Favorite Rejects 2021-10-01
However annoyed you are with Joe Manchin his Value Over Replacement Senator is extremely high and his electoral results speak for themselves.
Sinema’s results are if anything worse than Mark Kelly.
slowboring.com/p/sinema-menace
Why do we not use salt to sweeten Pepsi Cola?
Why do we not use hydrofluoric acid to lubricate cars?
Rep. Madison Cawthorn @RepCawthorn
The filibuster’s not actually a law.
Sorry, I’ll show myself out.
The Hill @thehill
This is just fantastic news. Kudos @votefwd! Somewhere between .5pp and a .8pp effect on turnout in the 2020 elections from letters written by volunteers to voters around the country!
Vote Forward @votefwd
The turn against governors as presidential candidates seems to me related to the alarming trend where our most prominent politicians are just the ones who tweet a lot.
Collapse of politics into a media/fandom dynamic.
It's difficult to think of another series that could start like like Nine Princes in Amber, and end like The Sum Of All Fears.
Thoughts on @cstross' Merchant Princes series, and the final volume (Invisible Sun) that hit shelves this week: hugoclub.blogspot.com/2021/10/the-be…
In 1973, we built one new housing unit for every 33 U.S. households.
In 2005: one new home for every 55 households.
In 2021: one new home for every 92 households.
Ndamukong Suh @NdamukongSuh
