If councils can be forced to meet home approvals targets, the feds should be forced to meet immigration targets.

I lived in DC on and off in the 90s/early 2000s. This is spot on.

I spent a bunch of time today reading recent economics papers on tariffs. Every single one assumes retaliatory tariffs. None—not a single one—correctly models what happened, which is a big hike by the U.S. in exchange for lower tariffs and non-tariff barriers. Academic

Toad yelled, "Does something have to go wrong every single day!”

Like everything ⁦John Burn-Murdoch⁩ makes, this chart is amazing. The sharp decline in conscientiousness and rise in neuroticism among young people is astonishing. But also of note: literally every age group has gotten less extroverted in the age of the smartphone

NEW: Is the internet changing our personalities for the worse? Conscientiousness and extroversion are down, neuroticism up, with young adults leading the charge. This is a really consequential shift, and there’s a lot going on here, so let’s get into the weeds 🧵

Good luck, world.

The Dershowitz-Pierogi battle is fascinating: Where are all the "you must bake the cake!" lefties? That said this goes beyond politics. Food businesses should serve everyone: "Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares."

Not even a cat person but I like this.

Why though? I mean, fine, but I'd rather read a book.

This was tasty.

still a constant friend in these troubled times

When Zohran Mamdani’s policies make NYC worse, the people who like Zohran Mamdani won’t blame him, they’ll blame the people fighting him. This is such an obvious aspect of human psychology, I don’t know how anyone could miss it.

We’re really in some dark areas here.

Excellent! It's raining again.

Not a lot of talk of what they're going to do evict Hamas from Gaza here on this two-state announcement. Just a lot of theoretical commitments from the PA, who don't control Gaza.

Regarding the whole "don't believe your lyin' eyes, crime in DC is falling!" discourse, even the head of the police union is calling this out. nbcwashington.com/news/local/dc-…

In the year to June, net long term and permanent arrivals into Australia were running at their highest level ever. The year to date figure is 57.7% higher than the pre-Covid record high.