Ryan O'Farrell@ryanmofarrell
Contrast between how we’ve regulated cars and massively improved safety vs what we’ve done with firearms is…certainly something. nejm.org/doi/full/10.10…
Bryan Leyva, MD⚕️ @DrBryanLeyva
Pediatrician here. I want people to know that death by firearm is not rare in kids. In fact, it has been the #1 cause death in this age group since 2020. In 2020 alone, 4300 children died from firearms. That’s equivalent to one Boeing 747 plane crash every month for 9 months.
2:45 AM · May 26, 2022
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Noah Smith 🐇🇺🇦@Noahpinion
Wonder if their 40-year-old nukes work better
Navy Lookout @NavyLookout
🇺🇸US Defence Intelligence agency assess that less than 40% of 🇷🇺Russian missiles fired during the war in 🇺🇦Ukraine have hit their intended targets.
20-30% fail to launch or crash in flight and many miss aiming points.
https://t.co/uSzvp81uAh https://t.co/kDFgFUgHpe
6:44 AM · May 26, 2022
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James Surowiecki@JamesSurowiecki
4. Those Dayton deaths were entirely a function of the kind of weapon that Betts was carrying. If extended magazines were banned, or (even better) if semi-automatic weapons with detachable magazines were banned, the toll Betts took before being killed would have been far lower.
2:30 PM · May 26, 2022
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Matthew Yglesias@mattyglesias
Politics is downstream of culture, which is why our partisan debates increasingly feature superpowered costumed adventurers.
4:04 PM · May 26, 2022
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez@AOC
40% of Uvalde’s city budget goes to police. The school district had its own police force. This is what happened ⬇️
After decades of mass shootings, there is still 0 evidence that police have the ability to stop them from happening. Gun safety and other policies can. https://t.co/PqlWxdKpYu
Brynn Tannehill @BrynnTannehill
Let's review the (reported) performance of the Uvalde Police and CBP response team on Tuesday:
- Waited 35-60 minutes before entering school while kids bled out, wasting golden hour
- Tazed / arrested parents begging them to go in, and attempting to rescue their kids themselves
4:13 PM · May 26, 2022
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NotNOWMonkeypoxHat@Popehat
Not until I actually SEE the horse.
Elon Musk @elonmusk
Jack off the board!
5:05 PM · May 26, 2022
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Matthew Yglesias@mattyglesias
I'm so happy 'cause today I found my friends
Simon Casey @sjcasey
Elon Musk wants to mine it. China is scouring Tibet for it. Battery makers are crying out for it.
Inside the full-blown supply crisis of the wonder metal that could stop global warming. https://t.co/jms7ICmajU via @annielee23 https://t.co/TneERewjUQ
5:56 PM · May 26, 2022
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Matthew Yglesias@mattyglesias
Media violence — whether in the form of TV shows, movies, or video games — appears to *reduce* crime by diverting young men away from doing crime into consuming media.
7:33 PM · May 26, 2022
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Noah Smith 🐇🇺🇦@Noahpinion
Just to be clear, if we're telling ourselves that a major of rural voters are single-issue racist voters, then the only thing Seems could do to win power (short of armed revolution) is this:
2:27 AM · May 27, 2022
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