Dr. Katherine Haenschen

Do you think the existence of Props 2-3-4 and her campaigning against them pushed her to shift views, or has she been moving in this direction already?

This is a perfect example of how leaving the “free market” to decide results in food deserts; this is a problem govt can and must fix! (also worth thinking real hard about varying commercial real estate rents.)

I’ll even go so far as to say that I will gladly accept a damp handshake from someone who washed their hands and could not adequately dry them!

Can i pls not form an opinion on this? Just wash ur hands folks!!

It’s 18 tablespoons of butter, Michael. What could it cost, $10?

Yeah, IMO "Reddit as Google" also falls into this trap vs "Reddit as community I post/like/comment/engage in."

Perhaps I'm getting at an argument that "YouTube is more Media than *Social* Media"

Exactly: I never like/comment/subscribe, but I play YouTube videos to solve home repair problems, as a radio, definitely stats stuff, TV clips I missed, etc..

IMO the way we "use" YouTube w/o an account makes it kinda different from a walled garden like FB/IG where engagement is more the point.

I deeply admire Pew surveys, I assign them, I cite them.

Also, I think they need to think and be more precise about what "using" YouTube means.

Good lord. Maybe you DID need 6 Californias.

Ooh, this is a good take!

But keep your shoes on, people, regardless of your class status or tax bracket.

We need the "wives' perspective" on this that amounts to "yeah, over the span of 3 months I persuaded my husband to vote Kennedy over Nixon because I knew Kennedy would be better for micro-economic issues, since I run the household budget."

And look, I realize the "we slept in!!" plot point and resulting frantic departure is necessary for losing a kid in the attic. I get it. But it's always grated on me (and we watch that movie All Year Round in my home!).

IMO the biggest problem with the Home Alone plot is a transatlantic, direct flight from ORD to presumably CDG that leaves at, like, 10am Central time or whatever.

As someone who came up thru Obama I'm also curious who/what is motivating the teens and 20somethings to get involved right now. In the '10s I think Occupy/Bernie got people involved.

First go read the Ezra Klein op-ed on building housing.
THEN go read all the Boomer Libs in the top comments who are doing a "whataboutism" on his central argument. Sigh.

Since I do mostly housing activism now, I see this along the lines of who wants to preserve the status quo (continue not building enough) vs. change the status quo (let other people exist in your neighborhood). There's an intersection with "elites" but IMO it's not clear what yet.

Bear in mind: it has ever been thus!

There's no golden age when information was immaculate & the people devoted to imbibing it all. The midcentury US, with its major newspapers & three networks, was where the basic survey research demonstrating how little citizens know about politics was conducted

This is the future liberals want

Because subconsciously, he felt bad because he knew he stole Danny’s woman. And he screwed over the old guy. Turnabout is fair play.

It is *possible* she knew. 🤔

My mom has always been really hard to shop for. And one year my dad and I were just out of ideas, and he goes “… asparagus!” It was perfect. Filled the top third of the stocking perfectly. 10/10, no notes. 😁

(Hiding it in her fridge for 1-2 days was another matter.)

It was good, but I’m glad I made a very lemony buttery sauce for the chicken because the harissa carrot fennel was a little bit dry.

Didn’t feel like making a yogurt garlic sauce. Would definitely serve the whole thing over super oily garlic sauteed rice next time.

Classics from my childhood:
Post-Its (ok steal from office)
New Socks (my kids get these)
Candy
Your Favorite Pens
A bunch of asparagus!
(My Dad and I put fresh asparagus tied with a red ribbon in my Mom’s stocking every year for a decade. She loved it and cooked it the next day!)

This just went into the oven! Decided to pair with skinless thighs cooked with caramelized lemon and probably some garlic and onions.

As a post-doc I remember noticing that the parking garage was free, but the gym cost money.

What you subsidize is what people will do!

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Bahahaha, an academic publisher just quoted me a $2,990 "open access" charge. Mitch, please. (My university doesn't have a broad agreement with this publisher and the few APC credits available this year have already been used.)

The AVERAGE in Norfolk County MA is around $27k PER CHILD.

The last monthly check I wrote for two kids in full-time daycare worked out to $1075 PER WEEK.

That is almost $56k per year and includes a sibling discount.

Ya, I mean in a way it's like the handful of cities that can bid on major academic conferences due to meeting room space + hotel capacity.

Also just for the LOLs, Gillette was an early 2021 COVID vax site because it's so big and has ample parking.

A valid datapoint! And given the connectivity of DC / Baltimore via Amtrak, a Swift run would have easily pulled from the entire NE, plus most of VA.