Favorites January 21st 2022

Ashwin Varma @varma_ashwin97

But we've not made any progress in treating cancer!!?!?!?

The data looks similar for breast cancer, prostate, lymphomas.

Tracy Alloway @tracyalloway

Saving hamsters is turning into the latest form of protest in Hong Kong.

bloomberg.comBloomberg - Are you a robot?

Pretty strange outcome, plus I ended up watching the Siberian Hamster bit from Faulty towers.

Gernot Wagner @GernotWagner

Heat pumps, the next energy transition race

Gniewomir Flis @gnievchenko

Heat pump installations are really taking off in Germany🇩🇪. If the recent growth rate is maintained, Germany will succeed in installing 6 million devices by 2030. https://t.co/zxspM1PoE1

They even have heat pump water heaters now, with a built in instant water heater so that it never runs out! With energy usage similar to an incandescent light bulb!

Andrew Prokop @awprokop

An argument for "we got lucky' here buzzfeednews.com/article/danver…

Terrifying to think that the whole 'killing the host' part of covid is not part of whether it spreads effectively. I previously imagined that avoiding killing the host is a helpful limiter on infectious diseases, but apparently that thinking may not be correct (at least not in any way that's useful for humans).

Aaron 🥑🚈🚰🏀 @aceckhouse

it’s about time Scott got off the sidelines & introduced a controversial bill https://t.co/9xaEBIzLFZ

Senator Scott Wiener @Scott_Wiener

🧵 I introduced new legislation (#SB866) to lower the vaccine age of consent from 18 to 12. Unvaccinated teens are at risk, put others at risk & make schools less safe. They often can’t work, participate in sports, or go to friends’ homes. Let’s let teens protect their health.

Scott Wiener has some really great ideas for bills.

Timothy B. Lee @binarybits

This might be the single most important chart for understanding the current inflation situation. For 25 years prior to 2020, the prices of durable goods like cars, washing machines, and couches fell every single year. Then in 2021 that suddenly and dramatically reversed.

This is from his '18 charts that explain the american economy'. They're all great, but this one is particularly illustrative.

Ezra Klein @ezraklein

“Modern supply side economics, in contrast, prioritizes labor supply, human capital, public infrastructure, R&D, and investments in a sustainable environment.” Into. My. Veins.

This is a quote from Treasury Secretary Yellen's speech at the World Economic Forum about the Biden economic agenda. Obviously Klein is happy about this, here's his op-ed about "Supply Side Progressivism" from September 2021.

Timothy Aeppel @TimAeppel

Intel's CEO says its cluster of new Ohio plants could grow to become "the largest semiconductor manufacturing location on the planet."

reuters.comIntel’s $20 bln Ohio factory could become world’s largest chip plantIntel Corp said on Friday it would invest up to $100 billion to build potentially the world’s largest chip-making complex in Ohio, looking to boost capacity as a global shortage of semiconductors affects everything from smartphones to cars.

This is great, and sorta surprising that Biden isn't talking about this more.

San Francisco, November 2021