Favorite Rejects 2022-11-30

Samuel Sinyangwe @samswey

Police killed at least 1,054 people through November 27, 2022. Police are killing people at higher rates in 2022 than *any year on record* in the United States. mappingpoliceviolence.us

Henk Swarttouw @copenhenken

Less traffic leads to lower air pollution. Now scientifically proven! 👩‍🔬🎉 newscientist.com/article/234862…

newscientist.comLow traffic neighbourhood schemes cut air pollution on nearby roadsSchemes that aim to reduce traffic through certain streets have been accused of increasing air pollution on roads at their borders, but a study in London has found that the opposite is true

Dare Obasanjo 🐀 @Carnage4Life

Tech sector layoffs are high relative to other industries because every other industry shrank during COVID while tech companies grew as people used tech products more during lockdown. We’re simply seeing a reversion to mean and elimination of pandemic hiring spikes.

Nick Bunker @nick_bunker

Tech sector layoffs are grabbing headlines, but in total layoffs are still very low. The layoffs and discharges rate has now been below the pre-pandemic low for 20 straight months. https://t.co/2T0GQvbhbe

Wayne P @dubyapeigh

@MollyJongFast According to Heritage, this is the end of peace and prosperity

Will Sommer @willsommer

QAnon believers say they're fighting a pedophile cabal. Today, I've got a story on a leading Q promoter whose ill-advised defamation lawsuit against a local paper revealed his own criminal relationship and sexually charged text messages with a teenager.

thedailybeast.comQAnon Leader Inadvertently Outs Himself as a GroomerQAnon leader Phil Godlewski carried on an inappropriate relationship with a minor that police records suggest turned sexual.

Noah Smith 🐇🇺🇦 @Noahpinion

China opening up??

Michael Anti @mranti

北京似乎防疫政策也在连夜改。孙春兰只字不提“动态清零”的讲话晚上新华社发出后，我所在街道微信公号突然发出通知，说明天开始阳性只十字花居家隔离，不再封楼了，而且是否去方舱要看本人意愿。

Steve Hou (“CONSUME LESS!”) @stevehouf

Jiang Zemin is arguably the most complicated leader of the PRC. He shepherded the market transition of China. A few major angles: 1) economic reforms: -tax reform (split of tax revenue btwn Central and local govts) and stabilized the relationship btwn central and local govts; 1/n

BBC Breaking News @BBCBreaking

China's former leader Jiang Zemin, who came to power after Tiananmen Square protests, has died at 96, state media says https://t.co/D5juTf102A

Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

A lot of well-deserved dunks on the EU over this coming from American rightists — I just hope they will spare some time to praise the Biden administration & the IRA for taking the correct pro-nuclear approach. 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolu…

marginalrevolution.comNuclear power doesn’t count as green in the EU - Marginal REVOLUTIONFrance is the only one of the 27 EU member states to have missed its objective for 2020, when renewable energy represented 19.1% of its consumption, below the 23% target. Sigh. Here is the full story, via Nicanor.

Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

One way for Republicans to do better in future senate elections would be to nominate residents of the states they are running in.

nymag.comHerschel Walker Can’t Shake His Texas Residency ProblemThe GOP Senate candidate is being hit with renewed questions about his residency, which underscore claims that his heroic image in Georgia is hollow.

Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

A teen girl and a French dude team up to kill a bunch of cops — the nineties were a wild time.

Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

@bendreyfuss Can you imagine if Léon: The Professional were released today? All of world culture would meltdown in a storm of discourse.

Noah Smith 🐇🇺🇦 @Noahpinion

Huh, didn't notice til today that median family income is actually higher than per capita GDP, and always has been.

Dan Federman @dfed@sfba.social @TheFederman

In the US we consider a life to be worth $10mil. A decade ago, 30 people were committing suicide on the bridge per year. While the $400mil cost is absurd, it’s still a public investment with high ROI. Pays for itself in less than a year and a half. https://t.co/03ghXSWQLN

Warren J. Wells 🚴🏙️🦀 @WarrenJWells

The cost of the Golden Gate Bridge suicide netting has risen to over half the bridge's original construction cost. https://t.co/TUQaWa6L2o