Pennybags@NouveauBougee
Lol, Trump’s going to force them to choose between him and covid and they’re gonna choose covid
5:46 PM · Dec 23, 2021
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Julia Galef@juliagalef
A lot of people dislike the idea of helping the poor by just giving them cash -- but it's usually the best way.
On my new Rationally Speaking episode @MichaelLFaye of @GiveDirectly makes the case for cash transfers. Audio + transcript: rationallyspeakingpodcast.org/263-is-cash-th…
A quote I like:
7:00 PM · Dec 23, 2021
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Jeremy B. White@JeremyBWhite
Two Assembly Dems drawn into overlapping seats setting it the old-fashioned way https://t.co/IHyZA3nQV5
Evan Low @Evan_Low
I’ve got my eyes on you @Marc_Berman 👀
@AssemblyDems #CaLeg https://t.co/GBWHkTkp3e
7:43 PM · Dec 23, 2021
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Giancarlo Sopo@GiancarloSopo
🚨🚨 A new national PBS / Marist poll finds Joe Biden’s approval rating is significantly LOWER with Hispanics than it is with whites.
Hispanics
Approve: 33%
Disapprove: 65%
Net: -32
Whites
Approve: 40%
Disapprove: 56%
Net: -16
These numbers are devastating for Democrats.
4:42 PM · Dec 20, 2021
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Jason Okundaye@jasebyjason
Mum wants us home for NYE to “pray in the new year”
12:01 PM · Dec 24, 2021
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Matthew Yglesias@mattyglesias
This is a good judicious take.
But again I would just make the analogy to vaccines — unlike tests these *are* universally available in the USA. And that’s great! But to really be maximally effective we’d need people to take the vaccines.
Ezra Klein @ezraklein
Important piece on what rapid tests do, and don't, do. I am fully bought in on their importance, and the FDA's failure here. But there's an urge to make them into a silver bullet they're not. They're one more tool that can help, if used well. https://t.co/4faNky5Aq4
2:27 PM · Dec 24, 2021
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Matthew Yglesias@mattyglesias
Bioethical limbo is a bizarre institutional practice
unherd.com/2021/12/how-ma…
4:14 PM · Dec 24, 2021
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Noah Smith 🐇@Noahpinion
In general, anti-capitalist beliefs and anti-science beliefs are my two favorite categories of luxury beliefs, because they both quite often represent the kind of fun reality-denial that can only be possible in a society made rich by science and capitalism.
Robotbeat🗽 ➐ @Robotbeat
@Noahpinion We will solve climate change if we just get rid of capitalism.
4:14 PM · Dec 24, 2021
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Seasonal Affective Displayname@jerry_brennan
My brother pointed out yesterday that it's possible Joe Pesci in HOME ALONE actually WAS a cop, and now it's all I can think about.
3:39 PM · Dec 24, 2021
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Matthew Yglesias@mattyglesias
People got mad at @NateSilver538 for pointing this out, but it's clearly true that a lot of content is being written with the somewhat odd presupposition that the audience is in the top 2 percent of Covid anxiety.
4:38 PM · Dec 24, 2021
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Matthew Yglesias@mattyglesias
Like every once in a while I read an article about wine and it always strikes me as bizarre because I'm a normal person, but of course the wine articles are written for freaks who like to set money on fire while getting drunk.
4:42 PM · Dec 24, 2021
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Matthew Yglesias@mattyglesias
Gonna be a busy final week of the year I guess
11:44 PM · Dec 24, 2021
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