Ben Klemens
@b-k.bsky.social
I've stopped using "Economist" and have switched to "Computational Social Scientist". @[email protected] on Mastodon. He/him or they/them
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bird migration is powered by extra + extra powerful mitochondria - that are activated ONLY during migration season. @lizlandau.bsky.social www.quantamagazine.org/turbocharged...
‘Turbocharged’ Mitochondria Power Birds’ Epic Migratory Journeys | Quanta Magazine
Changes in the number, shape, efficiency and interconnectedness of organelles in the cells of flight muscles provide extra energy for birds’ continent-spanning feats.
www.quantamagazine.org
December 18, 2025 at 5:34 PM
bird migration is powered by extra + extra powerful mitochondria - that are activated ONLY during migration season. @lizlandau.bsky.social www.quantamagazine.org/turbocharged...
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So we recommend that states:
—Provide grants to localities to improve infrastructure around transit
—Right-size the relationship between affordability requirements with incentives (e.g., tax relief) for market conditions
—Support affordable housing through subsidies
Read our full report ⏬
—Provide grants to localities to improve infrastructure around transit
—Right-size the relationship between affordability requirements with incentives (e.g., tax relief) for market conditions
—Support affordable housing through subsidies
Read our full report ⏬
The Financial Feasibility of Transit-Oriented Development
Our stylized analysis illuminates challenges facing TOD, including inadequate market rents in some areas and high construction costs, issues that may be aggr…
www.urban.org
December 17, 2025 at 2:10 PM
So we recommend that states:
—Provide grants to localities to improve infrastructure around transit
—Right-size the relationship between affordability requirements with incentives (e.g., tax relief) for market conditions
—Support affordable housing through subsidies
Read our full report ⏬
—Provide grants to localities to improve infrastructure around transit
—Right-size the relationship between affordability requirements with incentives (e.g., tax relief) for market conditions
—Support affordable housing through subsidies
Read our full report ⏬
Update: the Elsevier journal rejected my article after the editor just...couldn't find a second reviewer. The first review was positive, tho.
December 11, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Update: the Elsevier journal rejected my article after the editor just...couldn't find a second reviewer. The first review was positive, tho.
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And! Your public library most likely offers access to the major newspapers. You can just login & check out the day's stories (or past ones) for free.
December 9, 2025 at 4:48 PM
And! Your public library most likely offers access to the major newspapers. You can just login & check out the day's stories (or past ones) for free.
Yeah, I don't think people realize how close the 1980s were to the 1970s.
December 10, 2025 at 5:03 AM
Yeah, I don't think people realize how close the 1980s were to the 1970s.
[Referring to the finance bros, not @mmasnick.bsky.social ]
December 4, 2025 at 12:28 AM
[Referring to the finance bros, not @mmasnick.bsky.social ]
A good microeconomic theory text will work very hard to not talk about utility in dollars but (as mentioned upthread) in the half-joking unit of "utils". Then you send students out into the world and see if they take care to remember any of the theory or just reduce everything to the easiest thing.
December 4, 2025 at 12:26 AM
A good microeconomic theory text will work very hard to not talk about utility in dollars but (as mentioned upthread) in the half-joking unit of "utils". Then you send students out into the world and see if they take care to remember any of the theory or just reduce everything to the easiest thing.