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The story of why mammals keep evolving into ant eaters is kind of like the mammal-evolution equivalent of how almost every Reddit fan page evolves into an anti-fan page There are a lot ants out there, so a bunch of mammals eat ants, and so a lot specialize in eating almost only ants. Attention flows to negative commentary, so a bunch of online commenters post negative stuff, and eventually a lot of them specialize in posting only negative stuff. Over a long enough time period, everybody becomes what they consume.

I'm not a conspiracy person, but even outside of Epstein, how are conspiracy people dealing with the fact that the rise to power of the conspiracy theory party has coincided with the official revelation that - rumors of explosive material in the "Epstein Files" were a myth - JFK's only assassin was Oswald - the whole UFO thing was probably just silly rumors and propaganda

The #1 issue @runforsomething candidates run on is housing - far & away, above all other issues. This is why we're recruiting more renters to run for office: Young people experience the housing market *totally* differently.

This is a great piece and explains so much of why the housing market sucks for young people right now

New newsletter: HOW THE HOUSING MARKET FOR YOUNG PEOPLE BECAME A 'TOTAL DISASTER' In 1991, the median age of first-time homebuyers was 28. Now it’s 38. This is the hardest time for young people (defined, generously, up to 40) to buy their first home in modern history. The vanishing dream of 20- and 30-something homeownership isn't just an economic phenomenon. It's becoming a political centerpiece. Housing affordability is for voters under 40 what protecting Social Security is for voters over 65. The cities, states, and national parties that figure out how to talk about and ultimately solve this mess to restore housing affordability to Americans under 40 will have a major advantage in the next few years.

Interesting framing of the housing crisis by @DKThomp as a “nesting doll” of three different timelines - 50 years of exclusionary zoning - 20 years of damage from the Great Recession - 5 years of COVID inflation, then rising interest rates

“The Rasputin Economy” has a nice ring to it.

The unkillable US economy Poisoned by inflation, poisoned again with interest rate hikes, shot by tariffs, shot again by new tariffs, and then again with immigration crackdowns, asphyxiated with all forms of investment uncertainty … and it just keeps kicking. Rasputin shit.

Rasputin economy indeed like @DKThomp expressed. Tariffs, high interest rates, inflation episodes, and sky high uncertainty. The economy keeps moving.