A new report from @ips-dc.bsky.social and Popular Democracy reveals how billionaires are super-charging the US housing crisis — and common-sense measures communities and governments can take to create and preserve truly affordable housing solutions.
ips-dc.org/report-billi...

Can we skip ahead to the part where Sir Patrick Stewart as Picard is sipping Earl Grey tea made from a replicator on a space ship, tut tutting about how stupid humans used to be before they put an end to their wars and solved their climate crisis?

Folks in the US, remember to power down your cellphone temporarily if you don't want to hear the loud noise from the emergency alert system test notification. It will still ring even if the phone is set on "silent," unless you shut it down completely. The test alert will occur at 2:20 PM ET.

“The office of the Speaker of the House of Representatives is now declared vacant”

“There’s no defensible argument that [skyrocketing CEO pay] is because CEOs have just gotten a lot smarter or more effective over time,” my colleague Sarah Anderson, a CEO pay expert, explains in Politico. The UAW strike is shining a light on the CEO-worker pay gap.
www.politico.com/news/2023/09...

"It's one airport meal, Michael. How much could it cost? $78?"

Well, I've finally caved and joined the mass migration. I won't lie- something about watching the downfall of Twitter in real time appealed to my inner classicist. But no way am I paying to watch Elon fiddle while the dumpster fire formerly known as Twitter burns.