Affordable housing: Bureaucracy strikes again

Re: “Seattle City Council panel approves 18% price hikes for construction permits” (Nov. 18, Northwest): Government bureaucracy strikes again. Faced with decadeslong affordable housing shortages, the City Council votes to increase construction permit c…

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Ukraine: Muddied ‘peace plan’

Re: “Zelenskyy: Peace plan presents a ‘difficult choice’ ” (Nov. 22, A1) and “Senator: Rubio says peace plan is Russian ‘wish list’ ” (Nov. 23, Nation & World): In the present administration’s attitude of shoot first, ask questions later, our secre…

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Character.AI launches Stories, which lets users create interactive fiction and is the company’s “first new format created specifically” for users under 18 (Amanda Silberling/TechCrunch)

Amanda Silberling / TechCrunch:
Character.AI launches Stories, which lets users create interactive fiction and is the company’s “first new format created specifically” for users under 18  —  Character.AI announced on Tuesd…

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