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.comFrance Climate Bill Bans Short Domestic Flights, But It’s More Than a StuntThe country’s sweeping climate bill, which passed a major hurdle on Saturday, is one of the only pieces of national legislation that treats climate change like the emergency that it is.

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.comEd Brubaker gets more residuals from his WINTER SOLDIER cameo than from creating the character - The BeatThe Beat is an award-winning, industry respected website covering the world of comics/graphic novels and comics culture on a daily basis.

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

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

Kai has strong feelings about civilian control.

Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

This all seems pretty bad

nytimes.comWestern Warnings Tarnish Vaccines the World Badly NeedsAmid a deep residue of mistrust, American and European cautions on the AstraZeneca and Johnson & Johnson vaccines risk igniting anti-vaccine fervor in the global south.

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: