Favorite Rejects 2021-09-26
games I would absolutely play: sim city but it's Chinese local government, and you have to balance raising GDP by any means necessary to get yourself into the politburo at the next party congress versus avoiding getting jailed for your (wholly necessary) monstrous corruption
The main policy output of Trump-era populism was a large tax cut for multinational corporations and their shareholders that pivotal congressional Democrats don’t want to roll back.
That’s who’s winning the culture war.
did the covid vaccine write this? https://t.co/t2UlVJXxF6
Reuters @Reuters
One of my favourite German traditions on TV now -- the post-vote debate. Two hours after polls close, the major party leaders gather in a TV studio and hash it out.
In this one, both Scholz and Laschet are claiming they'll form the government (the latter less confidently)
About three quarters of the problems with Facebook Discourse stem from the company insisting that it has “policies” and its decisions stem from those policies, rather than just admitting that like any media enterprise it makes explicit and implicit editorial judgments.
Unbelievably sick story in every way: The homicidal behavior of the 16-year-old driver, his oversized “coal-rolling” truck, the lax police response urging drivers to “be more careful” (as if this attack was an accident), and the passive-voiced reporting by local news. Repellent. https://t.co/iOJQgs4bci
Joe Cutrufo @JoeCutrufo
All we know about human prehistory needs major revisions. The oldest known temple was recently uncovered at Göbeklitepe, SE Turkey. Nearby, at Karahantepe, an even older settlement is being excavated. It’s about 12,500 years old. It has obelisks but no pottery. First photos.
arkeolojihaber @arkeolojihaber
I am sure @RubenGallego’s first choice is for Sinema to back a strong reconciliation package, but he probably wouldn’t *hate* a compelling opportunity to aim for higher office if she won’t get her shit together.
Simon Bazelon @simon_bazelon
From last week, one of the Democratic Party’s biggest donors — Karla Jurvetson — has spoken widely to her network about her desire to find and fund a primary challenger to Kyrsten Sinema in 2024.
puck.news/karla-jurvetso…
Simon Bazelon @simon_bazelon
And no, letting our existing road infrastructure decay is not the way to shift toward a more train-centric country, that is just bananapants.
More Housing Choices @bnjd18