What I love about this chart is how blatantly obvious it is that NIMBYs are just wrong Given the Austin metro’s population growth, Austin being number 1 in rent decline is is an insane own on every left-NIMBY talking point

people take so much disease mitigation for granted because they grew up in a world where they wouldn’t experience, like, 4 siblings consecutively dying of tuberculosis but that used to be the situation diva

Just, wow.

the ucsd story was way worse than what i gleaned from the tweets, a whole public education pathway appears to have broken down because it's optimized around not having the appearance of inequity instead of teaching people things

Thinking about this issue as an economist, I think an underappreciated dimension is that the absence of the SAT/ACT in the college application process is itself a cause of K-12 grade inflation. The absence of the SAT made grade inflation a more powerful lever through which high

I think people underrate how much of this is downstream of the fact that we incentivize teachers to get Master’s from Education programs that are just absolutely rife with piss poor methodological practice and insane ideology

The next niche code reform around housing, urban affordability, etc needs to be the creation of a Middle Building Code. Some starting thoughts: -12 unit buildings should not be treated the same as 120 unit ones. -loading small buildings with the same requirements as large has

The costs to build even small midrise buildings in the United States are out of control. And it’s a uniquely North American problem. Single stair is just the first step in the bigger picture of reducing this disparity.

Does a small residential inline building of 4 units per floor need the same elevator as a medical facility? Or is their some common sense middle ground to be had?

Biggest-impact YIMBY philanthropy RN might be funding a template/package of building code amendments for local govs to adopt. Evidence and expert-backed so local elected officials can trust/back it. Super efficient as a model ammdt package. John Arnold Nicole Nosek The Pew Trusts

A child who can walk to school learns to navigate space, manage risk, and take pride in independence. A child chauffeured twice a day learns dependence, passivity, and helplessness.

CPSC Warns Consumers to Immediately Stop Using Batteries for E-Bikes from Rad Power Bikes Due to Fire Hazard; Risk of Serious Injury or Death

The importer, Rad Power Bikes Inc., of Seattle, Washington has refused to agree to an acceptable recall. Given its financial situation, Rad Power Bikes has indicated to CPSC that it is unable to offer replacement batteries or refunds to all consumers.

Commentary: Since 2019 California has spent $450 million on a new 911 system. This year the Newsom administration declared it unworkable and will start over. bit.ly/3Xv1o0Q 📝 Dan Walters 📸 Eric Risberg, AP

California builds basically no condos. This is a real problem, as their starter homes of 2025. Here's what I've learned as to why. (1/n)

Imagine thinking you can have a demographic pyramid like this and still have retirement and generous benefits for everyone over 65 (who are the only people who own their houses & get special property tax breaks).

This Mamdani socialism thing is quite scary, for example I heard he has already nationalized 10% of Intel and extorted a 25% cut of all chip sales to China by Nvidia. What's next, redistribution payouts from regular taxpayers to party-favored farmers?

Secretary Kennedy I fixed it

This is an extraordinary story. ICE is doing *zero* background checks on their applicants. The author got officially hired at ICE despite being a prominent online lefty, failing a drug test, and not even completing the paperwork. ICE has *no idea* who it is they're hiring.