Favorites May 6th 2022

Vienna, 2016

Daniel Groll @dang_pigeon

I anti-acknowledged my darling children in my book.

Daniel Gould @DJGould94

Let's start an anti-acknowledgement section for manuscripts, where you call out the people who unnecessarily made your life more difficult during the project

There were many other examples of anti-acknowledgements in response, along with an example of kids who never read a single word of their parent's books.

Jennifer Agiesta @jennagiesta

New CNN polling: Comparing pre- and post-polling, the draft opinion does not appear to have shaken the midterm landscape.

cnn.comCNN poll: The Supreme Court’s draft opinion on Roe v. Wade hasn’t shaken the midterm landscapeAmericans remain broadly opposed to overturning the Roe v. Wade decision that legalized abortion nationwide, according to a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS, following the leak of a draft Supreme Court opinion that would strike down the landmark ruling.

Multiple people were speculating today that this draft opinion could lead to backlash against the Republicans, but this initial polling is not so hopeful.

Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

World turned upside-down — CIA now trying to prevent right-wing coups in Latin America.

huffpost.comThe CIA Told Bolsonaro To Stop Undermining Brazil’s Elections. He Hasn’t.Far-right President Jair Bolsonaro has stoked Trumpian conspiracies ahead of Brazil’s 2022 presidential election, and his anti-democratic efforts are only intensifying.

If you're wondering, as I was, *how* the CIA can try to prevent a coup, the article says "the Brazilian military has never acted in a way that clearly violated Washington’s expressed will", and "but the armed forces as a whole can and will read the room". So I guess the idea is that when the US government says "hey now, no coups" the Brazilian Military actually takes that seriously.

Alec Stapp @AlecStapp

China’s young elite increasingly want to flee the country and we should help them. The best way for the US to stay ahead of China is to let their talent move here.

Immigration is what makes us strong! It's a core American value! Anyway, here's the full article from The Economist.

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• A short thread on the possibility of a tech recession, although perhaps intense than the last one.