Favorites August 29th 2021

Clearly, this means Saturn’s rings are composed of sharks, do not argue with me on this, this truth is unimpeachable

Anna Holopainen @AKHolopainen
Of sharks? By sharks!

MARTIN: you boys want some of my horse dewormer?
FRASIER (rolling eyes): theyre pronounced “hors d'oeuvres”
I've never watched Frasier, is this accurate?

So much for the “Mexicans bring crime to your town” narrative

Noah Smith 🐇 @Noahpinion
The linked graph is quite clear:

Interesting fact: New Zealand, HK, Singapore, and the UK actually pay *more* per mile of train than we do.


Another interesting fact: Road construction costs have exploded in the U.S. This suggests that the infrastructure cost problem is not primarily about lack of know-how.

I’ve mentioned Amtrak being incompetent in the past, and I’m not taking that back, but that’s just a question of managing the trains we already have. When it comes to building new track, there are clearly more issues. Then again, it’s probably worth the cost. These are all segments from a great Vox article.

Nearly 1 in 3 men with #COVID19 reported erectile dysfunction— get #vaccinated and #MaskUpToKeepItUp
chart: @_cingraham h/t @datachick
research study: ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/P…


jelani cobb @jelani9
Mcmillen called this “Dataviz hall of fame stuff”. Sometimes a pie chart is just a pie chart, but not this time.