Favorite Rejects 2022-05-01

Josh Barro @jbarro

Amazing. Media Matters VP who, according to the group’s Form 990, makes $180k a year, is mad that a targeted debt relief program won’t do much for her.

Julie Millican @JMillzDC

@JStein_WaPo 10k won’t even cover the interest on my loans in a year

Paul Graham @paulg

We need to get it into Putin's head that the only way to properly supervise his invasion is in person.

Eli Dourado @elidourado

Rumors are that Valery Gerasimov, the top-ranking Russian officer, was wounded (possibly shrapnel to the leg) in an attack yesterday that also killed the 11th Russian general of the war. Gerasimov has reportedly been evacuated back to Moscow.

Noah Smith 🐇🇺🇦 @Noahpinion

And, scene.

Shashank Joshi @shashj

My colleague @AntonLaGuardia on defence-industrial bottlenecks in supplying Ukraine & replenishing stocks: “the 7,000 Javelins given to Ukraine might account for a third or more of the army’s stock”. Could “take three or four years to replenish the army” economist.com/united-states/…

Noah Smith 🐇🇺🇦 @Noahpinion

240. Not using a butt-washing toilet is barbaric. Imagine getting poo on your face and cleaning it off only with a dry paper towel.

Merlin Mann @hotdogsladies

If you squint, you can see roughly when I got a bike.