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Blake Allen @Blake_Allen13

This is how you know Republican internals are apocalyptic on abortion right now. You have candidates up & down the ballot sprinting away from it as fast as they can, which means it’ll continue to be where Democrats hammer them on https://t.co/xEeUubujvK

Jonathan Cohn @CitizenCohn

Looks like another Republican candidate has removed abortion language from his website. This time it’s Tom Barrett, who is challenging Elissa Slotkin for a U.S. House seat in Michigan. Via @nannburke @CraigDMauger https://t.co/E9Y7BNjRej https://t.co/2ZC60Pelsc

Super bad for current Republicans, but I wonder how this plays out in later elections where they have more time to strategize? Do they move on Abortion? Do they flip from primary to general every cycle? "Dog who caught the car"

Historic Vids @historyinmemes

The titanic in comparison to a modern cruise ship

It's such a shame there has only been one nuclear passenger ship.

Run more buses and trains (and nothing else)! @HeadwaysMatter

@Noahpinion The trams in Hiroshima resumed running 3 days after Little Boy was dropped on the city

en.m.wikipedia.orgHiroshima Electric Railway - Wikipedia

Two of the cars that survived the bombing were still in operation in 2015.

Neoliberal 🌐🇺🇦 @ne0liberal

Africa's child mortality rate today is better than Europe's child mortality rate was in the 1950s. The world, despite all of our setbacks, really is getting better.

In other graph news, did you know that US millenial wealth is on the same trajectory as Gen X? Or that Gen X are wealthier than Boomers were?

Dr. Doug Corrigan @ScienceWDrDoug

“For 14 of the past 15 weeks, England and Wales have averaged around 1,000 extra deaths each week, none of which are due to Covid.If the current trajectory continues,the number of non-Covid excess deaths will soon outstrip deaths from the virus this year” uk.news.yahoo.com/silent-crisis-…

"Policies that kept people indoors, scared them away from hospitals and deprived them of treatment and primary care are finally taking their toll." I guess going to the doctor really does have some upsides. Also, don't read the comments on this one, it's all conspiracy theorists.

Threads

• Thread talking about the advantages of rockets over space elevators. Even if you disregard the massive cost of building a space elevator, once you have one, it's probably not much better than today's rockets. Cost per kilogram to orbit is on track to be comparable with air freight. Skyhooks are still a possible competitor.

• Thread explaining best practices in modern data science. It's good but I'm astounded they left out the importance of using computers.