stebolylag.bsky.social
Science guy, transit and housing enthusiast
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If more NYC voters prefer Mamdani over Cuomo, regardless of how many other candidates are running, then ranked-choice voting has done its job, and well. The alternatives are a second, run-off election if no candidate gets a majority, or a mayor elected by a ~35% plurality with no popular mandate.
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I still have a Knozone t-shirt from 2008!
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Australia has the right to leave AUKUS following a 1yr notice period, though it would require forfeiture of the hundreds of millions of dollars invested so far. That would also leave it without a replacement for the Collins, now in end-of-life but possibly extended to mid-2030's, but not longer.
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This looks like The Expanse, but Kerbal.
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This would be fine if Fishers builds it up with mixed-use development and five-over-ones two blocks deep along Connecticut and 101st, but they won't because of NIMBY's. Their property tax gain won't keep up with the service and maintenance costs.
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Or bury the highways, Big Dig style (photo credit Andrew Haliburton).
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Carmel had the advantage of a pro-development mayor, Jim Brainard, for decades. Many of the Monon projects that are going up now were planned during his administration. The new mayor has promised much more 'community-input' to planning decisions, so we can expect more NIMBYism in Carmel's future.
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Good. It angers me how much hatred the Indiana legislature has for our capital city.
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Your post has inspired me to acquire this book as a gift for my wife.
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This seems like a missed opportunity for the Economist to have featured one of their best illustrators, Klawe Rzeczy, on the cover.