Lesaimard

You can find me somewhere around the intersection of Taxes and Technology.

[Avery Tomasco @averytomascowx]

Hi, welcome to Austin.

No, the weather here isn't this nice all the time.

Please don't move here, we don't have enough water for u #atxwx #txwx

[Lesaimard @LesAimard]

Help Westlake High School Chap Band https://t.co/ZuCCGyHJEU

[The FIFTY Most Interesting Athletes @the50athlete]

⭐ We sat down with Olympic rugby player Ilona Maher to discuss life as a female athlete, TikTok star, and role model to young women. Check it out!

[President Biden Archived @POTUS46Archive]

It's like House Republicans want to keep their MAGAnomics budget a secret.

I don’t blame them.

If my plan eliminated thousands of Head Start slots, slashed education funding, cut funds for law enforcement, and raised housing costs – you wouldn't hear me advertising it either.

[Nicholas Grossman @NGrossman81]

When Republicans like Brian Kemp who directly encountered Trump’s anti-democracy malfeasance say Biden would be worse, what exactly do they mean?
What, specifically, has Biden done in office to make them think risking the Constitution would be better for the country? I’m curious.

[Nick Knudsen 🇺🇸 @NickKnudsenUS]

Wow.

As the dad of a teen girl, this ad cuts to the bone.

America needs to wake up. Republicans are BEYOND extreme. #MAGAIsWatchingYou https://t.co/MQJSSGSgas

[NYTPitchbot @DougJBalloon]

Whether it’s Ron DeSantis refusing to meet with Joe Biden, or Joe Biden being unable to meet with Ron DeSantis because of Ron DeSantis‘s refusal to meet with him, there’s plenty of partisanship on both sides

[Rachel Bitecofer 🗽🦆 @RachelBitecofer]

Not only is MAGA superintendent Mike Miles turning school libraries into detention centers in Houston, he’s going to patrol the schools using ‘district minders’ who will patrol the schools to spy on teachers. Teachers instructed to leave all doors open. 👇

[Lesaimard @LesAimard]

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[President Biden Archived @POTUS46Archive]

Jill and I are praying for the victims, their families, and the people of Jacksonville following yesterday’s shooting.

As we continue searching for answers, we must say clearly and forcefully that white supremacy has no place in America.

Here’s my full statement.

[Taniel @Taniel]

One day after the newspaper was raided by an entire police force, the 98-year old owner of the Marion County Record died today.

https://t.co/WeI2dPortu

[cars.destroyed.our.cities @CarsRuinedCity]

If Houston and Berlin swapped public rail networks, to scale.

Houston metro population: 6.7 million
Berlin metro population: 3.6 million

Idea credit: @pushtheneedle

[Forrest Wilder @Forrest4Trees]

Update on Barton Springs:

The flow at the Springs is now just 11-12 cubic feet per second (cfs). That is lower than at any time in the last 45 years and not much higher than the lowest known flow, of 9.6 cfs in 1956.
The trend appears not to be our friend (see chart).

[Jay Parsons @jayparsons]

Inflation is basically GONE when you exclude the lagged shelter (i.e. rent) data in CPI. Remember: Rent is the biggest variable in the CPI's biggest category (shelter), and there's a known 12-month lag between asking rents and CPI rents.

I'm surprised how little buzz there is (outside of the econ nerds, of course) about this. Inflation less shelter is now 1.0% YoY. That is the lowest number since November 2020, and it's less than half the 20-year average.

Meanwhile, CPI rent inflation continues to slowly cool as expected -- following its predestined down ramp based on asking rents that have been moderating since spring 2022. CPI rent inflation measured 0.41% month-over-month -- the lowest since December 2021. Year-over-year, CPI rents were up 8.0%, marking four consecutive months of cooling after a 20-month ascension.

And asking rent growth continues to cool even faster -- down to 0.78% as of July in our data, which has tracked (in line with academic studies) showing asking rents lead CPI rents by about 12 months. That means CPI rents will almost certainly continue to cool through 2023 and into early 2024. On a monthly basis, CPI rent inflation peaked between May 2022 to February 2023, so that suggests year-over-year CPI rents should look normal-ish by late winter or early spring 2024.

[Fuck You I Quit @fuckyouiquit]

It will never make sense to me

[Escape ATX @escapeatx]

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[Eugene Daniels @EugeneDaniels2]

VP Kamala Harris on Gov. DeSantis "invite" to Florida to: "I'm here in Florida and I will tell you there is no roundtable, no lecture, no invitation we will accept to debate an undeniable fact: there were no redeeming qualities of slavery."

[Lesaimard @LesAimard]

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[Hidden Brain @HiddenBrain]

“It's not that dopamine is good or bad, it's that dopamine is essential for survival. And it keeps us moving and always looking for the next thing.” (1/2)

[Rachel Bitecofer 🗽🦆 @RachelBitecofer]

Florida Republican governors Rick Scott and Ron Desantis stripped the words ‘climate change’ out of all the state’s reports and kept Florida from dealing with imminent threats. Now Florida homeowners can no longer insure their homes. That’s #MAGAnomics. https://t.co/F6t0csjDN3