Favorite Rejects 2022-07-14

Wally Nowinski @Nowooski

The environmentalist playbook: hasten climate change by shutting down nuclear and hydro and make us unable to adapt by blocking desalination.

theguardian.comJoy for environmentalists as California blocks bid for $1.4bn desalination plantPoseidon Water sought to turn seawater into drinking water but activists said plan would devastate ecosystem on Pacific coast

Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

Alternate history where the USSR responds to the Carter administration’s aid to Afghanistan by embargoing oil exports, sending gasoline prices surging and bringing the West to its knees.

Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

If Warnock actually wins this thing, just make him the presidential nominee. https://t.co/DT4WUGet9U

Jacob Rubashkin @JacobRubashkin

🚨FabrizioWard (R)/Impact (D) poll of GEORGIA for AARP: SEN Warnock (D-inc) 50 Walker (R) 47 GOV Kemp (R-inc) 52 Abrams (D) 45 Biden approval 34/65 Generic R 48-D 45 Favs: Kemp 50/45 Walker 41/49 Abrams 46/50 Warnock 47/47 (500 LVs, 7/5-11, ±4.4) https://t.co/eVSKna7wnR

Timothy B. Lee @binarybits

Has there been discussion of having the bls release data on a more real-time basis and/or giving the Fed advanced access? It would be extremely valuable for them to have an educated guess at the July inflation rate when they have their July 27 meeting.

Timothy B. Lee @binarybits

One way to do this would be for the bls to publish a daily “confidence interval” for the next data release. It would start out wide and symmetrical (relative to the last release) and gradually tighten as we approach release day.

Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

It would involve a pay cut but I am willing to extend my trip and serve as Prime Minister of Italy if they need someone.

Swear Trek @swear_trek

Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

Creepy shit

Edward-Isaac Dovere @IsaacDovere

the 10 yr old Ohio girl “would have had the baby, and as many women who have had babies as a result of rape, we would hope that she would understand the reason and ultimately the benefit of having the child,”said National Right to Life Coalition top lawyer https://t.co/jvDV2btz7Z

Darrell Owens @IDoTheThinking

Oldie but yeah it is. Low admission rates among public universities is bad actually, and exclusionary metrics like that + small undergraduate bodies is what private schools pride themselves on -- not public universities.

Noah Smith 🐇🇺🇦 @Noahpinion

Max Dubler 🏳️‍🌈 @maxdubler

What do the San Francisco police do all day? https://t.co/TopzvOjUwc

Noah Smith 🐇🇺🇦 @Noahpinion

This is a bill that bans a large percent of immigrants from specific types of jobs. Passed by a Democratic-controlled House.

Catherine Rampell @crampell

House passes bill containing new nationality requirements for for crew members working on offshore energy projects. Sounds a little like a Jones Act, but for wind projects. Are we trying to encourage renewable energy development, or not? https://t.co/bnsKJh71yw

Noah Smith 🐇🇺🇦 @Noahpinion

And these are the folks Xi won't let play video games or go to tutoring or join pop fandoms

Trinh @Trinhnomics

China jobless rate for 16 to 24-year-old is 19.3%, according to NBS.

Asher Langton @AsherLangton

https://t.co/JZRmgMTjkC

Bill Melugin @BillFOXLA

BREAKING: One of the most massive single groups we have ever witnessed cross illegally at the border is crossing into Eagle Pass, TX right now. The line of people went so far into the trees it’s hard to get a count. Hundreds upon hundreds. Coyotes guiding them in water. @FoxNews https://t.co/ZjZIygarAv