When you expand the supply of housing—as Austin has done—you drive down housing costs and lower rents. That’s the simple magic of housing abundance at work. Austin builds roughly 10 new homes per 1,000 residents. New York City? Fewer than four.

I do not think that the real estate industry pays a Vietnamese guy to insult people's fashion on the internet.

Leftists (DeBoer here) say things like this, and all it tells me is that they're working with silly definitions. If you find the vast majority of politicians and voters are to the right of the "center," then you have misassessed what the center is. freddiedeboer.substack.com/p/prepare-for-…

Heard the sad news about Brian today and thought about all the years I’ve been listening to him and admiring his genius. Rest in peace dear Brian.

Former Jan. 6 defendant Kyle Colton says Donald Trump's pardon also covers his child pornography charge because it stemmed from the J6 search warrant. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.usco…

A promotional still of Pierce Brosnan as James Bond for GoldenEye (1995) #JamesBond Photograph by John Stoddart

The fact that nobody actually wants to remove millions and millions of people from the labor force has always been the driving logic of comprehensive immigration reform — a good idea in 2007, a good idea in 2013, and still a good idea today.

Love this energy

Totally knocked out by the reception of the new Imogen Clark record I co-produced 'Choking on Fuel'. So proud to have helped make something that is resonating with so many people out there! If you haven't had a listen yet: ffm.to/chokingonfuel

something people forget is that when MLK criticized “white moderates,” he wasn’t criticizing people who objected to violence or had ideas about how to protest differently—he criticized people who objected to the idea of peaceful protest altogether he was criticizing *these guys*

congressional Republicans have cleverly hid massive health care cuts through a bunch of technical changes but the Big Beautiful Bill is gonna be the largest welfare cut in my lifetime?? and it feels like the reaction is pretty muted??

This is pretty good stuff

Brad Lander’s taking the #2 spot on my ballot for exactly this reason. (Zellnor will be #1 - his vision for 1 million homes is still the best.) nytimes.com/2025/06/18/opi…

Sorry to be basic, but the main social and economic benefit of increasing housing supply in high-demand areas isn't second-order price changes — it's that more people get to live where they want to live. slowboring.com/p/the-governme…

May 27: Appeals court halts SunZia transmission project on National Historic Preservation Act grounds May 28: Enviro groups sue to block the Greenlink West transmission project on NEPA and Endangered Species Act grounds. NEPA, NHPA, ESA – the unholy trinity for transmission.

Thank you!!!

This is a really fundamental misunderstanding of how things work.

I rewatch this James Austin Johnson clip with Jon Stewart every two months like clockwork, a jaw-dropping piece of improv - youtube.com/watch?v=sbbMXl…

Finished Susan Morrison's incredible Lorne Michaels bio yesterday. That man is never retiring.