that they didn't want to have street sweepers, now they regret it. (src)
– Standard farm technology looks pretty cool (src)
– Republicans favoring invading mexico is absolutely insane. (src)