Favorite Rejects 2023-01-24

Lux “Ask Me About Self-Managed Abortion” Alptraum @LuxAlptraum

Years ago I pitched a piece about how sex workers are the best positioned to do anti-sex trafficking work; it got accepted by Vice (but never ran, we'll get to that in a second). During the course of edits, I got asked to provide a police perspective on the issue. I refused.

10x’er @10x_er

can’t believe we built AGI in python

Joey Politano 🏳️‍🌈 @JosephPolitano

Supply chains may be finally healing Flexport data shows the time it takes cargo to leave China and arrive in the US/Europe is rapidly declining and finally approaching pre-pandemic levels.

SDL @SocDoneLeft

Donald Shoup @DonaldShoup

Creative houseplex proposal moves ahead as Victoria council prioritizes housing over parking - Capital Daily:

capitaldaily.caCreative houseplex proposal moves ahead as Victoria council prioritizes housing over parkingDeveloper Julian West wants to “help catalyze a conversation” about housing and transportation

Noah Smith 🐇🇺🇦 @Noahpinion

I support national health insurance. But that is a different thing from national health *care*. The UK's experience suggests that national health *care* is not all it's cracked up to be, which may be why other countries don't use this kind of system.

Zoe Schneeweiss @ZSchneeweiss

Britain’s NHS black hole is devouring the whole country https://t.co/vM8k2KF382 via @PhilAldrick https://t.co/bwyYDiD2fb

David Zipper @DavidZipper

Another bullish take on minicars: "For people who live in a densely populated area or who drive only a few dozen miles per day (i.e., most people in the US), an electric micro-car could do the trick while saving money, energy, emissions, and more."

electrek.coLow-cost tiny electric cars like these could be the next big thingIt’s true that prices for many leading full-size electric cars have dropped slightly in the last few months. But even...

Carl @HistoryBoomer

On the one hand, progressive historians exaggerate its evil and ignore that the British Empire wasn't as cruel as other empires, like the Mongols or Belgians. On the other hand, when you're argument is "we weren't as awful as King Leopold II," you may be standing on shaky ground.

YIMBYLAND @YIMBYLAND

People HATE condos. Especially a skyscraper like this one which contains 450 new units. This is what it would look like if those ppl bought up 450 single family homes in rapidly gentrifying East Austin instead. Fight displacement by building luxury condos.

Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

I’m getting the sense that there may be something off with the overall system for handling classified documents. https://t.co/v8SRorWWQS

Farnoush Amiri @FarnoushAmiri

NEW YORK (AP) — Classified documents found at former Vice President Mike Pence’s Indiana residence, lawyer tells National Archives.

Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

All the bad tweets I’ve ever done were rogue engineers

Joseph Menn @josephmenn

Hundreds of Twitter engineers can tweet as any Twitter user without detection, a new whistleblower has told Congress and the Federal Trade Commission. Only from the Post, https://t.co/dLlnnBIQko

Derek Thompson @DKThomp

The Doomsday Clock is so absurd. How are news organizations still treating this joke of false precision with any kind of reverence. It’s like meteorologists solemnly and humorlessly reporting the results of Groundhog Day.

Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

My kid has a stuffed panda in a santa hat that he insists on calling Santa Panda even though Panda Claus is right there as an option.

sam @sam_d_1995

it’s funny how basically every megacity realized that mass transit is the only way to efficiently move millions of people every day but Los Angeles tried to delude itself into thinking highways would work and now the traffic just looks like this every day