Favorite Rejects 2022-04-28

9DASHLINE @9DashLine

Taiwan says Ukraine conflict will inform this year's military drills

reut.rsTaiwan says Ukraine conflict will inform this year’s military drillsTaiwan’s main military drills this year will draw on the experiences of the war in Ukraine, focusing on asymmetric and cognitive warfare as well as use of reserves as it practices fighting off a Chinese attack, a top officer said on Wednesday.

Dmitri Alperovitch @DAlperovitch

Biggest problem with this Guardian piece and others promoting the idea of ending mil support for UKR and pushing them to make a deal with Putin is the idea that the West (as represented by views of ppl arguing for this) somehow knows better than UKR what’s in their best interest

Shashank Joshi @shashj

February called, and it wants its op-eds back. “Russia’s progress may be slowed, but it’s highly unlikely to be stopped…Encouraging the Ukrainians to continue, however just their cause, is merely making their country uninhabitable.” https://t.co/VfG3R4w0rV

Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

Your mileage may vary but to me this seems like a very expected level of pettiness — if someone was constantly touting the virtues of centrist democrat substacks but never mentioned me, I'd be kinda pissed.

Greg Sargent @ThePlumLineGS

Elon Musk is apparently mad at Biden because he doesn't mention Tesla when talking about electric cars, reports @karaswisher, who knows Musk. If so, we're dealing with a level of pettiness here than we may not have anticipated: https://t.co/oTwkEb4wcS https://t.co/mCA5eCdgLk

Christopher Miller @ChristopherJM

WOW, this is a biggie. White House sends Congress $33B request for Ukraine The White House package is by far the largest single funding proposal of the war and dwarfs the annual defense budgets of most nations. politi.co/3vS5L7Q via @politico

politi.coWhite House sends Congress $33B request for UkraineThe package is by far the largest single funding proposal of the war.

Timothy B. Lee @binarybits

Fun fact: if Congress hadn't extended copyrights in 1976 and 1998, the copyright to the first Star Trek episodes would be due to expire at the end of this year. The entire original series would have been in the public domain by 2026.

Timothy B. Lee @binarybits

I want a browser feature that automatically checks "yes" to all those "accept cookies" dialog boxes websites are infested with now. But I guess maybe that would be illegal in Europe?

Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

There’s probably some reason this is unworkable but it seems to me that universities themselves should be the ones making the loans, so they are the ones who shoulder the default risk.

Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

Roe has largely forced Republicans to avoid articulating their base’s unpalatable views on abortion and let them focus on narrow restrictions. As the courts change, that is changing.

huffpost.comPregnancy From Rape Is ‘An Opportunity’ For Women, Says Republican Trying To Ban AbortionOhio state Rep. Jean Schmidt (R) defended her abortion ban recently, arguing that “just because you have emotional scars doesn’t give you the right to take a life.”

Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

The ads in Land Report magazine are amazing and definitely make a strong case for Georgeism.

Timothy B. Lee @binarybits

Both sides of the political spectrum feel like they've been steadily losing ground for the last 10-20 years. Has it always been like this or is this new?

G. Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris

This is literally the opposite of what has happened, empirically speaking https://t.co/5EtBNseSGg

Alec Stapp @AlecStapp

Tyler Cowen’s talent spotting skill is off the charts 🤯