Favorites October 16th 2021
Don't worry, the blade is pointed away from the power line.
i got my Tdap booster shot this morning and feeling a bit sniffly so i looked up possible side effects, but this CDC page is clearly targeted at kids' parents
anyways i've now learned that i should call my doctor if i've been crying for over 3 hours
News you can use
“A hypersonic glide vehicle armed with a nuclear warhead could help China “negate” US missile defence systems which are designed to destroy incoming ballistic missiles.” https://t.co/4rztxlPsVJ
Jonathan Lemire @JonLemire
Oh good, new existential dread
My latest: Somebody has repeatedly vandalized the city’s sensors to track how many pedestrians and bicyclists are using the @GreatWalkway on the weekends, eliminating data. It’s just one example of how heated the fight over two miles of roadway has become.
Well that's ugly
1. Manchin always insisted his primary issue with the reconciliation package was the overall cost. This allowed him to avoid talking about the actual substance of the bill. But it wasn’t true.
2. We now learn one of his red lines is the clean energy standard, a provision that isn’t very expensive ($150B), but would go a long way to transitioning the country away from fossil fuels
Like 3% of his constituents are actually in the coal industry.
