If you want to stop Chinese economic domination then, yes, don’t let them take over the entire auto industry.

But stop blocking cheap Canadian lumber, Latin American agricultural products, and Japanese trucks — we can’t beat China alone!

slowboring.com/p/the-economic…

the tenderloin should be San Francisco’s Manhattan, but instead it is riddled with trash and fentanyl. I’m walking over people slowly dying on the street and a city this rich just has to do better by them. it has to

So the next time I get asked about what Democrats can do to stop the rightward shift, y’all better say “housing, housing, housing” and then say it again until they start listening.

sci fi movie where humanity’s dominance by a superintelligent ai is prevented solely through the persistent effort of a scrappy band of Hollywood IP lawyers

title?

“hers.”

Industrial strength significantly increased by the creation of a unified Reich

If this becomes law, it will do more to streamline permit and inspection timelines than anything else imaginable. Cities will do what it takes to finish the job and get paid, just like builders.

Since they're doubless making appeals to credentials, it's worth pointing out that civil engineers receive no formal training whatsoever in parking design, policy, or management, and their go-to manual has been relentlessly debunked by anyone who has bothered to study it.

The President of Iran’s helicopter pilot remains missing

One of the proudest moments of my career. Despite vigorous opposition from the Coastal Commission, general NIMBY groups, and traditional players in the environmental space, the California Assembly votes increase incentives for low income housing in the coast. A rising tide!!!!

Great paper which shows that daycare regulations (size and staffing ratios; educational requirements) appear to affect fertility.

Also important in some places might be real estate requirements (ie you have to be on the first floor, which is most expensive)

a weary nation turns its eyes to The Boeing Company

one thing i got absolutely RIGHT about Great Recession is that i thought we could have easily solved it if we had just spent more money

one thing i got absolutely WRONG about Great Recession is that I thought voters would be more mad about high unemployment than high inflation