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vivek ramaswamy suggests pegging the dollar to gold, ditching the Fed, and laying off 3 out of every 4 federal...

vivek ramaswamy suggests pegging the dollar to gold, ditching the Fed, and laying off 3 out of every 4 federal employees

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2023/08/24/vivek-ramaswamy-policy-gop-candidate/

it can't be a coincidence that the two addiction redemption stories I finished today -- the tremendous news story below and The Night of...

it can't be a coincidence that the two addiction redemption stories I finished today -- the tremendous news story below and The Night of the Gun by David Carr -- both take place in Minnesota.

I've written before about how it has the strongest safety net, most supportive community and highest quality of life of any state.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2023/08/16/lawyer-sarah-gad-drug-addiction/

in every state, its cheaper mile-for-mile to fuel up an EV than to fuel up a gas...

in every state, its cheaper mile-for-mile to fuel up an EV than to fuel up a gas machine

https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/interactive/2023/electric-vehicle-charging-price-vs-gasoline/?itid=hp-top-table-main_p001_f003

Twitter gave birth to BlackLivesMatter. Where would the equivalent movement start today? Would it even get off the...

Twitter gave birth to BlackLivesMatter. Where would the equivalent movement start today? Would it even get off the ground?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/08/06/musk-black-twitter-spill/

if that's the case, where in the world are serious Republicans getting their news?? Like, if you care deeply about deep reporting and...

if that's the case, where in the world are serious Republicans getting their news?? Like, if you care deeply about deep reporting and fact-checking and lean right, what exactly are you reading?

weeks after making it, i can't stop thinking about one tiny line on this chart: WSJ readers are 30 percent Democrats and 21 percent...

weeks after making it, i can't stop thinking about one tiny line on this chart: WSJ readers are 30 percent Democrats and 21 percent Republicans

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2023/07/14/weed-smokers-npr/

“I don’t really look at this from a ‘let’s go out there and hug trees’ perspective,” said Russ Bates, who served as a senior...

“I don’t really look at this from a ‘let’s go out there and hug trees’ perspective,” said Russ Bates, who served as a senior executive in the fossil fuel industry before starting his own consulting firm in the Cleveland area for industrial solar installations in 2021. “But from an economic perspective, it is making so much more sense to do this.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2023/07/23/biden-green-energy-local-republicans/

to be sure im interpreting "landlord' as "super" because what nyc landlord actually does their own repairs and unclogs...

to be sure im interpreting "landlord' as "super" because what nyc landlord actually does their own repairs and unclogs their own toilets??

i mean, the answer is A) i tip in almost all these situations but B) i wish to god i didn't have to because all the employees were paid...

i mean, the answer is A) i tip in almost all these situations but B) i wish to god i didn't have to because all the employees were paid a living wage

https://www.wsj.com/articles/tipping-businesses-cant-stop-asking-cc1aca6c

tipping pointvia wsj and the fine folks at gustohttps://www.wsj.com/articles/tipping-businesses-cant-stop-asking-cc1aca6c

tipping point

via wsj and the fine folks at gusto

https://www.wsj.com/articles/tipping-businesses-cant-stop-asking-cc1aca6c

incredible top comment on this opinion story about a goofy mexican...

incredible top comment on this opinion story about a goofy mexican restaurant

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/06/13/stone-parker-south-park-casa-bonita/

greetings from idaho, the undisputed sprinkler capital of america.folks outside the arid west simply can't fathom just how much time,...

greetings from idaho, the undisputed sprinkler capital of america.

folks outside the arid west simply can't fathom just how much time, money and energy we devote to spraying water on lawns out here

https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&geo=US&q=sprinklers&hl=en

super duper fun map from the legendary lauren tierneyhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/06/12/amazon-nile-longest-river/

super duper fun map from the legendary lauren tierney

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/06/12/amazon-nile-longest-river/

i could not even tell you the first thing about what's going on with this geographic...

i could not even tell you the first thing about what's going on with this geographic split

https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=2016-06-01%202018-03-01&geo=US&q=dad%20hat,trucker%20hat&hl=en

Career bureaucrat David Lebryk balances the nation's checkbook.He juggles the nuts and bolts of trillions of dollars of U.S. government...

Career bureaucrat David Lebryk balances the nation's checkbook.

He juggles the nuts and bolts of trillions of dollars of U.S. government transactions every year.

As congress toys with default, his job is about to get much, much harder, the one and only Jeff Stein writes

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2023/05/21/debt-ceiling-treasury-dave-lebryk/

in 2010, computer science and english majors were equally common at the university of marylandby 2017, computer science majors outnumbered...

in 2010, computer science and english majors were equally common at the university of maryland

by 2017, computer science majors outnumbered all humanities combined!

from the great nick anderson

https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2023/05/19/college-majors-computer-science-humanities/

also the photos are ridiculous. look at calgary!!

also the photos are ridiculous. look at calgary!!

calgary shows us how a massive downtown office-to-apartment conversion scheme should be done, according to the fine folks on the editorial...

calgary shows us how a massive downtown office-to-apartment conversion scheme should be done, according to the fine folks on the editorial team

* a simple, competitive incentive program
* no strings attached
* developers carry the risk if the project fails

and it's still producing a growing inventory of affordable housing

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/05/18/calgary-downtown-revitalization-plan/

from @kenanfikri@bird.makeup and the the economic innovation geniuses at the economic innovation group comes a super-fun state economic...

from @kenanfikri@bird.makeup and the the economic innovation geniuses at the economic innovation group comes a super-fun state economic dynamism map

https://eig.org/state-dynamism/

almost nowhere has truly recovered from the Great Recession in terms of business startups, new patents and housing permits

meanwhile this beautifully terrifying @alyssafowers chart shows folks in public housing in some places are being watched as intensely as...

meanwhile this beautifully terrifying @alyssafowers chart shows folks in public housing in some places are being watched as intensely as inmates at rikers