Chris Cunningham

I thought Scotch-Irish culture (my name is Cunningham!!) was responsible for Appalachia's struggles. You know, as opposed to the dark shadow of coal mining....

The Gordy Howe Bridge and the Public Choice of Privately Owned Infrastructure I've always been a bit sceptical of private-public infrastructure. States normally have lower borrowing costs and… | ... The Gordy Howe Bridge and the Public Choice of Privately Owned Infrastructure I've always been a bit sceptical of private-public infrastructure. States normally have lower borrowing costs and writing...

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Maybe America Needs Some New Cities

Like the author, I agree with the logic of building mixed-income, mixed-use cities from scratch dominates piecemeal sprawl. At the same time, I struggle to find any successful example. Irvine mixed uses and density but everyone still drives.
Maybe America Needs Some New Cities www.nytimes.com/2026/0

AG Bondi: "we continue our war on inflation!!!"

This is a great point. I'd only add that CA's climate is so much more mild relative to TX, that building draftier homes there would still produce less CO2 than tight homes in TX.

Don't get out over your skis.

Border Officials Are Said to Have Caused El Paso Closure by Firing Anti-Drone Laser

Clown show:

Border Officials Are Said to Have Caused El Paso Closure by Firing Anti-Drone Laser www.nytimes.com/2026/02/11/u...

The price of rising is rising. Developers getting shafted.

Thanks for all the machine tools and technical training; we got this now.

These stories are everywhere in Europe. I fear the US ability to recruit top talent from around the world has been lost.

Do we really want a Floridian driving in these conditions?

What distinguishes NL from these other countries? Perhaps not having much of an auto industry, and a relative dearth of cars perhaps?

Pretty hard to square this with freezing the Gang of Eight out for "security".

4/ Andreessen’s VC firm also backs Pronomos Capital, which backs Praxis. bsky.app/profile/jenn...

Would people pay the same if Disney just raised their prices or is speeding past the proles part of the appeal?

Opinion | Disney and the Decline of America’s Middle Class

This was insightful (and depressing), but I wonder if some of the value of fast passes and exclusive clubs is the manifested class sorting.

Disney and the Decline of America’s Middle Class www.nytimes.com/2025/08/28/o...

Lululemon founder getting cheeky.

Well it's hard to keep up the streets given LA's brutal freeze/thaw cycles.

A Top Source of Lead Pollution Faced Tighter Rules. Then Trump Intervened.

The ultimate corporate hack: blanket your community with lead so they become stupid and vote republican which let's you continue to pollute.

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“A Bulgarian man from Chicago arrested during the recent fall immigration enforcement 'blitz' has died while in the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) at a Michigan private prison.”

From Portugal?

All that gilters is not gold.

Peak performance

Their (community) ratings are terrible.

To be enforced by the ministry of love.

Great analysis from Simon Mongey showing evidence of broad weakening of demand for workers in 2025.

Evidence that developments are hurting Americans with the least earning power the most, opposite recent years.

What is the explanation for the higher unemployment rate early in the sample? I could imagine that given the CPS samples dwellings those that suffer prolonged unemployment will be more likely to drop out by moving to cheaper housing, their car, viaduct...

Could you provide a link please.

Grading and googling hallucinated citations, as one does nowadays, and now that LLMs have been around for a while, I've discovered new horrors: hallucinated journals are now appearing in Google Scholar with dozens of citations bc so many people are citing these fake things

Scoop: New Justice Department voting rights chief had prior job suspension for ties to election deniers California prosecutor Eric Neff relied on a right-wing group's intel to bring charges. Now, he's apparently in charge of voting rights at the DOJ.

If Fulton does surrender ballots, they better photocopy every single one.

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