Dave Deek - BlueSky is Amazing

@davedeek.substack.com

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Big fan of Common Side Effects Writes: https://www.governance.fyi Biases: YIMBY, Urbanist, Antitrust, Right To Repair, Free Speech, Deming’s Fanboy, ML models are useful but against AI Art

None of these require new legislation. None require new revenue. And the evidence we review here says they matter more than the expensive programs cities typically reach for first. We want to make an argument that will sound, at first, like we are telling local officials to do nothing. We are not. We are telling them to do the thing that matters as more of a prerequisite/ corequisite and costs the least, before they do the things will cost a lot of money. The lowest cost investment (in the long term) a city can make to support family formation is not a new subsidy, a new program, or a new department. It is making the existing institutional machinery work as designed: delivering services reliably, communicating intentions clearly, and earning the trust of households deciding whether this is a place where they can raise a child. You will need to spend money in the mid-to-long term. Right now we are talking about the lowest hanging (and cheapest) fruit to a very complex and expensive phenomenon.
Donald Trump possessed by Holden Bloodfeast
A photo describing how penguins are cooling the earth
My cat peeking out from a paper bag
Richard Hanania defending Epstein by calling his haters antisemites
Scott Adams creator of Dilbert died
China has over 160 car manufacturers and Japan has over 10 major ones, while the US only have 5
Dorris Williams, a former mayor of Lake Jackson Texas who increase taxes to pay for a civic center and a rec center
Gavin Newsom suspended SB9 on behalf of NIMBYs for “fire safety”
Marine Le Pen condemning Trump's regime change on Venezuela
Bart Simpson Meme on why Venezuela being destabilized by Trump is a bad thing
Chamber of Progress founding calling supporters of a 4 day work week out of touch
Bloomberg article talking about people resorting to dating apps to try to find jobs
A picture of a tweet where Ahmed el Ahmed trying to stop the shooter, with Elon's goons calling to "Deport him last."
Donald Trump and Bill Clinton hugging in Our Cartoon President while reunited to defend Jeffery Epstein
David S. Pumpkins as a metaphor for state capacity
Will Stancil detailing issues with Matt Yglesias
GOP Poll showing that Planter is leading despite tattoo contraversy
Palantir is the one that spread Graham Platner's tattoo
Chart showcasing how Iceland produce more energy per capita than France, EU, UK, etc
Porco Rosso getting his engine fix scene
Ant Queen from Hunter X Hunter
Matt Yglesias end up being wrong about deplatforming Trump
J.D. Vance talks about how he is ready to take over from Trump, with the context that the pope died because of Vance
South Park, the OG Free Speech Warriors, are taking the gloves off by parodying Trump and Vance as the Fantasy Island staff
Fully automated beer production + smooth jazz playing in the background
Jim Cramer talking about Elon Musk and Donald Trump’s relationship