Favorites July 21 2022

San Francisco, November 2021

Lauren Peikoff @laurenpeikoff

🚨NBC News: DHS IG investigation into missing Secret Service text messages is now a criminal probe, two sources familiar tell @JuliaEAinsley @PeteWilliamsNBC Results of the investigation could be referred to federal prosecutors, the sources said, depending on the results.

Here's the article with more. By the way, Pipe Bombs were found on January 6th near where Harris was, and only secret service should have known her location, although it could have been a coincidence.

James Surowiecki @JamesSurowiecki

Why would Dems insist on 10 GOP votes before putting it to a vote? Put the bill up and if there aren't 10 GOP votes, you'll have 40+ Republicans on the record being against it.

Burgess Everett @burgessev

GOP freezes up on same-sex marriage Democrats want 10 GOP votes before putting it on the floor but Republicans not giving much away. Schumer may have to gamble and see where the votes fall to find out where Republicans actually are https://t.co/TlPBTnutGa

Good news is that Democrats have started doing a bit more of this. House just passed a bill protecting access to contraception, 195 house republicans opposed.

David Bather Woods @dbatherwoods

New Plato’s cave just dropped

Threads

• Longish thread about research into depression, upshot is that low serotonin doesn't appear to cause depression.

• Absolutely *AMAZING* thread about how to safely handle nuclear waste.

• Funny thread of products that failed from the Museum of Failure, the ESPN phone was one I had not heard of.