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See new Tweets Conversation Brian Potter @_brianpotter Apparently amusement parks were invented by streetcar companies to take advantage of spare electrical generating capacity (Via "Routes of Power") — src

What a great example of how abundance creates completely new kinds of experiences that were unimaginable beforehand.

Balaji @balajis India is now building highways at the rate of 100 kilometers in 100 hours. Quote Tweet Nitin Gadkari @nitin_gadkari · May 19 Proud moment for the entire nation! The Ghaziabad-Aligarh Expressway has made history by achieving a remarkable feat: the laying of Bituminous Concrete over a distance of 100 lane kilometers in an unprecedented time of 100 hours. This accomplishment highlights the dedication and… Show more — src

For comparison, this is faster than the US built highways in the postwar period

See new Tweets Conversation Benjamin Ryan @benryanwriter Only a bit more than half of people living with HIV in the United States are diagnosed, on antiretroviral treatment, and have a fully suppressed viral load--which both extends life expectancy to near normal and eliminates sexual transmission risk. Meanwhile, in Europe: Quote Tweet Benjamin Ryan @benryanwriter · May 21 Replying to @_JDecker Yes, it's a national tragedy and scandal. Meanwhile, the viral suppression rate in much if not most of Europe is over 70% and in many cases over 80%. These are the most recent figures: https://ecdc.europa.eu/sites/default/files/documents/Dublin-Continuum-of-HIV-care-2021-progress-report-final-with-covers-updated.pdf — src

Yeesh, our healthcare system has improved, but it's still a huge mess. Looking at a stat like this it almost seems like a cultural problem, nobody wants to go to the doctor.

OSINTdefender @sentdefender U.S. President Biden while at the G7 Summit in Hiroshima, Japan was asked what his Response was to Russia who stated yesterday if F-16 Multirole Fighter Aircraft are provided to Ukraine it will be a “Colossal Risk to the West” with Biden stating, “It is for them”. — src

Phillips P OBrien has a short thread and an article about how the Biden administration's plan to give F-16s to Ukraine indicates a significant change in posture by the US. In related news, Macron says "Peace cannot be turning the situation into a frozen conflict" Ukraine must be made whole. We also learned that Russia turned down a generous peace offering from Ukraine early in the conflict (Including a promise not to join NATO).

Max Dubler 🏳️‍🌈 @maxdubler As a Californian, I appreciate England’s commitment to having the worst land use policy regime in the anglosphere. Quote Tweet Dr. Samantha Hancox-Li @perdricof · 22h our "veto points everywhere" style of government has, among other things, created a million committees you've never heard of staffed by the dumbest boomer busybodies who take great self-righteous pride in strangling our future https://thetimes.co.uk/article/db22d664-f65e-11ed-8aec-1014d109ef78?shareToken=d5efc54440872a1c7625fc22d9d58a40 — src

Someone in the comments joked "Imagine if SF was a country", but Dubler retorts: "San Francisco’s land use regime is better than this"

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• Thread by military historian Bret Devereaux about why it's ridiculous to claim that that the conflict between Ukraine and Russia is good for China. TL;DR: Their ally Russia is not doing well, and standing next to Russia is making China look way worse to EU countries, which is a big deal. Also, all of China's rivals have upped their military budgets.

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