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Even during a record winter heat wave in California, WindWaterSolar not only met 100% of demand for part of the day but also set a battery discharge rate record of 11.68 GW on 3/18.
28th straight and 55 of 78 (70.5%) 100% WWS day.
Fossil gas is down 60% in 2026 vs 2023.
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@Cheshrbzbn @RedNinetyFour Even Charlotte fans realize he's just a slight upgrade at best over sexton
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@3Sentinel4 @RedNinetyFour He’s not starting because they have LAMELO BALL like what???
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There’s a world where we’re an organization where our GM traded for Coby White at the deadline but that didn’t prevent our coach from playing Reed Sheppard, and we have an overall deadlier backcourt than we did last season.
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@RedNinetyFour 15 ppg and 3 assists in 20 mpg
He's not even starting for Charlotte. He just happened to be available so y'all overrate him
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@3Sentinel4 I don’t know who Colby White is but Coby White has been hooping of late
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For the same reason food stamps are better than government grocery stores, housing vouchers are better than IZ. Funded or unfunded, IZ is such a weird policy. I cannot see a single benefit from having the subsidy follow the unit instead of the tenant.
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@scottlincicome On the other hand:
One European official said the likeliest postwar scenario is a “rump IRGC regime” ...will retain some ...capability as well as the support of regional proxies, though the regime will be “degraded enough that we’re in a better place than we were.”
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"After more than two weeks of consistent bombing, new US intelligence suggests Iran’s regime is now consolidating power, unlikely to collapse, and led by a cadre more extreme than before." 😬
cato.org/blog/strategic…
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Completely unsustainable for a peaceable, flourishing society
unusual_whales@unusual_whales
"The top 1 percent of American households, which have a minimum net worth of $11.1 million, now collectively own about $25.6 trillion worth of stocks and mutual funds, the same amount as the remaining 99% of the country," per the Federal Reserve
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@juliogatx 4,600?
So the vast majority is market rate housing which doesn't need subsidies
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Austin’s housing story often overlooks the importance of the big local housing subsidies from bonds, Project Connect, Affordability Unlocked, the many HFC/PFC abatements…60 AMI penciled A LOT which gave rental bargaining power to broader incomes than that.
Gotta do it all.
Stephanie Trinh@stephtrinh
And you can't/shouldn't do it without bold programs for subsidized housing.
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People underestimate the impact of financing and developer profits in BMR housing developments. An apartment building that costs $60 million to build will cost the government closer to $80 million - the developer needs a big cut, and financing alone can top $10 million.
m. stanfield@resetbasis
Here are the project costs for Jubilo Village, a 95-unit affordable housing development in Culver City, CA. $827,242 per unit, and per the developer, only $365,799 per unit is hard cost. No state incinerates capital quite like California. Truly remarkable work, guys.
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Here are the project costs for Jubilo Village, a 95-unit affordable housing development in Culver City, CA.
$827,242 per unit, and per the developer, only $365,799 per unit is hard cost.
No state incinerates capital quite like California. Truly remarkable work, guys.
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Bernie Sanders Will Rally for N.Y. Wealth Tax Increase. nytimes.com/2026/03/21/nyr… via @NYTimes
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@530BruceRoss @polticsonly @MichaelEWebber Absolutely. Just saying that even if you get to make enough money to buy an $800k home, the taxes make you reconsider
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@3Sentinel4 @polticsonly @MichaelEWebber High cost of living all around, for sure, but housing is a huge part of young families' budgets and the scale of the gap between CA and other states is huge.
Also keeps many potential newcomers out, and incentives retirees to cash out and move to Idaho or Arizona.
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I love Texas---Texas-born and Texas-proud--but when I moved from CA to TX my taxes went up.
0% income tax is real. But property taxes are brutal.
Codie Sanchez@Codie_Sanchez
Why I’d live in Austin over SF any day: - Cost of living: 30-50% lower than SF, NY, LA - State income tax: 0% - A household earning $200k keeps $15-20k more per year in Texas - Oracle, Tesla, Apple, Google all moved or expanded here SF still leads in AI. But if you want to buy something, own something, and build wealth without giving it back to Uncle Sam… Austin is the most rational financial decision on the map right now. *Also fewer socialists so that’s a win.
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@polticsonly @MichaelEWebber @530BruceRoss What's a good house in Santa Clarita cost? You can find ok ones starting around $700k but something comparable to $300k Houston suburb homes are going to be $900k+
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@3Sentinel4 @MichaelEWebber @530BruceRoss Point is thou it’s not average 3-4x higher you can find outliers but property values are absolutely higher in CA.
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@530BruceRoss @polticsonly @MichaelEWebber It's one of the reasons. The income and capital gains taxes hurt increasingly for higher incomes.
And that's not even getting into insurance, energy, and all types of fees
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@3Sentinel4 @polticsonly @MichaelEWebber There is a reason the Uhauls between CA and TX overwhelmingly carry their loads east, and it is the housing costs.
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@polticsonly @MichaelEWebber @530BruceRoss Looked at houses in both places. Finding something comparable (location, size, schools, etc) is 3x-4x more.
Subrubs of Houston you can still find 200-300k. In Santa Carita you're talking $700k plus $400 hoa for an old, small home. Montebello is $800k plus $500 hoa for townhome
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@3Sentinel4 @MichaelEWebber @530BruceRoss No way it’s 3-4x but property taxes in both states are likely comparable due to difference in property values
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@SukritGanesh I agree that IZ is a major underrated reason rents rose so much.
If IZ is banned I think rents could immediately fall 20% in California
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Inclusionary zoning's impacts on housing construction are much worse than people think. In SF, an IZ requirement of 16% can increase total costs by 8% when paid as an in-lieu fee. If the developer's profit is 25%, then IZ can eviscerate a THIRD of your profit!
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@atlanticesque Just be like California and ban both sprawl and density.
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The question isn't whether Americans prefer space or density. We live in a market economy and people can choose among different alternatives, according to price.
The question is whether one side of a nearly 50/50 split should be able to ban the other side's preferences entirely
True Discipline@TruueDiscipline
Americans still prefer space over density:
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This story sounds familiar...
Martin Austermuhle@maustermuhle
The Trump administration is removing a protected bike lane that runs along 15th Street from the National Mall to the Tidal Basin. Officials say it causes traffic; bike advocates say it actually makes everyone safer. 51st.news/trump-administ…
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Axios: Senator John Fetterman (D-PA) is under heavy fire from fellow Democrats for casting the deciding vote to advance Senator Markwayne Mullin's (R-OK) nomination for DHS secretary, with some openly calling for his ouster.
"Once again Sen Fetterman shows why he is Trump's favorite Democrat. He needs to go," Rep. Brendan Boyle (D-PA), one of Fetterman's harshest critics, said in a post on Twitter (X)
axios.com/2026/03/20/joh…
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@MichaelEWebber @530BruceRoss The typical middle class home costs 3-4x more in California, so you will pay more taxes there despite the tax rate being half.
Then literally every other tax is higher.
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@530BruceRoss If you're a high earner, then tax rates in CA are higher than in TX. But if you're a middle class earner in a typical middle class home, then the property taxes here in TX are more burdensome.
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