Favorite Rejects 2021-12-29
I feel like Iran doesn't pose much of a threat either to the U.S. or to the world
Caroline Glick @CarolineGlick
@Noahpinion When I was in college, I had a prof from Iran. I remember him telling us about how excited many of his liberal friends were during the brief period between when the Shah was overthrown and when the Ayatollah took over, and how sadly disappointed his friends wound up.
@Noahpinion I thought that this was a good cautionary tale for people who really want radical change. When you upset the apple cart, the apples often do not land where you expect them to.
it never ceases to amaze me how modern free speech discourse is about like getting banned from facebook instead of police intentionally and violently targeting people they disagree with
Athul K. Acharya @AthulKAcharya
Like, guys, you couldn't even get Democratic primary voters to go for Bernie in 2016, much less 2020, did you really think you were going to make a revolution in this country
At least another *two months* until the FAA completes their Environmental Assessment for Starship's orbital launch attempt. Seems the volume of people commentating has ended up delaying this process, according to the FAA.
The FAA ✈️ @FAANews
Where I’m at with Covid is that reasonable people can disagree as to how much coercion should be used to save lives, but if you are going to coerce people the thing you should coerce them about is vaccination which is very very very effective.
my "no passwords were compromised" shirt has people asking questions already answered by the shirt
The Verge @verge
Damn, I've been using doorways wrong all these years
The Economist @TheEconomist
