Danilo Pelletiere
@dcpelletiere.bsky.social
Fresh start, same baggage
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Why is housing unaffordable for so many? Join our webinar 12/8, 12pm re: 2 key assessments & promising solutions w/ leading analysts & MD policymakers. We'll discuss MD Housing Needs Assessment & Comptroller’s Housing & Economy report - offering insight on housing affordability in MD. bit.ly/3LZIHA0
November 25, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Why is housing unaffordable for so many? Join our webinar 12/8, 12pm re: 2 key assessments & promising solutions w/ leading analysts & MD policymakers. We'll discuss MD Housing Needs Assessment & Comptroller’s Housing & Economy report - offering insight on housing affordability in MD. bit.ly/3LZIHA0
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Yearly deaths caused by cars and trucks striking pedestrians rose 70 percent between 2010 and 2023, an examination of federal data and other public records by The Post shows.
The deadliest roads in America
The number of pedestrians killed by vehicles has increased in the U.S., with road infrastructure and inadequate safety measures among key contributing factors.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 19, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Yearly deaths caused by cars and trucks striking pedestrians rose 70 percent between 2010 and 2023, an examination of federal data and other public records by The Post shows.
“Affordability” is finally on the agenda. It is time more places consider programs like this that have shown they can efficiently provide flexible, assistance to working families that struggle affording the rent some months, keeping them out of the homeless system and from needing deeper assistance.
Excited to see the DC Flex housing voucher pilot on track to becoming permanent program streetsensemedia.org/article/dc-f...
DC Flex, a pilot rent subsidy program, could become permanent
DC Flex will be here to stay if a bill passes the D.C. Council, but advocates wonder if the program will change to address the growing need.
streetsensemedia.org
November 19, 2025 at 11:55 AM
“Affordability” is finally on the agenda. It is time more places consider programs like this that have shown they can efficiently provide flexible, assistance to working families that struggle affording the rent some months, keeping them out of the homeless system and from needing deeper assistance.
Excited to see the DC Flex housing voucher pilot on track to becoming permanent program streetsensemedia.org/article/dc-f...
DC Flex, a pilot rent subsidy program, could become permanent
DC Flex will be here to stay if a bill passes the D.C. Council, but advocates wonder if the program will change to address the growing need.
streetsensemedia.org
November 19, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Excited to see the DC Flex housing voucher pilot on track to becoming permanent program streetsensemedia.org/article/dc-f...
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Next Tue, Nov 18: Join us for a convo about the evolving landscape of affordable housing finance, the impacts of federal disruptions, and policy opportunities to support growth in Massachusetts and beyond. @masshousing.bsky.social @harvardkennedy.bsky.social
www.jchs.harvard.edu/calendar/aff...
www.jchs.harvard.edu/calendar/aff...
November 14, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Next Tue, Nov 18: Join us for a convo about the evolving landscape of affordable housing finance, the impacts of federal disruptions, and policy opportunities to support growth in Massachusetts and beyond. @masshousing.bsky.social @harvardkennedy.bsky.social
www.jchs.harvard.edu/calendar/aff...
www.jchs.harvard.edu/calendar/aff...
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Thanks to the shutdown, we didn't get the first estimate of Q3 GDP today. And private-sector data offer no good substitute for official GDP.
The shutdown offers lots of lessons about what private sector data can and can't do.
New at @piie.com : www.piie.com/blogs/realti...
The shutdown offers lots of lessons about what private sector data can and can't do.
New at @piie.com : www.piie.com/blogs/realti...
What the government shutdown teaches us about private sector data
The government shutdown provides an unexpected test case for an increasingly urgent question: What would happen if official economic statistics became less useful, whether through declining resources,...
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October 30, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Thanks to the shutdown, we didn't get the first estimate of Q3 GDP today. And private-sector data offer no good substitute for official GDP.
The shutdown offers lots of lessons about what private sector data can and can't do.
New at @piie.com : www.piie.com/blogs/realti...
The shutdown offers lots of lessons about what private sector data can and can't do.
New at @piie.com : www.piie.com/blogs/realti...
It is so clear that people don’t understand what AI is actually doing www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...
Federal judges using AI filed court orders with false quotes, fake names
The head of the Senate Judiciary Committee blasted the two federal judges for the erroneous filings and called for new regulations on AI use in federal courts.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 29, 2025 at 5:13 PM
It is so clear that people don’t understand what AI is actually doing www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...
The back of my 13 mini is so cracked I can’t remove from its case, but I persevere because big phones are annoying
Have Your Say!
Why can’t I buy a small smartphone? on.ft.com/4nzyCqB
Are phones too big? Tell us what you think in today's #FTEdit poll 👉 on.ft.com/47n8eKt
Are phones too big? Tell us what you think in today's #FTEdit poll 👉 on.ft.com/47n8eKt
October 21, 2025 at 1:29 PM
The back of my 13 mini is so cracked I can’t remove from its case, but I persevere because big phones are annoying
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Given all that, I wouldn't bet on AI leading to an era of 3-day week for all. Even if it does, the US is the last place I would expect to see it. Still: the dystopian outcome where the rich get richer and the masses are left to subsist on a basic income might also be good for video games companies.
October 14, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Given all that, I wouldn't bet on AI leading to an era of 3-day week for all. Even if it does, the US is the last place I would expect to see it. Still: the dystopian outcome where the rich get richer and the masses are left to subsist on a basic income might also be good for video games companies.
How is « Chocolate City » by Parliament not on this list? www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...
The 101 greatest movies, songs, books, artworks (and more!) about Washington, D.C.
Introducing the D.C. Canon, starring Chuck Brown, Olivia Pope, George Washington, Leonardo da Vinci, Duke Ellington, Rites of Spring and — who could forget? — Gort.
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September 25, 2025 at 12:47 PM
How is « Chocolate City » by Parliament not on this list? www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...
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Auto lender’s bust raises alarms over financial health of US households on.ft.com/46CGMYG
Auto lender’s bust raises alarms over financial health of US households
Tricolor’s collapse highlights struggles of low-income consumers and their impact on the broader American economy
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September 24, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Auto lender’s bust raises alarms over financial health of US households on.ft.com/46CGMYG
This reminds me of all the writing that asked what happened to the “environmental pollution crisis” the chicken little scientists warned us about while not mentioning a word about all the environmental regulation that mitigated the problem. How did Austin come to build more housing? What changed?
"The national housing shortage appears to be on its way out even as the issue heats up in Washington policy and media circles," writes Robert Showah, author of That Patchwork, a Substack newsletter.
"How could this be?"
"How could this be?"
Opinion | Forget YIMBY. The housing shortage could disappear on its own.
Demographic shifts and construction surges are likely to resolve the housing crisis without federal intervention.
wapo.st
September 2, 2025 at 2:07 PM
This reminds me of all the writing that asked what happened to the “environmental pollution crisis” the chicken little scientists warned us about while not mentioning a word about all the environmental regulation that mitigated the problem. How did Austin come to build more housing? What changed?
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Grand jury fails to indict a ham sandwich!
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/27/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/27/u...
Prosecutors Fail to Secure Indictment Against Man Who Threw Sandwich at Federal Agent
www.nytimes.com
August 27, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Grand jury fails to indict a ham sandwich!
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/27/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/27/u...
People literally be driving a Tesla and telling folks these tales!
One thing I see in comments is a lot of people still saying solar and wind are no good when the sun isn't shining and the wind isn't blowing. People, there are these things called batteries, which have also experienced huge progress 2/
August 22, 2025 at 5:48 PM
People literally be driving a Tesla and telling folks these tales!
One way this article shows how screwed up our notions of rural and urban are, it designates Ohio a “largely rural” state. Ohio is 76% urban, above the median and in the top 25% of states, and with a diversity of both large and median sized cities. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Trump, GOP portray cities as chaotic dystopias in need of occupation
The president describes cities as “blood-soaked” and “cesspools.” His military incursions into D.C. and L.A. culminate growing anti-urban sentiment on the right.
www.washingtonpost.com
August 21, 2025 at 4:14 PM
One way this article shows how screwed up our notions of rural and urban are, it designates Ohio a “largely rural” state. Ohio is 76% urban, above the median and in the top 25% of states, and with a diversity of both large and median sized cities. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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A seismic shift occurred in age-wealth profiles in the US over 1983-2022 with a sharp rise in the relative wealth of age group 75 and over and declines of all other age groups, from Edward N. Wolff https://www.nber.org/papers/w34131
August 20, 2025 at 7:00 PM
A seismic shift occurred in age-wealth profiles in the US over 1983-2022 with a sharp rise in the relative wealth of age group 75 and over and declines of all other age groups, from Edward N. Wolff https://www.nber.org/papers/w34131
I find this really interesting. Government, particularly federal government, love checklists, but they do not always seem helpful in getting work done. Here’s some evidence that’s true.
A survey at a large German bakery chain about the value and time costs of in-store checklists, led the firm to randomly remove two of the most perceived time-consuming and low-value checklists in half of stores, from Friebel, Heinz, Hoffman, Kretschmer, and Zubanov https://www.nber.org/papers/w34122
August 19, 2025 at 1:07 PM
I find this really interesting. Government, particularly federal government, love checklists, but they do not always seem helpful in getting work done. Here’s some evidence that’s true.
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Went ahead and updated my map of cities with higher crime than D.C. to accommodate the two new states from the Deep South who are sending troops to the capital. In the five states there are 64 cities, home to 1.7 million people, that had more crime in 2024 than D.C.
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August 19, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Went ahead and updated my map of cities with higher crime than D.C. to accommodate the two new states from the Deep South who are sending troops to the capital. In the five states there are 64 cities, home to 1.7 million people, that had more crime in 2024 than D.C.
www.pbump.net/o/more-peopl...
www.pbump.net/o/more-peopl...
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On this day in 1935, Social Security became law—FDR’s landmark step toward lasting economic security for all.
Today, we celebrate its impact and the dignity and economic security it has provided millions of Americans. #ProtectSocialSecurity
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Today, we celebrate its impact and the dignity and economic security it has provided millions of Americans. #ProtectSocialSecurity
youtu.be/EN7NUindB38?...
President Franklin D Roosevelt Signs the Social Security Act of 1935
YouTube video by Committee on Education & Workforce Democrats
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August 14, 2025 at 1:04 PM
On this day in 1935, Social Security became law—FDR’s landmark step toward lasting economic security for all.
Today, we celebrate its impact and the dignity and economic security it has provided millions of Americans. #ProtectSocialSecurity
youtu.be/EN7NUindB38?...
Today, we celebrate its impact and the dignity and economic security it has provided millions of Americans. #ProtectSocialSecurity
youtu.be/EN7NUindB38?...
I think it is interesting that the wording/framing is always “In the future AI will…” whatever thing humans currently do. Makes its sound dangerous and potent. Really it is “Humans will use AI to…” do something faster or better or very often, less well. It’s a tool not a deity.
August 5, 2025 at 7:34 PM
I think it is interesting that the wording/framing is always “In the future AI will…” whatever thing humans currently do. Makes its sound dangerous and potent. Really it is “Humans will use AI to…” do something faster or better or very often, less well. It’s a tool not a deity.
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Few low-income homeowners have money saved for home maintenance and while repair expenses can cause financial hardship, deferring them can increase long-term expenses, while also threatening the residents’ health and wellbeing, writes @sophiawedeen.bsky.social.
www.jchs.harvard.edu/blog/home-re...
www.jchs.harvard.edu/blog/home-re...
Home Repairs Are Out of Reach for Many Lower-Income Homeowners
The housing stock requires continuous reinvestment to maintain decent conditions. Yet many homeowners lack the resources to invest in basic maintenanc
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July 31, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Few low-income homeowners have money saved for home maintenance and while repair expenses can cause financial hardship, deferring them can increase long-term expenses, while also threatening the residents’ health and wellbeing, writes @sophiawedeen.bsky.social.
www.jchs.harvard.edu/blog/home-re...
www.jchs.harvard.edu/blog/home-re...
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As US population growth slows, we need to reset expectations for economic data.
Payrolls, GDP, expenditures, and income will all grow more slowly now that the immigration surge has ended. That changes how we interpret ... everything.
My first piece for @piie.com
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Payrolls, GDP, expenditures, and income will all grow more slowly now that the immigration surge has ended. That changes how we interpret ... everything.
My first piece for @piie.com
www.piie.com/publications...
As US population growth slows, we need to reset expectations for economic data
US population growth has slowed sharply in the last year and a half, as the immigration surge of the early 2020s has ended and the population continues to age. Fewer jobs are needed to keep up with th...
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July 31, 2025 at 11:02 AM
As US population growth slows, we need to reset expectations for economic data.
Payrolls, GDP, expenditures, and income will all grow more slowly now that the immigration surge has ended. That changes how we interpret ... everything.
My first piece for @piie.com
www.piie.com/publications...
Payrolls, GDP, expenditures, and income will all grow more slowly now that the immigration surge has ended. That changes how we interpret ... everything.
My first piece for @piie.com
www.piie.com/publications...
Pulled all the way into the bike lane to sleep in her Sheehy of Annapolis courtesy car
July 16, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Pulled all the way into the bike lane to sleep in her Sheehy of Annapolis courtesy car
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HCV costs per unit are up about 50% over the past five years. Reining in soaring market rents is imperative.
June 22, 2025 at 4:16 PM
HCV costs per unit are up about 50% over the past five years. Reining in soaring market rents is imperative.