Favorites August 6th 2022
Forgot to hit send last night, there will be two posts today.
This drug price provision booted by the Senate parliamentarian has a far stronger argument to be in reconciliation than the ANWR drilling leases she approved for Republicans in 2017.
Tony Vote-a-Romm-a @TonyRomm
The good news is that this is unrelated to the insulin price caps, which are apparently handled separately.
Ten traffic tickets per day from a force of 45. And of those ten?
> “It seems people of color always bear the brunt of enforcement, even the thin gruel served by San Francisco.”
> “What exactly are they doing?”
Heather Knight @hknightsf
Jeez, the majority of citations are for things that aren't even likely to injure others? Unofficial SFPD police strike continues, despite Boudin's recall.
A safe streets activist quips: "we're now single issue voters: the people must force [SF Fire Department] to use these trucks instead of their 40 foot monstrosities"
"The real trouble starts when bitcoin falls below $15,000. ... Break-even for the most efficient machines is somewhere between $9,000 and $11,000, based on an electricity cost of 5c/kWh. In June 2022, JPMorgan put the cost of mining at $13,000 per bitcoin.
Amy Castor @ahcastor
BTC is currently at $23k, if it falls much further it's going to drive a bunch of crypto mining companies into bankruptcy.