Favorite Rejects 2021-02-23

dyIan 🌐 🇺🇸 @itsdylan46

This is so fucking epic. I love him.

Cleveland Indians @Indians

Together, we are all...

Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

It is considered polite to use an honorific when addressing a Verified Twitter User but sadly many of you fail to follow these norms. https://t.co/ZM23r4PXJ8

Alex Tabarrok @ATabarrok

Good question from @tylercowen. We have Sir, Doctor, Professor etc. But are there any recent institutions which have created honorifics? https://t.co/rnqttweIbz

Josh Eidelson @josheidelson

Steelworkers union says that, almost 2 years after sub-contracted Google Pittsburgh staff voted to unionize & 9 months after NLRB issued a union-busting complaint against their employer HCL, they’ve reached a tentative union contract deal, including “meaningful wage increases.”

Josh Eidelson @josheidelson

New: Sub-contracted Google staff in Pittsburgh have voted 49-to-24 to join the @Steelworkers union. The union's ambitions don't end there:“I would hope, if direct Google employees should consider union organizing, that they would consider the Steelworkers” https://t.co/QPVDzwGOry

Mike Duncan @mikeduncan

Just gonna leave this here in case anyone is confused about the days events

sculpturecenter.orgThe Guardians of Traffic | Ohio Outdoor SculptureFlanking either end of the Hope Memorial Bridge from both sides, are 4 towering pylons. Each pylon bears a massive statue on each side representing a "Guardian of Traffic." These winged Art Deco figures wear either winged helmets or winged laurel crowns. Each figure holds a different groun…

Mike Duncan @mikeduncan

This is all good. The winged G logo is low key pretty rad, and people conditioned to reflexively dunk on all new designs, hats, and uniforms are wrong this time.

Sporting News @sportingnews

The Cleveland Indians announce they are changing their name to the Guardians. https://t.co/1xP1FyMsbh

Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

For those whose mind goes immediately to the Marvel movies, you should understand that the new Cleveland team name actually references the city’s famous Art Deco statues commemorating the founders of the Green Lantern Corps.

Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

A truly iconic sports team name should reflect a deep engagement with the city’s local culture, like the Utah Jazz named for the legendary contributions of Salt Lake City to American popular music.

Quan @QuanDBtalk

Woke up from my nap and see NFL players talkin bout they ready to retire rather than getting the vaccine because they “standing for something” but when it was time to stand up for Kap them boys talked about how they got mouths to feed and cant miss out on those checks

Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

This is true, but also a bunch of members of the national media were just literally present right when it happened.

Morgan Baskin @mhbaskin

I wrote about last night's shooting on 14th St., and the national media's disparate treatment of gun violence when it occurs in affluent neighborhoods. Spoke to some incredible public safety advocates who have dedicated themselves to preventing homicides: https://t.co/tQT9fOy7ag