JRoth
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"The patriarchy hurts men too, but not enough of them if you ask me." Architect. He/him. 🌩️👀 A85tO8wdT1JD
I'm not opposed to a jobs guarantee, but the US is not in need of a jobs program as such.
So this is roughly what I spent half of 5th grade drawing in the margins, much to Miss Knezevitch’s displeasure. I make no claims for its merits, I’m just glad it was still ready to my fingertips, and I kind of like the rendering.
It’s possible I have in storage my Born in the USA shirt I got at the Orange Bowl in ‘85, but I was quickly able to put hands on this, from my second ever rock show, the night before my 15th birthday.
This post is great, and inspires me to share this pic of my college grad when they were 4 and dressed as Athene for a goddess-themed birthday party. I have no digital pics of the Parthenon cake I made, but it was awesome.
Funny, I was listening to that song just the other night, confirming once again that, no, it's not "actually" a dark song. He sings it sad, and the "reap what you sow" bit is kind of ominous, but the verses are unironically about having a nice time.
I'm not convinced that it's impossible to have better results, I just think Google is too compromised to try. Here's Gruber on Kagi. Maybe it's worse than 2010 Google, but I believe him that it's better than 2024 Google, let alone 2026.
And nobody loses height with age. If he was 6-3 10 years ago—and he wasn't—there's literally no way he is now, because of how bodies work.
So here’s the MSA. It grew by 63% 1980-2020. Lexington grew by 60%. So more growth has happened outside the boundary than inside. And, to be clear, Lexington isn’t that dense—it’s about 2/3 the density of Allegheny County, which is Pittsburgh & its suburbs.
Like I’m five. Show me the parts of this where nobody lives, where there’s no sprawl, no exurbs.
This paper does a great job of explaining the vibecession and also why it's different from the aftermath of 1979. The only part I don't get is the vast gap between pre-COVID hourly wage rates and pre-COVID household income rates. They have basically no relationship, which seems impossible.
Interesting. I don’t associate Bon Jovi with Boomers (he hit big with a Gen X audience), but he himself is on the cusp, and most pre-Nirvana rock is oriented to 1960s rock In a way that tracks with your point. To me the definitive Gen X lyric is Ani diFranco’s.
Look at all those donut cities! Also, part of the reason Pittsburgh's is so flat is that the 3 mile radius covers about half the city, but excludes some of the densest eastern neighborhoods, while the 1 mile radius includes rivers, parks, stadiums, and the extremely steep face of Mt. Washington.
That was part of the problem! The confluence gives a really misleading snapshot of what the 3 rivers do outside city limits. It's also funny bc the Ohio really does go mostly west from here, but first it goes almost due north, then pretty much due south for awhile.