Probably also rent for the space in most places, whether they are a home-based business with high mortgage costs, renting space from a corporate landlord, or otherwise exposed to market-rate real estate/rents. If the cost of real estate is high, it impacts the entire economy.
"The House was in session at the Capitol on Thursday, but thanks to the latest procession of Republicans reporting for duty in front of a Manhattan criminal courthouse to show support for former President Donald J. Trump at his trial, the party risked ceding its control of the floor,” the New York Times reports....
So now you know they were never actually a “law and order” party, just as they’ve never actually been a “fiscal responsibility” or “liberties and freedoms” party. These are just words they say to their base when it is convenient.
Donald Trump and his allies are laying the groundwork to contest a potential loss in November, stoking doubts about the election’s legitimacy even as opinion polls show the Republican presidential candidate leading in battleground states....
I always feel like these induced demand arguments are suggesting that adding more lanes means the same number of people are just choosing to do more driving. Maybe, as you add more lanes you create the infrastructure for a city to grow, and it adds more people which then fill up the new lanes. People aren’t just going out and buying a new car or rolling an existing car out of the driveway that they were previously not using because a new lane is built. These are net new drivers, who would not be in that city if the infrastructure for them hadn’t been built.
Russian forces have made two cross-border assaults inside northern Ukraine, according to information from Ukrainian sources and officials, in what President Volodymyr Zelensky is calling a “new wave of counteroffensive actions” by Russia....
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Republicans? Hamas. Democrats? Hamas. Basically anyone who disagrees with us at any specific moment regardless of their previous or potential future positions, Hamas. We have the best justifications in the world because of Hamas.
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A Wizard of Earthsea cover by Brian Hampton (lemmy.world)
Stroller designed against gas attacks, England, 1938
Texas power prices briefly soar 1,600% as a spring heat wave is expected to drive record demand for energy (fortune.com)
Child care costs more than a mortgage payment or rent almost everywhere in the U.S.: ‘There is no escaping it’ (www.marketwatch.com)
The past and future of Nominative Determinism in sport (xkcd) (imgs.xkcd.com)
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Republicans Flock to Trump’s Trial, Risking Control of the House Floor (www.nytimes.com)
"The House was in session at the Capitol on Thursday, but thanks to the latest procession of Republicans reporting for duty in front of a Manhattan criminal courthouse to show support for former President Donald J. Trump at his trial, the party risked ceding its control of the floor,” the New York Times reports....
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Trump, allies are laying the groundwork to contest potential election loss (www.reuters.com)
Donald Trump and his allies are laying the groundwork to contest a potential loss in November, stoking doubts about the election’s legitimacy even as opinion polls show the Republican presidential candidate leading in battleground states....
Slovakia's prime minister injured in shooting (apnews.com)
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Oxygen (mander.xyz)
Raw milk fans plan to drink up as experts warn of high levels of H5N1 virus (arstechnica.com)
Los Angeles renters now need $117K a year to live comfortably, study says (www.ktla.com)
Just one more lane (sh.itjust.works)
‘I am starting to panic about my child’s future’: climate scientists wary of starting families (www.theguardian.com)
A fifth of female climate scientists who responded to Guardian survey said they had opted to have no or fewer children...
Homeless woman was living inside Michigan rooftop store sign with computer, coffee maker (apnews.com)
Russia mounts surprise assault on northern Ukraine in most serious cross-border offensive in two years (www.cnn.com)
Russian forces have made two cross-border assaults inside northern Ukraine, according to information from Ukrainian sources and officials, in what President Volodymyr Zelensky is calling a “new wave of counteroffensive actions” by Russia....
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Anon shares their highschool mascot (sh.itjust.works)
Israel frustrated U.S. paused weapons shipment over Rafah assault concerns, official says (www.nbcnews.com)
Legendary creator Shinji Mikami has one word for Microsoft shutting down the studio he founded: 'Sad' (www.pcgamer.com)
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China’s property sector was riding for a fall over high concentration creating 'oligarchic market', study says (www.globalconstructionreview.com)
Here is the study: www.tandfonline.com/doi/…/02673037.2024.2334797...