Matthew Yglesias@mattyglesias
One time at work they made it mandatory to watch a bunch of tedious training videos and I wasn’t thrilled about it and maybe did some grousing, but ultimately I watched them because — it was mandatory!
Vaccine is much faster than those videos.
12:13 AM · Sep 10, 2021
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Frank Luntz@FrankLuntz
Swing-state poll of employer vax mandates
𝗔𝗿𝗶𝘇𝗼𝗻𝗮
• Favor: 68%
• Oppose: 32
𝗚𝗲𝗼𝗿𝗴𝗶𝗮
• Favor: 63%
• Oppose: 37
𝗠𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗴𝗮𝗻
• Favor: 61%
• Oppose: 39
𝗣𝗲𝗻𝗻𝘀𝘆𝗹𝘃𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗮
• Favor: 64%
• Oppose: 36
𝗪𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗻
• Favor: 68%
• Oppose: 32
Steve Schale 🇺🇸 @steveschale
In August, we tested a concept similar to the vaccine proposal that @JoeBiden unveiled today in the five states that flipped from Trump to Biden. Given how closely divided those five states are, this is about as much consensus as you will ever find. https://t.co/mBoM3z86Xx
1:04 AM · Sep 10, 2021
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Ken Klippenstein@kenklippenstein
The vaccine mandate doesn’t actually force you to get vaccinated, you can always just quit your job. Can’t afford to? Should’ve budgeted better
4:32 AM · Sep 10, 2021
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Noah Smith 🐇@Noahpinion
This is an incredible dunk by the U.S. Navy, but it also illustrates the difference in the kind of international institutions the two countries want to create.
6:22 AM · Sep 10, 2021
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Matthew Yglesias@mattyglesias
Of course this is what the AI wants you to think.
nytimes.com
A.I. Can Now Write Its Own Computer Code. That’s Good News for Humans.
10:38 AM · Sep 10, 2021
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Charlie Stross@cstross
On a related note, I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE for rewilding the Water of Leith with the duck-billed platypuses someone released last Tuesday (I was in the pub that day, everyone who was there will back up my alibi).
Jennifer Bendery @jbendery
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) issued a statement today denying responsibility for letting loose the six zebras that have been on the run in the D.C. suburbs.
4:55 PM · Sep 10, 2021
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Matthew Yglesias@mattyglesias
I support these ideas because I do not believe they will punish or exclude any substantial number of people; like the requirement to vaccinate your kids before you send them to school they will simply induce vaccinations.
Daniel Friedman @DanFriedman81
Policies like vaccine passports and mandates are widely supported among progressives because they are viewed as punishing white Trumpers rather than excluding most black people from public spaces, as they will actually function to do.
5:16 PM · Sep 10, 2021
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Matthew Yglesias@mattyglesias
This is what's good about expanding the court — in the long run you undermine the prestige and power of the institution.
The Hill @thehill
Justice Breyer issues warning on remaking Supreme Court: "What goes around comes around" https://t.co/7mpe6XCU24 https://t.co/1ZCPXLa437
5:21 PM · Sep 10, 2021
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Matthew Yglesias@mattyglesias
I'm just going to toss this out there but I think Osama actually had a number of culturally conservative views.
5:27 PM · Sep 10, 2021
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Matthew Yglesias@mattyglesias
I think needle-phobia is an underrated factor in vaccine drama, hence the interest in horse dewormer* so nasal vaccines would be huge.
sg.news.yahoo.com/bharat-biotech…
* Actually an all-species dewormer that is mostly used on horses in America because we don't have river blindness
sg.news.yahoo.com
Bharat Biotech’s Covid-19 Nasal Vaccine Shows Promising Results: Centre
6:05 PM · Sep 10, 2021
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