Should be illegal to let me know what Allie Beth Stuckey is up to

I'm not one to both-sides, especially, lord forbid, in an even-year October. But the fact that neither party is running on dismantling private equity is a massive failure.

BVbvielhaber.bsky.socialOct 10, 2024 10:09am

Saving this for a lunchtime read…

Slash and burn: is private equity out of control?

The long read: From football clubs to water companies, music catalogues to care homes, private equity has infiltrated almost every facet of modern life in its endless search to maximise profits

ERNIE: ya know what, Bert BERT: what, ernie ERNIE: *singing* i hope that our few remaining friends, give up on trying ta save us BERT: I hope we come up with a failsafe plot to piss off tha dumb few that forgave us, ah ha ha

Okay so they figured out how many of us are planning to cancel after the election. www.theverge.com/2024/9/24/24...

The New York Times will now charge for past episodes of its popular podcasts

The Daily will offer only three free episodes now.

Saving this for a lunchtime read…

Slash and burn: is private equity out of control?

The long read: From football clubs to water companies, music catalogues to care homes, private equity has infiltrated almost every facet of modern life in its endless search to maximise profits

Would you look at THIS. A county building, selling, keeping the fucking profits. That's how you do it in rural Ohio. www.greaterohio.org/blog/2024/10...

Grass Roots Growth: How Williams County Port Authority Has Achieved Success as a Housing Developer — Greater Ohio Policy Center

Quality, attainably-priced housing is a challenge throughout Ohio.  The Williams County Port Authority has developed an innovative approach to producing new homes that are selling for less than $...

"For every life saved in the heaviest 1% of light trucks, more than A DOZEN occupants of other vehicles will die." These are insane numbers, and ones I won't hesitate to mention to my peers (middle class, Midwestern millennials, many of whom are charged with keeping kids alive).

This report addresses the one thing that I think makes Big Dumb Truck Problems feel so personal. "Drivers looking to buy a vehicle largely make purchasing decisions out of concern for their own safety, but in doing so, they negatively impact safety for drivers of smaller vehicles and nonoccupants."

DZdavidzipper.bsky.socialOct 8, 2024 3:10pm

The National Safety Council has released a new report explaining how massive vehicles increase crash deaths. AFAIK it's the first comprehensive review of car bloat research. (Disclaimer: I played a supporting role putting it together.) An eye-opening read. t.co/MLsZcd5AKd

The National Safety Council has released a new report explaining how massive vehicles increase crash deaths. AFAIK it's the first comprehensive review of car bloat research. (Disclaimer: I played a supporting role putting it together.) An eye-opening read. t.co/MLsZcd5AKd

“NJ lawmakers consider prison time for drivers with loud mufflers” Harsh, but fair… newjerseymonitor.com/briefs/new-j....

New Jersey lawmakers want new penalties for screaming mufflers • New Jersey Monitor

In a bid to quiet thundering mufflers, bipartisan legislation would impose fines on drivers and auto shops that boost car exhaust volume.