Favorite Rejects 2021-08-07

Dan Federman @TheFederman

There are more people in the photo on the right. @D4GordonMar what are you doing.

🎸 🌃 All the City Lights 🎶 🚴 @ATCLMusic

Guys, help me out. Which is better for the environment?? https://t.co/4AKgYVUwY7

John Gordon @jgordonshare

European infectious diseases almost eliminated all American aboriginal people. I wonder if that memory plays a role in today’s vaccine numbers. https://t.co/rbRzrjMzhX

Lakota Man @LakotaMan1

91% of the Navajo Nation is fully vaccinated. If the Navajo Nation were another country—it’d be the most vaccinated in the world.

Noah Smith 🐇 @Noahpinion

Asia is the front line of the global battle between democracy and authoritarianism.

latimes.comChased and jailed: No rest and much danger for Asia’s young revolutionariesYoung voices demanding democracy and civil liberties in Asia have been suppressed by corruption, growing inequality and the widening influence of a repressive China.

Noah Smith 🐇 @Noahpinion

Moral clarity is in short supply in human conflict, but read that article and tell me how much ambiguity you see.

Darrell Owens @IDoTheThinking

Ive never seen someone hate America more than Tucker Carlson.

Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

One reason it’s good for Biden to put out tendentious charts like this is they invite “fact-check” scolding that ends up saying it’s tendentious because Trump inherited a strong Obama/Biden economy whereas Biden inherited a weak Trump economy.

Garrett Watson @GS_Watson

Can we please stop doing this? https://t.co/gW3ZFYmgfg

Noah Smith 🐇 @Noahpinion

Their nationalism plus our socialism! Together we shall create NATIONAL SOCIALISM

Cenk Uygur @cenkuygur

Social issues are really important and worth fighting over. But maybe the left-wing and right-wing should consider uniting on economic issues against corporate rule. We agree a lot more than people realize on those issues. Then we can go back to kicking each other's ass.

Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

Meanwhile on the other side of town NIMBYs are discussing their litigation options to block new subdivisions. Rural Texas replicating coastal cities’ worst ideas.

dailytimes.comCritics of proposed neighborhood bring up prior litigationDuring a commissioners court meeting last week, officials said there’s little they can do to stop a proposed high-density neighborhood in Center Point if its water supplies can be guaranteed.

Noah Smith 🐇 @Noahpinion

Every time I tweet about some Covid denialist dying of Covid, and some reply-guy accuses me of cheering for people's deaths, I'm just going to link to this tweet:

Noah Smith 🐇 @Noahpinion

@J0hndom You: "Look, I'm going to stick my hand on this hot burner" Me: "Don't do it, you'll get burned" You: "You can't stop me you fucking liberal" You: "OWWWWWW I GOT BURNED" Me: "What did I tell you would happen" You: "You're HAPPY I got burned, aren't you?!! THIS IS YOUR FAULT"