Noah Smith 🐇@Noahpinion
Omg
Bonnie Glaser / 葛來儀 @BonnieGlaser
Amazon agreed to allow only five-star reviews for Xi’s book in China. https://t.co/LHOe9ff13V
8:51 AM · Dec 22, 2021
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Matthew Yglesias@mattyglesias
Kerry fell short but his coalition was well-optimized for the key Electoral College swing states —>
Nate Silver @NateSilver538
I don't know what rabbit hole led me to this piece of copy about the last days of John Kerry's 2004 campaign. But it's from 17 years ago and reads as though it's either an actual article from 100 years ago or an Onion parody from today.
https://t.co/WEAyPdhgIM https://t.co/X4N7yYmc8P
11:27 AM · Dec 22, 2021
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Matthew Yglesias@mattyglesias
“For some reason the same experts who don’t mind prescribing SSRIs when people have mild depression freak out about prescribing them when they’re the only evidence-based oral medication for a deadly global pandemic.”
astralcodexten.substack.com
The FDA Has Punted Decisions About Luvox Prescription To The Deepest Recesses Of The Human Soul
11:41 AM · Dec 22, 2021
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Michael Mina@michaelmina_lab
Here’s a frustrating secret
Today - in midst of Omicron - millions of Americans are begging for access to rapid tests, thousands dying daily.
Get this:
many manufacturers with very high quality rapid tests are begging To ship 100’s of millions of tests to US
But can’t.
1/
4:43 AM · Dec 22, 2021
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Matthew Yglesias@mattyglesias
I think the effort to torture modern political economy into this 1850s frame leads you to absurdities like Tim Cook as a member of the working class. https://t.co/kSxoBmo6yd
Alexander McCoy @AlexanderMcCoy4
@RajMahal819 @mattyglesias “Capital” in this sense isn’t merely assets, it’s a class of people defined by their relationship to the workplace.
They’re the people who don’t have to work, they own the means of production, & their income comes entirely from extracting the surplus value generated by workers.
2:32 PM · Dec 22, 2021
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SittingPensivelyOnRoofHat@Popehat
Does anything really change? December 2021 vs June 2004
3:31 PM · Dec 22, 2021
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Janelle Shane@JanelleCShane
Behold! Your new AI-generated Christmas entities.
aiweirdness.com/christmas-enti…
5:16 PM · Dec 22, 2021
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Steven Buss 🥑 🌐@sbuss
Want to open a coffee shop in San Francisco? That's only legal in the green areas. And even then, you'll need to go through a year-long permitting process and spend over $100,000.
8:39 PM · Dec 22, 2021
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sam deutsch@samdman95
NIMBYs are stifling economic growth, destroying the environment, and driving inflation, and all for what?
to preserve parking lots and strip malls.
it’s about time that the pro housing majority takes our country back from a small group of affluent NIMBYs
Daniel 'I ride the bus, and I vote' Trubman, MPP @dmtrubman
I'm increasingly convinced American NIMBYism is a cultural death cult.
Who else would prefer vacant buildings, declining populations, and neighborhoods devoid of young adults and children over redeveloping some empty office buildings?!
https://t.co/cbl7bOZ3Oc
7:48 PM · Dec 22, 2021
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Noah Smith 🐇@Noahpinion
The "imperial presidency" is an outgrowth of the filibuster.
Get rid of the filibuster, and Congress can govern this country again, and the President won't have to try to govern by executive overreach.
10:06 PM · Dec 22, 2021
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Bob Wachter@Bob_Wachter
This thing has rapidly become the world’s exasperating good news/bad news story. If your head isn’t spinning, you’re not paying attention.
A 🧵on my take on both the good news & the bad, with an emphasis on the things that have changed in the past few days... or minutes.(1/25)
10:49 PM · Dec 22, 2021
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Nate Silver@NateSilver538
People miss the really good news in the South Africa data, which is that the *absolute* number of severe outcomes (e.g. ICU admissions) is quite low as compared to previous waves. It's *not* just a lower percentage (which could cause problems with a high enough # of cases).
sugan naidoo @sugan2503
ICU numbers going up but at a relatively slow rate. I haven't really heard any reports of ICU's being overwhelmed like they were in the last 2 waves.
Last wave ICU peak was about 2600 and now it's only just over 600 with cases already having peaked in GP & a few other provinces. https://t.co/YvxpFMt12U
11:56 PM · Dec 22, 2021
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Nate Silver@NateSilver538
Hospitalization numbers are still growing in Gauteng province, but not by much (290 in ICU vs. 255 a week ago). And since their cases have begun to decline, hospitalizations likely near peak too, and much lower than prior waves.
sugan naidoo @sugan2503
SA COVID UPDATE 22 DECEMBER
• Changes from yesterday highlighted
• Excess deaths https://t.co/6kceBNKczL
12:03 AM · Dec 23, 2021
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Nate Silver@NateSilver538
Should be noted that South Africa had very little COVID of any kind when its Omicron wave started, whereas in the US, we have big Delta problems. To what extent Omicron comes "on top of" Delta as opposed to displacing Delta seems like an important question.
12:06 AM · Dec 23, 2021
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