Favorites March 8th 2022
Long one today, but I didn’t have to do an addendum at the end, so there’s that.
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It's an interesting thread, but the topline TL;DR is very useful. Indicates some evidence Putin is still a 'rational actor' but "It's a limited definition of 'rational.'"
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![Twitter avatar for @Theophite](https://substackcdn.com/image/twitter_name/w_40/Theophite.jpg)
If we sanction them back to the 90s, we should be prepared to help them the way we should have in the 90s.
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Heat pumps are great. Technology Connections goes into detail about why they're the future of home heating, interesting stuff.
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I don't know if this is a pipe dream, but it definitely seems like it'd be a good thing.
This is such an interesting graph! Although of course, gasoline is an input to like, everything, so higher costs also hit consumers indirectly.
![Twitter avatar for @cstross](https://substackcdn.com/image/twitter_name/w_96/cstross.jpg)
It's a very impressive machine, and they still have one even higher-end machine they haven't yet upgraded to ARM.
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![Additionally, it is particularly troubling for the President to ask thousands of troops to amass in eastern Europe while simultaneously demanding they get a politicized vaccine.
All Senate Republicans have voted to defund the vaccine mandates. This is a GOP conference position. As such, it should be a part of the negotiation for inclusion in any spending bill.](https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_600,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fpbs.substack.com%2Fmedia%2FFNWUv3kXoAgbyGP.jpg)
Amusing also that they're complaining the vaccine is politicised.
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Salim and I were both in the meeting where trade unions threatened CEQA lawsuits to oppose no-displacement projects adding tons of affordable homes. I don't think anyone, least of all trade unions, use CEQA to protect low income communities.
Russia's entire invasion force is like 200k.
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Turns out if you pump enough anti-tank missiles into a warzone, soldiers will find other uses for them.