Matthew Yglesias@mattyglesias
The text of Maverick is all about how human fighter pilots are awesome and we should root for them against the drone proponents, but everything about the story just underscores the huge advantages of unmanned systems.
12:22 PM · Jun 2, 2022
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Matthew Yglesias@mattyglesias
Go see it, give it some Oscars, make movies great again but … let’s have the military invest in drones with low unit costs not a new generation of human-piloted fighters.
12:28 PM · Jun 2, 2022
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Noah Smith 🐇🇺🇦@Noahpinion
"Even if"
DSA North Star ✴️🌹 @DSANorthStar
Supporting the defense of Ukraine is the right thing for the global left to do. Even if our own government is doing it. https://t.co/a5pR3Hdq5Y
4:23 PM · Jun 2, 2022
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Matthew Yglesias@mattyglesias
The fact that the FDA won’t let pharmacists prescribe pavloxid based on a simple test result (despite Biden saying they should!) is yet another example of public health institutions asking tremendous flexibility of everyone but themselves.
slowboring.com
America’s inflexible public health institutions
12:04 AM · Jun 3, 2022
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Axios@axios
SCOOP: Bipartisan Senate energy talks led by Joe Manchin are essentially over, with Republican senators convinced that Manchin is close to a reconciliation deal with Chuck Schumer, according to people familiar with the matter.
trib.al
Manchin’s bipartisan energy talks crumble, paving way for Democrat-only deal
11:41 PM · Jun 2, 2022
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Techmeme@Techmeme
GM's Cruise secures a permit to charge fares for its driverless robotaxi service in San Francisco, which will operate from 10PM to 6AM on select streets (@RebeccaBellan / TechCrunch)
techcrunch.com/2022/06/02/cru…
techmeme.com
GM’s Cruise secures a permit to charge fares for its driverless robotaxi service in San Francisco, which will operate from 10PM to 6AM on select streets
2:05 AM · Jun 3, 2022
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