Janak Ramakrishnan

minutiae-engrossed technophile, reader of the internet

[Janak Ramakrishnan @kanaj]

My spin on this, with @TransAlt accompanying shirt modeled by @brandtadams, along with the littlest commuter. Thanks for the idea, @DaphneRHansell via @drvolts

[Daphne Hansell @DaphneRHansell]

The scariest costume you can imagine: Kathy Hochul and the ghost of congestion pricing

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@emjsmith It was a setup and you didn't link to your pre-order!

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@emjsmith What kinds of guys were you dating in your 30s that led to you not meeting a partner during that time? What would you say they were looking for or not looking for?

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@ArmandDoma There are plenty of economists who are pro-minimum wage but anti-rent control, tho. I'd love to hear from them about the conceptual difference: is it "just" a political economy question about entrenched interests or is rent different from wages in a fundamental way?

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@drvolts I have a spare room in Fort Greene, Brooklyn, certified serial-killer free. DM me!

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@TransAlt spotted in the wild!

[✨ just jack ✨ @luxurytrash_]

Met a stranger at Tea wearing my new favorite tshirt. God bless this person

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@ArmandDoma Callback to the scene in Clerks about the ethics of destroying a Death Star while non-military construction workers were on board. https://t.co/GJHusQIvFg

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@jennifermmorton No offense, but Wharton undergrad...

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@arugulaada Disagree

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@suesusmancpg @GovKathyHochul @NyWarehousing This feels pointed. I called!

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@hopw Ok, I can't tell what my other replies are to, because somebody erases their history!

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@hopw New York content only

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@hopw Gratuitous hating

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@WorldBollard

[Politics & Education @PoliticsAndEd]

Hits inanimate object in parking lot because he can't see over his bulbous truck hood, blames fast-food restaurant. Clueless.

[Janak Ramakrishnan @kanaj]

@jennifermmorton Agreed! I do wonder though if scale/incentives dominate. More efficient to have the NHS or public schools rather than vouchers, even if there were no additional burden on recipients. I'd be curious about test cases cleaving provider efficiency from recipient burden

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@jennifermmorton Feels like the opposite of criticisms of other government programs: restricting SNAP-eligible products patronizes recipients, who know best what they need. A goods/services distinction, and perhaps also whether the service is universal (school) or targeted (housing vouchers)?

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@hopw @erewhonsmoothie Bullied me too!

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@hopw fyi

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Changing my emojis' skin tone as I get more and more tan

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@mattyglesias You can tell this is true because the vast majority of soccer games by non-professionals are played on much smaller fields, and small-field variants like futsal are very popular. Full matches are incredible feats of endurance, but soccer is popular despite, not because of, them