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I decided to read Abundance by Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson, reading through their vision of a Utopian future, immediately noticeable is in their vision is that in 2050 everyone's driving electric cars or renting (or buying) ebikes and not riding a train or buying a normal bike
April 3, 2025 at 2:53 AM
I decided to read Abundance by Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson, reading through their vision of a Utopian future, immediately noticeable is in their vision is that in 2050 everyone's driving electric cars or renting (or buying) ebikes and not riding a train or buying a normal bike
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Me, a 25 year broadband policy expert: Ezra Klein's complaints about rural broadband suggest he didn't do his research because he misrepresents some programs, and ignores others that accomplished exactly what he's asking for.
Klein fans: you just don't understand what he's saying!
(repeat 40x)
Klein fans: you just don't understand what he's saying!
(repeat 40x)
April 4, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Me, a 25 year broadband policy expert: Ezra Klein's complaints about rural broadband suggest he didn't do his research because he misrepresents some programs, and ignores others that accomplished exactly what he's asking for.
Klein fans: you just don't understand what he's saying!
(repeat 40x)
Klein fans: you just don't understand what he's saying!
(repeat 40x)
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When it comes to getting my own book published, I hope I one day have the confidence of two people with no background in urbanism, architecture, or civic policy who sold a book about urbanism, architecture, and civic policy
April 8, 2025 at 2:34 PM
When it comes to getting my own book published, I hope I one day have the confidence of two people with no background in urbanism, architecture, or civic policy who sold a book about urbanism, architecture, and civic policy
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This is a wildly dangerous sign — the idea that there are only five SCOTUS votes for paying congressionally mandated invoices for work *already* done!? This should be as basic a test of Article I as you can get. And that does not bode well for decisions to come.
BREAKING: On a 5-4 order, SCOTUS denies DOJ’s motion to vacate Judge Ali’s State/USAID order, but notes that his prior deadline passed, so Ali is going to have to go back to the drawing board and “clarify” what the gov’t needs to do, “with due regard for the feasibility of any compliance timelines.”
![SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES
No. 24A831
DEPARTMENT OF STATE, ET AL. U. AIDS VACCINE ADVOCACY COALITION, ET AL.
ON APPLICATION TO VACATE THE ORDER ISSUED BY THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
(March 5, 2025]
On February 13, the United States District Court for the District of Columbia entered a temporary restraining order enjoining the Government from enforcing directives pausing disbursements of foreign development assistance funds.
The present application does not challenge the Government's obligation to follow that order. On February 25, the District Court ordered the Government to issue payments for a portion of the paused disbursements-those owed for work already completed before the issuance of the District Court's temporary restraining order-by 11:59 p.m. on February 26. Several hours before that deadline, the Government filed this application to vacate the District Court's February 25 order and requested an immediate administrative stay. THE CHIEF JUSTICE entered an administrative stay shortly before the 11:59 p.m. deadline and subsequently referred the application to the Court. The application is denied. Given that the deadline in the challenged order has now passed, and in light of the ongoing preliminary injunction proceedings, the District Court should clarify what obligations the Government must fulfill to ensure compliance with the temporary restraining order, with due regard for the feasibility of any compliance timelines. The order heretofore entered by THE CHIEF JUSTICE is vacated.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:36eqtmzysqf7wsslczw4uxcd/bafkreiancyolrpahy5eevk7jckhjxanf3xodqpitrzmowz5o6ke7ukg7sq@jpeg)
March 5, 2025 at 2:44 PM
This is a wildly dangerous sign — the idea that there are only five SCOTUS votes for paying congressionally mandated invoices for work *already* done!? This should be as basic a test of Article I as you can get. And that does not bode well for decisions to come.
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Good God. The biggest chunk of this is $3 million to determine why women suffer more from asthma than men. They're giving estrogen to male mice to see if that's the culprit. WH describes this as research on "transgender mice".
Clearly someone in the Administration can read; they hope you can't.
Clearly someone in the Administration can read; they hope you can't.
The whole thing is … I mean, I know we don’t say “I can’t even” anymore, but… www.whitehouse.gov/articles/202...
Yes, Biden Spent Millions on Transgender Animal Experiments
Last night, President Donald J. Trump highlighted many of the egregious examples of waste, fraud, and abuse funded by American taxpayers, including $8
www.whitehouse.gov
March 6, 2025 at 5:45 AM
Good God. The biggest chunk of this is $3 million to determine why women suffer more from asthma than men. They're giving estrogen to male mice to see if that's the culprit. WH describes this as research on "transgender mice".
Clearly someone in the Administration can read; they hope you can't.
Clearly someone in the Administration can read; they hope you can't.