Favorites July 8 2021
Trying out moving the email a bit earlier
Jeremy B. White@JeremyBWhite
.@ezraklein on @GavinNewsom recall bemoans CA's "well-meaning ideas to increase democratic participation" that backfire (e.g. letting tiny portion of electorate force recalls).
One I'd add: term limits. Ask California pols how that one has worked out
nytimes.com
Opinion | The Gavin Newsom Recall Is a Farce
4:22 PM · Jul 8, 2021
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From my time observing the CA state legislature I can definitely say term limits were a mistake.
sam deutsch@samdman95
fun fact: the Brooklyn bridge used to be primarily for transit, and it served more than 2x as many people vs. today
cars are a very inefficient way to move people around in cities, and giving car lanes to bikes, people, and transit will make our transportation more efficient
Motti Seligson @mottiseligson
The new bike lane on the Brooklyn Bridge is not even open yet... Who thinks these things through and plans them? https://t.co/ej1I3FETMB
2:42 PM · Jul 8, 2021
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I was unable to figure out how many people crossed the bay bridge per day back when it had a train, but it's currently around 260k
Matthew Yglesias@mattyglesias
An economic mystery via @M_C_Klein:
— Dental employment has fully recovered, but restaurant employment has not.
— Restaurant spending is fully recovered, but dental spending has not.
theovershoot.co/p/some-thought…
10:18 AM · Jul 3, 2021
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I previously shared an article that mentioned that dentists make up a huge portion of the top centile of incomes in the US. Maybe there's just so much money sloshing around that it's easy to bring staff back quickly.
Stratechery@stratechery
The Cicilline Salvo
A package of new proposed laws for regulating tech companies are in part a negotiating ploy, but also an indicator of change.
stratechery.com
The Cicilline Salvo
1:00 PM · Jun 15, 2021
11 Reposts · 37 Likes
This is a bit old, but I haven't seen a better summary of the recent tech regulation bills. Even the one he's in favor of could still have serious unintended downsides.
Yup, the middle part of that flower looks real weird.