rev. agraybee@Theophite
relative to the resources he had available, Biden has been an astounding success. looking at a hung legislature in any other country, you would not expect total outlays for political objectives to exceed the last time that party controlled a supermajority.
9:31 PM · Aug 7, 2022
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Ben Stanley@BDStanley
I've done it for at least 10000 hours and it turns out I'm actually quite good at it now.
New York Post @nypost
Malcolm Gladwell slams working from home: 'What have you reduced your life to?' https://t.co/pl6Xc0y5xy https://t.co/HDfXF7TXLN
10:16 AM · Aug 8, 2022
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James Palmer@BeijingPalmer
for the record, Liu Cixin, the author of three-body problem, is also a toxic nationalist and Westerners mostly massively underrate how nasty the books are, not least because the translators removed most of the pervasive misogyny
2:50 PM · Aug 8, 2022
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Noah Smith 🐇🇺🇦@Noahpinion
Guys, we found it.
An actual, literal motte-and-bailey argument.
m @mayavada
There was no zoning under feudalism. And thus, equitalble societies emerged. https://t.co/D6LtVUt40k
4:29 PM · Aug 8, 2022
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Noah Smith 🐇🇺🇦@Noahpinion
Until and unless Ukraine and Palestine go to war with one another, this is false.
Karim🌐🇪🇺🇺🇦 @Karimjsmlchr
You can't support both Ukraine and Palestine at the same time.
5:02 PM · Aug 8, 2022
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John Scalzi@scalzi
Reminder that Hitler's generals tried to assassinate him
nytimes.com
Trump Asked Aide Why His Generals Couldn’t Be Like Hitler’s, Book Says
8:11 PM · Aug 8, 2022
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Matthew Yglesias@mattyglesias
It seems weird to repeatedly describe yourself as a "sort-of-libertarian" and also be very worried about AI risk.
If the big problem with socialism is it's bad for innovation and the big problem for human survival is AGI....
astralcodexten.substack.com
Why Not Slow AI Progress?
1:02 AM · Aug 9, 2022
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Jonathan Nicholson@JNicholsonInDC
Lot of Trump defense on right-wing outlets is "another witch hunt, just like Russia." Earlier today, Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort disclosed he passed polling data to Russian intel asset Kilimnik.
Darren Samuelsohn @dsamuelsohn
NEW: In an interview with @thisisinsider, Paul Manafort made his 1st public admission that in 2016 he shared polling data from the Trump campaign w/ Konstantin Kilimnik, a longtime business associate w/ suspected ties to Russian intelligence. by @Schwartzesque
1:32 AM · Aug 9, 2022
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Matt Eggers 🇺🇸🌳🌎💡@EggersMatt
According to @JesseJenkins and crew, the IRA will deliver 1 gigaton of CO2 reductions. I predict though that we blow beyond. Tech has a long history of going low and then suddenly going fast. This bill will create momentum that will feed on itself.
10:10 PM · Aug 8, 2022
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Paul Krugman@paulkrugman
Just want to reemphasize that on climate, Ds have NOT settled for a watered-down version of the original goals. They got almost the whole thing. Here's emission reductions from the REPEAT project:
9:07 PM · Aug 7, 2022
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