Favorite Rejects 2022-05-26

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.

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

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.

Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

Politics is downstream of culture, which is why our partisan debates increasingly feature superpowered costumed adventurers.

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

NotNOWMonkeypoxHat @Popehat

Not until I actually SEE the horse.

Elon Musk @elonmusk

Jack off the board!

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

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.

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: