Favorite Rejects 2022-02-6

Terrell Jermaine Starr @Russian_Starr

At first, I was annoyed at folks "both sides" arguments about Ukraine and Russia. Then I got angry. Now, I am sad. Putin is literally willing to kill all of us because he can't let go of the USSR. And all many folks wanna say, "No war with Russia." I really despise these people.

Brian Beutler @brianbeutler

Lot of people deserve a lot of snark over this, but in all seriousness, Democrats should launch an investigation, wholly separate from 1/6, to get to the bottom of what Trump sought to conceal by destroying documents.

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

Trump got elected in part by attacking Clinton for deleting emails that she deemed personal, then spent four years destroying official documents despite federal law. ⁦@AshleyRParker⁩ ⁦@jdawsey1⁩ ⁦@thamburger⁩ ⁦@JaxAlemany⁩ https://t.co/bbQa9V2geU

Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

Question inspired by this @ezraklein take: How do we distinguish between the value of living in a society with a high level of trust and the value of living in a society where people and institutions are in fact trustworthy?

nytimes.comOpinion | The Covid Policy That Really Mattered Wasn’t a PolicyPublic health is rooted in the soil of trust.

Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

On SCOTUS, Biden made a bit of trouble for himself by talking the talk in diversity. But at the Fed, in the cabinet, and on lower courts he’s just walked the walk with incredible success.

trib.alBloomberg - Are you a robot?

TheOmniZaddy 🐵 @TheOmniZaddy

Been three years since this iconic moment

Noah Smith 🌐+🧦=🐇 @Noahpinion

The fact that antivaxers have been willing to die in droves for their politically driven fantasies should force us to re-evaluate the idea that "separate realities" are just empty talk. sorryantivaxxer.com

🌻🏴 Princess Unikitty ❤️ 💛 💚 @Real_P_Unikitty

The weird thing about the antivax and antimaskers choosing that hill to die on is that it's a hill that can actually kill them

James Medlock @jdcmedlock

kunle.eth (🚀,🐐) and 76528 others @ay_o

Nothing you read will prepare you for what happens in this thread

Adam Kay @amateuradam

A quick thread on in the importance of being careful what data you share - even if you're the Queen. Today, Her Maj tweeted this lovely picture, gor bless er, etc. You might think that the contents of the red box would be official business. And you'd be right. 1/6 https://t.co/y1RspNRUzy

John Scalzi @scalzi

We binged the new Reacher series this weekend and it delivered on what was promised, which was a large slab of human beef repeatedly punching an entire corrupt town in the face, ostensibly for justice. I liked the Tom Cruise Reacher just fine, but this version is more on point.

Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

The life-changing magic of looking stuff up