Favorites June 10th 2022: Inflation, Dating, and Real Estate

September 2021

Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal

Hoo boy

Katie Greifeld @kgreifeld

sheesh *U.S. MAY CONSUMER PRICES RISE 8.6% Y/Y; EST. 8.3% *U.S. MAY CONSUMER PRICES INCREASE 1.0% M/M; EST. 0.7%

Not what we were hoping for inflation-wise. I thought the chart at the beginning of this thread of aggregate personal income and outlays vs pre-covid trend was useful in understanding the base problem.

Zach Klein @zachklein

For decades SF's govt strategically avoided building housing and built offices instead. Why rankle NIMBYs when you can just get more tax revenue from corps and let Somewhere Else house the workers? A bomb is going off: those corps are vanishing, along with their tax payments.

From this SF Chronicle article. The city's anti-tech legislation is pushing everyone out fast it seems.

Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

The rise and fall of dating your coworker is an interesting lens on American society.

What an interesting graph. Most of the falling lines seem reasonable or unsurprising, although it seems sad that 'met through friends' is falling so fast.

Threads

• Funny thread on the history of ship-based flamethrowers.

• A short thread of one person's experience with China's zero covid lockdown policy, which they expect to extend into next year!

• Thread covering details of Moderna's plans for boosters for kids, they're already testing omicron specific kids boosters.