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The magic of through running

By weaving together existing railway lines, some cities can get the best transit in the world

22 hours ago 1 votes
Issue 19: American S-Bahn

Plus: How to redraw cities with tangled property rights, the secret history of inflation targeting, and the end of lead pollution in the developing world

6 days ago 3 votes
Lenacapavir: can this drug end AIDS?

Hard Drugs: Episode one is out now.

a week ago 5 votes
New podcasts: Hard Drugs and the Works in Progress Podcast

The miracle drug that could end AIDS. Plus: the Great Downzoning, coming soon.

a week ago 6 votes
Gentrification as a housing problem

The root cause is inflexible supply

a week ago 8 votes

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local man sends 2nd email after 1st only gets 3 responses

you won't believe how much shame he felt afterwards (not what you think!) // BREAKING NEWS - Survey Digest

9 hours ago 1 votes
Hateful Things in 1002 AD

When I say The Pillow Book, written by Sei Shōnagon in the late 990s AD, reads like a Tumblr, you might reasonably assume I'm being wry and somewhat exaggerated: "ohhhh, this thing from 1000 years ago is just like things we write today [if you

2 days ago 2 votes
the cure for shame is...

it's definitely hitting certain numbers, metrics, weight goals, etc, RIGHT? - my new essay is out on Prism!!

2 days ago 2 votes
Why Is the Washington Post Talking to Substack?

And updates on other recent articles

3 days ago 2 votes
NEW POD: James Marriott on whether AI will make writers redundant

In Which I Put the Case For Optimism

3 days ago 4 votes