Favorite Rejects 2022-07-17

Nate Silver @NateSilver538

Interesting thread and one question if Fetterman wins (only about a ~50% chance) is whether this *particular* issue is a good one for Fetterman or rather whether it's a smart strategy *in general* to have one or at most two core messages instead of a grabbag.

🕷Dante Atkins🕷 @DanteAtkins

2/x he has taken one issue--the issue of Mehmet Oz' residency--and crushed him with it across every possible communications channel. From flyovers to trolling with Snooki, to more traditional communications, he has taken one particular point and hammered it.

Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

There is a fine line between tweeting on vacation (fun!) and starting arguments on Twitter on vacation (sociopath shit) and I crossed the line. Deleting everything except to say I think it’s great that a lot of Bernie and Warren fans like John Fetterman.

Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

Seems like a lot

Seung Min Kim @seungminkim

UVALDE, Texas (AP) — Report: Findings reveal nearly 400 officers were at Uvalde elementary school as police waited to confront gunman.

Good Energy Collective @GoodEnergyColl

Our own @J_Lovering worked with fellow researchers on a comprehensive study of the land occupied by power generation—aka Land-Use Intensity of Energy (LUIE). 🚨 Spoiler alert: #nuclear is not only low-carbon but also low-land use...1/2 #PLOSONEauthor

Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

Everyone talks about Germany, but Italy actually used to have four reactors and denuclearized a generation ago. Lots of renewables today but also tons of reliance on Russian natural gas — sure would be nice to have alternatives.

Lizzie O'Leary @lizzieohreally

How a canceled talk at Google shines a light on caste discrimination in tech:

slate.comSilicon Valley’s Hidden DiscriminationGoogle planned to discuss caste bias, but quickly backtracked after some employees pushed back against it.

Sophie Alpert @sophiebits

who do I need to bribe to make the next apple watch have a co2 sensor? it would be a gift to global public health

Adrianna Tan @skinnylatte

One of the weirdest things about using US subway systems is that their stations don’t usually have services or retail, like ATMs or bakeries or bookstores. Still takes me a while to get used to it

tylercowen @tylercowen

"Better science is one of the biggest “free lunches” standing before us."

marginalrevolution.comScience as a source of social alpha - Marginal REVOLUTIONHow to improve society is one of the most commonly discussed questions, but it is not always approached with sufficient seriousness. We don’t think analytically enough about which variables can have maximum impact and also which are most feasible to steer. For instance, the management of science is…

Divyansh Kaushik @dkaushik96

We blew our ability to lead in the development of and setting standards for the 5G technology… by not granting **ONE** Green Card. Imagine all the technology we’re saying goodbye to by not retaining the foreign STEM talent trained at US universities. foreignpolicy.com/2022/07/16/imm…