Favorite Rejects 2022-06-22

Joe Weisenthal @TheStalwart

There are a lot of people concerned with the climate implications of expanding oil & gas production. But in the meantime, here's the first order effect of high oil and gas prices...

Nate Silver @NateSilver538

The idea that the US pandemic response was too disaggregated seems like a weird conclusion given the various screw-ups made by the CDC. Personally I thought the response by NYC (where I live) was much better than the federal response, for instance. news.yahoo.com/citing-disastr…

Noah Smith 🐇🇺🇦 @Noahpinion

You know who's a really great econ blogger whose blog you should read? Matt Clancy.

mattsclancy.substack.comHow common is independent discovery?Relatively common for ideas we know will be big, but not so much for the rest

Noah Smith 🐇🇺🇦 @Noahpinion

Russia running out of cannon fodder

Michael Weiss 🌻🇺🇸🇮🇪 @michaeldweiss

55% of the original DPR force is now KIA or WIA, according to British defense intelligence. Extraordinary figure, especially as these were the most entrenched and battlefield-experienced fighters Russia had. https://t.co/MwX4iac8eM

Noah Smith 🐇🇺🇦 @Noahpinion

I did a search for "5over1" and Google helpfully informed me that it's 5

Noah Smith 🐇🇺🇦 @Noahpinion

This has got to be a big part of why crime is so high in America. When people feel like they can't trust the cops, they take their protection into their own hands. Who would call the cops if the cops might just come shoot you?

The Washington Post @washingtonpost

A new investigation by The Post reveals at least 178 cases from 2019 to 2021 in which calls for help resulted in law enforcement officers shooting and killing the very people they were called on to assist. https://t.co/tw8FhoUiFb https://t.co/Al7Skdo2Hd

Wesley Morgan @wesleysmorgan

After VP Pence got the Navy to let Greitens re-join the Reserve in 2019, the @KansasCityStar FOIA'd internal Navy comms where the brass were struggling to figure out what to do with him, and the excerpts are pretty funny: amp.kansascity.com/article2446344…

sam @sam_d_1995

“we are already overpopulated and therefore shouldn’t build more housing” is one of those ideas that immediately crumbles under the slightest amount of scrutiny

Bob Brigham @BobBrigham

Zoning is not a remedy for overpopulation. https://t.co/YjNvyKUL29