As I watch a vacant lot two houses down from us get clear cut it fills me with such sadness.

Here in Florida we are in a drought. There's a burn ban at the moment. I had the random thought but think it would be really smart policy:

Burn Ban should be extended to place a hold on ALL clear cutting, paving, and tree removal. As long as we're in a drought and heat wave there is no justification for exacerbating the situation.

#Florida #HeatWave #ClimateChange #PublicPolicy #UrbanPolicy #PublicPlanning #Drought #BurnBan #Environmentalist

Canada should hedge against a volatile U.S. — but the comforting story (Canada as victim of America’s chaos) can become an excuse.

Diversification matters. Detachment is costly and slow. The binding constraints are domestic: productivity, housing-led growth, under-building, and institutions optimized for stability over transformation.

👇 New essay: https://curmudgeonlycanadian.substack.com/p/not-a-rupture-an-exposure

#Canada #Economy #Housing #PublicPolicy #Productivity
#CDNPoli #Affordability #Trade #Policy #Resilience #Institutions

RE: https://partychickens.net/@mason/116514703013503570

'some governments will require the tools that they use to support post-quantum cryptography in the near future. This means that a lot of companies want post-quantum cryptography, and people will begin to expect it from serious projects'

#cryptography #publicPolicy #quantumComputing #postQuantumCryptography

The U.S. national debt crossed 100% of GDP this week. The coverage got it wrong in both directions. The $39 trillion gross figure overstates the immediate problem. The "it's just the government owing itself" dismissal understates the long-term one. The Fed's SOMA holdings and the Social Security trust funds are fundamentally different obligations and the standard presentation muddles both.

https://jameshoward.us/2026/05/01/the-39-trillion-number-is-wrong/

#economics #publicpolicy #nationaldebt #fiscalpolicy

Somos a maioria nas cidades, mas a política urbana ainda não nos prioriza

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.brasildefato.com.br/colunista/observatorio-da-metropoles-pr/2026/04/30/somos-a-maioria-nas-cidades-mas-a-politica-urbana-ainda-nao-nos-prioriza/