Favorite Rejects 2022-04-14

Colin McMillen @mcmillen

i'd say: nobody needs to tell anyone else to "assume good intent". most reasonable people assume good intent *anyways* for ordinary real-life misunderstandings. anyone who explicitly invokes "assume good intent" is probably using it as cover for acting like an asshole.

Vicky Harp @vickyharp

I do a lot of mentoring and exit interviewing and let me tell you, "assume good intent" needs to go.

Nate Silver @NateSilver538

Pillars of democracy: * Free and fair elections * Separation of powers * Equal rights for all US citizens * Content moderation on Twitter

Max Boot 🇺🇦 @MaxBoot

I am frightened by the impact on society and politics if Elon Musk acquires Twitter. He seems to believe that on social media anything goes. For democracy to survive, we need more content moderation, not less.

Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

Two senators is not enough to vigorously represent the the interests of California's gigantic and diverse population, and by forcing all that work to be done by just *one* senator Feinstein's team is really doing a disservice to their constituents.

sfchronicle.comColleagues worry Dianne Feinstein is now mentally unfit to serve, citing recent interactionsFour U.S. senators, including three Democrats, as well as three former staffers and a...

S.V. Dáte @svdate

The electric F-150 is the actual game changer. When Republican men who think climate change is a hoax and would never buy an electric vehicle for planet saving reasons realize that a fully loaded pickup can go 0-60 in less than 5 seconds....

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Gavin Esler @gavinesler

The idea that Russian generals are accused of corruption in Vladimir Putin’s kleptocracy is beyond satire. A criminal regime doesn’t like people stealing from it. As Gary Kasparov says: Every country has a mafia. In Russia the mafia has a country.

Anders Åslund @anders_aslund

Putin appears to be running wild in his bunker, wherever it is. None of the news is confirmed, but this looks like Putin going for vicious recriminations. 1. Shoigu is allegedly out because of a heart attack. 2. General Beseda, the head of FSB foreign intelligence in arrest, ...

Adam Ozimek @ModeledBehavior

Two opposing views from Brookings folks on geographic shifts: 1. Kane, Tong, Schuetz: "this largely continues pre-pandemic trends" brookings.edu/blog/the-avenu… 2. Frey: "not just a continuation of past trends"

brookings.eduNew census data shows a huge spike in movement out of big metro areas during the pandemicRecently released U.S. Census Bureau population estimates emphasize that it was domestic out-migration that exerted an outsized demographic impact on large metropolitan areas during the prime 12 mo…

Noah Smith 🐇🇺🇦 @Noahpinion

But what about all those semiconductor companies they were going to start? 🤪

Rita Liao @ritacyliao

Disheartening story to write: a generation of Chinese who graduated uni abroad in the 2010s returned home hoping to be the next Jack Ma by founding their own internet startup. Many are now pivoting overseas, driven away by the country's stifling policies. https://t.co/f7kMMJT7KZ

Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

It looked scary for a bit, but the good guys won an important one here and 1,250 megawatts of hydro are coming from Quebec to New York.