December 30, 2022

Above, Madness performs Our House. When I read that we are a country neatly (almost) exactly divided into two, I think of Doctor Dolittle's PushMe-PullYou.

The Pulse: Hating ourselves into Paralysis.

JobsAnger reports that thousands of police departments don't report hate crimes to the FBI. You don't say?

Crooked Timber presents a treatise on NIMBY- and YIMBY-ism

The Urbanist says it is more nuanced.

Bonus Track: Colossal reimagines the primordial soup.

Round-up by Tengrain who blogs at Mock, Paper, Scissors. You can follow Tengrain on the Twitters, and on the Fediverse too. Send tips, requests, and suggestions to mbru@crooksandliars.com (with For MBRU in the subject line).

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