Favorite Rejects 2023-03-10

Dave Lartigue @daveexmachina

he fell on his back and beating his legs trying to turn himself over, but he can't. Not without your help. But you're not helping, Leon

Michael Pegram @MichaelPNews

#BREAKING: Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell hospitalized after falling at a local hotel during a private dinner, spokesman confirms. Punchbowl News first to report.

Dan Walters @DanCALmatters

Hands down, Proposition 13

Alex Vassar 📚 @AlexCVassar

A question for you all: What do you think is the most significant (good or bad) California state law in the past 50 years?

Special Kherson Cat 🐈🇺🇦 @bayraktar_1love

Poseidon UAVs and DAF trucks, fully equipped for work on the battlefield received by Ukrainian units. UAVs have a range of up to 150 km, flight altitude - up to 4000 meters gazeta.ua/ru/articles/do…

Ken 🌻🇭🇰🗽🇨🇦 @kendroiddddd

This is the best application of AI of all the things I have heard so far. @Noahpinion

TaiwanPlus @taiwanplusnews

Lab rats no more: A Taiwan research team is using AI to cut down on animal testing. https://t.co/auVcyGWrVT

Garry Tan 陈嘉兴 @garrytan

In 2014, SFUSD denied access to algebra for all 8th graders, regardless of their preparation/motivation, claiming “equity.” Obtaining data through public records requests, the district’s claims of success were exposed as grossly misrepresented.

sfexaminer.comPut algebra 1 back in eighth gradeSFUSD’s delay of algebra 1 has created a nightmare of workarounds

Nate Silver @NateSilver538

Our new POLLSTER RATINGS are out and two big headlines. 1) Polls had their most accurate cycle ever* in the years covered by our comprehensive long-term database. * Technically, tied with 2004

Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

If you’re lucky some day you will find someone who loves you as much as Republicans love tax cheats

Jeff Stein @JStein_WaPo

It’s hard to state how angry Republicans are — at a visceral level — about the Biden administration’s attempt to dramatically increase the IRS budget

Josh @JalbyMD

The first mention of Kevin De Leon being a paid shill of the Aids Healthcare Foundation.

Aaron Green @AaronGuhreen

Here's something - @kdeleon was on salary with Michael Weinstein last year. Earned more than $100K as a consultant for Healthy Housing Foundation, an AHF org. Seems like a big deal? Could definitely explain his hard-NIMBY shift on housing politics. https://t.co/7u9J2d0kV3

Alec Stapp @AlecStapp

Good decision by the Biden administration here: Applying the “Buy American” rule to steel for EV charging stations would have needlessly slowed the transition to electric vehicles. Common sense prevails!

Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal

So he's going to mint the coin, then?

Jeff Stein @JStein_WaPo

NEW: House Freedom Caucus says it will only consider voting to raise debt limit if we — Rescind Biden student loan cancellation — Rescind IRS boost — Cut spending by at least $3 trillion — Rescind billions for climate — Cut energy regs & more @TonyRomm https://t.co/4gkj9TKu2p

Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

It doesn’t make a huge difference to this particular chart, but the inclination in reformworld to put weapons charges in the non-violent bucket is an important thing to keep an eye on — especially for normie libs who rightly believe guns are a huge piece of the US crime problem. https://t.co/erbfoYbdHU

Orin Kerr @OrinKerr

How many people are in prison or jail in the United States, and for what. https://t.co/eV8rQfMVzt https://t.co/hxjE7KNXmr

CGP Grey 🐝 @cgpgrey

The most upsetting and harmful misinformation ChatGPT has yet fed me: