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Groups like Extinction Rebellion, Animal Rebellion, and Just Stop Oil all receive major funding from hedge fund managers and billionaire oil heirs. The purpose of their incendiary, controversial protests is to make activists and their causes look ridiculous.
9:04 PM · Oct 15, 2022
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C Nguyen@CNguyenEc
It’s about time that “since 1979” myth ends. The Sino-Vietnamese war lasted for 10 years. Among the highest daily combat losses in the history of Vietnam People’s Army took place in 1984 against China (600 to 1,700 per day in the Battle of Vi Xuyen/Laoshan).
Branko Milanovic @BrankoMilan
Many people don't like to confront the facts. But the facts are stubborn.
The US and the USSR/Russia have invaded and attacked scores of countries in the past 40 years while China has not invaded anyone since 1979.
7:58 AM · Oct 16, 2022
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Melissa & Chris Bruntlett@modacitylife
On January 1st, 2021, Brussels introduced a 30 km/h (18 mph) citywide speed limit.
Within one year, overall speeds decreased 9%, collisions 22%, fatalities 50%, and traffic noise up to 50% (depending on the surface).
Journey times by car were identical or even slightly shorter.
7:49 AM · Oct 15, 2022
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Oliver Jia (オリバー・ジア)@OliverJia1014
The Nazis unironically accusing the Soviets of war crimes after discovering the bodies from the Katyn Massacre in 1943.
Full context:
youtu.be/f2djnWw751s
11:19 AM · Oct 16, 2022
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Matthew Yglesias@mattyglesias
Obama doing politics over the past 48 hours has been like if an NBA player just showed up at a college game.
Jonathan Martin @jmart
Biggest reveal about Biden's Oregon trek were the talking-points-to-hit his political shop clearly got from @TinaKotek camp
Portlandia, circa 2022
Via pooler @tylerpager >>
“She’s rational. She’s smart. She knows what needs to be done. She knows we need more police officers.”
5:02 PM · Oct 16, 2022
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Matthew Yglesias@mattyglesias
Extremely stereotype-defying survey
12:13 AM · Oct 17, 2022
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Matthew Yglesias@mattyglesias
I think VC Twitter may be too accustomed to the well-functioning judicial system in the United States and doesn't understand the existence of credibility problems when trying to reach diplomatic arrangements.
2:03 PM · Oct 17, 2022
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Matthew Yglesias@mattyglesias
This paper claims to find that remote work induced a rise in fertility for native-born American women, but the identification strategy fails to account for the possibility that the release of ONE BILLION AMERICANS was the real cause.
nber.org
The Covid-19 Baby Bump: The Unexpected Increase in U.S. Fertility Rates in Response to the Pandemic
4:45 PM · Oct 17, 2022
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Matthew Yglesias@mattyglesias
You and I both know that Republicans are committed to very extreme positions on abortion policy — it's in their platform and everything — but they know this is an electoral loser and are trying to keep it out of the news, *and anti-abortion activists are cooperating*
1:37 PM · Oct 17, 2022
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Matthew Yglesias@mattyglesias
I would simply not
New York Post @nypost
Boston University researchers claim to have developed new, more lethal COVID strain in lab https://t.co/I2lda98deA https://t.co/aUB4EoMwP4
10:53 PM · Oct 17, 2022
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Charlie Stross@cstross
1980s vintage planes! I wonder if they can also revive the pilots from storage? If they learned to fly them circa 1990 they might still be under pension-claiming age …
AIRLIVE @airlivenet
Satellite images show Russia has begun to remove MiG-29 fighter jets from storage https://t.co/CYrC50zzqI
10:57 AM · Oct 18, 2022
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Kim-Mai Cutler@kimmaicutler
Henry J. Gomez @HenryJGomez
Tim Ryan to J.D. Vance in opening minutes of tonight's #OHSen debate: "JD, you keep talking about Nancy Pelosi. If you want to run against Nancy Pelosi move back to San Francisco and run against Nancy Pelosi."
3:02 AM · Oct 18, 2022
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Noah Smith 🐇🇺🇦@Noahpinion
Taipei is Solarpunk City
2:33 AM · Oct 19, 2022
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