Eric Levitz

Worth keeping in mind that the out of power party tends to gain ground from this point (even happened in 2022).

(Not sure how this index is constructed, so it might be misleading, and obviously big variation between chains, but grocery industry profit margins do not seem to indicate monopoly pricing power in the sector. But maybe there's better data) grocerydive.com/news/grocery-i….

Neutral Milk Hotel is maybe the least ironic indie band ever

Some environmental ethicists have argued that nature has value independent of any human judgment. But this idea is difficult to make sense of and leads to perverse conclusions. The values that compel concern for climate change are inescapably human (from Joseph Heath)

The argument, “You express outrage about Gaza but not about [insert other injustices], therefore you are motivated by antisemitism” doesn’t really deserve a response. But this is a very good one

The Syrian jihadis seem to have only killed about 500 Druze, compared to 50,000 people killed in Gaza. I think the Druze events have gotten 1% of the coverage of Gaza, which is proportional to the number of deaths. In any case, the US pushed for a cease-fire in Druze regions of…

Great piece on New York's embrace of nuclear and the flaws in the mainstream environmentalist vision of decarbonizing the Empire State. Key point: Green NGOs have sometimes prioritized securing state funding and authorities for themselves over maximizing emissions reductions

The zoning policy you have is the mold that real estate investment fills. This plays out over longer periods of time—decades. One reason we haven't seen much immediate impact from zoning changes yet is because we haven't had a prolonged investment boom in a really long time.

"the three nuclear plants upstate produced almost twice as much clean energy as all of the state’s wind turbines and solar panels."

The Trump administration's handling of the Epstein case is indisputably scandalous. If nothing else, it demonstrates the White House's flagrant dishonesty and staggering incompetence. vox.com/politics/42009…

Donald Trump's official line on the Epstein case is that: 1) A vast Democratic conspiracy worked for years to forge documents implicating its enemies in child sex abuse. 2) He can't understand why his supporters would find that interesting. vox.com/politics/42009…

This looks kind of bad. But Donald Trump deserves the benefit of the doubt. After all, it's not like he's ever been caught on tape boasting about how he enjoys committing sexual assault, or been found civilly liable for sexual abuse

🚨 Of the top 16 fundraisers in the House, 100% of GOP money is going to competitive races But 91% of Democratic money is going to safe seats Dem Donors: funding viral videos & list buys GOP Donors: funding battleground seats

Reminder: If foreign producers eat the cost of tariffs by lowering USD prices to maintain real volumes (which so far they are not) then a) foreigners have less income to buy U.S. exports and b) U.S. manufacturers do not become more competitive in the U.S. market

TRUMP says that it's "highly unlikely" he will fire Powell -- unless he has to leave for "fraud."

The Trump administration wants to mass deport farmworkers, then send Medicaid recipients to the countryside vox.com/politics/41984…