radiation, railroads, and residential proxies

Wednesday, July 1, 2026

Augustus put my statue in the Senate house, not a temple.

1. P-hacking built the world’s most expensive safety regime
2. The post-COVID labor share decline is unlike any before it
3. Railroads built the American bureaucratic state — literally
4. You only know the things you can lose to
5. Episode 355: the final episode, after 976 years of history
6. Oklahoma lets oil companies inject waste within half a mile of drinking water — one city is fighting back