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it needn't have been that way
Because of 996-like expectations?
December 11, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Because of 996-like expectations?
The YIMBY groups that have been driving actual legislative changes (e.g., CA YIMBY) will feel vindicated, not stunned, as they've been advocating for displacement protections for incumbent residents alongside new construction.
December 11, 2025 at 6:42 PM
The YIMBY groups that have been driving actual legislative changes (e.g., CA YIMBY) will feel vindicated, not stunned, as they've been advocating for displacement protections for incumbent residents alongside new construction.
The secular decrease in crime that people credit to the phaseout of leaded gasoline started 15-20 years after that phaseout, which is consistent with the postulated causal mechanism. If the decrease in bullying were due to the same cause you'd expect if to have started in the 80s, which it didn't.
December 4, 2025 at 8:05 PM
The secular decrease in crime that people credit to the phaseout of leaded gasoline started 15-20 years after that phaseout, which is consistent with the postulated causal mechanism. If the decrease in bullying were due to the same cause you'd expect if to have started in the 80s, which it didn't.
The thin gray line, as it were
November 14, 2025 at 9:44 AM
The thin gray line, as it were
Is that Oval Office sign just a printout taped to the wall?
November 7, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Is that Oval Office sign just a printout taped to the wall?
And the RGV counties are among the most reliant on SNAP benefits in the whole country.
November 5, 2025 at 2:57 PM
And the RGV counties are among the most reliant on SNAP benefits in the whole country.
And the Trump family's new crypto wealth must have reduced Trump's interest in such a deal
September 25, 2025 at 4:15 AM
And the Trump family's new crypto wealth must have reduced Trump's interest in such a deal
Isn't there an ideological difference among unions on this, with older trade unions typically advocating narrowly for the interests of their current members while newer service sector unions think in terms of broader solidarity?
September 23, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Isn't there an ideological difference among unions on this, with older trade unions typically advocating narrowly for the interests of their current members while newer service sector unions think in terms of broader solidarity?
Normies could be brought to support radical reforms under that banner.
September 22, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Normies could be brought to support radical reforms under that banner.
Lander for Senate, and then Shahana Hanif could wipe the floor with Goldman.
August 14, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Lander for Senate, and then Shahana Hanif could wipe the floor with Goldman.
IDF just killed Al-Jazeera's entire team in Gaza
August 10, 2025 at 9:50 PM
IDF just killed Al-Jazeera's entire team in Gaza
Fuck he’s a critical realist
August 4, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Fuck he’s a critical realist
This is why Angel worked
August 4, 2025 at 3:04 AM
This is why Angel worked
"in light of recent discoveries" is almost dispositive on its own
July 10, 2025 at 6:36 PM
"in light of recent discoveries" is almost dispositive on its own
Why would their interviews specifically filter for "bad at interviews but otherwise skilled" instead of just "bad at interviews"?
July 9, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Why would their interviews specifically filter for "bad at interviews but otherwise skilled" instead of just "bad at interviews"?
I think that was Scott Alexander talking about Hegel's Weltgeist.
July 9, 2025 at 3:30 PM
I think that was Scott Alexander talking about Hegel's Weltgeist.
Jeffries is affectively polarized against anything associated with the progressive wing of NY politics. Schumer is just an Islamophobe.
July 2, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Jeffries is affectively polarized against anything associated with the progressive wing of NY politics. Schumer is just an Islamophobe.
And Powell was shaken by his first encounter with a topless scene, having previously had no idea that such things existed
July 2, 2025 at 1:52 PM
And Powell was shaken by his first encounter with a topless scene, having previously had no idea that such things existed
Goalposts moving at supersonic speed
July 2, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Goalposts moving at supersonic speed
Why do you think "liberal" should refer to a particular clique among the Dem establishment and not to the Dem base of that ideological persuasion?
July 1, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Why do you think "liberal" should refer to a particular clique among the Dem establishment and not to the Dem base of that ideological persuasion?
Aren't the Medicaid cuts scheduled to phase in after the midterms?
July 1, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Aren't the Medicaid cuts scheduled to phase in after the midterms?
Anecdotally, a lot of centrist Democrats were unable to get past the socialist label and the rent freeze proposal. For them, Cuomo absolutely functioned as the "stop Mamdani" option.
June 25, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Anecdotally, a lot of centrist Democrats were unable to get past the socialist label and the rent freeze proposal. For them, Cuomo absolutely functioned as the "stop Mamdani" option.
"the problem is for large blocks of voters Mamdani is also a drago"
You need to unpack why that might be the case.
You need to unpack why that might be the case.
June 21, 2025 at 2:59 PM
"the problem is for large blocks of voters Mamdani is also a drago"
You need to unpack why that might be the case.
You need to unpack why that might be the case.
He has concrete proposals for removing impediments to new development (e.g., doing away with parking mandates, removing local politicians' de facto veto powers over new development)
May 30, 2025 at 8:06 PM
He has concrete proposals for removing impediments to new development (e.g., doing away with parking mandates, removing local politicians' de facto veto powers over new development)