it is opinio communis on twitter that Mamdani has called for tax increases for white people (rather than pointing out that rich neighborhoods tend to be white, the hoax’s origin story)
November 24, 2025 at 12:32 PM
it is opinio communis on twitter that Mamdani has called for tax increases for white people (rather than pointing out that rich neighborhoods tend to be white, the hoax’s origin story)
it takes forever but so tremendous
November 24, 2025 at 2:50 AM
it takes forever but so tremendous
it's just awful. I had heart bits and pieces, but Johannes' piece paints it all into one big Guernica...
November 24, 2025 at 12:27 AM
it's just awful. I had heart bits and pieces, but Johannes' piece paints it all into one big Guernica...
pavé. (i know i’m missing the assignment.)
November 22, 2025 at 11:54 PM
pavé. (i know i’m missing the assignment.)
One reason faculty governance is dead is that even the people who should support it have nothing but contempt for it.
November 22, 2025 at 3:57 PM
One reason faculty governance is dead is that even the people who should support it have nothing but contempt for it.
it's the day her pension vests
November 22, 2025 at 1:56 PM
it's the day her pension vests
this will also turn off spell check and various other actually useful features, but so be it
November 22, 2025 at 1:43 PM
this will also turn off spell check and various other actually useful features, but so be it
Failure to regulate is at the root of most American ills, and failure to regulate AI will be the end of us as we knew us.
November 22, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Failure to regulate is at the root of most American ills, and failure to regulate AI will be the end of us as we knew us.
US and European racists and xenophones uniting. AfD, Reform, RN, etc. will be jubilant.
November 21, 2025 at 4:52 PM
US and European racists and xenophones uniting. AfD, Reform, RN, etc. will be jubilant.
just was reminded of our conversation
November 21, 2025 at 3:21 PM
just was reminded of our conversation
that is simply untrue, no matter how much you would like it to be. let's try to be better than the post-truth magats.
November 21, 2025 at 2:53 PM
that is simply untrue, no matter how much you would like it to be. let's try to be better than the post-truth magats.
that is not true. he was a MAGA raised kid who took a political u-turn and overshot by a mile
November 21, 2025 at 1:37 PM
that is not true. he was a MAGA raised kid who took a political u-turn and overshot by a mile
ah, we’re at the “the statistics must be wrong so i can be right” stage of the argument. i’m gonna mute you now, be well.
November 21, 2025 at 1:14 PM
ah, we’re at the “the statistics must be wrong so i can be right” stage of the argument. i’m gonna mute you now, be well.
so what is jail breaking and why is it good? or is it bad? who gets out of jail in order to do what?
November 21, 2025 at 1:13 PM
so what is jail breaking and why is it good? or is it bad? who gets out of jail in order to do what?
but we weren’t talking about housing as percentage of consumer expenditures but as percentage of income.
November 21, 2025 at 12:12 PM
but we weren’t talking about housing as percentage of consumer expenditures but as percentage of income.
"the money has to be spent on something" is one of those utterly daft things Americans say, with the rest of the world facepalming so hard they break their nose.
November 21, 2025 at 3:21 AM
"the money has to be spent on something" is one of those utterly daft things Americans say, with the rest of the world facepalming so hard they break their nose.
yeah. my mortgage locked at 2.9%. Could not have swung it at current rates. But house buying isn't just mortgage, it's also maintenance, property tax, etc. etc. So if your mortgage is 30%, the entire shebang is more like 40.
November 21, 2025 at 3:19 AM
yeah. my mortgage locked at 2.9%. Could not have swung it at current rates. But house buying isn't just mortgage, it's also maintenance, property tax, etc. etc. So if your mortgage is 30%, the entire shebang is more like 40.
We're talking about the percentage of income people pay for housing in historical context. You're having a different conversation.
November 21, 2025 at 12:43 AM
We're talking about the percentage of income people pay for housing in historical context. You're having a different conversation.
I think it's safe to assume that the half that spends more than 30% is on the lower income scale.
November 21, 2025 at 12:17 AM
I think it's safe to assume that the half that spends more than 30% is on the lower income scale.
They are indeed, but in the light of what has happened to mortgage rates over the last few years, that makes Will more wrong rather than less wrong. In the 1960s, the median renter spent 20% of their income on rent. It is now over 30% MEDIAN, i.e. half of Americans pay more than that.
November 21, 2025 at 12:17 AM
They are indeed, but in the light of what has happened to mortgage rates over the last few years, that makes Will more wrong rather than less wrong. In the 1960s, the median renter spent 20% of their income on rent. It is now over 30% MEDIAN, i.e. half of Americans pay more than that.