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Favorites June 2nd 2023
The fact that he managed to do something that both of the previous two presidents both wanted but couldn't make happen is impressive. Seems like he…
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Favorites June 1st 2023
More people need to read Steven Pinker's Better Angels, violence is down over both the short and long term. The archeological record is pretty clear on…
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Favorite Rejects 2023-06-01
https://twitter.com/Birdyword/status/1664212039856971778 – My briefing this week: None of the world's 15 largest economies now have fertility rates over…
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Favorites May 31st 2023
If you're wondering, Asian Americans are the most in favor of sending troops, and majorities of all groups support continued support for Ukraine and…
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Favorite Rejects 2023-05-31
https://twitter.com/Ali_Lev/status/1663544914469330948 – Lying to congress is bad, folks, TikTok's CEO shouldn't be doing that…
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May 2023
Favorites May 30th 2023
You can open the thread for some really great expansions of other famous paintings. Someone else had a thread of other ways that folks have been using…
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Favorite Rejects 2023-05-30
https://twitter.com/meatspacemaxima/status/1663239621952831488 – Wakanda, the "Monarchist Black Singapore With Lasers... is actually quite right-wing…
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Favorites May 29th 2023
Another comment on the article pointed out that the scariest part is how arbitrary it all is. Just like America, the rural folks are conservative, the…
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Favorite Rejects 2023-05-29
https://twitter.com/robinsonmeyer/status/1662972430262910978 – We still have no real electrical transmission permitting bill, which is a bummer, because…
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Favorites May 28th 2023
Russia is the only other major country Chinese people view majority favorably. One worrying thing about this is that this sort of public pressure can…
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Favorite Rejects 2023-05-28
https://twitter.com/Noahpinion/status/1662549718671687681 – Chongqing is only the largest city in the world because it's official borders are 64 times…
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Favorites May 27th 2023
Land taxes are better than any other wealth tax, because land can't run away. There's some debate as to how big a role zoning played, another expert…
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