Favorite Rejects 2022-06-23

Charlie Stross @cstross

TBH I'm surprised the Russian army wasn't ordered to simply destroy the PV farm, given that solar power reduces demand for oil and gas.

Ukrainska Pravda in English @pravda_eng

⚡️Russians dismantled and stole the largest solar power plant in Ukraine. It is located near the city of Tokmak, Zaporizhzhia oblast. According to the townspeople, solar panels were dismantled, packed and taken out for a long time. This is the largest solar power plant in Ukraine https://t.co/BYAdhNDQVq

Randall Munroe @xkcd

DALL·E prompt: “a hamburger with incredibly unsafe electrical wiring” #dalle

Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

Something people should be aware of is that criminal justice reform groups worked with the NRA to strike down restrictions on concealed carry. They’ve been pushing the idea that enforcing rules against illegal gun-carrying is bad.

news.yahoo.comNew York Public Defenders Urge Supreme Court to Invalidate State’s Concealed-Carry BanA coalition of New York public-defender groups filed an amicus brief Thursday urging the Supreme Court to invalidate the state’s concealed-carry ban.

Kyle Russell @kylebrussell

The year is 2026, you can bring firearms on planes but we still have to go through TSA checks for vapes and scissors

Kim-Mai Cutler @kimmaicutler

At this rate, when is SCOTUS going to rule it’s unconstitutional to restrict AR-15s inside airplane cabins?

Katelyn Burns @transscribe

She just described December https://t.co/k9uLNlARfb

Keri Smith 🌱Deprogrammed @RealKeriSmith

@MerkinMuffley5 @GoGoRogozhin @Nth_Dimensions A Christian pride month with every business wrapping themselves in the Christian flag & promoting Christian programming on platforms above all other content, & every city council making Christian Month pronouncements? And Christian parades all month? Yes. That would be wild.

sam @sam_d_1995

I love how so many contrasting architecture styles come together to create something beautiful in New York City

Noah Smith 🐇🇺🇦 @Noahpinion

Well, friend, you know to fix it, right? Open up your capital account, accept free two-way movement of capital, and make the yuan the global reserve currency. If you're not willing to do that, then shaddap.

9DASHLINE @9DashLine

BRICS: China's Xi Jinping blasts Western sanctions for 'weaponizing' world economy https://t.co/LjBlPmNkDs

AnyAndAllThingsHat @Popehat

This is absolutely unacceptable -- I'd even say un-American. There are certain lines we cannot cross, certain values and traditions we must uphold, whatever the political passions of the moment. Help me draw a line. No adult male should wear pajamas.

Joyce Alene @JoyceWhiteVance

"Yesterday, more than a dozen DOJ law enforcement officials searched Jeff Clark’s house in a predawn raid, put him in the streets in his PJs, and took his electronic devices." https://t.co/LrU4Plh6YJ

Noah Smith 🐇🇺🇦 @Noahpinion

Yes. By moving people off the land into cities, capitalism removes most of the old rural agricultural class hierarchies, which are even more pernicious than industrial class hierarchies.

Aatif Iqbal🩸🦷 @aaiqbal

@Noahpinion Would you say that capitalism historically generally made class division *less* salient?