Favorite Rejects 2021-08-09
Me to kid: "Public schools already require you to be vaccinated against a bunch of other diseases."
Kid: "Really?"
Me: "Yep. You are vaccinated against polio, rubella, pertussis, diphtheria, mumps, to name a few."
Kid: "What? I've never heard of any of those."
Me: "Exactly."
Cryptocurrencies are to real world economics as mining 3He from the Lunar regolith to burn in aneutronic fusion reactors is to solving CO2 emission-induced climate change: panglossian bullshit that doesn’t stand up to more than superficial examination, concealing a hidden agenda.
Yes, better land use and urbanism will help reduce emissions somewhat, but don't oversell this effect. The countries with the best urbanism in the world also have fairly high emissions.
Джейк Зальцман @Jake_Saltzman
Spoiler: She's pushing to bringing back fossil fuel-emitting cars to Golden Gate Park and the Great Highway.
Connie Chan 陳詩敏 @conniechansf
A lot more detectives and more foot patrols, and far fewer car patrols, is my guess...
b-boy bouiebaisse @jbouie
I would vote for a doubling of police funding in this country if 100% of the new money went to detectives.
Evidence from re-enlistment bonuses shows that US Army personnel are sensitive to role-specific mortality risk, but on average require much less financial compensation for risk of death than you see in private sector data.
Imagine a judge ruling that landlords can do evictions but *only* of active duty soldiers https://t.co/WQQXkUCZHT
ethan winter @EthanBWinter
