Matthew Yglesias@mattyglesias
Time for the CDC to declare that exclusionary zoning is a public health emergency.
12:30 PM · Aug 4, 2021
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jason wilson@jason_a_w
Incredible thread on stars of stage and screen who had guest and bit parts in Miami Vice
Daniel Holland🎗 @DannyDutch
Al Bundy as a Miami Vice Coke Dealer (1984) https://t.co/Ql6Vrk5UWa
1:49 PM · Aug 4, 2021
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Matthew Yglesias@mattyglesias
I do have a lot of sane, normal opinions.
More people should try it!
nic carter @nic__carter
every single thought that has transited his brain. every single neuron firing, has been in service of the most tediously bland establishment apologia. he is the human version of the color grey. the world is dulled and diminished for his presence in it.
3:41 PM · Aug 4, 2021
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Matthew Yglesias@mattyglesias
This guy has totally lost his shit because I expressed some confusion about crypto enthusiasts’ talking points.
Early this week people were furious that I said America has higher living standards than Hungary.
Everyone please try to be more normal.
nic carter @nic__carter
@mattyglesias there are slime molds with more charisma than you
3:56 PM · Aug 4, 2021
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Matthew Yglesias@mattyglesias
Trump, because he’s a racist, said he didn’t want immigrants from “shithole countries.”
Immigrant-haters love Hungary because it’s homogenous.
I love America because it’s where Hungarian-born people move to accomplish big important things.
vespertine @istanidla
@mattyglesias i usually enjoy your perspective, but i think people were (rightly) furious because you said america has higher living standards than hungary in a distinctly offensive way
it wasn't quite "shithole countries", but it was close enough to be worthy of reflection on your part
4:01 PM · Aug 4, 2021
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Razib 🥥 Khan@razibkhan
we need to get over the smug reliance on experts. covid19 is dark waters for everyone. we need to rely on experts, but not be smug and totally assured
look at @nytimes reporting on UK vaccine spacing jan 1 nytimes.com/2021/01/01/wor…
now:
reuters.com
Spacing Pfizer COVID shots boosts antibody levels in long-term study
6:09 PM · Aug 4, 2021
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Skanda Amarnath ( Neoliberal Sellout )@IrvingSwisher
Tight labor markets can be a helpful tailwind in taming the higher ed behemoth
Sam🔔 @sam_a_bell
https://t.co/V9YhFpdq7K https://t.co/5tebwjJLaW
5:30 PM · Aug 4, 2021
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Noah Smith 🐇@Noahpinion
I feel like leftists' emphasis on Israel as a policy issue gets them lots of engagement on Twitter, but relatively few actual votes. And it just seems to draw the ire of pro-Israel groups like the one that helped sink Nina Turner.
12:20 AM · Aug 5, 2021
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Noah Smith 🐇@Noahpinion
The fact that the CDC needs to be rebuilt from the ground up did not change when Trump stopped being President.
Derek Thompson @DKThomp
In public health as in gymnastics, you can give a bad score while recognizing a difficult job.
The CDC has a really hard job right now. Also, it’s kind of sucking.
https://t.co/QHbkEetzaW https://t.co/J0jgsxcqcg
12:59 AM · Aug 5, 2021
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Matthew Yglesias@mattyglesias
Hamilton’s stated motives in the musical for endorsing Jefferson over Burr don’t make a lot of sense to me.
12:59 AM · Aug 5, 2021
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Matthew Yglesias@mattyglesias
Jefferson: Wrong about everything but at least he’s fanatical about it.
Burr: A pragmatic dealmaker who knows how to get things done.
1:02 AM · Aug 5, 2021
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And from a few days ago:
Matthew Yglesias@mattyglesias
I feel like we should all talk more about how conservatives' dream is to make America more like this much poorer, rinky-dink little country in Central Europe.
1:15 AM · Aug 3, 2021
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Matthew Yglesias@mattyglesias
Hungary's GDP per capita is closer to Mexico than France, less than half of the United States.
Like how much do you have to hate immigrants to envy this? Paprika's not that great.
1:18 AM · Aug 3, 2021
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Matthew Yglesias@mattyglesias
I’m just like a regular, non-sniveling neoliberal who thinks USA > Hungary.
Antonio García Martínez @antoniogm
@mattyglesias LOL, you're such a little sniveling neoliberal in the end. Everything is just GDP to you, for whatever progressive airs you occasionally put on.
That country you're mocking has cities this country couldn't dream of.
11:43 AM · Aug 3, 2021
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Matthew Yglesias@mattyglesias
Also not clear to me how restricting immigration would get us Budapest’s architectural legacy — like Italy is lovely to visit but I wouldn’t recommend copying their public policy.
12:00 PM · Aug 3, 2021
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Matthew Yglesias@mattyglesias
I'm a little confused as to what motte-and-bailey means in this context.
My view is that US conservatives who hate immigrants so much that they've developed envy for the much poorer backwater nation of Hungary are making a serious error of judgment and we should reject them.
Antonio García Martínez @antoniogm
The classic Yglesias motte and bailey.
I didn’t say this country is shit by the only metric I understand, I said I just love America. 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 https://t.co/d1o3ZokqQA
3:11 PM · Aug 3, 2021
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