This was fascinating. Great work!

The Techno-Utopian Seasteaders Who Want to Colonize the Ocean (Gift Article) Libertarians have long looked at ocean living as the next frontier. Some wealthy men are testing the waters.

In January, I traveled to Panama to check out Ocean Builders, the startup behind “eco-forward housing solutions” called SeaPods. Here's the report, my first piece for the NYT Magazine. In print (it looks glorious!) on Sunday. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/15/m...

The Diseases Are Coming Elon Musk’s slash-and-burn government tear will have lasting effects on global health.

There's a reason ebola outbreaks haven't reached the U.S. Or there was... www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

National Parks Had a Record Year. Trump Officials Appear to Want It Kept Quiet. (Gift Article) As the administration fires rangers and other workers, an internal memo is directing the National Park Service not to publicize visitors numbers.

The government doesn't want to say it, so we should: The National Parks had a record 2024: www.nytimes.com/2025/03/06/c...

How My Trip to Quit Sugar Quickly Became a Journey Into Hell For my whole life, I’ve been a hard-core sweets junkie. Could a spa help me quit in a week?

This Caity Weaver piece for @nytimes.com was the funniest thing I've read in a long time. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/25/m...

Hotel booking sites caught overcharging travelers from Bay Area Popular hotel booking sites like Expedia and Hotels.com raise their prices substantially when San Franciscans use their online booking platforms.

Hoo boy. The @sfchronicle.com figured out that travel booking sites charge different hotel rates based on where you live. www.sfgate.com/travel/artic...

LA Rental Hits $40,000 a Month as Fires Roil Housing Market (Bloomberg) -- Los Angeles already had a housing affordability crisis before devastating wildfires burned entire neighborhoods to the ground. The disaster is making it worse. Most Read from BloombergT...

Interesting: Zillow has pulled down hundreds of listings for price-gouging housing after the fires: finance.yahoo.com/news/la-rent...

Gov. Hochul Signs Law Making the Restaurant Reservation Black Market Illegal The Restaurant Reservation Anti-Piracy Act first passed this summer

I mean...it's not the important thing in the world, but I guess it's good news: ny.eater.com/2024/12/18/2...

Some people have argued that this law will raise rents, which may be true in the short term. But it shifts the cost burden to landlords, who have MUCH more leverage to negotiate brokers fees, which will come down as a result. And REBNY *does not* want that to happen.

Powerful NYC real estate group sues to stop new broker fee protections for tenants The Real Estate Board of New York is suing to stop a measure intended to shift broker fees from tenants to landlords.

This was sadly predictable. The powerful Real Estate Board of New York is going after the new broker's fee law, which is a game changer for New Yorkers: gothamist.com/news/powerfu...