Imagining European tourists going home and saying yeah I guess trains and walkable urbanism are okay, but have you had Twinkies, biscuits and gravy, and ranch dressing?

And the race to the bottom begins

Since the 1970s, many people who wanted housing to be more affordable supported rules that made it harder to build. The result was less housing, more scarcity, and higher prices. We made housing unaffordable in the name of affordability.

Q: How are job postings for software engineers rising rapidly despite AI agents automating coding? A: Because there’s far more code to manage than ever before. We’re already seeing a 14x YoY increase in GitHub commits, and it’s accelerating. AI has dramatically lowered the cost of writing code, so it’s now being used across far more businesses, applications, and use cases. We’re at the beginning of a massive productivity boom driven by the proliferation of bespoke software throughout the entire economy. Coding has been AI’s breakout use case this year. The fact that it’s increased demand for software engineers — rather than decreased it — should call into question the entire “AI will cause mass job loss” narrative.

We get tweets about almonds from data centers.

It really burns my craw when people call Jevons paradox a paradox. It isn’t a paradox. It’s the whole point.

This is a baseball bat

From the ‘90’s, but the original Mac OS Rumors.

Toll Brothers—a giant homebuilder ranked No. 390 on the Fortune 500—expands into fast-growing Bentonville @tollbrothers announced on Tuesday it's buying Buffington Homes in Arkansas Why Bentonville? Read more here: resiclubanalytics.com/p/toll…

Every system that was regulated, either explicitly or implicitly, by the fact that they were effortful for humans (letters of recommendation, lawsuits, government filings, essays) will break.

Bentonville!

Tonight is the 251st anniversary of Paul Revere’s midnight ride. If he were to make the same journey from Boston to Lexington today, he could stop at 7 Dunkin locations. (via Reddit)

On this night 251 years ago, two men climbed Old North Church's steeple. They held high two lanterns as a signal from Paul Revere that the British were heading to Concord via the Charles River. Their famous “one if by land, two if by sea” warning ignited the American Revolution.

shoutout to Gary Larson for literally calling this in The Far Side in 1987 (!!!)

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Increased seed oil consumption

The moon landing was only universally popular once it became a nostalgic symbol of the 'good old days.'

Watching a movie at the theater means hearing my kids say, “Ok, it’s actually starting now,” about a dozen times before it actually starts.

Is this becoming a common addition to restaurant/movie theater allergy lists?

Today, we are announcing plans to lift the statewide ban on self-service gas stations in New Jersey. We encourage New Jerseyans to familiarize themselves with gas pumps as this change is in effect immediately, April 1, 2026.