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Lewis Lehe @lewislehe.bsky.social · 8h

proud of transportation academia as regards ffpt. a policy idea started to gain interest, and new studies came out to inform the discussion with fairly consistent results. sort of how you envision academia is supposed to help things.

Rafael H. M. Pereira 🚡 Urban Demographics @urbandemog.bsky.social · 11h

A tarifa zero pode ser uma política eficaz para tirar as pessoas do automóvel privado e usarem o transporte público? A gente mostra que a resposta é não nesse estudo que saiu publicado hoje no @jeem-econ.bsky.social
Link para o estudo abaixo, segue o fio 🧵

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Lewis Lehe @lewislehe.bsky.social · 8h

could you observe any transit travel time changes on the ods in the sample

Lewis Lehe @lewislehe.bsky.social · 18h

lol

Lewis Lehe @lewislehe.bsky.social · 18h

an underrated part of the story of excess chinese ev capacity you read about.

Lewis Lehe @lewislehe.bsky.social · 22h

The first step is to point out they aren’t real doctors, root docere: to teach. While we need more respect for trades such as physicians and welders, words have meanings.
www.britannica.com/topic/doctor...

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Lewis Lehe @lewislehe.bsky.social · 1d

good semiotics here. ordinarily, you cut spending to keep tax rates low for residents and to encourage commerce. here the spending cuts are an end in-themselves. the rates are cut to prevent spending even though residents dont pay the rates and want to discourage the commerce.

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Lewis Lehe @lewislehe.bsky.social · 1d

slow growth final boss: Loudoun Co VA is cutting data center taxes explicitly to raise less revenue, so as to lower government spending. it isn't to encourage data centers: they're restricting them w/ regulation. they just want the "i cut spending" merit badge. www.loudounnow.com/news/county-...

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Lewis Lehe @lewislehe.bsky.social · 2d

true.
this also means it’s very hard to understand what people in the past were getting at.

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Lewis Lehe @lewislehe.bsky.social · 2d

he made a trumpcoin crypto and they called it crass. now he mints a metallic trumpcoin and they’re STILL mad! The guy can’t win!
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/u...

Treasury Defends Lawfulness of Minting a $1 Trump Coin

www.nytimes.com

Lewis Lehe @lewislehe.bsky.social · 3d

this is the best book I’d never heard of until reading it on my study abroad.

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Lewis Lehe @lewislehe.bsky.social · 3d

this is sort of the plot of operacion masacre
es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operaci...

Operación Masacre - Wikipedia, la enciclopedia libre

es.wikipedia.org

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Lewis Lehe @lewislehe.bsky.social · 3d

yeah i bet. it's interesting though that the driving is good enough that opening doors is the problem.

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Lewis Lehe @lewislehe.bsky.social · 3d

a very well-written intro.

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Lewis Lehe @lewislehe.bsky.social · 3d

post made me think of a name i haven't had in my head for 25 years. very powerful

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Lewis Lehe @lewislehe.bsky.social · 6d

You can announce something popular, and the costs will be dispersed over time and place. People got mad at aoc for talking about legalizing Korean sunscreen.
www.dataforprogress.org/blog/2021/8/...

Voters Overwhelmingly Support President Biden’s “Buy American” Executive Order

Biden's order to support American manufacturing and strengthen critical supply chains is backed by voters across party lines.

www.dataforprogress.org

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