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Andrew Grizzle @drewgriz.bsky.social · 17h

Watching TV with the 3yo, I just sat up and let out an audible "oooh!" when Blippi drove up in a sensible pumper fire truck the size of a large delivery van, then a groan when (of course) it turns out he's at a fire station in France.

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Andrew Grizzle @drewgriz.bsky.social · 20h

Which of course faces its own political framing issue, but IMO the opposition to explicit transfer payments comes from a very different place than the opposition to explicit additional taxes on specific choices, even if they net out to the same thing (and also the same as neutral rates w/ credits)

Andrew Grizzle @drewgriz.bsky.social · 20h

What policy wonk wants to ditch tax credits in favor of explicitly differential tax rates? I thought the naive economist view was just to administer your welfare and subsidies as separate programs (or through the SSA) and take them out of the tax code entirely?

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Andrew Grizzle @drewgriz.bsky.social · 22h

This is such an underappreciated point. So much of the genuine magic of markets is blunted, and indeed perverted to produce suffering rather than flourishing, when the demand curve is defined by *ability* to pay rather than *willingness* to pay.

Ben Cates @bencates.bsky.social · 23h

A fun little corollary is that the resource allocation role that economists get rightly hot and bothered about markets being able to solve works better the more broadly the purchasing power is spread out. That means confiscatory taxes and redistribution.

TL;DR true capitalism has never been tried.

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Andrew Grizzle @drewgriz.bsky.social · 1d

Sweating some minced onions in the crock pot first is one often-omitted easy step that IMO makes that dip way better and closer to a restaurant-quality queso, but other than that dead on.

Andrew Grizzle @drewgriz.bsky.social · 1d

I think this article may have single-handedly changed my mind on idling... also a good simple background on where it originated, which I sort of fuzzily knew of but the detail of the history is interesting.

InsideEVs @insideevs.com · 2d

Gas cars have an inherently unsafe feature by necessity. Many EVs include it by choice.

insideevs.com/features/774...

Why Do So Many EVs Copy The Worst Feature Of Gas Cars?

Automatic transmissions have an inherent compromise: When you let off the brake, they're always going to creep forward. But EVs don't need to do that.

insideevs.com

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Andrew Grizzle @drewgriz.bsky.social · 2d

I mean I think that's what "leaning into it" would look like: "Yes you're right that government is currently rigged in favor of the rich, here's exactly how it happened and who did it, vote for us to see the problems fixed and the perpetrators prosecuted."

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Ethan Landes @ethanlandes.bsky.social · 2d

The UK is within spitting distance of having more murders portrayed annually on TV shows and movies set in the country than occur in real life

Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 2d

It's so incredible how low homicide rates are in Europe. The UK, with a population of 70 million people, had fewer than 600 murders in 2023.
www.connexionfrance.com/news/double-...

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Andrew Grizzle @drewgriz.bsky.social · 2d

Makes me feel a little less insane to see exactly my first thought when I heard TX was sending its guard to invade other states in print.

Houston Chronicle @houstonchronicle.com · 2d

Texas once feared a phantom federal occupation. Now Gov. Abbott’s troops are helping carry it out under Trump. And Houston may be next, writes the Houston Chronicle editorial board. bit.ly/48Q3D5C

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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 3d

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Kia PV5: This CHEAP Modular Van Is A Game Changer!

YouTube video by Everything Electric CARS

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Andrew Grizzle @drewgriz.bsky.social · 3d

Getting one of those stacked names t-shirts but it says
Dextromethorphan&
Pseudoephedrine&
Guafinesin&
Ibuprofen.

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Boo!-per Lund @cooperlund.online · 3d

This is incredible camera work

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Andrew Grizzle @drewgriz.bsky.social · 4d

OK I'm back to real-time on Miami-FSU after some ninja FF-ing on the DVR after a perfectly-timed halftime bedtime with the 3yo.

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Defector @defector.com · 6d

Name a 28-year-old: defector.com/name-a-28-ye...

Name A 28-Year-Old | Defector

Here is the challenge before you: Name a famous person who is 28 years old. Go ahead. No cheating, no looking it up. Off the dome. Pure, uncut 28-year-old naming. I bet you can’t do it. Zendaya? 29.…

defector.com

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Andrew Grizzle @drewgriz.bsky.social · 6d

"nearly all 12 apostles" is so good. So subtle. The thinking man's clickbait. 95% chance it's just everyone but Judas but I gotta know.

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Andrew Grizzle @drewgriz.bsky.social · 6d

Not really the point here but the idea of wanting to get to the Hans Zimmer concert early to get merch is hilarious to me

Hidalgo stormed out of budget meeting to attend concert, text messages confirm

Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo abruptly departed a Sept. 9 budget meeting to attend a concert, according to text messages secured by the Houston Chronicle.

www.houstonchronicle.com

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Evan @evan7257.bsky.social · 8d

Break Ike Dike into pieces.
This is our last resort.
No protection.
No funding.
Can’t protect the port
If we don’t get federal matching

www.houstonchronicle.com/opinion/outl...

Break the Ike Dike into pieces. We can’t wait for doomsday. | Opinion

With the Ike Dike mired in federal limbo, Texas should pivot to smaller, achievable projects before the next storm cripples the Ship Channel and the economy, writes Nick Powell.

www.houstonchronicle.com

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Andrew Grizzle @drewgriz.bsky.social · 8d

Guess who just got into the weight room for the first time since my oldest child was born 3 years ago

a man is standing in front of a sign that says ' usted leadership for a stronger america '

Alt: Gif of JEB! saying "please clap"

media.tenor.com

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Andrew Grizzle @drewgriz.bsky.social · 8d

"You need a coffin? I got a coffin guy."

Screenshotted excerpt from QT'd article:

"Rodriguez's property includes several lots on Delmar Street. His home, across the street from the hanging mannequins, is cluttered with Halloween decorations. Red eyes from gigantic skeletons glow. Spooky music plays from hidden speakers. Nooses and ghosts hang from his trees as animatronic zombies pop out of coffins (Rodriguez says he gets his coffins from a buddy who owns a funeral home). His truck, parked next to the controversial display, has a skeleton attached to the bumper as if he had just run it over. Rodriguez said despite threats, he feels safe in his community."

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Andrew Grizzle @drewgriz.bsky.social · 8d

Wait so it's not even a teen real estate developer? It's just local rich middle-aged guy was *formerly* a teen who liked AC/DC? AC/DC loving teen becomes $35M estate developer...eventually?? This is like not even clickbait garbage, it aspires to that.

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Andrew Grizzle @drewgriz.bsky.social · 8d

Yeah this seems fake, but whoever made it did a great job. Terrific rage-bait.

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Andrew Grizzle @drewgriz.bsky.social · 10d

Also Subway bread famously smells terrible!

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Andrew Grizzle @drewgriz.bsky.social · 10d

Lots of grocery stores had live lobster tanks around that time, the joke is that no one ever actually bought them, which is probably why you don't see many of them anymore. The Central Market by me has one, and the only time I ever interact with it is when my 3yo wants to name them.

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Andrew Grizzle @drewgriz.bsky.social · 10d

This is a great point I had never considered before. Without Buc-ees you don't have the big new Prasek’s or Weikel's locations, either.

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Pookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · 10d

Mamdani will win even harder if he promises that he will hire Adams on to just give daily press conferences where he can ramble about rat Jedis and how telekinesis is a problem in the dog community and such

Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 10d

Eric Adams drops out, abandons his re-election bid.

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/28/n...

Eric Adams Abandons Re-election Bid for Mayor of New York City

www.nytimes.com

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