![Twitter avatar for @MLKessel](https://substackcdn.com/image/twitter_name/w_96/MLKessel.jpg)
Not only is today's date a palindrome, it's also an ambigram. You can read it left to right, right to left, and also upside down #nerdalert
![Image](https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_600,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fpbs.substack.com%2Fmedia%2FFFnBoGiWUAguJz_.png)
![Twitter avatar for @tparsi](https://substackcdn.com/image/twitter_name/w_96/tparsi.jpg)
Belatedly, Tom Friedman has recognized the strategic insanity of Israel pushing Trump to quit the #IranDeal. Better late than never!
Yet, his piece is very important as it highlights two issues that the US media largely has neglected. >>
![](https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_600,h_314,c_fill,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc920f80f-494c-4b11-92e7-f40984010d72_1050x549.jpeg)
![Twitter avatar for @dillonliam](https://substackcdn.com/image/twitter_name/w_96/dillonliam.jpg)
Majority of L.A. County voters back new state laws that push for more housing in single-family home neighborhoods, new poll says.
latimes.com/homeless-housi…
![LAT poll results](https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_600,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fpbs.substack.com%2Fmedia%2FFFnl72ZUUAIf7Fd.jpg)
![Twitter avatar for @IDoTheThinking](https://substackcdn.com/image/twitter_name/w_96/IDoTheThinking.jpg)
This is basically California enviormentalism in a nutshell. Suburban sprawl homes that require driving and destroying nature is enviormentally friendly cause there wont be a gas hookup.
![Twitter avatar for @Sammy_Roth](https://substackcdn.com/image/twitter_name/w_40/Sammy_Roth.jpg)
Sammy Roth @Sammy_Roth
![Twitter avatar for @AndrewUjifusa](https://substackcdn.com/image/twitter_name/w_96/AndrewUjifusa.jpg)
Not a real shocker at this point, but in previewing CDC research, the Biden administration basically gives the fish eye to quarantining students as a COVID mitigation strategy for schools. whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/…
![Image](https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_600,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fpbs.substack.com%2Fmedia%2FFFny7TcWQAcq_t4.png)
![Twitter avatar for @ezraklein](https://substackcdn.com/image/twitter_name/w_96/ezraklein.jpg)
This is a good @ATabarrok post on why you should take the new pollution evidence seriously, and more broadly than that, how to think about when to trust striking scientific findings. "Trust literatures, not papers."
![](https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_600,h_314,c_fill,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F3b6764a0-b2f3-47f9-968e-70854eb358ec_964x762.jpeg)
![Twitter avatar for @Noahpinion](https://substackcdn.com/image/twitter_name/w_96/Noahpinion.jpg)
The anti-booster campaign by (some) public health officials was.a grievous mistake that cost many lives.
Who will be held accountable?
![Twitter avatar for @apoorva_nyc](https://substackcdn.com/image/twitter_name/w_40/apoorva_nyc.jpg)
Apoorva Mandavilli @apoorva_nyc
![Twitter avatar for @mattyglesias](https://substackcdn.com/image/twitter_name/w_96/mattyglesias.jpg)
If this ends with a grand bargain to relocate the capital to Tucson, I can live with it.
![Twitter avatar for @igorbobic](https://substackcdn.com/image/twitter_name/w_40/igorbobic.jpg)
Igor Bobic @igorbobic
![Twitter avatar for @mattyglesias](https://substackcdn.com/image/twitter_name/w_96/mattyglesias.jpg)
I’m betting conservative donors and conservative activists will recognize that this is a good strategy instead of investing time and money in trying to get candidates to pre-commit to tons of stuff.
![Twitter avatar for @jonathanvswan](https://substackcdn.com/image/twitter_name/w_40/jonathanvswan.jpg)
Jonathan Swan @jonathanvswan
![Twitter avatar for @JonHaidt](https://substackcdn.com/image/twitter_name/w_96/JonHaidt.jpg)
Really interesting study on Reddit users and polarization. Main finding: "we don’t see much evidence for the platform polarizing people. Instead, new people polarized the platform in 2016."
![Twitter avatar for @ashton1anderson](https://substackcdn.com/image/twitter_name/w_40/ashton1anderson.jpg)
Ashton Anderson @ashton1anderson
![Twitter avatar for @MollyJongFast](https://substackcdn.com/image/twitter_name/w_96/MollyJongFast.jpg)
Here’s Tucker Carlson asking Hunter biden for help getting his kid into Georgetown.
![Twitter avatar for @rothschildmd](https://substackcdn.com/image/twitter_name/w_40/rothschildmd.jpg)
Mike Rothschild @rothschildmd
![Twitter avatar for @Noahpinion](https://substackcdn.com/image/twitter_name/w_96/Noahpinion.jpg)
Missed this tweet when it came out, but this is correct.
![Twitter avatar for @balajis](https://substackcdn.com/image/twitter_name/w_40/balajis.jpg)
Balaji Srinivasan @balajis