Matt Crum

Rewarding Putin's Aggression Would Consign the World to Chronic Warfare A 'peace' deal without Ukraine or Europe at the table will not stick

As we hit publish on this piece, news broke that the US had refused to join a UN resolution condemning Russia for the war. But US switching sides and joining the aggressor, @theunpopulist.net's Ukrainian writer notes won't bring peace to her country or the world
www.theunpopulist.net/p/rewarding-...

Canute's Revenge: Proposition 103 and its Aftermath | Proposition 106 and the Incompetent Consumer P>Canute’s Revenge: Prop 103 and its Aftermath–Scott Harrington, U. of South Carolina; Walter Olson, Manhattan Institute Proposition 106 and the Incompetent Consumer–Peter Huber, Manhattan Institute C...

Proposition 103 (1988), which has screwed up insurance markets in California from that day to this, was promoted by Ralph Nader in part as revenge against the state's insurers for having backed liability reform. I wrote up its craziness at the time in a piece with Scott Harrington.

Why building a lot of 'affordable' housing is bad news for affordability Cities become affordable when lots of new housing is built, not when a larger percentage of a small amount of new housing is made "affordable" by regulation.

Boston bragging about how a third of the pitiful amount of housing it builds is “affordable” irritated me enough to write this week’s newsletter all about just how misguided that view is. reason.com/2025/01/07/w...

(also sorry you got robbed, that sucks)

but I think it’s dismissive to just say “classical liberal” is a “code word”. Some former liberals that grifted used the phrase, but others like Justin Amash, who isn’t some sort of right wing populist, which is what the grifters are. You mentioning this on Hard Fork reads as cynical imo

On the episode, you both certainly wanted to make sure it was viewed as a nefarious technology and company in a very black and white way, which is ignoring vital civil rights communications. Separately, I’m happy you advocate e2e encryption and cover it.

I just flipped on a NYT podcast I hadn’t listened to before for the first time, like many others. I don’t think it should be expected we all read everything from your past for you to describe the main subject you’re speaking of more thoughtfully and fully.

It’s not a good look when you start saying things like “YOU DONT EVEN KNOW SUNNY DAY REAL ESTATE” to a zoomer.

It won’t go well. My niece was trying to tell me what emo was and she tried to correct me when I explained my perspective and I was taken aback.

I spent my teenage years playing in bands (punk, emo, indie, and hardcore) and booking DIY shows.

There are better products than Telegram, and your points on e2e is correct. The design of Telegram, even their secret chat encryption, leaves standards needlessly.

It’s disappointing that you and @kevinroose paint unwatched DMs as only for “terrorist organizations, drug traffickers, and extremist groups like neonazis”. You don’t seem to mention ethical uses in certain areas. Hong Kong, Belarus, Iran, Ukraine, etc have all benefited from this.