Favorite Rejects 2022-06-02

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.

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.

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

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.comAmerica’s inflexible public health institutionsWe’ve changed a lot to cope with the pandemic, but the institutions charged with protecting us have stayed rigid

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.alManchin’s bipartisan energy talks crumble, paving way for Democrat-only dealRepublicans are convinced Manchin is close to a reconciliation deal with Chuck Schumer.

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.comGM’s Cruise secures a permit to charge fares for its driverless robotaxi service in San Francisco, which will operate from 10PM to 6AM on s…By Rebecca Bellan / TechCrunch. View the full context on Techmeme.