tbang.bsky.social
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One of my formative political experiences was waiting in lines just to apply for rental apartments in Vancouver in the 2010s, getting rejected, seeing people bid up asking prices, and then watching politicians raise the alarm about "vacant units."
February 13, 2025 at 6:56 PM
One of my formative political experiences was waiting in lines just to apply for rental apartments in Vancouver in the 2010s, getting rejected, seeing people bid up asking prices, and then watching politicians raise the alarm about "vacant units."
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It's pretty funny that we had to invent a whole new term to describe substitution being a thing for housing of varying levels of quality.
Building market-rate/luxury housing relieves pressure on rents in lower-end housing. This is because absent the new luxury housing, wealthy people will move into older homes displacing lower income families. This process is called filtering. www.planetizen.com/news/2024/03...
How ‘Filtering’ Opens Up Affordable Housing
An analysis of 12 U.S. cities found that new market-rate construction often leads to more affordable units becoming available, but the effect varies across housing markets.
www.planetizen.com
January 20, 2025 at 9:36 PM
It's pretty funny that we had to invent a whole new term to describe substitution being a thing for housing of varying levels of quality.
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Look, if you can't promote your message as a scientist with data on your side without acting neutral you're just bad at rhetoric.
“Scientists should stop trying to be neutral & instead embrace their values,”says a group of top climate scientists, including @katharinehayhoe.com (who I co-curated the Pack below with). The neutrality myth is harming the reputation of science right when we need it most. www.cbc.ca/radio/quirks...
January 20, 2025 at 6:22 AM
Look, if you can't promote your message as a scientist with data on your side without acting neutral you're just bad at rhetoric.
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"The median price of a home in California is $869,000. In Texas it is $349,000."
www.liberalcurrents.com/the-crisis-o...
I really really have found myself enjoying the work in Liberal Currents of late.
www.liberalcurrents.com/the-crisis-o...
I really really have found myself enjoying the work in Liberal Currents of late.
The Crisis of Democratic Governance
State Democrats have failed to deliver what the American people want.
www.liberalcurrents.com
January 17, 2025 at 8:51 PM
"The median price of a home in California is $869,000. In Texas it is $349,000."
www.liberalcurrents.com/the-crisis-o...
I really really have found myself enjoying the work in Liberal Currents of late.
www.liberalcurrents.com/the-crisis-o...
I really really have found myself enjoying the work in Liberal Currents of late.
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love the replies and quotes that are some version of “actually the real problem is [insert something that doesn’t require anyone to build anything]”
The take I am most certain of that gets me in the most trouble is just "The reason homes are so expensive is because there are not enough of them, so we really really really need to build more of them."
January 13, 2025 at 10:54 PM
love the replies and quotes that are some version of “actually the real problem is [insert something that doesn’t require anyone to build anything]”
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This is like claiming that 57 coffee roasters are responsible for 80% of coffee consumed
Strictly true, but conveniently absolves me from the espresso I just bought
Strictly true, but conveniently absolves me from the espresso I just bought
January 11, 2025 at 8:19 PM
This is like claiming that 57 coffee roasters are responsible for 80% of coffee consumed
Strictly true, but conveniently absolves me from the espresso I just bought
Strictly true, but conveniently absolves me from the espresso I just bought
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My latest WSJ is a theme I've been hitting a lot lately--about tradeoffs and the conservative vice of only worrying about costs and the liberal vice of thinking everything is a benefit.
Opinion | Left and Right Alike Are Blind to Trade-Offs
Where liberals see only benefits, conservatives see only costs. Economics is about choosing wisely.
buff.ly
January 8, 2025 at 7:36 PM
My latest WSJ is a theme I've been hitting a lot lately--about tradeoffs and the conservative vice of only worrying about costs and the liberal vice of thinking everything is a benefit.
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The rise in left/liberal types emotionally investing in misinformation is, I think, a bad omen.
January 3, 2025 at 9:02 PM
The rise in left/liberal types emotionally investing in misinformation is, I think, a bad omen.
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Carter has passed. An accomplished man. A brilliant legacy. Although for many of us he died years ago when he refused to condemn, gamer gate
December 29, 2024 at 9:45 PM
Carter has passed. An accomplished man. A brilliant legacy. Although for many of us he died years ago when he refused to condemn, gamer gate
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we have now reached the point where “climate advocates” are describing “making it so it doesn’t take 15 years to build a transmission line for clean energy” as “supply side deregulation”
December 11, 2024 at 10:18 PM
we have now reached the point where “climate advocates” are describing “making it so it doesn’t take 15 years to build a transmission line for clean energy” as “supply side deregulation”
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every important system is now too large / complex for the average human to grasp and requires full time PR or the public will think it's evil
December 6, 2024 at 11:25 PM
every important system is now too large / complex for the average human to grasp and requires full time PR or the public will think it's evil
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most people don’t realize that having a readily available, even kinda-accurate answer to “how many Asian women under 40 with a college degree live in Pomona” is a world-historic achievement that requires an industrial scale, heaven & earth moving effort. it is on par with CERN. not hyperbole.
nothing will make you appreciate FRED more than trying to use non-US public stats databases
November 28, 2024 at 6:59 AM
most people don’t realize that having a readily available, even kinda-accurate answer to “how many Asian women under 40 with a college degree live in Pomona” is a world-historic achievement that requires an industrial scale, heaven & earth moving effort. it is on par with CERN. not hyperbole.
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in the future schizophrenics will be talking to 'chat' instead of 'god'
November 25, 2024 at 6:47 AM
in the future schizophrenics will be talking to 'chat' instead of 'god'
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this place really needs a muted word function so i can ignore the john jacob jingleheimer schmidt discourse on here. i don't care if his name is also your name. stop trying to insert yourself into every conversation. stop singing john jacob jingleheimer schmidt
September 28, 2023 at 5:07 PM
this place really needs a muted word function so i can ignore the john jacob jingleheimer schmidt discourse on here. i don't care if his name is also your name. stop trying to insert yourself into every conversation. stop singing john jacob jingleheimer schmidt
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(Obama voice) If you like your gender, you can keep it
August 7, 2023 at 1:11 AM
(Obama voice) If you like your gender, you can keep it
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i think it's about time we got some new shapes. i like triangles and rectangles as much as anybody, but how about a shape with, like, seven or eight sides? that'd be fun
August 7, 2023 at 3:28 PM
i think it's about time we got some new shapes. i like triangles and rectangles as much as anybody, but how about a shape with, like, seven or eight sides? that'd be fun