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This is fascinating, since: a) by all accounts inflation is already starting to taper off; and b) putting off purchases is the *last* thing you want to do in an inflationary environment. https://t.co/j6CYEQXf5M
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Heather Long @byHeatherLong
Americans are so unfamiliar with the concept of inflation that we hear it, think 'bad', and do what we do in the bad thing we understand, a recession. The good news is that these actions probably won't drive accelerating inflation.
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If the Empire State Building had to adhere to Cupertino, CA's parking requirements, the surface parking lot would cover 12 city blocks or 2.541 million square feet!
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Are you telling me that the empire state building *doesn't* have 12 blocks worth of underground parking?
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My Russian is dreadful but it sounds like #Putin is saying he will "take back" all parts of #Europe that Peter the Great conquered, including #Sweden & #Baltics .
Can somebody make an English translation transcript of this, please?
Wow.
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Tadeusz Giczan πΊπ¦ @TadeuszGiczan
Definitely a good moment to be joining Nato, am I right?
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Remarkable divergence between COVID transmission & severity in last 6 months.
Test positivity (yellow) similar to Jan 2021.
Daily deaths (red) approaching all-time low.
Ratio of (deaths):(% positive) fell 3-fold from Jan 2020 to Jan 2022.
And 4-fold from Jan 2022 to now.
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This is good, although US covid deaths are still 2x car crash deaths, so there's a way to go still.
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Itβs hard to convince people of this because it runs so contrary to stereotype but Italy is a well-governed country when it comes to rail country β delivering best cost-effectiveness than Germany or Singapore.
transitcosts.com/city/italy/
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The part about them lowering the cost of construction over time is really cool. The specific strategies mentioned seem very doable.