Favorite Rejects 2021-09-14

Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

I never know exactly what to think about the subset of citizens who are overreacting to climate change in the context of governments underreacting so badly. But a very interesting finding.

Hannah Ritchie @_HannahRitchie

56% of surveyed young people said "humanity was doomed" due to climate change. 1/ https://t.co/n4QVAV24GZ

Paul Romer @paulmromer

. @EricTopol and @ashishkjha The Lancet critique of boosters says decision "should be evidence-based and consider the benefits and risks for individuals and society" But it contains not even one sentence claiming that risks exceed benefits. 1/n

thelancet.comConsiderations in boosting COVID-19 vaccine immune responsesA new wave of COVID-19 cases caused by the highly transmissible delta variant is exacerbating the worldwide public health crisis, and has led to consideration of the potential need for, and optimal timing of, booster doses for vaccinated populations.1 Although the idea of further reducing the number…

Paul Romer @paulmromer

@EricTopol @ashishkjha The paper is yet another embarrassment. It is advocacy that pretends to be science. It discredits everyone who tries to uphold the standards of scientific integrity. 12/n

Alex Cohen @anothercohen

Shit on the Bay Area all you want, but the reason why we have a thriving angel investor ecosystem is because companies give out equity and make their employees rich when they exit. This is a huge letdown for the Atlanta startup community

Ellen K. Pao @ekp

Mailchimp just got bought for $12 billion, and employees own no equity https://t.co/RET79x5v33

Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

Sure seems like we could increase vaccine supply by reducing Moderna dose size. science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

Michael Steeber @MichaelSteeber

This display on Series 7 is so good that the Series 3 image looks like a CSS rendering error 🤯

Aaron 🥑🚈🚰🏀 @aceckhouse

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The New York Times @nytimes

Democratic lawmakers are preparing to brush aside proposed changes to New York’s political map and use their supermajorities in Albany to draw new districts that might eliminate as many as five Republican-held House seats. https://t.co/HRClm92acJ

Tony Yates @t0nyyates

h/t a friend who pointed me to this @Noahpinion kicking of climate economics.

noahpinion.substack.comWhy has climate economics failed us?Economists could have helped in the fight against climate change. So far, they haven’t.

Michael Tae Sweeney @mtsw

Noah Smith 🐇 @Noahpinion

It pisses me off that there's so much cool stuff in China that now might get killed by Xi Jinping's "profound transformation".

Tony Lin 林東尼 @tony_zy

In the past 4 months, I've buried myself in creating this short doc on China's stunning underground queer ballroom scene. There's so much love and support in the community. I hope this vid brings you as much joy as it did for me: https://t.co/QzwQu3Hwxa

Noah Smith 🐇 @Noahpinion

Even if you could turn your nation into a bunch of patriotic traditionalist he-man factory workers and soldiers by banning everything interesting or fun...why the hell would you? What kind of a world is that?