Favorites August 2nd 2022

Hummingbird Nest, July 2022

Rex Chapman🏇🏼 @RexChapman

Alberta, Canada hail storm. Omg… https://t.co/JCT8LvIDqv

Gibran Marquez @GibranMarquez7

#abstorm last night 5km south of gasoline alley, horrible 17 minutes https://t.co/15HBfcB7cp

Here's what the car looked like afterwards.

sam @sam_d_1995

The far-right extremist supreme court is now further to the right than KANSAS, a state that hasn't voted for a Democratic president since LBJ when the supreme court is so far to the right of the country, the only way to restore balance is expand the court

Dave Wasserman @Redistrict

I've seen enough: in a huge victory for the pro-choice side, the Kansas constitutional amendment to remove protections of abortion rights fails.

Kansas is R+15, and currently the pro-abortion position is leading by 17 points.

Samson Ellis @samsonellis

Incredible footage of people cheering the arrival of @SpeakerPelosi’s jet in Taiwan earlier this evening.

Taiwanese people seem pretty happy about Pelosi's visit at least. Here's more details if you're unfamiliar with Taiwan's diplomatic situation, as well as speculation about the military situation.

Matthew Chapman @fawfulfan

The U.S. is a lot closer to achieving universal health care than most people realize.

Kevin Munoz @KMunoz46

Uninsured rate hit record low of 8% Thanks, ⁦@POTUS⁩! https://t.co/E6F28zGEOG

There's still a long way to go, costs are quite high for one thing.

mark vallianatos @markvalli

significant podium

As @VamonosLA points out: 11-story parking podium doesn't count towards the building's Floor Area Ratio, because FAR isn't actually about restricting building size, it's about restricting people. An FAR only on parking would be better.

Threads

• Explanation of why it's important for the US to defend Taiwan.