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Some guy who gets very animated about the housing shortage in America. https://masongaffney.org/workpapers/WP071%20Prop%2013%20and%20the%20Decline%20of%20California.pdf No soliciting.
Houses are for living, not for investing
Carl Quintanilla@carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 18m agoHis timing “couldn't have been worse. In the four years since he grabbed the keys to his new place, asking prices in the Austin metro have plummeted by nearly 25%.” @businessinsider.com www.businessinsider.com/austin-texas...
Anthropic Is Building Its Own Chip https://www.businessinsider.com/anthropic-in-house-silicon-chip-team-claude-2026-8 (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49186116)
It's official: Anthropic is building an in-house chip team for Claude
The AI startup is hiring engineers to design custom chips for its Claude AI model, according to a job listing and a company statement.
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Oh won't someone think of the homeowners!
Carl Quintanilla@carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 18m agoHis timing “couldn't have been worse. In the four years since he grabbed the keys to his new place, asking prices in the Austin metro have plummeted by nearly 25%.” @businessinsider.com www.businessinsider.com/austin-texas...
SCOOP! Restaurant chain Qdoba has now pulled jalapeños from more than 800 stores following a connection to the ongoing salmonella outbreak. Yesterday, Chipotle said it was pulling the peppers from some MN restaurants @bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Qdoba Pulls Jalapenos as US Officials Probe Salmonella Outbreak
Qdoba Restaurant Corp. pulled jalapenos from its more than 800 locations and said it’s cooperating with US authorities investigating a salmonella outbreak that has sickened hundreds of people across t...
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Today on @volts.wtf: @climatecabineteducation.org's own Saleem Chapman talks with Dave Roberts about the paper Dave calls: "The first time I’ve seen a comprehensive strategy [for protecting consumers from the impacts of data centers] laid out in one place." www.volts.wtf/p/what-shoul...
What should state policymakers do about data centers?
A conversation with Saleem Chapman of Climate Cabinet.
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L.A. County’s first elected CEO will have more constituents than the vast majority of US governors. 2028 is a long way off, but obsessive L.A. politicos are already following the sharp-elbowed shadow race for a seat that’s essentially the mayor of Southern California lamaterial.com/p/la-county-...
Who’s Running for L.A. County CEO in 2028?
The race for Los Angeles County’s first elected CEO is already stirring, with Lindsey Horvath, Eric Garcetti and others potentially in the mix.
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Fun fact LA county and Michigan have about the same population
Julia Wick@sherlyholmes.bsky.social · 18h agoL.A. County’s first elected CEO will have more constituents than the vast majority of US governors. 2028 is a long way off, but obsessive L.A. politicos are already following the sharp-elbowed shadow race for a seat that’s essentially the mayor of Southern California lamaterial.com/p/la-county-...
The best thing about Vote Blue No Matter Who is that it unloads a lot of cognitive burden. I wanted Tom Steyer to be in the Governor's race, but he's not so I'm gonna vote for Becerra. I don't follow his campaign at all: I'm voting for him because he's not a Republican.
Journalism is increasingly concentrated in NYC and DC. Not because the industry is booming in NYC and DC, but because it is collapsing everywhere else. www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
In light of the revelation today of DHS’s massive operation to spy on social media critics of their policies, remember this I posted a few months ago about the tech they bought that can do just this—and how the company markets itself to do political surveillance.
Matthew Guariglia@mguariglia.bsky.social · 5mo agoJust learning that ICE has a $4.2 million contract for social media surveillance/AI analysis with Fivecast. A few years ago I came across a brochure of theirs which used as an example for potential police customers their ability to map left-wing groups. www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
A federal judge held the Department of Homeland Security in contempt for allegedly slow-rolling an order to turn over phones used by immigration agents during operations in the Los Angeles area last year. W/ @wendyfry.bsky.social calmatters.org/justice/2026...
Judge orders daily fines against Homeland Security in case over LA immigration sweeps
A federal judge held the Department of Homeland Security in contempt for not disclosing the cellphone records of immigration agents in Los Angeles.
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Voting Village returns to #defcon34! In addition to the voting machine lab, we have some terrific talks this year. Come hear about de-anonymizing ballots in Georgia, and the inside scoop on the (unpublished) Puerto Rican election systems report, among many others. info.defcon.org/defcon34/vil...
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the whole 'nothing has gotten better' discourse is of course fucking stupid in a million ways, but I just wanted to note that average dog lifespan in the United States has increased by two years since 2000.
Michigan primary: We are watching AP estimates that have Dems with a 46% higher turnout than R voters.
The great thing about bars with street facing patios is I get to sit outside drinking a beer while joggers watch me, amongst other positive aspects
In 2026 Chinese tech titans are forecast to invest less than a tenth as much in data centres as their American counterparts. Their models appear only fractionally less powerful owing to this frugality
How China gets better bang for its buck than America in AI
Its investment lags far behind America’s. Its models do not
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Edmonton’s broad upzoning has (so far) added $15 million to the city’s yearly property tax revenue.
Jacob Loo Dawang@jacobdawang.com · yesterday🧵 NEW POST: Edmonton’s $15M infill property tax dividend Matching permits to assessment data shows that small-scale infill from just 2024-26 will grow the tax base by $1.8B, and revenues by $15M. That's equivalent to a 0.7% property tax rate increase! #yegcc www.jacobdawang.com/blog/2026/pr...
Tonight every contested Democratic primary in Virginia produced a majority winner. Luria 80.6. Perriello 78.7. Beyer 67. Taylor 52.7. Powers 50.7. Virginia Dems are locked in and ready to win in November. Let’s go flip this house.
A story of cause and effect: Last November, Ontario banned cities from using speed safety cameras to issue tickets. Reckless speeding immediately surged in Toronto, Ottawa, Guelph, and cities throughout the province. A 🧵 about my latest in Bloomberg (gift link)
What Happens When Speed Cameras Get Shut Off
In 2025, Ontario banned automated traffic enforcement. Now the number of drivers exceeding the speed limit has surged, according to traffic data.
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Continuing the series on WW2 rations, this is the canned B & C ration of the US army. Let me know the next country you’d like me to spotlight. youtu.be/x662Tf9jzRs?...
What American Soldiers Ate in WWII (B-Ration)
YouTube video by Tasting History with Max Miller
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Move over, clean faces. Reddit released its annual beauty insights, and the results indicate where trends might be headed
The “No-Makeup Makeup” Look Is On the Way Out
Move over, clean faces. Reddit released its annual beauty insights, and the results indicate where trends might be headed (think 'Euphoria')
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DSA-aligned Democrats are now the most pro-free-trade voting bloc in the United States, in an incredible turn of events www.theargumentmag.com/p/who-suppor...
Commentary: "Chiikawa the Movie: The Secret of Mermaid Island" is the most anticipated film in Japan, grossing ¥2.24 billion in its opening weekend, and has taken over most movie screens during the school summer vacation period.
In Japan, ‘Odysseus’ is scared of tiny, cute ‘Chiikawa’
Chiikawa is a phenomenon in Japan, with its character appearing on various products, and partnering with the brand is an instant way to increase revenue
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