DK Metcalf has nothing on the Bruins. #onthisday 1979 youtu.be/ioE-27lgT60?...

Remember when they just told people "learn to code"?

My GLP drugs are making me too thin, so grab me some fat from a dead body

I want to raise a few issues with this ... - The unemployment rate was 4.6% in Nov 2025. - There are 982,000 more unemployed people in Nov 2025 than in Jan 2025. - There are 271,000 fewer federal government employees. - 982,000 > 271,000. More than 3 times more unemployed.

All the centers they’re cutting add up to less than $7 million in spending. UNC athletics budget is $185.4 million for the 2025-26 fiscal year.

Housing economist Tom Lawler doesn't hold back: "For example, consider the extremely strange and blatantly political press release from the Federal Housing Finance Agency (the regulator of the GSEs, headed by the MAGA nutcase Bill Pulte."

Big victory for the Lumbee that they've been seeking for decades, and it'll have a big impact on the Robeson County area economically: www.wunc.org/term/news/20... #ncpol

The FCC has always been at war with Eastasia

Remember when Congress banned tiktok?

Unsurprisingly, Trump's immigration crackdown is not delivering labor market improvements for the US-born Over the last year, native-born unemployment is up from 3.9% to 4.3% while native-born employment has decreased by a similar amount

Why are many U.S. cities building less? Why have they insisted on a "thicket" of regulations that make housing hard to build? In a new #EconJMP with Beau Bressler (beaubressler.github.io), we study how much of the answer lies with a forgotten federal program that taught cities to restrict growth

I'd take one hillbilly over 100 billionaires.

A recent piece on RFK’s approach to health policy called it “decision-based evidence-making,” and that seems an apt way to describe this whole administration.

Excited to release our new paper today with my colleague @pjwhit.bsky.social. We examine what types of rural areas had the fastest home price appreciation in the pandemic era. 🧵 www.jchs.harvard.edu/blog/home-pr...

A new paper finds that home prices in rural areas increased 36.1% between 2020-2023, but in counties with a high share of vacation and second homes, prices rose even faster at 46.8%. @aherm.bsky.social @pjwhit.bsky.social www.jchs.harvard.edu/blog/home-pr...

The very next year, SCOTUS heard US v Thind, in which a South Asian Sikh insisted he was technically part of the Caucasian race based on language and anthropology etc. The court said, ha ha, no, by "Caucasian" we mean white.

In the 1922 case of US v Ozawa, a Japanese immigrant to the US essentially pointed to the color of his skin and said, look, I'm white, I should be eligible for naturalization. But the court, embracing the new "science" of race, said, no, by white we mean "Caucasian"

In movies, there is always suspense over whether the protagonists fake credentials will get him past the check point. In reality, it doesn't matter whether the papers are legit, authoritarians can detain you regardless.

I continue to think ADUs should just be treated as additional units IF they are truly rented out. As it is, a "single-family home" can now have up to 3 ADUs, but a 2-unit property will be charged an LLPA. singlefamily.fanniemae.com/news-events/...

FHA hasn't published their FY Q3 (ie as of June) report on the Mutual Mortgage Insurance Fund, let alone the annual report that usually comes out in November. The later I assume was impacted by the shutdown, but where are the Q3 results?

Paid ads and AI-optimization by sources will degrade some AI results like it has with search engines. We continue to devalue producing original work and reward meta aggregation that is undermined by the lack of new work.

I have to report for jury selection tomorrow

just a reminder that *lots* of countries have universities, and (to my knowledge) none of them but the U.S. treat their universities as largely minor league sports franchises

Because yes, Thanksgiving as a national holiday has to do with the Civil War and not the Puritans or previously proclaimed days of Thanksgiving (of which there were hundreds) - so be sure, as you gather about the table, to give thanks for the victories brought by Union arms at Vicksburg & Gettysburg

Great way to run our housing finance system fortune.com/2025/11/23/f...

We are Dark Sky certified and have one of the largest public telescopes in the southeastern US. www.mayland.edu/foundation/f... but there are LED illuminated crosses all over the place now, including on top of the mountain overlooking town.

Reporter: “Are you affirming that you think President Trump is a fascist?” Mamdani: “I've spoken about–” Trump: “That's ok. You can just say yes. It's easier than explaining it. I don't mind.”

The partisan divide has grown, too. The wealthiest 100 tended to give more to Republicans than to Democrats before last year. But giving to the GOP spiked in 2024, with *84%* of donations going to back Republicans or conservative PACs.

Rural home prices are up 61% since the pandemic, outpacing urban areas. Why? Remote work is driving demand, but limited supply is pricing out locals. According to Redfin, you now need a $74k income to afford a rural home—double the pre-pandemic requirement.

SCOOP: A federal grand jury in Maryland is investigating whether FHFA director Bill Pulte and Justice Department prosecutor Ed Martin improperly appointed unauthorized people to help in mortgage fraud investigations of President Trump's critics. With @carolleonnig.bsky.social

The next Dem admin does not need to abolish ICE, just raise physical and educational requirements until hardly anyone who wants the job would qualify.

Most people think of a dichotomy between renting and owning, but its really a continuum with condos/HOAs on the renting-side-of-owning and e.g., chattel MH on the owning-side-of-renting etc.

enjoyable little video on how wool gets graded and sorted IG community_clothing and campaignforwool

Way back in 1947, Alan Turing had thoughts on how AI would influence the demand for skilled labor. (via Matteo Pasquinelli 2023 _The Eye of the Master_)

How FHA envisioned an ideal plot in 1936. 50ft x 100ft (~1/10 acre) with fruit trees and chickens.

Happy #MapMonday! Net migration in rural areas surged during the pandemic—and remains high. In many of these communities, migration is offsetting steep natural loss. See where in the dark green on the map, and read more in my new @harvard-jchs.bsky.social blog: www.jchs.harvard.edu/blog/post-pa....

I was on a panel with Bostic at my first ever APPAM circa 2013 or so.

Rep. Mark Harris wants the National Guard to help fight crime in Charlotte. Data shows that the more rural parts of his district have a higher rate of violent crime. www.ncrabbithole.com/p/republican...