Gang members earn below minimum wage—less than McDonald's workers—despite 25% chance of being killed. Levitt & Venkatesh tracked a Chicago gang for 4 years. Leaders: $50k-$130k/year. Foot soldiers: below minimum wage. Why stay? Tournament economics.

I'm not sure people fully understand how revolutionary this could be.

nyc’s budget is right below portugal & taiwan, above kuwait & greece. 35th place on a list of fucking countries. tokyo’s budget is literally half (~$62b) & i don’t even want to compare quality of life between the two. nyc is a money destroyer running at full speed, demanding

It’s historically quite interesting how just as dense cities stopped being hell on earth (disease burden, industrial pollution, open sewage) we abandoned them en masse for the suburbs

A data center in New Brunswick was canceled tonight when hundreds of residents showed up. When fight big tech and private equity we win.

So much yummy slop Goycattle should be greatful

A gentle reminder that Japan has 12 national zoning designations and 11 of them are mixed use.

I really cannot comprehend how otherwise intelligent people fail to understand Clav’s significance. An unapologetic right wing chud invading all the lib spaces with functionally no resistance simply because he is good looking and conversationally tactful. He is single handedly

Genuine Barbarism. Donald J. Trump please ban Hallal in the USA too

being exposed to canadians gives me a form of second hand embarrassment bc they really believe they arent just americans in a different fur coat

Leftoids be like: “I hate law enforcement. Also, the government should ban everything and make rich people pay tons of taxes” There is literally no way to make modern American leftist ideology not sound like the dumbest shit to ever exist

When people say this, they are being snobbish towards italian Americans, whose ancestors came here speaking dialects other than standard Italian. They aren't going to give up phrases they learned from their grandparents just because a country they don't live in changed.

I have nothing against Italy and quite like the country, but I have increasing ire towards the Italians who seem to have a vendetta against Italian Americans and their culture. I take offense at attacks on my fellow New Jerseyans

Yeah, it’s not exactly the material conditions of the Tube they’re complaining about…..

This is who the “alternatives to incarceration” folks are fighting for…

Ça va prendre plusieurs années pour que les boomers réalisent que tu ne peux plus croire ce que tu vois en photo ou en vidéo. En 2026, on a déjà atteint un stade où il y a plus de contenus IA que de contenus organiques sur Internet. Bientôt les États vont vouloir légiférer pour