Favorite Rejects 2022-08-31

Alec Stapp @AlecStapp

Encouraging sign for permitting reform to build more energy infrastructure: Opponents seem to be struggling to rally more Democrats against the deal.

Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

Good illustration of a broader point, people don’t undermine democracy for no reason the idea is to ban all abortions and cut popular programs. https://t.co/2K4kST0hze

Taniel @Taniel

WILD in Michigan: advocates submitted a record number of signatures to put an abortion rights measure on the ballot, & Bureau of Elections confirmed it should qualify. But Republicans on Board of Canvassers just refused to allow that, throwing measure off: https://t.co/Vb91cs5OEC

Jennifer Jacobs @JenniferJJacobs

Scoop: Federal prosecutors likely to wait until after Nov election to announce any action against Trump, if they determine he broke any laws, sources tell @cstrohm. Under DOJ policy, no investigative steps 60 days before election. This year, that's Sept. 10.

Hayes Brown @HayesBrown

New from me: Trump was never able to wrap his head around the idea that the office of the presidency was separate from the president, the person. That's bled into his post-presidency, as the Mar-a-Lago documents fiasco makes clear

msnbc.comOpinion | Trump simply can’t handle being an ex-presidentTrump thinks that ex-president’s are somehow a protected class under the law. The Justice Department disagrees.

Joey Politano 🏳️‍🌈 @JosephPolitano

I knew America had disproportionately high traffic fatalities, but I don't think I realized just how truly bad we are.

Jason Harrison @nominalthoughts

it’s because people defend TLJ when we’re all in agreement that ROS was shit and force awakens was shit by virtue of the next two ruining it completely

derek @derpo377

JJ Abrams’ Star Wars movies destroyed the Republic offscreen and brought back the Emperor, undoing six movies worth of narrative progress as well as Anakin Skywalker’s entire character arc…but for some reason Rian Johnson’s movie is the one that makes everyone lose their minds

Meinan @second_steve

@luchuubit @Noahpinion Chinas EV production is amazing but that’s just one part of the whole picture and that China is still a increasingly massive CO2 generator and many of their state owned companies are the root of the problem

bloomberg.comBloomberg - Are you a robot?

Nathan Taylor @ntaylor963

DALL-E "outpainting" of Girl with a Pearl Earring Very nice! 👀 openai.com/blog/dall-e-in…

sam @sam_d_1995

I remember this: @DeanPreston blocked hundred of affordable homes for a “racial equity study” that he said would take 6 months It’s been 26 months, and it turns out the study was a lie to block the affordable housing indefinitely. what a scandal Left-NIMBYism must be rejected

Heather Knight @hknightsf

My latest column: In a city rife with housing failures, this is eye-popping. San Francisco supervisors paused the rezoning of land to allow 1,000+ new units for six months for a study. Two years later, the study was never done, wasting time for nothing. https://t.co/lbBzRyC7ye

Noah Smith 🐇🇺🇦 @Noahpinion

Some people are asking "What was there to be so optimistic about?" Well, I can show you in one picture:

Gerard DiPippo @gdp1985

Imagine being this optimistic again. https://t.co/SgQUYC34o7

SDL @SocDoneLeft

this is amazing I think people hate on AI art because it inspires a feeling of dread, a fear that your own work is replaceable, meaningless but I love the dream of a world where anyone can make their imaginations real and really beautiful with a command and a little refining

Mountain View YIMBY 🥑 @MVyimby

The average single family home in Mountain View costs more than this private island. Talk about luxury housing, eh?