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stop saying you work in tech. you work at computer.

The same liberal failures who sowed fear & hysteria with bogus conspiracy theories about Russia controlling the White House are now policing social media discourse for "conspiracy theorists".

Hey public sector: don't get dependent on big contracts with private tech companies with big connections to do public work.

Part of this is that politics attracts grifters and cheats. But this is something a little bigger. There's a sector of our economy that is best described as the bullshit economy.https://twitter.com/ddayen/status/1224587841612632066 …

I would say it’s hard to underestimate the culture of higher education veneration among elite liberals & DC policy types. They simply identify with higher education institutions, including excusing flagrantly predatory business models adopted by traditional institutions. /10

All these mayors endorsing Bloomberg because his philanthropy acts as a municipal slush fund raises obvious questions about whether philanthropy is consistent with a democratic society.https://twitter.com/FenitN/status/1222852569153855493 …

if you’re willing to trust someone’s X years of economics or planning degree but not willing to trust someone’s X years of tenant organizing as valid domain expertise, you’re part of the problem

As I made my way first to DC, then teaching a major university, and now living in NYC, I was disabused of that notion in a major way. It often seems like goodness, decency, and critical intelligence is an obstacle to "making it," in fact

The NYT Ed board really fucked up their whole ‘voice of authority’ thing with this tv show by letting people see their weird faces and hear their goofy voices

The 26 richest people on Earth now own as much as the 3.8 billion who form the poorer *half* of the planet’s population. Again, 26 people own as much as 3.8 billion people. 26 v. 3,800,000,000

Leftist: This will make lives better Liberal: Well, it won’t solve racism Leftist: Do you have a plan to solve racism? Liberal: Yes Leftist: May I see it? Liberal: No

This is an unusually vile performance by CNN.

2/In recent months it has become fashionable for YIMBYs to say "ban cars", and to pooh-pooh electric cars. This is understandable, since America's car-oriented sprawling development pattern does indeed suck, and needs to be changed. But it's not a short-term solution.

1. There's a reform movement within economics, but one assumption remains unchallenged. Most economists - left, right, and center - believe policy should be what a bunch of economists sitting around a table decide. And that's core to the discipline.https://twitter.com/rodrikdani/status/1215671760810434561 …