Favorites August 2 2021
Taras Grescoe 🐌@grescoe
Nice, #Nantes, #Toulouse and 5 other cities in #France are launching "radars anti-bruit" (noise cameras) to automatically ticket drivers whose vehicles exceed a certain number of decibels on city streets.
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2:47 PM · Aug 2, 2021
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I wonder if this is also disallowed by california's no-speed-camera law. Probably depends on the details.
Noah Smith 🐇@Noahpinion
The answer to the question of whether humanity can hold global warming below 2°C seems to depend in a nontrivial manner on whether China's government is willing and able to smash its politically powerful coal industry.
6:26 PM · Aug 2, 2021
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Noah Smith 🐇@Noahpinion
Hopefully Xi Jinping is wise enough and powerful enough to smash the Chinese coal industry the way he just smashed the Chinese consumer tech industry.
9:08 PM · Aug 2, 2021
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I like this, appeal to flattery! Here’s Noah’s article about the situation with the Chinese tech industry getting smashed so effectively by Xi Jinping.
Ethan Mollick@emollick
Homework used to help. Doing it improved final test grades for 86% of students in 2008, but only 45% in 2017. What caused the change? As this paper shows, a majority of students are now copying internet answers & it turns out doing homework yourself means better exam scores!
10:38 PM · Aug 2, 2021
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Pretty much exactly what you'd expect, but wild to see such clear data.
Ezra Kaplan@EzraNBC
BREAKING: An federal officer has recommended a new union election at Amazon in Bessemer, AL. The e-commerce giant is accused of illegal interference in the mail-in election.
10:41 PM · Aug 2, 2021
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Unclear whether Amazon will do anything different in a rerun of the election.
Jeff Bercovici@jeffbercovici
How is getting Diane Feinstein to retire literally tomorrow not Schumer's top priority? Are they really just gonna let her RBG away the Senate?
12:50 AM · Aug 3, 2021
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The idea was first mentioned 6 months ago. Feinstein needs to retire.
Mike Duncan@mikeduncan
And here I am telling people to get vaccinated for free like a chump.
NYT Media @nytmedia
In addition to the efforts by the White House, state and local governments have begun paying “local micro influencers” — those with 5,000 to 100,000 followers — up to $1,000 a month to promote Covid-19 vaccines to their fans. https://t.co/5f0CC3x50K
1:48 AM · Aug 3, 2021
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I need more readers so I can make these federal dollars as well, tell your friends. Also tell them to get vaccinated.
