Favorite Rejects 2022-09-18

Jenny Schuetz @jenny_schuetz

After reading today’s NYT piece, I’m convinced 80% of accounts that post “all YIMBYs are white male developer shills” are actually Russian trolls.

Here's the NYTimes Piece

Max's Knacker's @Joeverton1965

Wrote an email to Sayers regarding a truly woeful strawberry tart I bought and recieved this reply, I'm still laughing now 🤣🤣🤣🤣

Ian Easton @Ian_M_Easton

Uncovered documents and never-before-translated speeches shine light on what Xi Jinping has in mind for the future of the democratic world. His words are disquieting.

japantimes.co.jpXi Jinping and China’s endgame for AmericaXi Jinping speeches make clear that he is committed to spreading China’s model of communism around the world.

Phillips P. OBrien @PhillipsPOBrien

Another reason Ukraine needs upgraded anti air capabilities across the board. Already evidence that Iranian UAVs are able to destroy armored vehicles. https://t.co/VFJmpAsLWy

Euromaidan Press @EuromaidanPress

Russia's Iranian-made Shahed drones creating problems for Ukraine - WSJ They destroyed two 152-mm howitzers, two 122-mm howitzers & 2 BTR armored infantry vehicles in 1 brigade, commander says https://t.co/AKMPLmYGdD 📷 @kms_d4k - Shahed-136 shot down above Kharkiv Obl https://t.co/mklr3Qls8z

Finbarr Bermingham @fbermingham

Beijing-backed Chinese language schools in UK to be replaced with teachers from Taiwan Good scoop from @nivincent

theguardian.comBeijing-backed Chinese language schools in UK to be replaced with teachers from TaiwanMPs in talks with Taiwan to help phase out Confucius Institutes as relations between the countries worsen

Ian Millhiser @imillhiser

It’s worth noting that the lawyers for the school district filed a “suggestion of mootness” in this case, pointing out that the praying coach had moved to Florida and did not appear to have any intention of resuming coaching even if SCOTUS ordered the district to rehire him. /1

southpaw @nycsouthpaw

An example of what happens when the Supreme Court bases a decision on a set of deliberately false factual assertions: reality finds ways to intrude and make fools of everyone. https://t.co/Tw2HXG5rxn

Alec Stapp @AlecStapp

Ezra Klein asks an important question here: Operation Warp Speed was a historic accomplishment. Where is the next Warp Speed and why isn’t the Biden admin working on it?

Daniel Engber @danengber

When did chess turn into poker?

theatlantic.comChess Is Just Poker NowA cheating controversy involving two grandmasters shows how computers have transformed the game.

Noah Smith 🐇🇺🇦 @Noahpinion

Western bad ideas are like smallpox -- an endemic burden for the West, but absolutely devastating to societies that haven't built up an immunity.

Ryan Lackey @octal

WHOA. One Child policy (which has probably wrecked China permanently and terminally in the next decade) was caused by one Chinese guy going to a conference in Finland and reading a copy of The Limits to Growth. Victory: KGB.

Christian Selig @ChristianSelig

Okay y'all, I think I found the best idea for the Dynamic Island on the iPhone 14 Pro. I added a cat that lives up there like a tamagotchi and just hangs out and does cute stuff as you browse Reddit in my app (Apollo).

Rein Raud @reinraud

Why does this sound familiar? (New York 1941)

Science Is Strategic @scienceisstrat1

WSJ: “China installed almost as many robots in its factories last year as the rest of the world” Cc: @erikbryn @amcafee @Noahpinion wsj.com/articles/china…

Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

Let Biden be Biden! Every president needs aides but he has better political judgment than the average Dem staffer and his “gaffes” are usually good.

Sam Stein @samstein

"Biden’s insistence on Sunday night that the pandemic is over caught several of his own health officials by surprise. The declaration was not part of his planned remarks ahead of the “60 Minutes” interview" https://t.co/QAEXTDUu2T