Bret Stevens

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Had some fun on my lunch break:

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Holy shit. This is *the* gold-standard measurement of atmospheric CO2 -- the one in all the charts.

My colleagues at Cornell simulated various tariff and retaliation scenarios proposed by Trump on China, Canada, Mexico, and the rest of the world, analyzing impacts on trade flows, sectoral output, real GDP, etc.

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Oh my god the free speech crowd was operating in bad faith?????

As a Certified Anti-Doomer™️ I hate agreeing with this. I feel like we are only a handful of events away from states seceding.

Pete has already named himself starting QB

My wife works in IT and had to deal with a similar RTO mandate and it was tough - but they never downsized. Most of my friends who work for the feds have had their offices downsized by an order of magnitude. The order seems impossible to comply with.

I admit I do not understand the "companies are buying up rental properties and then purposely leaving them empty to profit" scheme I see people bandy about here.

But say it were true...wouldn't the ability of companies to exercise such power over the market be lessened by building a lot of housing?

we used to respect the peanut in this country, weaving it into the very fabric of our culture and even singing its praises at civic gatherings of our national pastime. now we are isolated and alienated like individually bagged packages of SkinnyDipped almonds

Channeling Jon Bois with this one

Graph of utility capex over time, showing surging distribution capital investments.

Great resource from LBL on electricity cost trends and drivers. It's the distribution costs, folks: eta-publications.lbl.gov/sites/defaul...

Ha. I also thought this was just a Portland thing. Good(?) to know we’re not alone.

Was just talking to some friends about this the other day. I didn’t know if there was a term for “Pareto Optimal but only for low income people”. I agree it seems like a dominant mindset in a lot of circles.

a cartoon drawing of a banana with arms and legs and a smiling face Alt: a cartoon drawing of a banana with arms and legs and a smiling face, dancing to celebrate the end of cars

IT’S CONGESTION PRICING TIME
IT’S CONGESTION PRICING TIME

The Portland City Council recess music genuinely slaps. They can recess all day for all I care.

Ok, I’m a libertarian now

Thought you were censoring the word “predicting” for a sec.

I lived through the incandescent culture war once. That was more than enough thank you.

I had these kinds of talks with my dad at that age. Brings back memories.

This is the only kind of fusion I’m getting hyped about

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The mercantilism will continue until morale improves

You laugh, but this is Elon Musk’s plan for public transit.

I refuse to give in to Big Iron Lung's Polio for All agenda

I have no idea what you’re talking about. These are awesome.

This is one of the more egregious graph crimes I’ve seen in a bit.

A black bike leaning against a log.

Realized I made an accidental Strava Shot™️ while helping my wife with her flat tire.