Favorites July 6th 2022

San Diego, June 2022

John Dickerson @jdickerson

An experiment in a party holding its leader to account for not upholding the standards of the office is taking place in the UK.

washingtonpost.comBoris Johnson defies calls to resign amid mass exodus from his governmentJohnson, who helped the Conservative Party win a historic landslide election in 2019, has become a liability after scandals eroded public trust.

Apparently 40 members of his staff resigned in the last two days? Seems like a lot. Here's Vox's explainer if you're interested. Now we're all rubbernecking the UK's political car crash. Many jokes have been made, wtf is a 'Leveling Up Secretary"

CFR Asia Program @CFR_Asia

There is now a real possibility that the Myanmar armed forces could lose to resistance forces, according to @JoshKurlantzick . Read Part 1 of his analysis here:

on.cfr.orgMyanmar’s Military Losing Ground to Rebels and Ethnic Armies: Part 1Myanmar’s military, which once seemed so powerful, is struggling against the anti-junta forces arrayed against it; and for the armed forces, losing is no longer out of the question.

Smith: "Ukraine isn't the only country actively fighting the forces of fascism"

Jesse Zwick @jessezwick

The @JoeBiden White House has been on a tear, demonstrating how exclusionary zoning fuels racial segregation, consigns people of color to poorly performing schools and heat islands, and causes more than 30 percent of the Black-white racial wealth gap.

whitehouse.govExclusionary Zoning: Its Effect on Racial Discrimination in the Housing Market | The White HouseBy Chair Cecilia Rouse, Jared Bernstein, Helen Knudsen, and Jeffery Zhang This Saturday, the nation recognizes Juneteenth, which marks the day a Major

It's not been the biggest news, but almost all liberal/progressive Democrats at the national level have come out against Exclusionary Zoning. Here's a thread with examples.

Caitlin Driscoll @TeacherOnTopic

Me: So my husband -- First grader: You have a husband? Me: I do, the whole time you've known me. First grader: Oh. I always thought you were feral. Me: Er, do you mean 'single'? First grader: Whatever the word is that you use for stray cats. 🙀

The Chad @SpacChad

This is how techno is made if you didn’t already know

Threads

• Short thread about success in US manufacturing, "construction of new manufacturing facilities in the US has soared 116% over the past year"

• Thread with info about layoffs, which still aren't happening, employers are acting like they do not think a recession is on the way.

• Not quite a thread, but here are graphs of grain prices, container freight prices, copper. All down, Noah Smith says this is evidence that we're reaching disinflation, a decrease in the rate of inflation, which is good.

• Thread about how Ukraine's new artillery can hit Russian supply depots 100km from the front, and how that impacts Russia's rail-focused logistics.

• Thread further detailing the Russian logistic situation focusing on the lack of mechanized pallet unloading.