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Ingrid Burrington
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Just had the deranged thought that the iconic Southland Tales line "pimps don't commit suicide" could be interpreted as a prophecy re Epstein
Also notably the article says it's not clear all teachers will get the full bonus!! LOL
It's the condo. By quite a bit.
I don't think New York City's property tax system makes much sense. So I made maps about it.
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Hearing the WNYC host excitedly say "Knicks in five!!" during the morning news intro was cute
canopycanopycanopy.com/contents/fro... this is tonight! i will be talking about how "the cloud" is dead, long live "the cloud", etc.
Also I know it's WSJ so expectations should be tempered but it's annoying that the headline is like "The teachers getting all this money" and then interviews zero teachers
happy new Mountain Goats single day to all who celebrate themountaingoats.bandcamp.com/track/shallo...
Basically I think one time lump sum payments are sus bc 1) these numbers are chump change for these companies esp relative to tax breaks and 2) they are harder to turn into long term sustainable resources for municipalities
www.urban.org/urban-wire/t... fwiw bc I am sometimes asked if there are any examples of good long term investments in communities via data center money, the Henrico County affordable housing trust is an interesting model