Felix Salmon
Financial journalist; chief financial correspondent at Axios and host of the Slate Money podcast, previously a blogger at Reuters and author of The Phoenix Economy.
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Their wordsThe more coverage that mass shootings receive, the more scared the country becomes.
↗Nota bene: Mass shootingsfelix.substack.com 1st of 3 in this piece
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Mass shootings are a relatively small share of American gun deaths compared to other causes.
Their wordsMass shootings are a relatively small phenomenon even by the standard of American gun deaths.
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Media coverage of mass violence functions as a socially acceptable outlet for anti-Trump sentiment.
Their wordsthe media reaction to mass violence is in reality a sublimated and socially acceptable reaction to Trump.
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Their wordsSubstack is focused mainly on generating paying subscribers, rather than just subscribers, and so it can be hard for people to realize that it's entirely possible (and welcome!) to sign up for free.
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Their wordsPretty much any time you're using numbers outside a regular sentence, you should be using tabular figures.
↗Nota bene: Tabular figuresfelix.substack.com 1st of 2 in this piece
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Their wordsThe number 1 is the most significant digit about 30% of the time.
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Their wordsA higgledy-piggledy apartment building doesn't create density on its own, and Habitat 67 remains, half a century after its construction, bereft of the kind of schools and shops and other facilities that would help to kickstart a genuinely livable suburb.
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Their wordsBrutalist buildings often age badly; Habitat 67 is proof that they don't need to, not even when they're built in a rush out of pre-fabricated units.
↗Nota bene: Habitat 67felix.substack.com 2nd of 3 in this piece
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Their wordsI wish he were right, but the fact is the repeat-the-floor-plan model is very much the default, still.
↗Nota bene: Habitat 67felix.substack.com 3rd of 3 in this piece