b-boy bouiebaisse@jbouie
should be mandatory reading for anyone even thinking about getting involved in city governance
Matthew Gillikin @mtgillikin
Great beach read https://t.co/EI1xFi58S4
12:00 AM · Apr 9, 2022
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Joe Weisenthal@TheStalwart
Oil companies are blending Russian oil with oil sourced elsewhere, so that only 49.99% of a barrel comes from Russia, allowing them to call it something else bloomberg.com/opinion/articl… via @JavierBlas
12:13 PM · Apr 9, 2022
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Matthew Yglesias@mattyglesias
It’s totally possible that tons of senior Republican Party national security officials are all lying about this, but the reason many people think Trump was trying to destroy NATO is all these people who served in his administration say that’s what he was trying to do.
2:14 PM · Apr 9, 2022
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Mac William Bishop@MacWBishop
Recently spent time in the field with Ukrainian marines.
My latest story for @RollingStone is here:
rollingstone.com
‘We Are Tired of Killing’: How Long Can Ukraine Trade Land for Blood?
2:13 PM · Apr 9, 2022
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Matthew Yglesias@mattyglesias
People love delivery, streaming video, and bleach.
5:16 PM · Apr 9, 2022
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Matthew Yglesias@mattyglesias
Two groups of people who are wrong:
— Those insisting 2020 levels of Covid NPIs are warranted in 2022
— Those insisting that an appropriate lack of restrictions in 2022 retroactively shows they were right to oppose them in 2020
Vaccines and therapeutics are a big deal!
5:48 PM · Apr 9, 2022
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Noah Smith 🐇🇺🇦@Noahpinion
All three of the Great Powers have now been checked by opponents they're unable to defeat.
Russia: Ukraine
China: Covid
America: America
6:44 PM · Apr 9, 2022
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Noah Smith 🐇🇺🇦@Noahpinion
Yes, this. Four factors have made lockdowns no longer worth it:
1. Covid got much more contagious, making Zero Covid probably impossible
2. Effective vaccines exist
3. Effective treatments exist
4. New Covid variants are less deadly
David Welker 🐈 @DavidWelker2021
@aknox92 @Noahpinion Stricter measures were justified earlier in the pandemic than are justified now that we have vaccinations and the omicron variants appear to be less deadly.
12:02 AM · Apr 10, 2022
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Noah Smith 🐇🇺🇦@Noahpinion
Useful and knowledgeable thread about what the Ukrainians might be able to do with Harpoon missiles.
Russian Warship, Go Fuck Yourself 🇺🇦 @spooknine
All due respect to Dr Weir but I believe the Ukrainians will do pretty stunning things with Harpoons. A kludged-together land based Harpoon system is well within their capability, and the missile itself does most of the actual work. https://t.co/XQLN2V9awr
12:18 AM · Apr 10, 2022
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Matthew Yglesias@mattyglesias
It’s interesting that GPT-3 is a left-NIMBY instead of a normie worried about his property values.
12:55 AM · Apr 10, 2022
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