Favorite Rejects 2021-07-27

Zachary Bleemer @zbleemer

My letter to the @TheAtlantic editor on important factual inaccuracies in @CaitlinPacific's July 22 article about standardized tests and college admissions. For more detail, see zacharybleemer.com/wp-content/upl…

Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

One thing that I think keeps confounding this is that even the bluest states don’t actually enforce mask mandates so it’s not clear to me what the policy being evaluated is. https://t.co/HHTk92LQi5

Charles Fain Lehman @CharlesFLehman

What is the estimated effect size of a mask mandate? That is, how much does imposing a mask mandate reduce cases/hospitalizations/deaths?

Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

Music Movies Microcode (software) High-speed pizza delivery

Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

Effective Altruist Batman writes down the names of all the rich people who attend Bruce Wayne’s society charity functions, breaks into their homes at night, and intimidates them into giving to global public health and AI alignment as Gotham sinks deeper into chaos.

John Ganz @lionel_trolling

https://t.co/Mj0MDas51p

Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

Warner Brothers give me millions of dollars to make this movie

Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

This is table stakes for Dad Mindset, the real achievement here is finding a Mom who agrees. https://t.co/yoKCasQ0eO

CNN @CNN

Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis say they don't believe in bathing their kids or themselves too much. "If you can see the dirt on them, clean them," Kutcher said. "Otherwise there's no point." https://t.co/YxzjsEuzcC