2026-06-03
Joe Lonsdale’s recent Substack post, “What America Needs from a New FDA Commissioner,” is notable as much for who’s saying it as for what it says. Lonsdale is a Palantir cofounder turned venture capitalist who is closely…
Last week the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) published a proposed revision to the Guidance for Federal Financial Assistance . It runs 412 pages, and carries significant implications for federally funded science in…
One factor in the high cost of housing is that we’re not better at building houses; construction productivity is relatively flat (not only in the US , but in many countries ). It’s often presumed that this is because hou…
There’s been so much focus on energy for data centers that it’s possible to forget that they’re not the only new large loads. A short report this week highlights a potential challenge for heavy industry – access to incre…
The NYT editorial board endorsed the Massachusetts “Legalize Starter Homes” ballot measure , which would require localities to allow homes on small lots in areas served by public water and sewer. The endorsement lands al…
One thing we’ve been tracking is the proliferation of state and local abundance agendas. In the last year, we’ve seen Abundance New York publish a detailed policy roadmap across housing, transit, energy, and governance; …