Favorites March 29th 2022

Brian Lowry @blowryontv

The Woodward byline on this is the kind of historical callback you couldn’t script.

Bob Woodward @realBobWoodward

Jan. 6 White House logs given to House show 7-hour gap in Trump calls - ⁦@washingtonpost⁩ ⁦@costareports⁩ https://t.co/LcCPLxi80U

There was a lot of talk about this today. Relatedly, Trump claiming to not know what a burner phone is, humorously compared to this Simpsons clip.

Joyce Alene @JoyceWhiteVance

Connecting the dots: "Jan. 6 planners were ordered to use cash to purchase burner phones that were used to communicate directly with the Trump family and White House officials." thedailybeast.com/jan-6-planners…

"What's a truck?"

John Scalzi @scalzi

News for us over-50 folks. Note the criticism. And sure, I'll get booster #2 if the CDC signs off. Possibly mildly-to-moderately better protection against a disease that's still infecting thousands and killing hundreds every day? Yes, please, thank you.

cnbc.comCDC recommends fourth Pfizer and Moderna Covid vaccine doses for people age 50 and olderThe CDC and FDA made the decision without consulting their committees of independent vaccine experts.

My parents say they'll get another booster now, seems like a good idea.

Nick Jikomes, PhD @trikomes

Just learned that fluvoxamine, a common SSRI used to treat depression and other psychiatric conditions, increases the half-life of caffeine in the bloodstream. Like, to an absurd degree: 1/

A lot of talk about fluvoxamine recently because there's evidence that it can also be used as a treatment for COVID.

Marco Chitti @ChittiMarco

If you are wandering how you can build metro as cheap as Brescia ($ 76 million/km) look at Europa, one of the stations along the cut & cover section: it has no mezzanine, no entry pavillon, no faregates. Just one of fixed stair and a lift on each side of platforms

For comparison, NYC will be spending almost 7 billion for 1.5 miles of subway extension.

Noah Smith 🐇🇺🇦 @Noahpinion

Gonna go back to 1972 and tell everyone that in 50 years, Vietnamese tech companies will be creating jobs for Americans in North Carolina

Bloomberg Economics @economics

Vietnamese electric-vehicle maker VinFast will start building a factory in North Carolina this year, ahead of a planned U.S. initial public offering https://t.co/Rog1fkwVXM

They appear to be making electric crossovers.

Tim Urban @waitbutwhy

How have I spent my whole life obsessed with dinosaurs and am just today learning about the giant pelican from hell. https://t.co/H2Tk2Mz589

Andy Riley @AndyRileyish

the scariest animal that ever lived is not T-Rex or Velociraptor. It's this. The mouth alone is longer than your body. Apex predator. And it flew. May i introduce you to Hatzegopteryx. https://t.co/EyyAiBTQMH

This should really impact your thoughts on fighting duck sized giraffes or a giraffe sized duck.

Have I Got News For You @haveigotnews

Winner of unnecessarily terrifying headline of the year announced:

Stanford Dish, January 2022

• I learned a ton from this thread comparing India's ties to the US to their ties to Russia and China. They get more Oil/Gas from the US despite being on the other side of the planet!