Favorites April 20th 2022

Trung Phan @TrungTPhan

the streaming wars, explained

Netflix's stock is down a lot. Oh, and while we're on the subject of streaming services, CNN+ has fewer subscribers than slow boring. So they're not even part of the fight.

Andrew Prokop @awprokop

Somebody borrowed $1B in crypto to steal $182M in crypto, probably profited $80M in crypto, laundered it through the crypto money laundering service. Also this is about "beans." I love crypto theverge.com/2022/4/18/2303…

Crypto is just so absolutely full of scams, like Eve Online, but with higher stakes.

Noah Smith 🐇🇺🇦 @Noahpinion

This is a classic steppe warfare tactic. Send the people of captured cities to charge into the guns and die. Reduces the population of conquered regions while providing a very slight military benefit.

Olga Tokariuk @olgatokariuk

Ukrainian intelligence reports that Russia plans to carry out forced mobilization in the occupied territories of Zaporizhzhia and Kherson regions after pseudo-referendums. Ukrainians are to be sent into the hottest spots of the frontline to fight their own armed forces 🙄

I continue to really wonder whether this kind of conscription will work in modern militaries, we are unfortunately going to find out.

Meg Tirrell @megtirrell

Moderna says it plans to submit EUA application for #covid19 vaccine for kids 6mo-5yr by the end of the month

Meg Tirrell @megtirrell

To summarize: FDA needs Moderna and Pfizer to submit applications for EUA before it can begin review process for kids under 5 And suggests it requires more manufacturing data from Novavax to complete review https://t.co/uXds78Vf0G

They previously promised mid-April, absolutely infuriating.

Thread

• Short thread about how Russia isn't set up to comand so many troops at once.