Favorite Rejects 2022-09-25
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Russia's mobilization vs. Ukraine's increasingly Western-equipped force could be the nearest thing to an empirical case study in the long-running dispute between capability/quality and capacity/quantity in defense strategy and force planning. 1/25
Beijing's propaganda efforts receive far less attention than the notorious Russian disinformation campaigns of recent years. That's an oversight, writes @AdamMinter trib.al/nrcmzF3 via @opinion
When a tech company does it, it’s a dangerous social experiment
When the NYT does it, it’s an A/B test
Draft dodging is courageous but gotta love the total disrespect to pro-democracy protesters in Russia getting arrested and then drafted as punishment right now. Hope the clicks feel good over some weak logic.
Paul Massaro @apmassaro3
@ParkerMolloy @mattyglesias This is all pretty new - traditionally income made people more conservative while education made people more liberal.
But the relative strength of education vs income effects changed dramatically after 2016, which is why superPAC spending went from 80% R in 2010 to 73% D in 2018
Texas's solar market is booming, despite a lack of explicit solar policies. What Texas does have is:
1. Lots of sun.
2. Lots of land.
3. A competitive non-monopoly utility model.
4. Easy permitting for both energy and transmission.
Every state and country can learn from 3 & 4.
Nat Bullard @NatBullard
EV sales in California are absolutely surging.
Below is a short 🧵 on the incredibly progress being made in decarbonizing transportation in CA, but also some of the challenges ahead for the state’s already strained grid. (1/9)
Cc: @ramez @JesseJenkins @dwallacewells @erikbryn
@GeneralStaffUA in their evening update says the Russians are already sending some of the just forcibly raised conscripts into fighting units after no training whatsoever. If true, this is desperate stuff.
Генеральний штаб ЗСУ @GeneralStaffUA
