If you were curious about all that grading and dirt moving near the #Gretna outlet mall exit off I-80, read here what’s up…@SarpyCountyGov @TheLundCompany @NewStreet @TweetsByPeter https://t.co/GUbspwwHOS via @NE_Examiner

The communities we used to build versus the communities we build now. One is walkable, sustainable, promotes community, and fosters local businesses. The other does not, or actively prohibits it. We can go back towards building this way!

Here’s to creating magical places. They’re formed through years of compounding various styles, local materials, small businesses/institutions, solutions to tricky problems, & letting creativity run wild. (ps, small floating rooms are instant wins) From the @theurbanteller

Putting apartments on busy roads and houses on quiet ones is an injustice. https://t.co/OxQBPMsrvw via @slate

They say “We can’t do that. We’re not Amsterdam.” You reply “Amsterdam wasn’t always like that either” & show before & after transformations illustrating how cities we admire made CHOICES. They try new excuses. You don’t accept them either. (1e van der Helststraat, 1978 & 2005)

Uncertainty is a privilege. Who has the most certainty in life? A prisoner. Who has the least? An artist.

Life expectancy, 1800-2016.

Tell me you’re wealthy without telling me you’re wealthy

Nuts

Gunmen have freed all abducted girls kidnapped from a boarding school in northwest Nigeria, the governor in the country’s Zamfara state said

I find it very wrong to suggest that the only acceptable way to end global poverty is to reduce global inequality. It is wrong to make the chance of poor people leaving poverty behind conditional on an extremely optimistic scenario of the future of inequality.

No interest in backwards time machines no thank you

I was at Amzn in 2000 when the internet bubble popped. Capital markets dried up & we were burning $1B/yr. Our biggest expense was datacenter -> expensive Sun servers. We spent a year ripping out Sun & replacing with HP/Linux, which formed the foundation for AWS. The backstory:

Turning down 50,000 BTC for a $13M home purchase 😩 ⁦@FreezingFinTake⁩

I’ve gotten a lot of bad advice in my career and I see even more of it here on Twitter. Time for a stiff drink and some truth you probably dont want to hear. 👇👇

The highest status people in human history are those that asked for nothing and gave everything.

The share of children who died before they are 5 years old declined in all world regions. Africa 32% ➘ 7% Asia 24% ➘ 3% Oceania 10% ➘ 2% South America 19% ➘ 2% Northern America 4% ➘ 0.7% Europe 11% ➘ 0.5% Globally 22% ➘ 3.8% ➙ From our site https://t.co/W3jYzkv76R

Sat down with "The Dans" to talk investment real estate. We discuss return metrics, how we (NSP) underwrite deals and what we are currently investing in. https://t.co/CyTu4Xqifq

The only two ways to coordinate human societies at scale are free markets and physical power. Any ideology rejecting free markets is just advocating for power. Socialism, communism, and fascism all converge to the same endpoint - rule by the biggest thug.