Favorites November 12th 2022

Toronto Distillery District, March 2018

Science Is Strategic @scienceisstrat1

China’s extremely difficult road to net zero (1/3)

The follow-up includes a breakdown of the sources of China's carbon, (vast majority is electricity/heat + industry)

Jake Gotta @jake_gotta

Forget HSR, just build Amtrak corridors through all the blobs. 1 down, 10 to go

This is a response to Amtrack's widely mocked $80 billion plan to build *normal speed* rail nationwide.

Science Is Strategic @scienceisstrat1

Very exciting developments in cancer therapeutics development where researchers use “CRISPR gene editing to alter immune cells so that they will recognize mutated proteins specific to a person’s tumours” Cc: @WalterIsaacson @erikbryn @amcafee @rtnarch

nature.comCRISPR cancer trial success paves the way for personalized treatments‘Most complicated therapy ever’ tailors bespoke, genome-edited immune cells to attack tumours.

When they say 'most complicated treatment ever' they're not kidding: it took over a year to manufacture each patient's customized treatment.

Alex de Campi @alexdecampi

tl;dr of the 11,000 people in federal prison released to ease the covid risk / crowding, a grand total of only 17 re-offended

Dustin Palmer @dustinbpalmer

I still can't get over this, one of the most important "natural experiments" to come from COVID: https://t.co/Oso2eDVOKH It's all right there in front of us, a free lunch pathway to reducing some of the most immense cruelty in our society. https://t.co/o54eIHr2AG

Of the 17 who reoffended, only one was violent. The releases weren't random of course, they were people in lower security prisons who were at high risk for COVID complications.

CBS News @CBSNews

BREAKING: Democrats retain control of the Senate with Democratic Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto's projected win in Nevada. cbsn.ws/3teSDst

Nate Silver is saying that at this point the best case for the GOP is narrow control of the House and a 50-50 senate. Keeping the same number of senators (possibly picking up a seat) in a midterm is extremely unusual for the President's party. Things are coming out pretty close to the 'blue' case he described pre-election.

Threads

• Very long (overly long?) thread about how it will be bad for authors if Twitter collapses. TL;DR: Twitter, more than any other platform, is a good place to find people who like reading.

• Popehat gives a couple quick tips for any FTX executives on how to flee to non-extraditable countries. TL;DR: 1) Make absolutely sure there's no extradition 2) make sure you won't be assassinated by Sequoia Capitol shareholders.