Man, this is a good idea. Every state should have a central database of developer permits that shows how long it takes, so that we can see exactly who and where are the bad actor bureaucrats dragging their feet to please NIMBY special interests.

You are reading Zvi Mowshowitz, right?

Oil is the most Lovecraftian thing that actually exists. You're telling me that there's a black ichor under the earth, made from the ancient dead, whose burning can realize all the dreams of man but only at the price of slowly returning the earth to its primordial state?

I ask again...what is the point of having a rainy day fund if you can't use it during a rainstorm? oh mighty ratings agencies, am I allowed to help poor people?

Oh no...not ground up green tea

Noooooooooooooo

Get in line...

Opus 4.5 does not hold back

Over the past two decades, developers in New York have converted nearly 30 million square feet of office space into residential living, with the pace of transformation picking up in recent years. wsj.com/real-estate/co…

Is there a "Bob Ross stole his shtick from Bill Alexander" truther group I can join?

"Oh no! The consequences of my own actions!" #bospoli Like...you created a budget that requires these rates. If you don't think they're good for the city's economic prospects, adjust the budget!

The politics around AI are going to be so weird

In the latest sign that market activity is totally cool and sensible...my daughter's high school classmates have pooled their money to trade penny stocks.

The two most striking (and confusing) numbers in the GDP report: personal consumption +3.5% in q3, real disposable income 0%. That divergence can't continue.

Can this be right? 3/4 of multifamily units in Los Angeles are pre-1980?

The inimitable Matt Levine

Holy crap

From the The New York Times this morning. Is there a word missing? Some weird meaning of "low-cost" that could put just 1% could below the median?

AI is cool and all... but a new paper in Science Magazine kind of figured out the origin of life? The paper reports the discovery of a simple 45-nucleotide RNA molecule that can perfectly copy itself.

Really wish I could bet on this. Hammer the over. commonwealthbeacon.org/shns/budget-ch…