Dave Deek - Industrial Policy, Antitrust & YIMBY better together

Looks like *paid* users will be able to use 4o again for an undisclosed amount of time. This, however, does not bring back any of the other models like o4 mini (which had a daily vs weekly rate limit)

if the FBI starts arresting Texas lawmakers in Illinois, I think that’s the moment things have officially entered the Cool Zone and people need to get out in the streets

I really hope JB has ensured that IL state police are accountable to the laws of Illinois rather than the regime

South Park, the OG Free Speech Warriors, are taking the gloves off by parodying Trump and Vance as the Fantasy Island staff

South Park, the OG Free Speech Warriors, are taking the gloves off

We once loved pigeons. We might not remember that, but they do | Joseph Earp The gentle, beautiful curiosity of humans led to the discovery that these birds are able to differentiate between paintings by Monet and Picasso

A lovely tribute to pigeons. 🥰

Governor Newsom strengthens local control in Los Angeles burn scar areas | Governor of California

The order can be found here. Shame on Newsom.

www.gov.ca.gov/2025/07/30/g...

Power BI is neat! Shame that the desktop version is limited to PCs

Increasing domestic consumption is good!

total YIMBY victory

Don’t wanna hear a single fucking word from Hegseth about “brotherhood” or “who’s gonna have your back in a foxhole” or any other fucking platitude while he is sending Guardsmen and Marines to help do this kind of shit

Yeah I don’t care if you’re a socialist, a Blue Dog or Bill Kristol, if you’re an enemy of fascism then you’re my ally, and if you care more about your status in the democratic coalition than about beating fascism then you have to go.

Little spotted kiwi found on New Zealand's mainland for first time in 50 years "I'm not sure how to express how thrilling this rediscovery is for the conservation world," an expert says.

Some good news. 🪶

The debate around free-buses/free-transit touches upon the broader issue of the provision of government services.

Should we charge a ‘fare’ for kids going to elementary school?

We don’t because we don’t want to deter school enrollment.

Florida is letting companies make it harder for highly paid workers to swap jobs, thanks to Ken Griffin Lobbyists for the law said it would protect trade secrets and invite high-paying companies to Florida.

I mean this is just plain evil- “Florida enacted a law allowing non-competes of up to four years" (previously it was two years)

No one wins from non-competes, not even the business that have them. Business leaders don’t understand general equilibrium effects

www.businessinsider.com/florida-made...

Legend of the Dragoon on ps1

Absolutely wild to get this brand new and still in cellophane!

they paved paradise.

put up a freeway.

progress?

#detroit #history #urbanism

Whoa, Indigo no longer opening a second restaurant in Bloomingdale - PoPville Indigo's original delicious home remains at 243 K Street, NE in NoMa. Check out their menus here. Whoa, somehow missed this but Indigo shared an update for their plans to open a 2nd spot at North Cap ...

NIMBYs fought to stop a Michelin Star restaurant from opening up.

Some times there are just bad people who enjoy abusing whatever power, big or small, any way they can

www.popville.com/2025/07/indi...

I like pretty walkable places

Don’t agree with Sliwa, especially his NIMBYism, but it’s far more good faith that what other people done, and needs to given credit for it

Is it just me or Curtis Sliwa is just focusing on Zohran’s policies and worldview but isn’t pulling the same stunts with Zohran’s religion/race/whatever like Adams/Cuomo/NYT/Trump/Ygelasis/etc has

Britain is just America’s future, considering the whole Liz Truss’s budget and the Keir Starmer behavior from the Democrats

BP greenlights Jamaica rezoning plan with call for more investment — Queens Daily Eagle Queens Borough President Donovan Richards approved the city’s plan to redevelop a major section of Downtown Jamaica on Monday, bucking the recommendations made by two local community boards.

this is awesome, the queens borough president just told a bunch of NIMBYs to pound sand and will support a plan to build 12k new homes near the Jamaica transit hub

Today AB 253, authored by pro-housing champion @asmchrisward.bsky.social, passed out of the Senate Local Government committee. This bill would allow licensed third-party plan checkers to pick up the workload when cities can't meet a 30-day deadline—key for avoiding delays!

They overstepped & counted on consumers to keep on tolerating price increases

Now their sales are slipping

The private sector lost 33,000 jobs in June, badly missing expectations for a 100,000 increase, ADP says Economists polled by Dow Jones forecast an increase of 100,000 for the month.

Cut the god damn rates

www.cnbc.com/2025/07/02/a...

Exactly. Few know Collins’ MO better.

*beep*

Problem is, Schumer doesn’t have any plans to reverse the damage, if anything he probably wants to go Keir Starmer on America

The worst part about this is Orange man isn’t wrong this time.

Broken clocks are right twice a day

The CEQA is mostly used by non environmental groups, and Reagan was fully aware it was going to be used and abused (in fact he was counting on it)

It is always annoying seeing people defend this bad faith law on the books