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Mar 12, 2025 • 9 tweets • 3 min read • Read on X
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Manhattan is arguably America's most iconic city, and more arguably, its only 'real' city.

But its own laws have made the buildings that make it so iconic illegal to build more of🧵 Image
Many of the existing buildings in Manhattan that you couldn't make today are too tall by current standards. Image
Many of the existing buildings in Manhattan that you couldn't make today have too many apartments by current standards. Image
Many of the existing buildings in Manhattan that you couldn't make today have too much space dedicated to business by current standards. Image
Many of the existing buildings in Manhattan that you couldn't make today have building footprints that are too tall by current standards. Image
But the buildings that make New York tall, dense, and filled with architectural juxtaposition also made New York so iconic, they made it more livable than it would've been otherwise, and they made it great.

The new laws simply don't respect the old vision for New York. Image
This problem isn't unique to New York either.

In tons of American cities, existing builds are illegal by new standards that are generally not justified by any sort of safety or quality concerns, but which instead are driven by local interest groups and dumb policymakers.
For example, in San Francisco, 54% of all homes that exist there are illegal to build today! Image
Sources:

sfzoning.deapthoughts.com/illegal_homes.…

nytimes.com/interactive/20…

nytimes.com/interactive/20…

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Jul 4
Do you know the most patriotic drink you can have today?

It's a wine from a little island controlled by Portugal.

It was definitely the Founding Fathers' favorite drink, and it's likely the most important drink in American—and thus world—history.

Let's talk about Madeira🧵Image
Our Colonial forebears "swam in a sea of booze from breakfast till bedtime".

It was safer than drinking the water, but that wasn't the only reason they did it.

They were also rowdy, young, and they liked to drink. When it came time to party, they showed it! Image
Before the Revolution, the British vigorously curtailed the import of French and Spanish wines into the colonies.

So, what could the colonists drink? Rum, brandy, spirits, and their favorite: wine from the Portuguese island of Madeira! Image
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Jun 30
Amy Wax got in trouble for remarking that she'd not seen a Black student in the top quarter of a Penn Law class.

Thanks to hacked Columbia data, we can see that she was...

Probably right!

In the decade before her statement, there were just two top-25% Black students. Image
It is *totally* plausible that she never met these students. And it's also plausible that she rarely saw Black students in the top *half*, because each year, the number of them was just 1-4.

But, despite being 8% of the class, they were ~40% of the bottom 10%-ranked students: Image
Note: Penn is on-par/slightly less elite than Columbia, so it's likely that the Black students there were somewhat *worse*, as the article notes, making her claims more likely.

This all comes from @zagrebbi's latest article. It's well worth a read!

Link: rightrationalism.art/p/black-law-st…
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Jun 30
And there it is:

The Supreme Court has decided to maintain Birthright Citizenship.
Big day if you think Roe v. Wade was correctly decided.

My favorite part (note that I've only read 150 pages so far) was Thomas explaining that, no, the Founding g Fathers did not adopt the English feudal system.

This fact was clearly lost on the other side. Image
The Court's reliance on a random remark from a case that ultimately didn't even produce lasting changes raises the question of whether that sort of thing even matters.

Why shouldn't I cite the Dred Scott case as the law of the land? Image
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Jun 26
The medical community has cured a mountain of diseases in the past several decades.

Diseases cured thread🧵

In 2013, hepatitis C was cured by direct-acting antivirals. Image
Peptic ulcers are now curable in more than 90% of patients via antibiotic triple/quad therapy (1994). Image
Sickle cell anemia was cured in 2023 for >96% of patients. Image
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Jun 9
Because America has made the wise decision to compensate blood donors, it has ended up supplying some 70% of the world's blood plasma.

This is one of America's top exports, and each year, America saves hundreds of thousands of lives because it does this. Image
Some people argue against plasma donation on the basis of it being disproportionately used by poorer people

They say it's exploitative: they feel that selling something your body makes is wrong if disparate in ways they care about

But it's a lifesaver!

There's also research indicating that plasma donation can be healthy!

(And there's more indicating that, with compensation, it might reduce crime in the local area.)

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Jun 7
It's Pride Month, so let's talk about why San Francisco is so incredibly gay.

Military policy.

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In 1982, Randy Shilts published his biography of Harvey Milk, entitled "The Mayor of Castro Street".

For those who don't know, Harvey Milk was the first open homosexual to be voted into public office in the state of California.

He was on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors. Image
The biography contains a fair bit of background, not just about Harvey Milk, but about San Francisco's gay community more generally.

In its early years, San Francisco attracted large waves of mainly male migrants motivated by the promise of gold in California. Image
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