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"Today’s harmless experimentation could result in tomorrow’s planetary-scale catastrophe," @amywebb writes
I mean, it's a conversation about lab leak risk, which I know is touchy, but it remains a real risk we should be trying to mitigate.
The stark mathematical reality that underlies a lot of disagreements within the Democratic Party. fullstackeconomics.com/how-joe-bidens…
I suspect that the person making 60k a year would end up 'making it up' because of how much less they'd spend on healthcare. But it's very difficult to think about things that way.
The labor shortage is forcing TSMC to delay construction on its chip plant in Arizona
Unlike many problems, this is an extremely easy one to solve:
Let the millions of high-skilled engineers who want to immigrate to the US do so
It's so frustrating when the simple answer is just sitting there in front of us.
Yessssssss...chill out Poots
Financial Times @FT
I'm Cautiously Optimistic. Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson seems to be declaring victory, which Is probably a good sign.
Read the full piece hightlighted by @washingtonpost from @GMFAsia's @BonnieGlaser and @ajwsmall on the Sino-Russian relatinship here:
If you're unsure whether there's an alliance between those two, the last couple of month's events should make you more certain.
Here's a really wild chart.
Shares of Hilton have now matched the performance of Zoom since February 19, 2020, the market right before the pandemic.
Just incredible reversal of the "COVID winners" trade. The hotel business is booming. bloomberg.com/news/articles/… $HLT $ZM
