Favorite Rejects 2022-11-01

Noah Smith 🐇🇺🇦 @Noahpinion

We should probably move this thing out of the way at some point

cnn.com‘Planet killer’ asteroid spotted hiding in the sun’s glare | CNNAstronomers have spotted three near-Earth asteroids that were lurking undetected within the glare of the sun. One of the asteroids is the largest potentially hazardous object to Earth to be discovered in the last eight years.

Very Finnish Problems @VFinnishProbs

Russian state media: Finns are dying of cold due to cutting ties with Russia. Finns:

Randall Munroe @xkcd

If you gave me this screenshot with the last four words blanked out, I definitely wouldn’t be able to guess them

Joel M. Petlin @Joelmpetlin

@elonmusk @StephenKing Only on Twitter can we watch a man worth $200 billion negotiate with a man worth $500 million about saving $12 a month.

Chuck Wendig @ChuckWendig

"Having tens of thousands of followers on YouTube or Instagram makes you an income. Having tens of thousands of followers on Twitter makes you a target."

James Ball @jamesrbuk

If one in five current blue ticks paid $20 a month that would raise just under $15 million a year for Twitter…Twitter’s current revenues (mostly from ads) are $5 billion a year. Musk’s apparent plan would generate about 30 hours’ worth of annual revenue. https://t.co/RmuMirG2PL

Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

Seems like a bad take to me but if the new president of Brazil wants to try to mediate that wouldn't be the worst idea in the world.

Visegrád 24 @visegrad24

Lula on Ukraine: “Putin shouldn’t have invaded Ukraine. But it’s not just Putin who is guilty. The US and EU are also guilty. What was the reason for the Ukraine invasion? NATO? Then the US and EU should have said: 'Ukraine won’t join NATO.' That would have solved the problem" https://t.co/X2jmkzVu8Z

Andrew Prokop @awprokop

-Twitter's revenue is currently overwhelmingly ad money. -But appeasing advertisers means being less edgy than Elon would like (for instance, the CEO tweeting fun conspiracy theories is a no-no) -So he desperately wants to pivot revenue away from ads -Hence $20 blue check stuff

Bob Wachter @Bob_Wachter

Covid rates have been uniformly good in the U.S., but there IS geographic variation. For example, I'm OK eating indoors in SF now (7 cases/100K/d). But I'm heading to NYC this Friday, and I won't (29 cases/100K/d). Why? The same encounter there is 4x riskier Covid-wise than here.

Lord Leah of Greenberg @Leahgreenb

Republicans want you to believe that contraception is safe. They are lying to you.

Pat Dennis @patdennis

On hot mic audio he didn't realize was being recorded, Brian Kemp signaled his willingness to bring up a contraception ban in Georgia https://t.co/Ow6KNByQ3I

Mike Duncan @mikeduncan

One of the lessons of Trump is that American society doesn’t know how to process people announcing their nefarious plans out in the open for everyone to hear. https://t.co/AptWpPjrS5

Astead @AsteadWesley

You can't really say they're hiding it https://t.co/w9BhdYix8J via @patrickdmarley https://t.co/HgpIQ0K6cB