Favorite Rejects 2022-08-02

Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

We need more cameras and automatic enforcement plus a crackdown on people using fake license plates.

Post Local @postlocal

Despite signage, D.C. drivers aren’t slowing in school zones, study says https://t.co/EEgatDsUkm

Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

This is the right approach to federal abortion rights legislation — a bipartisan bill that Collins/Murkowski support and will unite Dems while dividing the GOP. kaine.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/…

Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

It’s sort of fascinating that shifting society from “most people can’t read” to “most people can read” worked so well given how hard it is to find educational interventions that are effective at large scale.

Liam Bright @lastpositivist

It's an interesting paper and you can find some explainers in thread but in actually a real doomer here. In that we know educational results vary pretty wildly but none of our explanatory theories for this are good nor do any interventions work. https://t.co/1oGFt7v1od

sam @sam_d_1995

it’s funny how the narrative about California is that all the rich people are fleeing the state to go to places with lower taxes when the reality is that rich people are moving into the state while the working/middle class is being forced to leave due to skyrocketing rents

Noah Smith 🐇🇺🇦 @Noahpinion

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Noah Smith 🐇🇺🇦 @Noahpinion

See, I will admit that Dean Preston made a good take here. Endorse!!

Dean Preston @DeanPreston

I fully support Slow Streets. It’s frustrating to see the Administration trying to reverse the progress our city has made on this during the pandemic. I will continue to advocate for preserving, improving, and expanding Slow Streets. It’s the least we can do.

Donald Shoup @DonaldShoup

Religious Properties Can Now Cut Parking by up to 50% When Building Affordable Housing.

jdsupra.comAB 2244: Greatly Reduced Parking Requirements for California’s Places of Worship Building Affordable Housing | JD SupraReligious Properties Can Now Cut Parking by up to 50% When Building Affordable Housing - California religious properties will now have...

William MacAskill @willmacaskill

So, er, it seems that Elon Musk just tweeted about What We Owe The Future. Crazy times! You might wonder: Where do we agree and disagree? Here’s a thread.

Elon Musk @elonmusk

Worth reading. This is a close match for my philosophy. https://t.co/cWEM6QBobY

John Austin @John_C_Austin

#Allyshoring makes tremendous sense to meet economic and collective security goals, check China's bad behavior & strengthen hand of democracies vis-a-vis authoritarians. Catch my podcast interview via @USMexicoFound Listen spoti.fi/3zpFoYQ