Matthew Yglesias

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Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

Asking why American cities don't have the built environment of much denser countries whose cities' core areas were built before cars were invented is sort of pointless, but asking why Greater Toronto has triple the transit ridership of Greater DC is important and relevant. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Jan. 9, 2023

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It's natural for American urbanists to want to draw contrasts with picturesque European cities, but Canada is a much more relevant comparison and does make the point that our urban planning and transit are underperforming. — PolitiTweet.org

Another way to look at the data is to normalize it by metro area population. This draws out the high performers. Si… https://t.co/bPIhNxiFuP

Posted Jan. 9, 2023

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The most influential pro-Trump disinformation campaign of the 2016 cycle was run by The New York Times and broadcast television news, both of which told people that there was a high stakes choice about candidates' fastidiousness with regard to handling classified information. — PolitiTweet.org

Should read ‘convincing the media’ instead of ‘Americans.’ The Russian disinfo bot story was parts of the American… https://t.co/uDdzAldKui

Posted Jan. 9, 2023