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The US gets to lay waste to russia's military AND to russia's state finances on the cheap.
Best US geostrategic investment ever.
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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
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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.
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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.
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Edouard Mathieu @redouad
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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
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Josh Kraushaar @JoshKraushaar
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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/…
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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
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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
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Brad Slager: Polling For Soup @MartiniShark
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Cognitive behavioral therapy, especially for first-time offenders, can get a sizable number of people to avoid doing new crimes after release.
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William Arbour @williamarbour
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“Our device predicts internal speech directly, allowing the patient to just focus on saying a word inside their head and transform it into text.”
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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.
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