but what is the best way to abbreviate percentage points? %pts? points? pctg pts?

This is really interesting. I'm not sure if r-squared showing that 10% of Dem presidential approval can be explained by gas prices seems high or low.

why is there such an obsession with getting out of paying taxes. like our culture is all about paying the least taxes possible.

can't we just try our best to follow the tax code and call it a day?? do people not actually like the government programs they're paying for?

This whole "top 500" saga begs a question, what is the top "urbanist" city on a per capita basis? Stack all the top 500 against their respective population size and see which city is the wokest!

Kalamazoo?

Important distinction is that DK is very very different than neutral.

Giving a DK or "not sure" is fine, but if someone knows about an issue or topic, I'd like to know where they lean!

i love mexican food so much

sad part is that these videos are lost forever :(

a huge, oft-forgotten part of my childhood was me making "amv"s on livevideo using clips from avatar the last airbender and edgy emo songs from the 00s. kataang ftw btw

i posted fervently on forums and had incredible internet friends who also made amvs.

pre-algorithm internet was the bees' knees

i also get corn sweats from time to time

folks on fb are trash talking the "big beautiful bill" so you know it's bad

i am a married man

well once we mail the paperwork

this is too relatable

if only people could read

cool scene at the Denver Botanical Gardens today!

not having power is actually kind of wonderful except for all the food going bad and the underlying destruction. candlelight, friends all helping and checking up on one another, solidarity among strangers, etc.

amazon customer service person just thanked me for being a great customer at the start of their shift?

wtf i'm not even that nice, what in god's name are you deranged people saying to these CSRs???

but what kind do you find at a diner in a rust belt town?

i often forget that when I was a kid I spent hours upon hours creating "AMVs" for my favorite content (avatar the last airbender and kingdom hearts). early storytelling nathan era

going to the farmer's market may be the greenest flag there is

Visited some adolescent health clinics for work yesterday.

Why is Medicare for All Kids not a policy that anyone has pushed substantially for?

It's ridiculous that kids might be unable to get care they need because of a parent's change in job.

My favorite off-season article!

sobering. there are no "accidents," just crashes. we gotta stop whitewashing traffic injuries and fatalities. it doesn't have to be this way.

love on the spectrum should be required viewing for everyone in the dating world

it's kinda weird that spring break week gets a lil quiet all around the office-working world. have we really capitulated to a buncha freakin kids?? where is the fight??

fuck the Ottawa Senators
but go Ottawa Senators
if you catch my drift
#LGRW #WishIWasCanadian

Billboard saying “You are not stuck in traffic. You ARE traffic.”

Our regular reminder that when we’re driving, we’re not stuck in traffic.

We ARE traffic.

That’s a product of our individual choices, as well as our collective choices, including who we choose to give massive city-building powers to and the choices they make with that power.

RIP I hardly knew ye

did u live

photo of a narrow alleyway in Spain

so glad to be in Spain and not the u.s. right now