Favorites October 10th 2021

Erik Solheim @ErikSolheim

A rock entering Earth’s atmosphere from space at 15km a second, near the Arctic Ocean, Longyearbyen, Norway 🇳🇴 🎥Ig/chiccomattos

Noah Smith call them "Tiny warning shots", reminders to improve our space program.

Noah Smith 🐇 @Noahpinion

The thing that has weakened my optimism the most in recent months is seeing the broad and deep opposition to a permanent child tax allowance. Americans are stuck in a scarcity mindset. If we can't get rid of that, we're headed back to the 70s.

Catherine Rampell @crampell

These numbers -- particularly the level of support from D's -- are worrying. Slashing child poverty is a good policy; clearly something about the messaging and/or implementation needs to change to get public on board. https://t.co/41CBqwmb61 https://t.co/MccdUIs7nH

If you click through you can see the detailed stats, quite a downer

NWS Storm Prediction Center @NWSSPC

1:47pm CDT #SPC Day2 #FireWX Critical: the central valley of california. go.usa.gov/YWcW

It's a warning for like, half the state

Kim-Mai Cutler @kimmaicutler

“You… think firefighters are… very stoic, brave people, and just realizing how scared they are with these fires is really eye-opening in terms of how bad the fires are and how much worse they’ll get. These are the people we expect to save us, and at a certain point they can’t.”

NYT Climate @nytclimate

“Climate change isn’t this thing on the horizon that we’ll face in 10 years — we are living with it now,” Lizzie Johnson said. “Paradise is a stark example of what we stand to lose. We need to heed its warning.” https://t.co/99Gn0Tny7X

I'm hopeful that we can improve our forest management in the future.

Alex Tabarrok @ATabarrok

Good piece by @ezraklein on supply-side progressivism.

nytimes.comOpinion | The Economic Mistake the Left Is Finally ConfrontingThe left needs to think as much about supply as it does about demand.

This is from back in September, but I really enjoyed it, well worth the read.

March 2021, Santa Cruz