Favorites November 30th 2021


As Noah Smith pointed out, this improvement in batteries is *way more important* than like, Fusion power, since it's not like you're going to be able to put a fusion reactor in your car. Without the cheap batteries, many uses for green energy just don’t work.




Definitely good to see. Elections get results.


The cynical read is that prisons actually want prisoners to re-offend so that they continue to get money for imprisoning them.


Again, travel bans against South Africa for Omicron are stupid.


Apparently in the later years, a big part of the difference in wealth is that members of the 'treatment' households have gone to the city to get jobs that pay a wage.


Surprise! Construction isn't what leads to gentrification! Gentrification isn't about buildings, it's about people.


Units under construction are counted as vacant if the doors, windows and floors have been installed.
Sometimes I care about silly things, but Holland's Spiderman was a great addition to the Marvel Cinematic Universe, I'm happy that he'll stay on.