Favorite Tweets for April 14 2021
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Paris Marx ☭@parismarx
That French flight ban bill?
It would also “ban fossil fuel advertisements, create low emission zones in any city with more than 150,000 people by 2024, ban the sale of most gas-powered cars by 2030, and significantly limit building on undeveloped land.”
vice.com
France Climate Bill Bans Short Domestic Flights, But It’s More Than a Stunt
2:13 AM · Apr 14, 2021
73 Reposts · 185 Likes
Previously I had only seen the “Banning flights that can be accomplished by a 2 hour train ride”, but this is a really interesting set of policies.
The Beat@comicsbeat
Ed Brubaker gets more residuals from his WINTER SOLDIER cameo than from creating the character
comicsbeat.com
Ed Brubaker gets more residuals from his WINTER SOLDIER cameo than from creating the character - The Beat
7:01 PM · Apr 14, 2021
98 Reposts · 160 Likes
Since you were wondering, here’s the best screenshot I could find of him Ed Brubaker in the film:
Bruce Mehlman@bpmehlman
YIKES.
Who do you trust more:
Climate change: D+31
Environment: D+29
Coronavirus: D+25
Protecting Social Sec/Medicare: D+20
Healthcare: D+19
Education: D+18
Voting rights: D+16
Economy: D+5
Gun policy: D+5
Immigration: D+4
Nat'l Security: Even
Politico/Morning Consult, Apr. 2-4
8:03 PM · Apr 14, 2021
1.71K Reposts · 7.59K Likes
Here’s the poll if you’re interested. The numbers cited above are among Registered Voters based on page 41.
Kai Ryssdal@kairyssdal
Hold up.
It’s not the Pentagon’s job to make these decisions.
Sam Stein @samstein
NEW — ‘The Pentagon is not making these decisions’: How Biden’s team overrode the brass on Afghanistan
https://t.co/T0dirpL3e5
by @laraseligman @AndrewDesiderio
@NatashaBertrand
@nahaltoosi
9:09 PM · Apr 14, 2021
181 Reposts · 1.64K Likes
Kai has strong feelings about civilian control.
Matthew Yglesias@mattyglesias
This all seems pretty bad
nytimes.com
Western Warnings Tarnish Vaccines the World Badly Needs
12:38 AM · Apr 15, 2021
28 Reposts · 200 Likes
I had been worrying about the impact on vaccine hesitancy here at home, but the impact on other countries… yikes.
Elaine Scattermoon@scattermoon
The three categories of British news:
3:18 PM · Apr 13, 2021
3.56K Reposts · 35.7K Likes