Favorites May 20 2021
We don't have Slack at my office, but I’ve used it in activism and social contexts where it seems really fun. I admit that I’ve thought that it could make our office feel more social as well, but maybe it’s for the best not to have it…
This sounds excellent, I like every part of this. the ratio of expected revenue capture is also great. Now if we can just get them to automate the filing process we’ll really be getting somewhere.
This is a real shame, although some good bills did move forward today. We really really need to automate speed enforcement, when I was younger up it seemed like the lack of automation of this was a way to fighting for liberty against The Man. But in retrospect, that was childish, if we want to build cities where people walk, restricting speeds is paramount.
Ohio's idea for million dollar lotteries seems to be working, 28 increase over the previous week they say. Looking at their website, it’s perhaps worth noting that this is all small potatoes in absolute terms the peak day since the May 13th announcement was May 14th with 31k first doses, their peak overall though was 107K on March 31st.
Warfare changing quickly and in unexpected ways seems like a bad thing. The Azerbaijan war recently also highlighted this.
An AP journalist was fired for being part of a pro-palestinian group in college, which seems ridiculous. She was interviewed today:
The AP seems to have really screwed up, but the event also highlights how Cuomo's recent misdeeds were basically ignored.
What an interesting idea, although to be clear it’s a bounty for working with the police to identify the scammer. So you don’t actually have to be Mark Rober to get the bounty.
