Charlie Stross@cstross
A technothriller in 1982 that posited that in the year 2022, Russia would be going to war using 47 year old jets and Iranian munitions would be instantly yeeted by any editor for implausibility—at least if it lacked a background of glowing craters left by WW3 to explain it.
The Kyiv Independent @KyivIndependent
⚡️Air Force says it downed Russian Su-25 jet, 6 Iranian kamikaze drones.
Ukraine's air defense shot down Iranian-made Shahed-136 long-range kamikaze drones used by Russian troops, according to Ukraine's Air Force.
5:07 PM · Sep 24, 2022
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Science Is Strategic@scienceisstrat1
Corporate America’s spiking concern over Taiwan
Cc: @Noahpinion @ElbridgeColby @RanaForoohar @nfergus
2:32 PM · Sep 24, 2022
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Federico Viticci@viticci
Out of curiosity, I installed @OpenAI's new Whisper speech recognition system on my Mac and gave it the first 4 minutes of the latest @appstoriesnet.
The transcription is...incredible. Click play here (appstories.net/episodes/296) and read Whisper's results: dropbox.com/s/0hn0bssqg0rn…
12:13 AM · Sep 24, 2022
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Phillips P. OBrien@PhillipsPOBrien
This @nytimes article about Putin taking even more direct control over battlefield decisions in the war and refusing to allow Russian forces to pull back to the east bank of the Dnipro, has overwhelming vibes of Hitler refusing to let the 6th Army pull back at Stalingrad.
7:00 AM · Sep 24, 2022
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Michael Thomas@curious_founder
This morning, @CBSMornings ran a story on gas stoves to 2.5 million viewers.
Did they mention gas stoves increase the risk of asthma? No.
Did they question a gas industry rep who claimed gas is "clean and safe"? No.
Instead they spread fossil fuel industry lies.
🧵
9:32 PM · Sep 23, 2022
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Evil Victoria 🎀🦀@EvilEuphoriTori
2:18 PM · Sep 24, 2022
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Jacob Huneycutt ✞@jacobhuneycutt_
Wow. 65% of American evangelicals deny original sin, and 43% deny Jesus’ divinity. So, literal heretics! But 90%+ are resolute against extramarital sex and abortion.
@kkdumez’s argument that evangelicalism is a culture rather than an set of beliefs has never looked stronger.
5:53 PM · Sep 19, 2022
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stephen judkins@stephenjudkins
Why are college dorms good enough for extremely privileged college students to spend multiple years living in, but essentially physical identical SROs are not good enough for anyone else, even people whose only alternative is sleeping on the streets?
The Goddamned Penguin @who_shot_jgr
one YIMBY thing i've never gotten is micro-units. maybe it's a rough and subjective measurement but "apartments should be nicer than anders breivik's prison cell" is the floor for me
10:19 PM · Sep 24, 2022
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Science Is Strategic@scienceisstrat1
Peter Thiel’s theory of California’s decline has several problems, writes @TheEconomist
“In the past five years, California’s state-level GDP has grown by 18%, a better performance than either Florida or Texas”
@Noahpinion @Jason @mollywood @chavkin
economist.com/finance-and-ec…
11:51 PM · Sep 24, 2022
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Bill Browder@Billbrowder
Zelensky offers guarantees for Russian soldiers who surrender: 1) To be treated in a civilized manner, 2) the circumstances of their surrender will remain undisclosed, 3) Ukraine will ensure those who do not want to return to Russia are not exchanged
thehill.com
Zelensky offers guarantees for Russian soldiers who surrender
11:04 PM · Sep 24, 2022
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Noah Smith 🐇🇺🇦@Noahpinion
Damn, I went into the wrong line of work
Dare Obasanjo @Carnage4Life
That the top 10 creators on OnlyFans make $470M while top 10 authors on Substack make less than $20M is a wild statistic. https://t.co/yni6QI5qJG
2:16 AM · Sep 25, 2022
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