Favorite Rejects

Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal

Good for Hugh. But why did the debate then continue?

Tim Hogan @timjhogan

Hugh Hewitt is moderating a Minnesota GOP gubernatorial debate and the first question he asked: did Biden legitimately win the 2020 election? Not one of the five candidates came anywhere close to saying yes.

Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

I continue to see a lot of persuasion denialists on here, but… https://t.co/vNMHXEs2si

Matt Grossmann @MattGrossmann

Party switching is up. From 2016 to 2020, 10% of Democrats & Republicans switched to the other party & 15% switched to independent. 50% of independents switched to a party. https://t.co/Tc6Tm26XBG

Timothy B. Lee @binarybits

Amazon has a problem with bait-and-switch reviews. Shady merchants, many from China, take highly-rated products and swap out the product descriptions to gain an unfair advantage in search results. Here's what I found when I looked for electric can openers. fullstackeconomics.com/amazon-isnt-do…

Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

Based

Christopher Shea @cshea4

Some members of the FDA's advisory committee on vaccines have been skeptical about booster shots for young, healthy people. Coincidentally or not, before the FDA approved boosters for 16 and 17 year olds, it decided not to convene the committee. https://t.co/mSfpgtfV62

Timothy B. Lee @binarybits

Good thread.

Matt Clancy @mattsclancy

Hard agree with this article. Amazon is not a classic monopolist that charges a price above marginal cost. Instead, it uses its monopoly position to underinvest in the quality of the service it provides (among other things). https://t.co/v9i7xFmOwq

Boing Boing @BoingBoing

The Star Wars Holiday Special upconverted into 4K at 60FPS is even more surreal boingboing.net/2021/12/16/the…

London Breed @LondonBreed

We're re-introducing a charter amendment to make it easier, faster, and less expensive to build new housing in SF. Affordable Housing Now will shave years off of the development timeline and save millions per project, making new housing more feasible.

sfchronicle.comMayor Breed wants to streamline housing production, but will S.F. supervisors approve it?For the third time in as many years, Mayor London Breed will bring forward a charter...

An Urban Futurist Democrat @UrbFuturistDem

Another reason densifying the suburbs is both objectively necessary and economic justice: excess bedrooms.

Dr Ed @notdred

Suddenly the demand for boosters is huge and many people can't get appointments for weeks. I'm going to be bitter for a long time about the people who trashed the need for boosting for the last few months while those doses sat on shelves.

Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

If they close schools again, I'm going to become the joker.

Timothy B. Lee @binarybits

"We need to stop treating the coronavirus like the bubonic plague, or like a punishment for sin, and start treating it like an endemic disease."

Tim Carney @TPCarney

Breaking: You’re going to get Covid. https://t.co/MKBC2wCyXK

Simon Bazelon @simon_bazelon

Currently thinking about how Biden tried to make boosters available to everyone 4 months ago and the CDC/FDA said no. Yet another brilliant decision by our public health officials.

McKenzie Wilson @McKenzieAWilson

BIG, big win for repro today. "The federal government on Thursday permanently lifted a major restriction on access to abortion pills. It will allow patients to receive the medication by mail instead of requiring them to obtain the pills in person."

nytimes.comF.D.A. Will Permanently Allow Abortion Pills by MailThe decision will broaden access to medication abortion, an increasingly common method, but many conservative states are already mobilizing against it.

Randall Munroe @xkcd

I just want to say a little extra thank you to all the people who are squeamish about needles and got vaccinated over the past year anyway