Favorite Rejects 2022-06-11

Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

Ukraine mostly uses Soviet/Russia military equipment that NATO doesn’t make ammunition for. Central European countries donated a bunch, but now Ukraine needs to transition mid-war to the new western systems that are now arriving which is hard.

washingtonpost.comUkraine is running out of ammunition as prospects dim on the battlefieldHopes that Ukraine will eventually be able to reverse Russian gains are fading in face of superior firepower.

Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

Cool.

nytimes.comC.D.C. Dismisses Airborne Transmission of Monkeypox. Some Experts Disagree.The virus “is not known to linger in the air,” agency officials said. But the research is far from definitive.

Jeryl Bier @JerylBier

I have to say it's a little weird just after nationally televised hearings where it was made clear your old boss thought it wouldn't have been a bad idea to let you be hanged to tweet about the "Trump-Pence Administration".

Mike Pence @Mike_Pence

January 20, 2021: $2.39/gallon June 11, 2022: $5.00/gallon American Prosperity under the Trump-Pence Administration: Priceless

Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

A stunning portrait of a dystopian future in which cops operate with so much impunity that they just openly smoke cigarettes in private office buildings.

youtube.comBlade Runner - Voight-Kampff Test (HQ)The iconic scene in Blade Runner where we get a first glimpse of the psychotic nature of the “Nexus-6” replicants. Leon doesn’t take kindly to the bizarre qu...

Nikita Bier @nikitabier

Look, just because: • Ethereum is down 66% from its highs • All of DeFi “yield” ended up being a Ponzi scheme • NFT “art” ultimately was just speculation • The biggest real world use-case of crypto is *still* buying cocaine online Doesn’t mean that web3 isn’t gonna happen

sam @sam_d_1995

Dean Preston’s home value has gone from $900K to $3M while he has continued to oppose new housing in his rich neighborhood. Dean is not an anti-capitalist. he’s the pinnacle of left-NIMBYism.

Dean Preston @DeanPreston

@rcmoya84 Seems like when they say “left-nimbyism” they usually mean “anti-capitalism”