๐ false as cosmology but adequate as control theory ๐ ED @yimby_law
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Here is the research that proves that YIMBYs are right.
Also stop saying that the point of new housing is so it filters in 30 years.
The point of it is that it creates vacancies NOW in the existing buildings that people move Out of in order to move Into the new building. โ at San Francisco, CA
Official working paper and policy brief for โThe Effect of New Market-Rate Housing Construction on the Low-income Housing Marketโ
WP: research.upjohn.org/cgi/viewโฆ
Brief: research.upjohn.org/cgi/viewโฆ
An earlier version made the rounds---this update fleshes it out a bit. Key results:
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Just four days after the election, Iโm heading to DC for freshman orientation! Iโm so excited to get to work in Congress for San Francisco and for our country. We have the largest freshman Democratic class since the post-Watergate election. Itโs a huge opportunity to put our country on a better path โ one that lowers peopleโs cost of living, ends the war, strengthens democracy and civil rights, restores the rule of law, and puts an end to this national nightmare. Iโm ready to fight for our future!
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Proud to sign this letter with my new colleagues @bradlander and @DanielBiss. Freedom of the press is essential for a healthy democracy, and arresting journalists is totally inconsistent with that principle.
Last Tuesday night, as we awaited election returns, fifteen masked Israel Police and Shin Bet officers entered the home of journalist Abed Abu Shehadeh, a Palestinian citizen of Israel, and took him into custody.
Today, I joined fellow incoming Congressmembers @DanielBiss & @Scott_Wiener in sending a letter to Israelโs Ambassador to the U.S. @yechielleiter, calling for his immediate release.
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ืืื ืืืื ืงืื, ืื"ืจ ืืฉืจ! ืขื ืืืื ืงืื, ืืืฆืืจื:
"ื ืคืขื ืืืืืจืืช. ืืคื ืื ื ืฉืชื ืืืจืืช: ืืื ืื ื ืฉื ืืืฉืืช ืืืจืื ืืืืืืช ืืืืฆืืขื ืฉื ืืืืืื ืืื ืกืช - ืืืืจืช ืืืฉื ืจืืฉ ืืืฉ, ืืงืืงื ืืฉืืื ืืืืืื ืืืงืื ืฉืืกืื ืื ืืช ืืืืืงืจืืื"
ืดืืืจื: ืืื ืืืื ืฉืืืฉื, ืื ืืืื ื ืชื ืืื ืืื ืจืืฉ ืืืฉืืช ืืขืืจ ืืืืื ืืชืืืืชื ืฉื ืืจืืขืื ืืฉืืฉื ืืืจื ืื ืกืช ืืืื. ืืืืืื ืื ืชื ืืื ืืืืขืื ืฉืื ืื ื ื ืืืฉืื. ืืื ืื ืืืฉืืืื ืืืืื ืืืคื ืืืืื ืืชืืฆืืืช ืืืืช ืฉื ืืืืืจืืช. ืืื ืืคืืื ืืืืจืืืด
ืดืืืืื ืืงืจืืืื ืืืื ืืืืื ืืกืคืื ืื ืืชืืจืืืื ืฉืงืจืืื ืืืืืขืจืื. ืื ืฉืืืฉื ืฉืืื ืืืื ืืืื ืขื ืืฉืื ืื ืืืืื - ืื ืืขืจืื ื ืืื ื ืืช ืื ืืืฉืืช ืฉืื ื"
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ืืืดืจ ืืขืืช ืืืืืจืืช ืืฉืืคื ื ืขื ืกืืืืจื: "'ืืืง ืืกืื ืืื ืกืช' ืงืืืข ืฉืืช ืชืืฆืืืช ืืืืืจืืช ืืฉ ืืคืจืกื ืืืจ. ืืื ืื ืกืืืืช, ืืืืฉ, ืฉืื ืืคืจืกื ืืืชื"
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This is the burning of the Library of Alexandria for old BBcode forums for what few were left. Web 3.0's final, total victory. Every website you knew as a millennial or elder zoomer is gone. Just a memory now, that dies with us. A great reset.
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This is why American Jews, traveling to Israel, and trying to protect Palestinians is not performative at all. It will help move the Jewish community to understand what is happening there.
Seven Jewish organizations representing Conservative, Reform, and Reconstructionist Judaism have issued a joint statement condemning the detention of Israeli and American rabbis, alongside dozens of others, while helping a Palestinian family harvest olives.
They call for the need to protect Palestinian farmers from violent settlers.
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This is also true in a number of expensive SF Bay Area suburbs
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I love that Zohran is running like straight up technocratic abundance lib commercials.
FASTER GOVERNMENT! CUT RED TAPE! FAST TRACK PROJECTS!!!
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I logged 116 tide observations in NYC over the last few years and plotted them with Claude.
High tides line up on a diagonal, shifting about 50 mins later each day
Way better than the public grocery store idea
Breaking News: Mayor Zohran Mamdaniโs administration is making a $30 million investment to build a quantum research lab at New York University. In exchange, the city will receive 15% of any proceeds from intellectual property developed in that lab. nyti.ms/4jUe7GD
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OPENAI to EMPLOYEES: You got no bitches before. Maybe you should question why that would change?
OPENAI to EMPLOYEES: If someone is trying to seduce you, first consider โ could they be a spy???
OpenAI is warning its employees about honeypot spies and strangers with children in playgrounds ... a very fun one with @georgia_wells and @MeghanBobrowsky:
wsj.com/tech/ai/ai-companiesโฆ
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reading about these Anthropic leaders feels worse than "the emperor has no clothes". they seem just so completely over their skis. and despite trying to upload morality + civic virtue to their LLMs, they all seem like they could really use some personal education in those areas
this is a reporting tour-de-force from @elizabethjdias,
one of the most revealing and stunning @nytimes pieces I've read in a long time
gift link: nytimes.com/2026/09/29/us/anโฆ
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reading this reminded of the AI researcher from @NYMag last week who said, "I spent six and a half years working in AI safety, and I know nothing about war. Iโve seen one war movie, and itโs Dunkirk, and thatโs only because Harry Styles was in it."
teapawt.net/shashj/status/21099846โฆ
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The hostages you donโt hear about, because theyโre Palestinian.
โChildren [in administrative detention] often donโt even know why theyโre being held, and their parents donโt know either.โ
972mag.com/palestinian-childโฆ
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Just awful news. Another giant lost to history. Perryโs work on finance will outlast him, especially in the scholars who learned from him and saw his lessons come to life in the last two decades.
We are deeply saddened to share the news that Perry Mehrling passed away this morning at the age of 67.
Perry was the father of the Young Scholars Initiative. He believed profoundly in young scholars, in their ideas, and in the importance of creating a community in which they could learn from one another and find their own voices.
Perry, you leave an enormous hole in our midst. Our hearts are aching, and we will miss you dearly.
The YSI community will carry your legacy forward. Your ideas, your generosity, and your commitment to generations of young scholars will remain with us.
Thank you for everything, Perry.
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Quite something: former CEO of El Al (& fighter pilot & head of Air Force intel) Joel Feldschuh put himself on the line so Palestinians could harvest their own olives. And quite something that he got arrested for it.
โ๏ธOne gen of Israelis trying to save the state from the next.
ืืืฉืืจื ืขืฆืจื ืืื ืืืคืจ ืืคืืกืืื ื ืืืื ืืช ืชืืดื (ืืืืืืก) ืืืื ืคืืืฉื, ืืฉืขืืจ ืื ืืดื ืื-ืขื, ืืืืจ ืฉืงืืืฆื ืฉื ื-15 ืงืฆืื ืื ืืืืืืก, ืืืื ืืืืคืื ืืื ืืืื ืื ืจืืืื ืืืืกืืืจืืื ืืฆืืื ืคืจืืคืณ ืืืจื ืืจ ืืืกืฃ, ืกืืืขื ืืคืืกืืื ืื ืืืงืืืืื ืืืกืืง ืืืืชืื.
ืขื ืคื ืชืืืืจ ืขืื ืจืืื, ืืชืงืจืืช ืืชืจืืฉื ืืืจื ืฉืืืกืืง ืืกืชืืื. ืืืช ืื ืฉืื ืืงืืืฆื ืขืฉืชื ืืจืื ืขื ืฉืง ืืืชืื ืืืืืื ืืื ืืจ ืขืืื ืืืขืืกื ืืกืืืจื. ืืคืชืข ืชืงืฃ ืืืชื ืืชื ืื ืฆืขืืจ ืืืืืืืช. ืื ืืืืื ืืืื ืืืชื ืืืคืจืืื ืืื ืืื. ืืขืืืจ ืืื, ืืืืขื ืืืฉืืจื ืืขืฆืจื ืฉื ื ืคืขืืืื ืืงืืืฆื, ืืื ืืื ืชืืดื ืคืืืฉื.
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