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Favorite Rejects 2022-08-21

David Watson
Aug 22, 2022
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kang @jaycaspiankang
Masters programs that charge tuition should be harshly regulated and eventually phased out of existence. The number of predatory programs out there for degrees that people don’t need (and that rich and connected ppl just bypass) is unconscionable.
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Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias
What is the plan for the day after universal debt cancellation when masters programs raise tuition and tell prospective students not to worry about it because the debt will be cancelled down the road?
6:33 PM ∙ Aug 21, 2022
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Josh Barro @jbarro
NYT now promoting the nutty idea that children should wear masks in crowded spaces as a precaution against *monkeypox.* nytimes.com/2022/08/17/wel…
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1:44 PM ∙ Aug 21, 2022
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Brandy Jensen @BrandyLJensen
watching a documentary about suffragettes and they end with this little “what happened to them” montage. real mixed bag lmao
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3:25 PM ∙ Aug 21, 2022
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Noah Smith 🐇🇺🇦 @Noahpinion
China has a quantum computer a million times faster than Google, quantum communication over 1000 kilometers, autonomous drone swarms that can fly through dense forests, and quantum detectors that might be able to find our submarines.
noahpinion.substack.comThe War Economy: Is America falling behind China in science?Not yet. But we should make sure we act now to stay well ahead.
3:00 PM ∙ Aug 21, 2022
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Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias
We need a national initiative to produce a cool espionage movie where the villain is a PRC spy.
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Fergus Ryan @fryan
Sun Yeli, vice minister of the central committee’s propaganda department had some advice for Hollywood last week: 'We hope the quality of American films can continue to be improved on the basis of respecting our culture, customs & audience behaviours,’ https://t.co/PVnHYdfZiU
10:57 PM ∙ Aug 21, 2022
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Massimo @Rainmaker1973
The story of the 1983 Steve Jobs letter where he informed the sender that he did not sign autographs, paradoxically leaving his signature at the bottom of the page. It sold at an auction in 2021 for $500k [read more: buff.ly/3QHWd8P]
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7:42 PM ∙ Aug 21, 2022
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Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias
Very significant development here. These precision-guided munitions need to be extracted from a stone strategically positioned at the bottom of a lake; only a worthy champion can wield them and possession denotes true kingship.
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The Kyiv Independent @KyivIndependent
⚡️Politico: US planning to give Ukraine precision-guided Excalibur munitions. A source close to the deliberations of the latest military aid package shared with Politico that the M982 Excalibur rounds, travelling up to 70km, will be sent to Ukraine "at some point in the future."
11:54 AM ∙ Aug 21, 2022
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Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias
Apparently the vague MacGuffin about Chinese purchases of microprocessors was enough to get The Departed banned from China, so Scorsese should direct it.
eonline.comChina Whacks The Departed - E! OnlineChinese censors have decided to block Martin Scorsese’s critically acclaimed American cops-and-crooks drama after deeming a plot point in The Departed referencing activity by China’s military inappropriate for viewing in the mainland.
11:01 PM ∙ Aug 21, 2022
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