Mehdi Hasan@mehdirhasan
See, if Dems were smart they would immediately turn this into an attack ad/talking point: "Republicans want to ban your kids from learning about Martin Luther King!"
That's what Republicans would do, if the situation was reversed. But Dems just aren't good at brawling.
Judd Legum @JuddLegum
A Tennessee chapter of "Moms for Liberty" filed a complaint with the Tennessee Department of Education alleging that assigning 2nd Graders a book about MLK Jr's March on Washington violated the state's new law banning Critical Race Theory https://t.co/STDiPY48jH
5:36 AM · Nov 30, 2021
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Matthew Yglesias@mattyglesias
Can some philanthropist give Piketty money to hire a better graphic designer?
2:16 PM · Nov 30, 2021
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Brian Chappatta@BChappatta
From the latest Conference Board data:
Those U.S. households responding that jobs are "plentiful" hits an all-time high.
3:08 PM · Nov 30, 2021
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Noah Smith 🐇@Noahpinion
This is a very interesting change for Twitter to make.
No more viral videos of police brutality?
indianbronson.substack.com @lndian_Bronson
Rather than prevent doxxing, which they'll continue to selectively allow, this will be used to prevent the public seeing what happened at a protest, or a crime scene, etc. wherein who is public and what can be shown is a determination of media/tech entities. https://t.co/rpLrzMeeU1
4:09 PM · Nov 30, 2021
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Noah Smith 🐇@Noahpinion
This is going to be... interesting.
Federico Vaggi @F_Vaggi
@Noahpinion in the blog post, they add a clause that basically gives them total discretion to what content will be deleted and won't: https://t.co/SSaUS3NMGE
4:22 PM · Nov 30, 2021
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Noah Smith 🐇@Noahpinion
@Samhale72 @TheStalwart @conorsen Yes, Conor is wrong here and the data are strongly against his thesis.
I gathered a number of studies in this post:
noahpinion.substack.com/p/the-left-nim…
That said, Joe is also right that a huge campaign of government housing construction would be highly effective and good.
noahpinion.substack.com
The Left-NIMBY canon
4:52 PM · Nov 30, 2021
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Dan Federman@TheFederman
Local control is inherently exclusionary, since it by definition caters exclusively to the needs of those who are already a member of the current community.
4:55 PM · Nov 30, 2021
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Noah Smith 🐇@Noahpinion
"Population control, mass roundups"
theguardian.com
Leaked papers link Xinjiang crackdown with China leadership
6:45 PM · Nov 30, 2021
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Paul Duke Former “Tech will save us” cult member@nullvoidstar
https://t.co/c6yLsi6GyT
Lauren Kaori Gurley @LaurenKGurley
NEW: A judge has ruled that Google must disclose more than 70 secret documents related to its union-busting campaign with IRI consultants.
Docs include anti union training materials for managers and messaging advice
https://t.co/y2ki23DJAE
4:27 PM · Nov 30, 2021
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Julia Galef@juliagalef
1) "Could a neuroscientist understand a microprocessor?"
The authors perform a reductio ad absurdum on common methods of understanding the brain, by applying them to a microprocessor and showing that they fail
journals.plos.org
Could a Neuroscientist Understand a Microprocessor?
11:02 PM · Nov 30, 2021
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Matthew Yglesias@mattyglesias
Increasing spending on scientific research is relatively unpopular compared to increasing spending on highways, education, or law enforcement.
(feel like the masses have this one wrong)
12:06 AM · Dec 1, 2021
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Noah Smith 🐇@Noahpinion
Reducing carbon emissions is in China's own interests. Already, climate change is starting to compromise the country's food security.
apnews.com
‘Ordinary people suffer most’: China farms face climate woes | AP News
3:12 AM · Dec 1, 2021
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Laura Foote 🌇@NeverSassyLaura
Yes. Except it should be six and we need to annex Marin. And maybe also seven and Walnut Creek.
And then all of the transportation agencies merge into one! BWAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHA
Jake Gotta 🚲 @jake_gotta
San Francisco bay area as one city with five boroughs would be too powerful https://t.co/jGln3TJEoq
3:41 AM · Dec 1, 2021
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