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I had a great time talking with Santi Ruiz @ifp.bsky.social about how to reduce infrastructure costs. Here's the podcast.
www.statecraft.pub/p/what-is-am...
www.statecraft.pub/p/what-is-am...
What is America’s Infrastructure Cost Problem?
“I'm part of the problem”
www.statecraft.pub
September 17, 2025 at 1:09 PM
I had a great time talking with Santi Ruiz @ifp.bsky.social about how to reduce infrastructure costs. Here's the podcast.
www.statecraft.pub/p/what-is-am...
www.statecraft.pub/p/what-is-am...
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A lot of the credit goes to Santi Ruiz for being really well prepared and asking great questions … but this is probably the best market wide and historical conversation I’ve had on apartments. And how it affects “apartments for families”
open.spotify.com/episode/63C6...
open.spotify.com/episode/63C6...
Why We Don't Build Apartments for Families
open.spotify.com
October 10, 2025 at 12:25 AM
A lot of the credit goes to Santi Ruiz for being really well prepared and asking great questions … but this is probably the best market wide and historical conversation I’ve had on apartments. And how it affects “apartments for families”
open.spotify.com/episode/63C6...
open.spotify.com/episode/63C6...
Development econ legend Dean Karlan, on DOGE, RCTs, and how to fix foreign aid. www.statecraft.pub/p/how-to-fix...
How to Fix Foreign Aid
USAID's former Chief Economist reflects on DOGE
www.statecraft.pub
July 31, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Development econ legend Dean Karlan, on DOGE, RCTs, and how to fix foreign aid. www.statecraft.pub/p/how-to-fix...
Amtrak says it'd cost more than $100 billion to build high-speed rail on the Northeast Corridor.
@alonlevy.bsky.social says Amtrak's wrong.
New Statecraft on why. www.statecraft.pub/p/how-cheapl...
@alonlevy.bsky.social says Amtrak's wrong.
New Statecraft on why. www.statecraft.pub/p/how-cheapl...
How Cheaply Could We Build High-Speed Rail?
“Amtrak and the commuter rail agencies have a mutually abusive relationship”
www.statecraft.pub
July 23, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Amtrak says it'd cost more than $100 billion to build high-speed rail on the Northeast Corridor.
@alonlevy.bsky.social says Amtrak's wrong.
New Statecraft on why. www.statecraft.pub/p/how-cheapl...
@alonlevy.bsky.social says Amtrak's wrong.
New Statecraft on why. www.statecraft.pub/p/how-cheapl...
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Map showing every general-purpose local government in the US. "The most eye-catching thing about this map is that the Northeast and Midwest are administered very differently from the South and West". More insights at source: fakeisthenewreal.org/local/. h/t @salimfurth.bsky.social from LinkedIn.
May 29, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Map showing every general-purpose local government in the US. "The most eye-catching thing about this map is that the Northeast and Midwest are administered very differently from the South and West". More insights at source: fakeisthenewreal.org/local/. h/t @salimfurth.bsky.social from LinkedIn.
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Apparently before the St. Lawrence Seaway opened when they wanted to get large ships into the Great Lakes they just brought them up the Mississippi and shoved them through the Chicago River
May 12, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Apparently before the St. Lawrence Seaway opened when they wanted to get large ships into the Great Lakes they just brought them up the Mississippi and shoved them through the Chicago River
Statecraft crossover event:
@kyla.bsky.social and I talk DOGE, Direct File, and deficits with the former #2 at Treasury, Wally Adeyemo. www.statecraft.pub/p/how-to-run...
@kyla.bsky.social and I talk DOGE, Direct File, and deficits with the former #2 at Treasury, Wally Adeyemo. www.statecraft.pub/p/how-to-run...
How to Run the Treasury Department
Kyla Scanlon & I talk Direct File, Democrats, and debt with Wally Adeyemo
www.statecraft.pub
May 29, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Statecraft crossover event:
@kyla.bsky.social and I talk DOGE, Direct File, and deficits with the former #2 at Treasury, Wally Adeyemo. www.statecraft.pub/p/how-to-run...
@kyla.bsky.social and I talk DOGE, Direct File, and deficits with the former #2 at Treasury, Wally Adeyemo. www.statecraft.pub/p/how-to-run...
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Really great interview and deep dive into transit financing and the politics of the MBTA Green Line Extension (as well as the Big Dig).
There's a lot to talk about here on costs, planning, etc about how things turned out. But this is a very good discussion about how things actually played out.
There's a lot to talk about here on costs, planning, etc about how things turned out. But this is a very good discussion about how things actually played out.
May 13, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Really great interview and deep dive into transit financing and the politics of the MBTA Green Line Extension (as well as the Big Dig).
There's a lot to talk about here on costs, planning, etc about how things turned out. But this is a very good discussion about how things actually played out.
There's a lot to talk about here on costs, planning, etc about how things turned out. But this is a very good discussion about how things actually played out.
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We need to talk more about how government can do better at delivering what people want and need, including infrastructure. Santi Ruiz and I talked about this in his recently-posted Statecraft podcast on rescuing the troubled Green Line extension from cancellation. www.statecraft.pub/p/how-to-sal...
How to Salvage a Transit Project
"When you give yourself too much rope, you hang yourself"
www.statecraft.pub
May 13, 2025 at 2:26 PM
We need to talk more about how government can do better at delivering what people want and need, including infrastructure. Santi Ruiz and I talked about this in his recently-posted Statecraft podcast on rescuing the troubled Green Line extension from cancellation. www.statecraft.pub/p/how-to-sal...
In most states and counties, different "human services" systems aren't synced up. You can't easily cross-reference CPS calls with substance abuse databases, for instance.
In Allegheny County, you can. Here are the results. www.statecraft.pub/p/how-to-fix...
In Allegheny County, you can. Here are the results. www.statecraft.pub/p/how-to-fix...
How to Fix Risk Assessment in Child Welfare
"If we took an index card and wrote down everything we know works well, we'd have a lot of white space left"
www.statecraft.pub
April 17, 2025 at 2:49 PM
In most states and counties, different "human services" systems aren't synced up. You can't easily cross-reference CPS calls with substance abuse databases, for instance.
In Allegheny County, you can. Here are the results. www.statecraft.pub/p/how-to-fix...
In Allegheny County, you can. Here are the results. www.statecraft.pub/p/how-to-fix...
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🚨 We're hiring!
Join @ifp.bsky.social’s metascience team to rethink how science gets funded and organized.
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Join @ifp.bsky.social’s metascience team to rethink how science gets funded and organized.
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Come Work with IFP | IFP
IFP is currently hiring — join the team!
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April 15, 2025 at 12:07 PM
🚨 We're hiring!
Join @ifp.bsky.social’s metascience team to rethink how science gets funded and organized.
Fellow & Senior Fellow roles open — $3K referral bonus if we hire your recommendation.
Apply by May 11:
ifp.org/come-work-wi...
Join @ifp.bsky.social’s metascience team to rethink how science gets funded and organized.
Fellow & Senior Fellow roles open — $3K referral bonus if we hire your recommendation.
Apply by May 11:
ifp.org/come-work-wi...
I went on @ezrakleinbot.bsky.social’s show to talk DOGE www.nytimes.com/2025/03/25/o...
Opinion | What Is DOGE’s Real Goal?
Santi Ruiz, a senior editor at the Institute for Progress, examines what DOGE has been trying to accomplish in its first few months.
www.nytimes.com
March 25, 2025 at 9:50 PM
I went on @ezrakleinbot.bsky.social’s show to talk DOGE www.nytimes.com/2025/03/25/o...
Before EcoHealth Alliance got NIH money to do gain-of-function research in Wuhan, it pitched the project to DARPA.
Today's interviewee reviewed that pitch.
New Statecraft on risky research, Ebola, and why the CDC is not a response organization. www.statecraft.pub/p/how-to-bui...
Today's interviewee reviewed that pitch.
New Statecraft on risky research, Ebola, and why the CDC is not a response organization. www.statecraft.pub/p/how-to-bui...
How to Build a Flying Ebola Hospital
DARPA maverick Eric Van Gieson on Ebola, the Ecohealth grant proposal, and the CDC
www.statecraft.pub
November 27, 2024 at 6:17 PM
Before EcoHealth Alliance got NIH money to do gain-of-function research in Wuhan, it pitched the project to DARPA.
Today's interviewee reviewed that pitch.
New Statecraft on risky research, Ebola, and why the CDC is not a response organization. www.statecraft.pub/p/how-to-bui...
Today's interviewee reviewed that pitch.
New Statecraft on risky research, Ebola, and why the CDC is not a response organization. www.statecraft.pub/p/how-to-bui...
So far my impression of the culture on here is that it incorporates all the most annoying features of 2019 Twitter with none of its strengths relative to 2024 X.
November 15, 2024 at 10:59 PM
So far my impression of the culture on here is that it incorporates all the most annoying features of 2019 Twitter with none of its strengths relative to 2024 X.
I’m in The Free Press this AM, outlining how the next administration can make the federal government more effective and efficient. www.thefp.com/p/the-five-t...
The Five Things President Trump Should Do on Day One
Hire the right bureaucrats, set clear, ambitious goals, and experiment, experiment, experiment.
www.thefp.com
November 12, 2024 at 2:18 PM
I’m in The Free Press this AM, outlining how the next administration can make the federal government more effective and efficient. www.thefp.com/p/the-five-t...
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cool piece from @regressstudies.substack.com
https://regressstudies.substack.com/p/why-writing-needs-speaking
into the idea of talking as ~ first draft tool!
also the concept of "intonation units"…could be a useful step in the drafting process, like songwriting techniques applied to prose
https://regressstudies.substack.com/p/why-writing-needs-speaking
into the idea of talking as ~ first draft tool!
also the concept of "intonation units"…could be a useful step in the drafting process, like songwriting techniques applied to prose
May 25, 2023 at 7:11 PM
cool piece from @regressstudies.substack.com
https://regressstudies.substack.com/p/why-writing-needs-speaking
into the idea of talking as ~ first draft tool!
also the concept of "intonation units"…could be a useful step in the drafting process, like songwriting techniques applied to prose
https://regressstudies.substack.com/p/why-writing-needs-speaking
into the idea of talking as ~ first draft tool!
also the concept of "intonation units"…could be a useful step in the drafting process, like songwriting techniques applied to prose
that scene from Tár where she corrects her wife on the BPM in that Duke Ellington song but it’s me correcting Nicole on move order in the Tarrasch Swedish Variation
May 13, 2023 at 2:49 PM
that scene from Tár where she corrects her wife on the BPM in that Duke Ellington song but it’s me correcting Nicole on move order in the Tarrasch Swedish Variation
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mm u have a very nice umwelt ☺️
May 13, 2023 at 7:42 AM
mm u have a very nice umwelt ☺️
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thinking about how inane those silicon valley dating dossiers were. none included crucial partner evaluation criteria such as: do u love/hate ur parents? why did ur exes break up w u? how much of a pain will u be to manage when u have alzheimers? publish the female:male author ratio on ur bookshelf?
May 12, 2023 at 7:31 AM
thinking about how inane those silicon valley dating dossiers were. none included crucial partner evaluation criteria such as: do u love/hate ur parents? why did ur exes break up w u? how much of a pain will u be to manage when u have alzheimers? publish the female:male author ratio on ur bookshelf?
would it be so wrong to put pasta sauce over stray pantry carbs? stale bread, chips, crackers, etc
May 1, 2023 at 10:20 PM
would it be so wrong to put pasta sauce over stray pantry carbs? stale bread, chips, crackers, etc
the day my kid catches me sneaking into the kitchen at night for one more slice of cheese it’s over for household discipline
May 1, 2023 at 4:47 AM
the day my kid catches me sneaking into the kitchen at night for one more slice of cheese it’s over for household discipline
no one at my dinner party is eating the figs
April 30, 2023 at 10:52 PM
no one at my dinner party is eating the figs
natty bodybuilders 🤝 English aristocrats
high T is so important
high T is so important
April 30, 2023 at 2:26 PM
natty bodybuilders 🤝 English aristocrats
high T is so important
high T is so important