Favorites August 29th 2021
Chuck Wendig@ChuckWendig
Clearly, this means Saturn’s rings are composed of sharks, do not argue with me on this, this truth is unimpeachable
Anna Holopainen @AKHolopainen
Did y'all know that sharks are older than Saturn’s rings (400 millon years vs. 150 million years)
I can't stop thinking about this 😳
1:34 PM · Aug 29, 2021
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Of sharks? By sharks!
Ben Rosen@ben_rosen
MARTIN: you boys want some of my horse dewormer?
FRASIER (rolling eyes): theyre pronounced “hors d'oeuvres”
4:19 AM · Aug 29, 2021
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I've never watched Frasier, is this accurate?
Tyler 🏳️🌈🇺🇸🏗@Tyler_The_Wise
So much for the “Mexicans bring crime to your town” narrative
Noah Smith 🐇 @Noahpinion
This is astonishing. Hispanic Americans are now less likely to be jailed than White Americans.
https://t.co/B6aghAnr7Q https://t.co/4604vdXm6U
7:28 PM · Aug 28, 2021
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The linked graph is quite clear:
Noah Smith 🐇@Noahpinion
Interesting fact: New Zealand, HK, Singapore, and the UK actually pay *more* per mile of train than we do.
9:46 PM · Aug 29, 2021
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Noah Smith 🐇@Noahpinion
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.
9:48 PM · Aug 29, 2021
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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.
Jorge A. Caballero, MD@DataDrivenMD
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
CDC has dramatically underutilized the fact that COVID attacks men’s penises and can cause erectile dysfunction.
I seriously think messaging on this would improve vax rates: an image of a wet noodle next to a picture of someone getting the shot and the words “You Choose.”
7:31 PM · Jul 31, 2021
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Mcmillen called this “Dataviz hall of fame stuff”. Sometimes a pie chart is just a pie chart, but not this time.
