Favorite Rejects 2023-03-02

Richard Baldwin @BaldwinRE

FYI chart: #ukraine cost in historical perspective

Robotbeat🗽 ➐ @Robotbeat

Tesla minimized this, but it feels like Investor Day showed ways Tesla can decouple itself from China. Ramping up production in TX/NV/CA/NY/Berlin. Adding a new Gigafactory in Mexico, should have lower labor cost than Shanghai. No rare earths in new motor. Insourcing electronics.

Blake Allen @Blake_Allen13

- Kuwait - Kosovo - South Korea - *see WWII generally* - Bosnia - Sierra Leon - Timor-Leste To name a few

JP @grosmorne29

Name one country that has been better off after western military intervention.

Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

This argument for police defusing has haunted me every since I read it in January, because it’s not like the neighborhoods in question have achieved this through enlightened social democracy they’ve just NIMBYed themselves away from social problems. washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/…

Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

New AI model combining language with visual perception just dropped. arxiv.org/pdf/2302.14045…

Andrew Prokop @awprokop

Richard Hanania, who is essentially as far to the right as Attila the Hun, says he sought to prove that wokeness was making teens depressed and became convinced otherwise by the data. Noah Smith came to a similar conclusion. richardhanania.substack.com/p/how-i-change… noahpinion.substack.com/p/honestly-its…

Adam Ozimek @ModeledBehavior

Let me say some good things about the CHIPs implementation so far, because I am trying to be a helpful critic here and bc while there is stuff to improve, there is stuff to like. A thread...

Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

This seems like a guy who should have his cars confiscated by the police and sold at auction to someone more responsible and law-abiding. https://t.co/vRPgkmpneR

Scott Villeneuve @MSport1223

I've never put a plate on any of my sports cars. This guy's a dweeb. https://t.co/SCDAPynM9j

Josh Koehn @Josh_Koehn

NEW: State Sen. Scott Wiener has set up an exploratory committee to run for Nancy Pelosi's seat.

sfstandard.comScott Wiener Forms Exploratory Committee for Nancy Pelosi’s SeatScott Wiener took a big step toward potentially pursuing a run for the congressional seat currently held by former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.

Noah Smith 🐇🇺🇦 @Noahpinion

More support for the "Xi Jinping is personally steering China in a very bad direction" thesis

Jonathan Grady @_JonathanGrady

“U.S. officials believe that some leaders beneath Xi are wary of this doubling-down on Russia, seeing a stable relationship with the United States and its European allies as a better bet for China” https://t.co/Tf2SGC0BvZ