Matthew Yglesias@mattyglesias
Yglesias robbed
3:57 PM · Sep 26, 2021
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yoshimi battles the xiaofenhong@nise_yoshimi
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
8:57 AM · Sep 26, 2021
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Matthew Yglesias@mattyglesias
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.
6:15 PM · Sep 26, 2021
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Colin McMillen@mcmillen
did the covid vaccine write this? https://t.co/t2UlVJXxF6
Reuters @Reuters
Does 5G have the potential to improve healthcare? https://t.co/TvALilIwkA
6:19 PM · Sep 26, 2021
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Doug Saunders@DougSaunders
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)
6:25 PM · Sep 26, 2021
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Matthew Yglesias@mattyglesias
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.
6:34 PM · Sep 26, 2021
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The War on Cars@TheWarOnCars
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
“The reason he couldn’t stop is because he was accelerating to blow more diesel fuel on these cyclists.” https://t.co/RCY788Iu9N
6:24 PM · Sep 26, 2021
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Timur Kuran@timurkuran
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
İşte Karahantepe’den ilk fotoğraflar.
Arkeolojihaber ekibi olarak Kültür ve Turizm Bakanlığı tarafından #Karahantepe için düzenlenen tanıtım programına katıldık. Bir ezber bozuldu. Tüm bildiklerimizi tekrar gözden geçirmemiz gerekiyor. #Göbeklitepe yalnız değil.
#TaşTepeler https://t.co/HxEoHIvFhC
4:30 AM · Sep 26, 2021
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Matthew Yglesias@mattyglesias
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
There's no way to pressure Joe Manchin, but Kyrsten Sinema is completely expendable. She's a replacement level candidate, and the "centrist" views she holds are deeply unpopular. Someone should primary her in 2024.
8:05 PM · Sep 26, 2021
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Teddy Schleifer@teddyschleifer
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
There's no way to pressure Joe Manchin, but Kyrsten Sinema is completely expendable. She's a replacement level candidate, and the "centrist" views she holds are deeply unpopular. Someone should primary her in 2024.
8:16 PM · Sep 26, 2021
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Noah Smith 🐇@Noahpinion
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
@Noahpinion 110b for roads and bridges sucks. I will die on this hill. I have been following transpo for a few decades, so I did not just roll off the truck.
If this were 1994, I would say this is a good bill. In 2021, it sucks.
8:25 PM · Sep 26, 2021
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