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sempergumbi··on SF’s Housing Crisis Explained
giant redwoods = coast redwoods = sequoia sempervirens

Giant Redwoods = Giant Sequioa = sequoiadendron gigantium

sempergumbi··on The End of Car Culture
Used Hondas and Toyotas did not depreciate 2010-2013 because the Cash-for-Clunkers débâcle reduced the supply of used cars, keeping up their price.

The suggestion that destroying operational vehicles would be a net gain for the economy is an excellent illustration of the broken window fallacy.

Cash-for-clunkers helped middle and upper-middle class people, including some friends of mine, who wanted to buy new cars. The cost of the program was born mostly by poor people, as is often the case.

sempergumbi··on Verizon is Selling Your Personal Data
I called Verizon and they said this is a phishing scam... Has anyone else independently verified the original claim with Verizon, other than through their website/privacy TOS?