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@msiniscalchi Mark Bittman wrote about this more generally ten years ago: nytimes.com/2014/07/23/opi…

@laura_nelson hilmar.com/cafe/

Now accepting recommendations for the best places to eat in the San Joaquin Valley!

@laura_nelson dustbowlbrewing.com

@laura_nelson We’ve enjoyed Monet’s in Exeter many times, and the town is also charming: yelp.to/klBLWgmDXa

@mrmoneymustache If the cost of spending three superlative hours driving electric is an extra 20 minutes “refueling,” it is well worth it.

Amazingly enough, I'm coming up on a year of Tesla Y ownership. mrmoneymustache.com/the-model-y-ex… This car is so good, and is now so cheap considering its quality (about the same net price as a Toyota Rav4, Subaru Outback or even the new Toyota Prius) that I am kind of shocked that people are still buying those obsolete gasoline cars any more. Why are people still buying gas cars? When I interview them, it's usually just a lack of accurate information: - I need to do road trips without worrying about charging: Teslas are even easier than gas cars for road trips! Sit down in your driveway, type in "Key West" and your whole route is planned right down to the minute including charging stops. And then the car even does most of the highway driving for you while you relax and enjoy the scenery. - I need 4WD for snow and steep roads: The model Y has one of the most badass 4WD systems on the road which makes for insanely good snow performance. - I need space for kids and camping: The model Y has MASSIVE interior space, it even comes with an optional 7 passenger configuration. Or you can do luxury glamping trips with two people and you can both sleep in the fold-flat cargo area! - I don't know how to charge electric cars. Can you plug in a vacuum cleaner? Then you can charge any electric car. In fact, it's way *easier* to keep these things charged than it is to fuel a gasoline car. Oh, also no oil changes or brake jobs or muffler repairs or emission tests, ever. - I've heard the build quality and reliability isn't great. Totally wrong these days. The model Y has been the best selling vehicle on Earth for over a year now, which means they have polished it to a fine gleaming hunk of perfection at this point. Everything just works. It's like a cross between an iPhone 15 pro max and a silent electric rocket ship. Stop settling for Subarus!

@MarkusEconomist I’m so sorry, Markus.

R.I.P. Papa You coined me in so many ways. Thank You for everything. 1935-07-08 to 2024-04-15.

@joshshepperd Some version of “thanks” serves me well.

Despite the great Twitter panic of a couple years ago, I always sign my emails "Best." But what are the most well received academic signages?

@Sustainable2050 Given that gas prices are a non-trivial part of inflation measurements themselves, I would sort of expect the graph to be straight and level. ;-)

@EddyElfenbein @Andrew___Baker Around 1981, short term t-bills were yielding around 20 percent and 30 year bonds around 10 percent. Most people bought the short term bonds. Only a farsighted few made out like gangbusters.

A great way to make passive income is to take $3 million and buy an 8% Treasury bond. You'll make $20,000 a month just by doing nothing.

@BetseyStevenson She and others have long used coffee as an example of a class of spending decisions where needs and wants conflict, and where small changes can yield large savings. It's not coffee per se, though as an example, it's useful that good coffee can be made cheaply at home.

She seems to forget how much joy a good coffee can provide to people's daily lives. To find a point of agreement: Starbucks quality is too low for the prices and the United States does not do enough to foster the kinds of competitive markets that might get us better coffee.

@ben_golub Still tripping over newspapers while walking Gizmo, but this might be an artifact of our neighborhood.

@biggsag Curious whether an investment held for 40 years and then sold/taxed at current and preferential cap gains rates wouldn’t yield less revenue than 401k taxed at current regular income rates.

Moreover, this third approach could bridge the decades-long impasse over whether to raise taxes or cut benefits. In effect, we're arguing for cutting wasteful government spending and using the proceeds to fix Social Security. /end

My new paper with Alicia Munnell argues for rolling back the federal tax expenditure for retirement plan contributions and redirecting the savings to Social Security. Full repeal would fix roughly 3/4 of Social Security’s long-term funding gap. @aeiecon @RetirementRsrch

@florianederer The Carnegie Hall album did improve the 12 Days of Christmas by inserting an aria fragment…

This is the only acceptable substitute.

@BJBigler @BJBigler Thank you for contacting us. Please send us a private message, so we may assist you further. Thank you. twitter.com/messages/compo…

@neimanmarcus we cannot reach anyone who can help in your Bergdorf Goodman store. We bought clothes in store for overnight shipping. The sales agent arranged for overnight shipping. After several days, the clothes have not arrived and no agent has returned our calls.

@roastmalone_ Most of these items are toys and also illustrate some scientific principle, a purposeful tchotke. physicsfunshop.com

@Enezator Shades of "Lazy Tommy Pumpkinhead"! youtube.com/watch?v=8OQ3Vp…

@greg_shill @Fe55845 In my experience, it’s now easier to rent an EV than stick in the US.

@Fe55845 I wouldn’t say it’s ~important~ but it’s fun and when traveling you can save a bunch by renting one. Beyond manuals as such, I think the full-EV era, if it ever arrives, will take a while. The average US car is now 14 years old and EVs are a small share of the new-car market.

I asked my students today if they could drive a stick. A sizable number (20%?) raised their hands. The future is bright.

@phl43 Have things improved ten years later? nytimes.com/2014/07/23/opi…

Americans *genuinely* believe they have better food than France. They really believe it. It’s truly extraordinary.

@Andrew___Baker How much do you want to spend? wwchan.com/Tour.aspx