A law that very heavily restricted AirBnBs in NYC went into effect in 2023 and the hotels (that all lobbied for the law so hard) have been cranking up prices ever since.
[www.wired.com/story/airbnb...](
) bridge from the fediverse and your account is not bridged, I can't interact with you from this account. (Bridgy Fed quite sweetly DMs me that you tried to send a reply, but I can't reply back without switching networks.)
The wildest thing about these ludicrous boondoggles is thereβs no material penalty for having been a booster and no material advantage to having seen it coming. Probably the reverse.
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The problem with working with a theory with apparently explanatory power is that I am incredible suspicious about anything with high explanatory power so I am miserable the entire time whether it works out or not.
People will still fight you on here if you say that a majority of white women voted for Trump in 2020 and 2024. This should not be the thing that makes my brain turn to cinders today but it kind of is.