Josh Barro

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Josh Barro

@jbarro

I write (at https://t.co/ZoyMCO4ICD) & I co-host CENTRAL AIR, a major weekly politics podcast. https://t.co/27H6dlohwT Email josh at joshbarro dot com

New York, New York Katılım Eylül 2008

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Robert Anderson@ProfRobAnderson·12h

I see Euro A/C is in the discourse again. One time I was working for a summer in a law firm in France and I was miserable in the heat. When I asked the partner why they didn't have A/C he said, "It's bad for the lungs," as he took a long drag from his cigarette.

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Josh Barro@jbarro·19h

A little baffled by people who are upset that the pope doesn’t think a machine can be ensouled. What do you expect the pope to think about that?

Dean W. Ball@deanwball

This, from Olah, plainly contradicts the encyclical, which confidently asserts that AI does not have, and never will have, “real” thoughts or feelings. It’s disappointing to see Anthropic align itself with a document that violates their own moral and intellectual principles.

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Josh Barro@jbarro·22h

@stanveuger @MattZeitlin Musicals are unsustainable as currently staged and something will give. There's been a shift toward plays because they cost less. nytimes.com/2025/09/22/the…

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Stan Veuger@stanveuger·23h

@jbarro @MattZeitlin I find it surprising how cheap theater (except musicals, I suppose) has remained

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Matthew Zeitlin@MattZeitlin·23h

This is why “experiences” will get essentially infinitely expensive, they’re not making more Knicks and the number of guys with the means to do this far far far outstrips supply

@jason@Jason

Heading to Cleveland for Knicks game 🫡

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Josh Barro@jbarro·23h

@ClayDesert @MattZeitlin We can increase the number of sports people care about (indeed, we have been)

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clayton@ClayDesert·23h

@jbarro @MattZeitlin pro sports might be its own scarce thing though, the whole value prop is these guys are literally the best in the world

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Josh Barro@jbarro·23h

@MattZeitlin The big French ski resorts are 1960s/70s-era public works projects, the «plans neige» fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plans_nei…

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Josh Barro@jbarro·23h

@MattZeitlin I dunno, I think we just need an abundance agenda for experiences. These things can scale — look how many concert residency seats Las Vegas has added in the last 20 years. With different policy, Colorado could have way more skiable acres and hotel rooms. Etc etc

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Josh Barro@jbarro·23h

Yes! Let’s host the Winter Olympics, this would be super cool

Adam Crafton@AdamCrafton_

Story @TheAthleticFC New York governor Kathy Hochul says “sincere” political ambition and “significant” meetings underway for a bid for NY to host the Winter Olympic Games (likely 2042), with New York City in partnership with Lake Placid. nytimes.com/athletic/73033…

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Matthew Yglesias@mattyglesias·1d

I think this is all downstream of a mistaken view that Democrats should copy Trump's worst political instincts (obnoxious tweets) rather than his good ones (reject donor-driven push to cut Medicare, resist pressure to do a national abortion ban).

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Matthew Yglesias@mattyglesias·1d

The overwhelming majority of Democrats seem to believe that policy doesn't matter and Gavin Newsom has the assets that really count in politics — good hair, charisma, funny tweets. But his electoral track record is as a modest underperformer. slowboring.com/p/gavin-newsom…

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Matthew Yglesias@mattyglesias·1d

Definitely ... but how about not bringing the entire Bidenomics team while we're at it, too?

Brian Schatz@brianschatz

I’m not into black listing anyone from future work in their area of expertise but I do think it’s fair to want a whole new crop of foreign policy staffers in the next democratic administration. It’s not like the same 120 people are the only people who know anything.

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Curtis Johnson@cjohnson999·4d

@compliantvc Vote for Gavin!

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gary leff@garyleff·1d

@jbarro @SecDuffy @SecDuffy can even blame @JoeBiden - at the end of the first Trump administration DOT issued new rules cracking down on Emotional Support Animals. But the next administration failed to finish the job. Now it's up to @realDonaldTrump to enforce the law! transportation.gov/sites/dot.gov/…

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Josh Barro@jbarro·2d

How is this human thumb the president’s spokesman?

Steven Cheung@StevenCheung47

Mike Pompeo has no idea what the fuck he’s talking about. He should shut his stupid mouth and leave the real work to the professionals. He’s not read into anything that’s happening, so how would he know.

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@LizMair Make your own *flour*??

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Liz Mair@LizMair·2d

What a false economy. Figure out what your value is in the market on an hourly basis. If the amount of bread you could make in an hour at home comes in at or below that rate, then it’s cheaper to buy it. This will be true for basically everyone except maybe 13 year olds in states with the lowest minimum wage in the country.

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@Tyler_A_Harper Have you read David Chang on why he loves Bud Light? gq.com/story/david-ch…

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Tyler Austin Harper@Tyler_A_Harper·3d

In which I make the case that Miller Lite is the anecdote to the decadence of a professional class that constantly chases novel gustatory experiences and has come to confuse this empty, hedonistic quest with being cultured. theatlantic.com/culture/2026/0…

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Josh Barro@jbarro·2d

What we really need is @SecDuffy to get the fake service animals back into carriers on airplanes

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Yes, although such a crackdown is needed more urgently among affluent people than among the low-income people HUD will affect.

Patrick T. Brown@PTBwrites

There will doubtless be caterwauling, but cracking down on the people who are stretching/abusing the “service animal” designation for their pets helps maintain accommodations for the users who actually need them. Good move by HUD. (cc @jbarro) nytimes.com/2026/05/22/us/…

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Reese Gorman@reesejgorman·3d

News: Rep. Mike Collins has fired his campaign manager Brandon Phillips after the campaign sent out this tweet, per source familiar. Comes less than 5 days after he advanced to a runoff Thompson works for a Dooley Super PAC and his wife attempted suicide after she accused Laurer of rape people.com/tv/matt-lauers…

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Josh Barro@jbarro·3d

There’s a reason moderates and leftists are equally pissed at Ken Martin: his whole thing is looting the party apparatus for the benefit of the people who run party organs, rather than helping the party win and enact an agenda.

Alex Thompson@AlexThomp

.@reidepstein with a good catch: Last month, the D.N.C. sent $15,500 to the Democratic Party in American Samoa and just $10,500 to the Democratic Party of Wisconsin. nytimes.com/2026/05/22/us/…

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