Favorites April 16th 2022
Trying out having the photo at the top.
Dr. Megan Ann Greenfield@magreenfield
Amazing new polymer: “elastic modulus is 4-6x that of bulletproof glass…. its yield strength is twice that of steel, even though the material has only about one-sixth the density of steel.”
scitechdaily.com
MIT Engineers Create the “Impossible” – New Material That Is Stronger Than Steel and As Light as Plastic
12:48 AM · Apr 17, 2022
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It self-assembles into a 2d layer, very cool!
Amanda Glassman@glassmanamanda
An Operation Warp Speed for Nasal Vaccines -
marginalrevolution.com
An Operation Warp Speed for Nasal Vaccines - Marginal REVOLUTION
3:57 PM · Apr 16, 2022
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Alex Tabarrok: "Operation Warp Speed was the highest benefit to cost ratio of any government program since the Manhattan Project".
Omar Wasow@owasow
“Thirty years ago, 55% of men reported having at least six close friends. Today, 27% of men have six or more close friends. Fifteen percent of men have no close friendships at all, a fivefold increase since 1990.” americansurveycenter.org/why-mens-socia…
5:25 PM · Apr 16, 2022
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The thread has some data and sad anecdotes, what's more, geographic mobility probably isn't to blame here.
James Fallows@JamesFallows
Discussion back in the day:
Friends: “I don’t like X, Y, Z about the Trans-Pacific Partnership.”
Me: "You’re going to like a lot less whatever takes its place."
Friends: “We should have something better.”
Me: “Yeah, but we’re going to get something worse.”
And …
Scott Lincicome @scottlincicome
"S. Korea decides to join CPTPP trade agreement" https://t.co/JLSCGqJaAx https://t.co/Cwr74dg9xl
10:24 PM · Apr 16, 2022
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Ugh, what a policy disaster.
Dr. Grant T. Harward@GHarward
Sometimes the internet really delivers! 😆😂🤣
#Dracula #VladtheImpaler #marshmallows
(Although most Romanians I introduced marshmallows to thought they were too sweet. We wasted a bunch of marshmallows and graham crackers sent from the States on s'mores at a church activity.)
9:39 PM · Apr 16, 2022
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• Thread with details about the Moskva and why it sank. Includes unconfirmed reports of 58 survivors from a crew of 500.