Matthew Yglesias@mattyglesias
NYT restaurant review the year I was born has to start by just broadly explaining what Thai food is.
12:02 AM · Aug 19, 2022
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Matthew Yglesias@mattyglesias
We choose to make usable biodegradeable straws and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard, because that goal will serve to organize and measure the best of our energies and skills, because that challenge is one that we are willing to accept.
Emma Ashford @EmmaMAshford
The goal of Great Power Competition should be developing environmentally-friendly straws that don’t just dissolve into a papery mess in your drink.
5:37 PM · Aug 18, 2022
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Max Dubler 🏳️🌈@maxdubler
YEAH SO THE DEATH OF AMERICA’S URBAN STREETCARS WASN’T ACTUALLY A CAR COMPANY CONSPIRACY, PEOPLE JUST HATED THE STREETCAR COMPANIES IN THE SAME WAY THEY HATE AIRLINES TODAY SO THEY WERE HAPPY TO DRIVE AND IT TURNS OUT BUSES WERE A LOT CHEAPER TO MAINTAIN THAN RAIL NETWORKS
3:49 PM · Aug 18, 2022
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Matthew Yglesias@mattyglesias
Republicans talked themselves into the corner where there’s a zero-sum choice between choosing sane, competent leaders who back insanely unpopular entitlement cuts (Romney, Ryan) and choosing clowns (Trump) because their personal belief is that only a clown wouldn’t cut Medicare.
3:10 PM · Aug 18, 2022
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Charlie Stross@cstross
Can confirm.
skooks @skooookum
How did it get like this https://t.co/fYzFUSh4HK
7:33 PM · Aug 18, 2022
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Noah Smith 🐇🇺🇦@Noahpinion
Indian Americans have got to be the most successful minority in our country's history. It's as if Jewish people came over from Russia a century ago and instantly took the helm of Standard Oil and U.S. Steel.
Absolutely amazing. ❤️🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
nihal @nihalmehta
CEO of Google
CEO of Microsoft
CEO of Adobe
CEO of Twitter
CEO of Mastercard
CEO of Pepsi
CEO of IBM
CEO of Albertsons
CEO of Micron
CEO of Netapp
CEO of Nokia
CEO of Palo Alto
CEO of Arista
CEO of Novartis
and today...
CEO of FedEx
https://t.co/Z5LyhQHswR
7:42 PM · Aug 18, 2022
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Noah Smith 🐇🇺🇦@Noahpinion
Also, I don't deny that America has a ton of structural racism, but I do think it says something that the British spent centuries trying to label Indians as untermenschen, and then America just said "Hey folks, how'd you like to come be in charge of capitalism?"
7:55 PM · Aug 18, 2022
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Noah Smith 🐇🇺🇦@Noahpinion
After surviving a coup attempt, massive protests, a currency crisis, and multiple wars, Erdogan is going to be taken down by...Neo-Fisherism.
Never say macroeconomics can't change the world, folks!
cnbc.com
Turkey shocks markets with rate cut despite inflation near 80%
8:42 PM · Aug 18, 2022
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vinay.wfh 💉💉💉@vinaysshenoy
Holy shit! devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20…
7:27 AM · Aug 18, 2022
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