Matthew Yglesias@mattyglesias
Why is life expectancy in the United States so bad?
It seems perverse to be richer than these other countries but falling behind in something as basic as “not dying.”
9:20 PM · Jul 2, 2022
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He notes that this chart ends in 2019, before COVID and the surge in homicides and car crashes which lead to people dying young.
sam@sam_d_1995
The New York City Subway has higher ridership than every other metro system in the US, combined
if more cities had NYC-style density and transit, the US would have significantly lower carbon emissions
Noah Smith 🐇🇺🇦 @Noahpinion
I wish America had even just one more city with NYC-style density and transit.
8:58 PM · Jul 2, 2022
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Some folks responded to Noah Smith's tweet about needing a second dense transit rich city by saying that "Chicago is big!" Sorry, it's not. I spent some time researching the equivalent numbers for Toronto's metro, and I think it's 500 million pre-pandemic.
Alec Stapp@AlecStapp
Kudos to the FDA — this is one of the best decisions they’ve made in a long time
10:47 PM · Jul 1, 2022
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This is good, it's the same way we do the flu shot, and hopefully it makes a difference, but of course I'm really hoping for that pan-coronavirus goodness. And a universal flu shot while we're at it.
Jimmy@JimmySecUK
The Russian Air Force is now bombing Snake Island to destroy the tens of millions of dollars in equipment they were forced to leave behind when they evacuated.🙃
6:09 PM · Jul 1, 2022
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@oryxspioenkop responds "You know this is the Russian Air Force because three out of four bombs missed the island"