Thomas C. Theiner@noclador
I grew up during the Cold War.
I studied the Cold War.
When the russians/Soviets say: "We will use nuclear weapons!", the only answer must be: "Try and die."
All else is seen as weakness by the kremlin and will lead to the russians using nukes.
7:20 PM · Oct 4, 2022
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Next door in Silicon Valley@nextdoorsv
Property taxes per year of these three houses:
1. $1,142
2. $59,790 (not a typo)
3. $2,050
Because of Californian voters in 1978 #ThanksProp13
10:00 PM · Oct 4, 2022
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Matthew Yglesias@mattyglesias
I was thinking of writing a piece with almost this exact headline.
persuasion.community
Adults Today Care Too Much What Young People Think
10:54 AM · Oct 5, 2022
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Curtis Herbert@parrots
Via reddit (GPS path of cutting grass, S4 vs Ultra). I wish every Apple Watch got this GPS upgrade; I always advise users to keep their phone on them so it can use the phone’s GPS. This is an amazing improvement.
3:03 PM · Oct 5, 2022
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John Ismay@johnismay
“The Chinese naval officers I’ve spoken to in years past have said they fear the humiliation that would result from any kind of failure, and this of course has the effect of them being less likely to take action if there is an increased risk of failure”
nytimes.com
U.S. Aims to Turn Taiwan Into Giant Weapons Depot
12:18 PM · Oct 5, 2022
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Andrew Prokop@awprokop
This is anecdotal but among "mostly disengaged from politics" normies I speak to I've often heard skepticism that Trump will really run again in 2024.
I obviously don't *know* whether he will, but it certainly looks like it to me, and if so there's a big wake up call coming
4:16 PM · Oct 5, 2022
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Market Urbanism@MarketUrbanism
Californians completed almost 10,000 new backyard houses last year. There’s a ways to go, but YIMBY laws in California are getting results. New York lawmakers need to catch up theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…
6:16 PM · Oct 5, 2022
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Matthew Yglesias@mattyglesias
The idea that it advances racial equity to let people drive recklessly with fake tags and total impunity strikes me as a pretty ill-considered.
Jordan Pascale🎙️ @JWPascale
D.C. task force gave up on trying to address the fake temporary tags on vehicles.
Some drivers of these vehicles act recklessly with no repercussions bc they can't be traced by photo enforcement. Some have racked up 10s of thousands of dollars in speeding fines. https://t.co/RZ0kIg0POU
7:41 PM · Oct 5, 2022
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Renato Mariotti@renato_mariotti
It is interesting to see the difference between how Judge Cannon described documents and the underlying documents she purportedly described.
Charlie Savage @charlie_savage
There was apparently a docketing error and two still-sealed lists of potentially privileged FBI-seized MAL docs (A is gov docs & B is personal Trump docs) were briefly exposed; copy made its way to @ZoeTillman of Bloomberg who published them last night https://t.co/7YZl5M5mch
8:06 PM · Oct 5, 2022
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Matthew Yglesias@mattyglesias
Didn’t we have these exact problems when people were relying on analog guidebooks?
Vox @voxdotcom
The world’s most beautiful places have become deeply unpleasant to actually visit. Blame Instagram — but also algorithms, argues @rebexxxxa. https://t.co/SLIjTrH2MM https://t.co/9maLMmkjk4
10:20 PM · Oct 5, 2022
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ChrisO@ChrisO_wiki
1/ The Russian and Ukrainian armies have shown a marked contrast in their approaches to technological innovation. A post on the Russian Telegram channel Veterans' Notes suggests that Russia is bad at integrating new technology into field use.
11:29 PM · Oct 5, 2022
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Reza Zadeh@Reza_Zadeh
An excellent introductory guide to Stable Diffusion. Clear and well-written. By @JayAlammar jalammar.github.io/illustrated-st…
11:58 PM · Oct 5, 2022
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Noah Smith 🐇🇺🇦@Noahpinion
Bargaining stage of grief?
Francis Scarr @francis_scarr
You just couldn't make it up
Today Putin said that he's always had "enormous respect" for Ukraine as well as its culture and language https://t.co/pmMO4p6E59
1:34 AM · Oct 6, 2022
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Aaron 🥑🚈🚰🏀@aceckhouse
😈 https://t.co/btbDwfejfz
Chris Elmendorf @CSElmendorf
Big builders-remedy news out of Santa Monica:
@California_HCD weighs in on proposed project, says that developer's filing of "preliminary application" while city is out of compliance with housing element law "vests" the project's eligibility for builder's remedy. 1/8 https://t.co/OgGU2oGx2l
2:58 AM · Oct 6, 2022
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