Dense housing, no big yards, but there’s nothing you can walk to … why build neighborhoods like this?

Mayoral Candidate @nithyaforthecity.bsky.social making the case for Single Stair! cc @holz-bau.bsky.social

It's very unfortunate that if you do a search like this, Amazon feeds you a bunch of sponsored links to AI slop rather than giving you whatever the most standard English-language works are.

I live in an anti-spanking social and intellectual bubble and you probably do too www.slowboring.com/p/in-defense...

Remember when the Biden administration announced the Equal Rights Amendment had been ratified? That was odd.

As Trump focuses on manipulating the crude oil futures market, the markets in various refined products are breaking down. www.slowboring.com/p/why-hasnt-...

Edtech promised to transform schools for the better and now is catching blame for making them worse, but the truth is this stuff matters less than the changing structural incentives — accountability policies worked and America abandoned them. www.slowboring.com/p/ed-tech-is...

A nation of Kaleckis? www.theargumentmag.com/p/americans-...

Independents perceive themselves as slightly right of center

I think JON OSSOFF might have the best chance of being a candidate who gets real credit from progressives for breaking with Biden on arms sales to Israel without having a particularly left-wing record. The opposite of the Newsom/Harris profile. www.slowboring.com/p/the-obama-...

Sorry to give a less measured take, this research indicates that just adopting more moderate views at random — though definitely not optimal — will on average help you win elections. If you have no survey research or data or anything, just go with your gut and be more moderate.

I promise that I discussed this paper with the authors, that's why I had exclusive early access to write a New York Times op-ed about it.

The YIMBY movement has come to encompass a wide range of themes and ideas — single stair, missing middle, manufactured homes — and achieved national scope but the core question of growth (or lack thereof) in a handful of very high cost areas remains crucial. www.slowboring.com/p/why-silico...

If I had a barrel of West Texas Intermediate crude oil laying around somewhere, I would not sell it for $100 given the current circumstances.

I think Caraballo is just restating the problem here not offering an alternative solution.

Today in the NYT, I discuss some fresh research on which moderations move the most voters. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/16/o...

This is an amazing platform

If per person spending on the elderly goes up and the elderly share of the population also goes up, everything else gets squeezed and everyone is mad. But it’s what the voters say they want. www.slowboring.com/p/the-demoni...

A defense of the unfairly maligned “corporate landlord” — there’s no reason rental housing should be all owned by small-time landlords, this isn’t like the local coffee shop that’s a treasured neighborhood resource. www.slowboring.com/p/maybe-all-...

When I wrote down "valley" as a potential story idea, what do you think I meant?

Successful military adventures like the recent one in Venezuela beget hubris and set the stage for new fiascos as arrogant leaders forget that you can’t just count on getting lucky all the time. www.slowboring.com/p/nobody-pla...

“Stop AOC” is a terrible mission for 2028 www.slowboring.com/p/aoc-is-not...

There are levels of NIMBYism where even detached single family homes aren’t acceptable www.bangordailynews.com/2026/03/05/h...

Very good points here, though I question whether progressives are prepared to really do what it would take to reduce dependence on these kind of contractors.

Want to get out ahead of this and concede that Yglesias Thought may be totally discredited as it turns out that "don't change anything, hope Trump just fucks up spectacularly in a way that sinks Republicans" works fine as a plan.

Platner dining table is 25% off this week

It’s very unpleasant to be subjected to an insane internet pile-on, but I think many writers end up sabotaging themselves by trying too hard to avoid the inevitable. www.slowboring.com/p/everyone-g...

Not sure these guys have thought this through

War unpopular, Trump blamed for high prices, Democrats have a nice lead in generic ballot, Republicans still more trusted on immigration. www.nbcnews.com/politics/202...

Thought I’d slept late this morning but it turns out Big Government changed time overnight.

Trump’s gotta incorporate AI into his workflow next time

War?

Education results have gotten worse during a period of time when we’ve decided to try less hard to teach kids

The obvious solution is for UK Labour to ditch their unpopular leader and bring in former Bank of England chief Mark Carney.

Trump finally listening to these guys

The war with Iran is just the latest example of the United States being much too involved in the regional problems of a part of the globe that is very far away and where our actual interests are limited. www.slowboring.com/p/america-sh...

Real "rain on your wedding day" vibe to Pakistan's problems here.

It's very satisfying to see Noem get fired even though there's no reason to believe the replacement will be any better.

I know this is a controversial take on political science BlueSky, but rather than conforming to *my* preference I think that if he wants to win Talarico should try to court the voters of Texas — a state that backed Trump three times and where public opinion is way to the right my views.

Thanks to backloaded compensation and high cost of living, lots of blue states with high average teacher salaries are actually pretty unattractive places for *entry-level* teachers. www.slowboring.com/p/is-a-new-t...

Unsafe lead acid battery recycling is a huge problem in environmental problem in poor countries and the growing popularity of off-grid solar in Africa is making it worse. www.slowboring.com/p/solar-in-p...

Very election should be special

Everyone loves "authentic" politicians until they say or do something they disagree with.

If I'm translating correctly, the "shitty right wing rag" in question here is The New York Times?

Surprised by how much I appreciated this op-ed from Chrystia Freeland, arguing liberals should go once more unto the breach: www.nytimes.com/2026/02/25/o...

Jonathan Greenblatt and other institutional leaders in the anti-antisemitism movement have been failing badly to reduce antisemitism. It’s worth asking if their tactics, strategy, and diagnosis aren’t fundamentally bad. www.slowboring.com/p/the-anti-a...

Fascinating crash out

Having not even bothered to try to sell this war in advance they are now cooking up the most laughable ex post justifications imaginable.

I don’t think Jamelle Bouie is a Nazi collaborator