Man if only there were some number that directly indicated the demand for people to live in a place relative to the existing supply of housing.

@joshtpm.bsky.social has done great work about how the business model of many publications is events and government affairs budgets. Nothing wrong with that necessarily, but it does skew which topics get covered massively

My mom grew up in a Dorchester triple decker with her grandparents in one of the other units. The whole thing cost the equivalent of $150k back then.

Sharpe, Hornblower, Aubrey/Maturin. The extended napoleonic universe

It does make me wonder about the first person to make a bed and how they convinced everyone that they should sleep on a six foot long cabinet that they could fall off in the middle of the night. All time great sales job

Split the difference. Spanish-American war dad

Ah good point, this incident just reminded me of that.

This gets to one of my pet peeves which is that members of Congress shouldn't be in the reserves. They already have very important jobs in the national security world, and they should be focusing all their time on that.

Worst performance by a Crawley since Lady Mary after the Turkish diplomat?

My 3 year old keeps asking why the district is always sleeping alone and did his mommy and daddy go into the other room

It is really interesting how the two-stage election (electing the electors) was actually pretty common in the 18th and 19th century. Happened in France as well. Shows how different the informational environment was that the Founders assumed people couldn’t have a true national election

My son plays Assetto Corsa with me on the pedals and though it’s frustrating to see him crash into the barriers at Silverstone every 30 seconds at least there are no predators

Advanced jetpacks for business travels. One-time payment. AI assistant. Icarus Pro.

I've come around to gov't support as the second-best option, after massive grants to public media. Obvious definitional questions, but the tax credit for subscriptions could help sustain a new wave of outlets.

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Yes, sorry, to be clear I meant the primary, when it was a gaggle of progressive electeds and he had more of a distinct lane focused on getting a few things done.

But this now raises the question: what is the proper collective noun for progressive officials? An ActBlue of electeds?

This feels to be the real secret of Mamdani's run. It wasn't necessarily the run from the left, but a campaign built on "I will do X, Y, Z" that people responded to.

Trying to think of an American analogy. Maybe muffing the kickoff return in the Super Bowl and the other team starts on the 1

It's clear that there is a division within the pro-rent control camp, with many leaders thinking that the ballot question is too strict and will backfire.

This is what the legislative process is for, but many in the #mapoli policy world have given up on it, not only here, but starter homes q too

No one can predict a new category, but if I had to guess, the entertainment industry awards show may just pick the one with three actors, one of which has already won a Golden Globes