GALACTIC YIMBY

[GALACTIC YIMBY @Galactic_YIMBY]

@ddayen Maybe just what pops into my feed but -

Do you guys do any substantive work on why it is bad to legalize housing construction and speed permitting for electricity transmission and so on?

Or is it all just “donors bad” ?

[Blake Aerni @BlakeAerni]

The University of Kansas band learned the Algerian National Anthem to welcome the team before training. 🇩🇿

Absolutely incredible…

[GALACTIC YIMBY @Galactic_YIMBY]

@conorsen Seems very plausible that the phones made coupling slower and rarer, which was less relevant for 35-39.

And/or their pre-phone fertility was going upward and phones decelerated it.

[Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias]

Latest book club pod with @JerusalemDemsas — we tackle "Silent Spring" the 1962 classic credited with (or blamed for?) launching the modern environmental movement.

https://t.co/wLGJOs3ikG

[Jeremy Wilcox @jwilcox79]

The French Air Force aerobatic team, Patrouille de France, conducted a major flyover in New York City (coming from near West Point) this morning, as part of their “Liberté 250” tour celebrating American independence. 🇫🇷 🇺🇸

[JJ Watt @JJWatt]

@FreddyLA7 I got you covered in Houston big dog.

[Siddharth Khurana @SidKhurana3607]

Putting each team in the US city (min. 100k) in which they have the highest % of the population:

[GALACTIC YIMBY @Galactic_YIMBY]

@lydiadepillis Generally agree but this kinda seems like an appropriate use. Whole societies are on track to just…disappear?

[GALACTIC YIMBY @Galactic_YIMBY]

@AzizSunderji @RLangford18 @mattyglesias Notice how this is the EXACT OPPOSITE of your initial implication about affordability!

[GALACTIC YIMBY @Galactic_YIMBY]

@JoePostingg Honestly it is a little insane how much these platform tweaks change behavior.

I’ve long maintained Reddit’s downvote button is one of the internet’s last bulwarks against total insanity.

[GALACTIC YIMBY @Galactic_YIMBY]

@USA_Polling Because the Dems are too left wing. Voters are telling us over and over and over. We should take the fucking hint!

[GALACTIC YIMBY @Galactic_YIMBY]

@Birdyword Everyone Learn About Some Other Historical Events Challenge

[GALACTIC YIMBY @Galactic_YIMBY]

@HalSinger Isn’t it straightforwardly true that adding an emphasis on e.g. author employment options is necessarily *not* an emphasis on consumer prices? Authors are not consumers.

“We care only about X” means more emphasis on X.

While “we care about x and y” means less emphasis on X.

[GALACTIC YIMBY @Galactic_YIMBY]

@MattZeitlin All for it, but the expense of the bike lane isn’t the problem; it’s that drivers resent road space being dedicated to other uses.

[GALACTIC YIMBY @Galactic_YIMBY]

@ModeledBehavior Still blows my mind that this was remotely controversial. I may never buy a new car in my entire life, until/unless it’s self driving.

[Basil🧡 @LinkofSunshine]

Mitt Romney text to McConnell, January 2nd

[GALACTIC YIMBY @Galactic_YIMBY]

@RichardHanania It’s also one of the few levers govts have. If you take the AI safety stuff seriously, it does make sense to use the tools available.

[GALACTIC YIMBY @Galactic_YIMBY]

@DastDn Most successful empires solved this with decent governing. There was real upside to surrender. Roman roads, safe Mongol trade routes.

“Join the empire and thrive, or resist and be crushed.”

Russia doesn’t offer the same deal. Where’s the upside?

[Jonah Goldberg @JonahDispatch]

The Trump slush fund is a clear cut impeachable offense. https://t.co/nUveUBkApa

[GALACTIC YIMBY @Galactic_YIMBY]

Remember when we were supposed to be mad about Hunter Biden and Burisma? Lmfao

[Financial Times @FT]

Donald Trump Jr’s venture capital firm said its assets under management jumped from $200mn to $3.5bn over the past year after a dealmaking spree. https://t.co/NVl24SPnfS