Noah Smith 🐇@Noahpinion
Why didn't the AIs in The Matrix just use this to produce heat
Shuja ul haq @ShujaUH
A farmer in Turkey has fitted his cows with virtual reality goggles to make them think they are outside in summer pastures. Izzet Kocak found out the pleasant scenes make the cows happier and produce more milk.Future is metaverse! https://t.co/DNZze8Wm5n
7:19 AM · Jan 12, 2022
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Matthew Yglesias@mattyglesias
This is not what this post is about, but I was interested to learn while researching it that women sleep more than men by a small but consistent margin.
slowboring.com/p/healthy-food
11:55 AM · Jan 12, 2022
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Colin McMillen@mcmillen
Despite being an iPhone user, I agree with Google that green text bubbles are petty as fuck -- but c'mon now, the reason why nobody uses Google chat apps is that they keep making & retiring new ones every year.
stop blaming "teen bullying" for your own bad product decisions lol
Android @Android
iMessage should not benefit from bullying. Texting should bring us together, and the solution exists. Let’s fix this as one industry. 💚💙 https://t.co/18k8RNGQw4
3:39 PM · Jan 12, 2022
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New York Times Pitchbot@DougJBalloon
How it started. How it’s going
2:19 PM · Jan 12, 2022
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David Karol@DKarol
Few state legislatures allow filibusters like the U.S. Senate does. NONE have a mini-Electoral College to elect governors. Does the nightmarish instability anticipated by anti-majoritarian defenders of both national institutions ensue?
Ryan Struyk @ryanstruyk
ROMNEY: "Consider how different the Senate would be without the filibuster. Whenever one party replaced the other as majority, tax and spending priorities would change, safety net programs would change, national security policy could change."
6:46 PM · Jan 12, 2022
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Matthew Yglesias@mattyglesias
Excuse to go to the zoo more.
Lyman Stone 石來民 🦬🦬🦬 @lymanstoneky
Okay folks help me with a survey question.
What are some reasons people want to have kids?
Stuff like "to leave a legacy" or "because being a parent is fun" or "to see my culture continued" etc. WHY HAVE KIDS?
8:02 PM · Jan 12, 2022
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Noah Smith 🐇@Noahpinion
Angry Twitter Guy Flowchart
Is [insert company here] making big profits?
Yes --> Price gouging
No --> Underpaying workers
Kelsey D. Atherton @AthertonKD
@Noahpinion you gonna write a check to a foodbank for this tweet or just say "actually its good that grocery workers can't afford both food and shelter"
8:46 PM · Jan 12, 2022
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Armand Domalewski@ArmandDoma
my thesis about this is that people want to crack down on the corporations who are most visible to them (groceries, vaccine manufacturers) rather than those who may be more monopolistic but whose influence is more opaque (medical school cartels, meat processors) https://t.co/JmkEkVNbWT
Noah Smith 🐇 @Noahpinion
Me: We need stronger antitrust, there are many uncompetitive sectors with excessive profits
Twitter guys: Yeah! First let's crush the barely-profitable grocery stores selling food to poor people for low prices
Me: Wait, no, that's --
Twitter guys: YOU MANAGEMENT SHILL
11:51 PM · Jan 12, 2022
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Noah Smith 🐇@Noahpinion
In fact, it was just rate hikes that worked. We didn't do fiscal restraint at all; Reagan exploded the deficit just as inflation was coming down.
Sid Prabhu @sidprabhu
Every cockamamie argument to stop inflation without rate hikes and fiscal restraint was also discussed in the 1970s. But in the end there was only one answer that worked.
https://t.co/WzPpB2KBeX
9:34 PM · Jan 12, 2022
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Jordan Grimes 🚰@cafedujord
AOC embracing left-YIMBYism, we absolutely love to see it
Jeff Coltin @JCColtin
Rep. @AOC also asking endorsed candidates to pledge to end single-family zoning and to oppose "member deference" in some cases. 👀
https://t.co/VZzBje90Qo https://t.co/Xw4juACpAt
8:31 PM · Jan 12, 2022
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Matthew Yglesias@mattyglesias
At last, decisive action from the FDA on the issues that matter.
nbc4i.com
FDA deregulates French dressing
10:38 PM · Jan 12, 2022
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sam deutsch@samdman95
if we want the US to be a functioning country, we need to do everything we can to start building these important projects on time and on budget
it’s just absurd that France, Spain, Italy, Japan, and Korea can build rail so much quicker and for a fraction of the cost than we can
Katherine Shaver @shaverk
BREAKING: Maryland’s light-rail Purple Line will open 4 1/2 years late and cost an additional $1.4 billion to complete, state says https://t.co/N82mKTywzP
9:08 PM · Jan 12, 2022
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Noah Shachtman@NoahShachtman
NEW: financial records reviewed by @RollingStone show three billionaire families -- the DeVoses, the Bradleys and the Scaifes -- funding the braintrust behind the Big Lie, and the plan to overturn the results of the 2020 election.
rollingstone.com
Revealed: The Billionaires Funding the Coup’s Brain Trust
5:06 PM · Jan 12, 2022
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Matthew Yglesias@mattyglesias
Amherst NIMBYs are pushing for a ban on new solar projects and among the anti-solar activists is the local chapter of the Sunrise Movement.
gazettenet.com
Amherst residents voice support for moratorium on large-scale solar projects
1:51 AM · Jan 13, 2022
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Prof. Lemon Gogurt, Podcast State University@Ugarles
there is nothing a republican who works in politics expects less than that a prius owner will also own a gun. this is like getting shot by a deer.
covid haver @lib_crusher
https://t.co/COGHq7FLxj https://t.co/pCDzOZ3AEl
11:28 PM · Jan 12, 2022
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Julia Galef@juliagalef
And of course there are other factors that can make these stats hard to compare, as well
e.g. the author of the Norway study noted that their 20% recidivism is partly due to Norway's unusual choice to incarcerate people for speeding:
(From nytimes.com/2015/03/29/mag…)
2:59 AM · Jan 13, 2022
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