Favorites May 28, 2021
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it is darkly funny to see the senate become exactly what the authors of the constitution hated about the confederation congress https://t.co/jYwIp4csQV
Steven Dennis @StevenTDennis
Elsewhere, this majority vote was called a "stinging defeat".
Surprising that Republicans won’t support an investigation that could reveal Antifa’s role in sparking the riot the fake news medial blamed on Trump supporters.
Alberto Cairo @AlbertoCairo
I'm only keeping this because it's a funny twist on an extraordinarily depressing statistic:
Ok, moving on to something completely different:
Periodic cicadas lead to irregular spurts of increased insecticide use which are statistically correlated with spurts of higher infant mortality and cohorts with lower elementary school test scores.
Joshua Goodman @JoshuaSGoodman
This is quite a study. I’m having trouble telling if they’re talking about pesticide use in populated areas, or in orchards, but either way, it seems like tighter restrictions on pesticide use in populated areas is probably warranted.
almost every problem that people have with cities is because of cars:
Too loud? that's cars
Too dirty? yup, cars
Too much garbage? streets for cars, not dumpsters
Too expensive? parking minimums to store cars drive up rents
Too dangerous? cars are a top source of injury
Travis R. Eby @travis_robert
I shared Amsterdam's amazing waste management solution a while ago. Street parking is why we can't have it.
Nearly 60% of car journeys are under 5 miles. There's a better tool for the job. For short journeys #BikeIsBest
That flamethrower seems much too large for making toast. I think a blowtorch would work fine.
I just think that outdoor light bulbs look cool, ok.
A friend once told me never to use Japan as an example for, well, anything, but rules are meant to be broken. Regarding cars in cities:
My abiding memory of walking through Osaka during the day was how...quiet and polite the city itself seemed to be, which seems a silly thing to say. It seems especially silly when I say this to people who know Japan, as Osakans have a reputation for being loud and expressive. It must be a mix of cars with small displacement engines that shut off at a stop, fewer cars in general, quiet buses and trains, and something about their urban design that led to this impression. Anyway, go to Osaka, it's great.