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it's a huge transfer from families who ski inconsistently to the kind of people who consume online skiing content, you should all be celebrating!

10.03.2026 14:14 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

you can see in that coverage that rigorous enforcement is hard to sustain politically which surely makes the MTA hesitant to go PoP

09.03.2026 23:24 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

there was a good Tyler Cowen prediction that the future will feature many more stupid regional wars (this, east africa, cambodia-thai)

09.03.2026 18:58 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

The people shopping at manhattan whole foods(!) are the top 1% of beneficiaries of the current US payment system lol

09.03.2026 18:56 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

the overwhelming share of customers carry a phone and pay with a credit card

09.03.2026 18:41 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

If you find the package of lifestyle factors to be negative that is a very strong reason not to do academia! (Though I suspect most academics would say β€œfully remote researcher job” would be even better, they just lack the skills of Alon to get it!)

09.03.2026 01:49 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

~everyone doing academic history (and almost everyone doing math) has decided to sacrifice money for the positive lifestyle factors of academia, but as you observe ~no one studying neural nets makes this tradeoff!

09.03.2026 01:22 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

(plus the marginal non-hired history prof could be making $$$ as an attorney)

09.03.2026 01:13 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

This (correctly) explains below-R2 dearth but theory is basically a branch of math which has a much broader pattern

09.03.2026 01:12 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

the most extreme opposite pattern I've seen is CS theory where ~all lines are at selective schools, Directional State hiring is ~negligible

09.03.2026 00:50 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

great thread but I think this is unique(?) to history/humanities, which seem to be unusually dependent on positions in non-selective non-R1 unis (through no fault of their own)

09.03.2026 00:47 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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other note: those connections through NRT to Mongolia must be doing great if HND is only $1 more

07.03.2026 16:35 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

that would be another $300 sir

07.03.2026 16:33 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

JFK > EWR and UA has WAY more other ways to cross the pacific yet they're still selling at a 25% fare premium

07.03.2026 15:59 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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American is so cooked lol

07.03.2026 15:55 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I have good/bad news about the limits of our intervention here!

07.03.2026 15:52 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Why are you making comparisons that increase my support for the war

07.03.2026 15:51 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

the (incorrect) narrative that the US is unusually good at accessibility is also lawsuit-centric

06.03.2026 16:22 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

The streets are WAY safer than suburban buffalo and yet insurance rates are higher, it’s clearly not an essential factor

06.03.2026 16:11 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

UA 82 and friends

06.03.2026 15:58 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Whoever did this should be kicked out of office.

boston.legistar.com/LegislationD...

05.03.2026 22:07 β€” πŸ‘ 43    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 3

>China HSR voice
why not both!

05.03.2026 18:56 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

There's an elevator on the right... can't tell if the section at the bottom is compliant however

05.03.2026 18:28 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

(Was in NYC so reporting was a giant waste of time, when it happened in Central Cambridge PD actually caught him! Ofc, nothing done by DA bc not able to stand trial)

05.03.2026 15:33 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I have a soft spot for CTA nonsense because someone having sex on the platform for drugs was truly unique

05.03.2026 15:27 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I didn't enjoy getting assaulted on transit, am I allowed to highlight it?

05.03.2026 15:23 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

"factors with no relation to someone's safety behind the wheel, like credit scores and ZIP codes" is a good explanation of why YIMBY succeeded and transit advocacy didn't imo

05.03.2026 15:19 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

How will you update if he has a majority after elections?

05.03.2026 12:55 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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04.03.2026 23:04 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

mopeds (and taxis driven by quasi-resident labor) are very good competition

04.03.2026 23:01 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0