
The US gets to lay waste to russia's military AND to russia's state finances on the cheap.
Best US geostrategic investment ever.

Moshe Schwartz @YWNReporter

NEW: Defense Secretary Austin and Chinese Defense Minister Wei Fenghe had a “lengthy exchange” about Taiwan during their 90-min mtg: US defense officials
US & China talked about restarting a number of defense dialogues after China cancelled calls during Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan

Okay but James Cameron made the highest-grossing film of all time and then *broke his own record* to make the new highest-grossing film of all time.

Variety @Variety

Stories of steady progress over time tend not to be told and when they are told they tend not to be read, but they’re very important to understand.

Edouard Mathieu @redouad

Dems scored a persuasion win in the face of significant turnout headwinds — can read that as good or bad news depending on your taste. https://t.co/t3b4K29RCN

Josh Kraushaar @JoshKraushaar

This @dylanmatt piece spotlights an important reality that's often elided in the discourse: The U.S. safety-net has grown *more* supportive of the poor since Reagan's election (while remaining obscenely threadbare by West European standards). vox.com/the-highlight/…


Magazine feature I would LOVE to read: a look at the Bon Appetit Test Kitchen diaspora 18 months after they left and tried to make it on their own using YouTube and Patreon. Feels like an amazing tech + business + culture story

I want to engage this question earnestly, b/c it’s a legit question. The answer is yes, I do look at left, too.
Left-wing activists are responsible for 2% of murders committed by political extremists in the US over the past decade; right-wing activists are responsible for 74%. https://t.co/eOzXog3vZT

Brad Slager: Polling For Soup @MartiniShark

Cognitive behavioral therapy, especially for first-time offenders, can get a sizable number of people to avoid doing new crimes after release.

William Arbour @williamarbour

“Our device predicts internal speech directly, allowing the patient to just focus on saying a word inside their head and transform it into text.”


Even I get bored by how much I go on about housing, but it’s a third of household consumption and housing + transportation is half (!) so it’s genuinely much more important than other issues.

Robinson Meyer @robinsonmeyer