Great piece from @dsquareddigest.bsky.social, which touches on one of the big theories for why English-speaking countries do especially badly at housebuilding:

Adversarial and litigious common law systems (Anglo) vs judge-led civil law systems elsewhere.

samf.substack.com/p/build-the-...

To be clear, this happened:

Before they retconned it, the Starfox pilots had metal legs. IE, they amputated their legs to protect them from the g-forces. For the record, that actually works.

Nintendo has randomly had some amazingly dark lore if you knew where to look. Starfox still blows my mind years later. If you don't know what I'm talking about, you might want to keep it that way.

2028 will make 2024 look quaint.

L33T use of language brah.

Cartoon: If anyone in Chicago knows this school or an anti ICE organization affiliated with them I would be happy to donate this art. I only wish I could have fully Sal Buscema-ed that punch :)

"you're gonna get in trouble for that"

*stone-faced*

"okay"

goddamn son

At this point I am reasonably confident Adam Silver is going to drop the hammer and hit Pablo with a lifetime ban.

Good lord, I thought you were kidding.

Pretty clear that Trump aims to destroy the basic research capacities of the United States.

this is a level of complicity that had not occurred to me

The FDA has refused to accept an application from Moderna to review its first mRNA seasonal flu vaccine, the company said, in another setback for the technology that’s been a target of some Trump administration health officials. https://cnn.it/4kt8iyn

That's some serious cash.

That reminds me: Would you like to invest in my new company, LeMarchand's Box?

It looks amazing.

Cursed image.

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The under came in.

Holup, where's the text on the bat handle?

It's not about the money. It's about sending a message.

Stylish coat is stylish.

Is it? Megan McArdle's job is to comfort rich and powerful men. She's just out here doing her job. Nothing more.

The main concern about institutional capital is that it lessens competition by owning multiple companies across the same industry. That is a mild concern when placed against what we are seeing from our oligarchical class.

Can you tho?

I've seen what they will do to cling to power. I genuinely doubt there will be a free and fair election.

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Seems rude of Kalshi.

To the moon...

Agreed.

While this is true, if you want to get the big money, you should also be prepared to make a "credible" case that they should not have to pay a significant sum in taxes.