Favorites June 4 2021

Chris Hayes @chrislhayes

Republicans have the best of both worlds in terms of the filibuster. The two things they care most about -- tax cuts, and judges -- only require 50 votes, and basically everything else needs a supermajority. It's a perfect status quo for them.

Almost like the Republicans were the ones who selected the two items they care about as the ones that are exceptions to the filibuster...

Jerome Taylor @JeromeTaylor

Powerful combo picture has just hit the @AFP wire. Shows Tiananmen anniversary vigils in Hong Kong's Victoria Park in 1990, 1999, 2004, 2011, 2015, 2018, 2019, 2020 and... tonight

We need to offer the opportunity to move to the US to Hong Kong residents. Microsoft decided to get in on it too.

Jack Tindale @JackTindale

One of my favourite things in The Death of Stalin is that they actually lowered the number of medals Jason Isaacs wore when he was playing Zhukov because the amount he wore in real life just looked comically absurd.

This movie was ridiculous and I really liked the way they handled accents. Honestly though, if you’ve seen the trailer, you hardly need to see the movie.

If you’re looking for comedy about very serious events, Jojo Rabbit is probably better.

Olivier Knox @OKnox

Who ***read*** the article?

Josh Gerstein @joshgerstein

NEW: USA Today is fighting subpoena aimed at discovering who read an article about a Florida shootout that killed 2 FBI agents last Feb. Publisher Gannett says it violates 1st Amendment. Also contends FBI ignored DOJ policy on seeking info from media https://t.co/rOmbkASJiY

This seems a bit overboard.

Techmeme @Techmeme

In response to Oversight Board ruling, Facebook suspends Trump for two years and says he will be reinstated only if conditions allow (@nick_clegg / About Facebook) about.fb.com/news/2021/06/f…

techmeme.comIn response to Oversight Board ruling, Facebook suspends Trump’s accounts until January 7, 2023, and says it will then reconsider suspensio…By Nick Clegg / About Facebook. View the full context on Techmeme.

Presumably he'll get himself banned again as soon as they let him back on? Further analysis.

sarah jeong @sarahjeong

The reviews of his latest book have my jaw on the floor! Here's one by @colindickey:

newrepublic.comMalcolm Gladwell’s Fantasy of War From the Air“The Bomber Mafia” enthuses about precision tactics said to spare civilian lives. Except they didn’t.

I'm sorry to report that Malcolm Gladwell is a great writer, but bad journalist. There was a (fun?) thread two weeks ago with point by point factual refutations if that's something you're into.

Kim Siever @kim_siever

Corporations in June.

Happy Pride! The snake is pretty cute though, right?

Mountain View, June 2021

I just think patio heaters look cool, ok? I admit that the background on this one is not nearly as picturesque as the last one.