Favorites June 5 2021
M.G. Siegler@mgsiegler
Congratulations to whomever updated the HBOMax Apple TV app. It’s hands down the worst update in the history of apps across any platform. Best I can tell the controls are literally randomized. Each click does something new and different. Doesn’t Apple review apps for this reason?
4:42 AM · Jun 5, 2021
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nilay patel@reckless
@mgsiegler @maddox On the other hand, it would have been rejected immediately if they’d added even a single sentence about subscribing outside the app
1:46 PM · Jun 5, 2021
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For reference, the HBOMax app was pretty bad before the update. But thank goodness it doesn't mention that HBO accepts signups on their website.
Philip Bump@pbump
The pillow guy wants to avert the massive Dominion defamation suit by proving fraud occurred. One problem with that is that it didn’t. Another is that he’s pretty obviously getting snookered by people happy to tell him it did.
washingtonpost.com
Analysis | Mike Lindell’s ‘fraud’ allegations are even more ridiculous than you might think
2:28 PM · Jun 5, 2021
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This is the guy who was pictured outside the Trump White House in early January with notes about declaring martial law. A fool and his money...
Daniel Swain@Weather_West
These stats are so eyebrow-raising that I would assume they were a data error expect for extreme drought in this region. Sierra Nevada vegetation flammability now appears to be at *all-time* record levels...not just for calendar date, but for any time of year. #CAwx #CAfire
Rob Mayeda @RobMayeda
About a week since the Sierra snowpack hit 0% statewide, Central/Southern Sierra fuel moistures (ERC and 1000 hr fuels) are nearly off the charts in terms of dryness, well above max values. #CAwx #FireWx https://t.co/dD3z9COXkn
7:49 PM · Jun 5, 2021
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I'm uh... really really worried about this fire season.
Matthew Yglesias@mattyglesias
Lots of evidence says a police presence on the street reduces crime.
A smaller but growing body of evidence says police arresting people does not reduce crime, at least not at current margins.
Just see and be seen.
Jennifer Doleac @jenniferdoleac
The next online seminar on the economics of crime is Thursday at 1pm ET. #EconTwitter
@emilyweisburst will present her paper “Do Police Make Too Many Arrests?"
More info: https://t.co/WejJOrFnl4 https://t.co/Foqt20MLRC
9:44 PM · Jun 5, 2021
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These studies are really interesting, and have definitely impacted my beliefs about policing in the US.
Joe Eskenazi@EskSF
Muni will not be free.
There are good reasons for this — and bad. Spoken reasons — and unspoken.
Here's everything we got.
missionlocal.org
Muni will not be free. For reasons both good and bad, spoken and unspoken. - Mission Local
7:03 AM · May 31, 2021
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Fares pay for less than 10% of the cost of running busses Santa Clara county, I suspect SF isn’t doing a ton better.
Josh 🧦🔰🐵@josh_posts
new infographic: The NIMBY Ratchet.
6:11 PM · Jun 5, 2021
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