Favorites August 2 2021
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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I wonder if this is also disallowed by california's no-speed-camera law. Probably depends on the details.
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.
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.
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.
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!
Pretty much exactly what you'd expect, but wild to see such clear data.
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.
Unclear whether Amazon will do anything different in a rerun of the election.
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?
The idea was first mentioned 6 months ago. Feinstein needs to retire.
And here I am telling people to get vaccinated for free like a chump.
NYT Media @nytmedia
I need more readers so I can make these federal dollars as well, tell your friends. Also tell them to get vaccinated.
