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Multiple conversations with different reporters: "why are housing prices so out of control in Oregon?" "we've got problems but actually, this is something Oregon is doing well at, here are the numbers" "huh OK well that's not a story I can tell. Nobody would care" Frustrating!

I have a new piece out for @searchlightinst.bsky.social! Want to make housing cheaper? Stop taxing construction so heavily for being a volatile industry Our unemployment insurance system quietly makes it more expensive to build. Here’s how: (1/12) www.searchlightinstitute.org/research/the...

money is speech! unless I don't like how you spend it. Then it's illegal

I'd love for this to be a standard PSA for the city to use to calm the haters and division makers down two or three pegs via Rovelo Creative @tomflood.bsky.social

Martinez had more saves for Argentina *in the WC final* then Simon had for Spain *the entire tournament*.

Feels like there’s an interesting story to be told about the balkanization of US fire departments, especially in big, old cities, into little one- and two-bay firehouse fiefdoms. In San Francisco the union even enshrined it in a ballot measure that made it illegal to close any firehouses!

CONCACAF Nations League starts this fall!

I do think automating large chunks of the subway would have far more benefit in nyc than anything Waymo does or does not.

Could Excel be conscious? We surveyed more than Jan 1 1900 people to find out.

Number one thing the report shows is capacity is constrained by trains ability to show up on time in nyc.

"I'm not a lame multiculturalist civic patriot, I'm a *cool* multiculturalist civic patriot."

I'm sorry these are the same vibe.

“No,” said Frog.

I feel like a local car dealer commercial but we've got A LOT of local club options: We've got USL, NWSL, USL League One, USL League Two! USL W, WPSL, Gainbridge Super League, and *of course*, MLS! Bad credit? No credit? No problem! Come on down to U.S. soccer-world today!

Martinez had more saves for Argentina *in the WC final* then Simon had for Spain *the entire tournament*.

I will buy a Spain shirt if they tell Trump to keep moving after he presents the trophy so he can't linger again during the cup raise like during the Club World Cup.

You can do whatever you want in the senate right now as they desperately try to pass the presidents emergency appropriations ask by a narrow margin. In a real sense we lack what Europeans would call “legislative majorities“ right now. In a parliament it would probably have trigged an election.

Giving Simon the Golden Glove for the work his defenders and midfielders did, boy, I dunno.

Ian Wright saying we shouldn’t forget the way the Iranian team and the Somali referee were treated. Correct.

"well, game's over, guess I can head home now" -odysseus, finally leaving circe's watch party

On the plus side it's obvious who the player of the match is?

Variation 8, Cathedral Series (flipped), by Suzan Frecon, 2011

Across the country millions of kids are watching soccer for the first time and deciding they'd rather hoop instead

Maybe he's counting fouls

Simeone coming on is Argentina choosing poner las manos en la mierda.

Making Count von Count watch a 0-0 half is rude.

If they can get it to a tight 12 it'll rule.

Anytime you lead by segueing Madonna in a left over Mad Max prop to Muppets you end up in Lynchian territory very fast

The number of the first half was ZERO ah ah ah

This is Ravens-Giants Super Bowl erasure.

the muppets (4-4-2) animal (gk) beaker sam rowlf janice rizzo scooter fozzie kermit gonzo sweetums

Trump needs to promote the export of American technical expertise in our areas of strength (large event halftime shows)

This is less boring than Spain-Portugal and even Spain-France, but it's not exactly fun.

Kinda hope celebs crowding out superfans is a US specific thing.

"world events intervened" is an amazing euphemism

It rules that the list of cities to host a World Cup Final is like London, Berlin, Rio De Janeiro, East Rutherford, NJ

So glad we don't have a World Cup tainted by slavery. Anyway, here's Tom Cruise

Why is Tomás Cruz here

My 9 year old has said who is Tom Cruise and why is he there. I can answer one question but not the other.

What if any policy levers are there for "private select and faux select sports are raising the cost of participation and lowering the importance of school based sports"? Or is this a non-problem, or the equity issues should be approached in another way?

Given the access premium of Manhattan CBD and the utilization opportunity costs of Penn Station... these dwells are a very expensive operational choice.

I think a weekly soccer wrapup, plus jokes, would be pretty cool, but (1) I don't know if @iankarmel.bsky.social has enough space for it in his schedule between AFE and awards show writing. (2) Navigating multi league highlights right issues would be a pain.

The pregame coverage for the world cup final is twice the length of the world cup final. That's too much soccer commentary.

Homer’s dying words were, “Keep my epic poems off IMAX, or I’ll send the wrath of Ares upon your next 10 generations.”

Well well well, not so easy to find a defensive formation that doesn't suck shit, huh?

Beachwear boutique getting into the spirit

A downside of following too many teachers on substack: tons of um, actuallying The Odyssey