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See new Tweets Conversation Science Is Strategic @scienceisstrat1 It looks like we’ve turned the corner on inflation 📉 — src

That's definitely what one likes to see, looks like rates could go up just a bit more, but the bank failures are probably going to make the Fed more cautious, forward guidance is over.

Here's the underlying article the quote is from. Part of what's amusing about this is that all bitcoin transactions ever are easily traceable like this. One guy is getting in prosecuted for decade old transactions

Helen Branswell 🇺🇦 @HelenBranswell It's taken decades, but there is finally a vaccine to protect against serious disease from #RSV. This one's for adults 60 and older, from #GSK. Options for protecting infants coming later this year. statnews.com FDA approves first RSV vaccine, a long-sought scientific achievement The FDA has approved the first-ever vaccine for respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, completing an elusive quest that has been decades in the making. — src

This is really cool! More vaccines against respiratory viruses! Do common colds next!

M. Nolan Gray @mnolangray It always cracks me up when cities that are falling behind on zoning reform plead that they "don't have the budget/staff" to eliminate minimum parking requirements. I have good news! It costs exactly $0.00 to highlight the sections of your code mandating parking and click delete! — src

Nolan says if it makes the planning director more comfortable, he's happy to ctrl+f "parking", delete all as a consultant in return for a $5 beer. Not sure I can get a majority on the Mountain View City council to vote for this procedure though.

Threads

• Thread regarding the destruction of the Nord Stream pipeline. It appears more likely Russia did it.

• Thread by an American who moved to China in 2010 and lived there till 2021 about how it wouldn't be possible for someone to do the same thing now because of how much China has changed.

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