Favorites October 21st 2021
Alex Bozikovic@alexbozikovic
Another Indigenous-led development could house 18,000 people in Vancouver
theglobeandmail.com
Indigenous development on Vancouver’s west side to include three 38-storey towers
9:47 PM · Oct 20, 2021
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Not to be confused with the previous one. I wonder how many more homes they can fit in like this.
Colin McMillen@mcmillen
my "no significant difference has been shown between milk derived from rBST treated and non-rBST treated cows" shirt has a lot of people asking questions already answered by the shirt
5:18 PM · Oct 21, 2021
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Look, I like this joke format, ok?
Bloomberg CityLab@CityLab
Several U.S. states and cities tried to boost vaccinations with a sweepstakes-for-shots approach.
A new study suggests that other methods would have been more effective
trib.al
Bloomberg - Are you a robot?
7:54 PM · Oct 21, 2021
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Well that's too bad, but it's useful to know about it at least.
Chris Gannon 🌺@KennyEvil
@thelindsayellis Authors when they see they've broken their readers' hearts.
8:18 PM · Oct 21, 2021
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This is in response to Lindsay Ellis' comment that "the highest compliment for an author is the knowledge that you inflict pain on your readership"
Alec Stapp@AlecStapp
Unlike other major ports on both coasts, the Port of Virginia remains free of backlogs despite experiencing similar record volumes.
How?
It's one of the most automated ports in the country.
9:49 PM · Oct 21, 2021
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I don't want to pretend that I learned a lot about US ports from The Wire Season 2. But it continues to seem like we need to automate this stuff, and it's unions that are making that hard.
Josh Barro@jbarro
The US government should find a way to maximally elevate pro-freedom comments from NBA players so China will ban the NBA and we’ll no longer have the indignity of our pro sports league catering to communist party taboos.
The New York Times @nytimes
Boston Celtics games were pulled from the Chinese internet after Enes Kanter, a center on the team, said on social media that Xi Jinping, China's leader, was a "brutal dictator." https://t.co/0QKKINfkBv
1:30 AM · Oct 22, 2021
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If only we could figure out how to get our movies banned in China as well, as I feel they have more power over culture than the NBA.
David Burge@iowahawkblog
What we really need is a koala abstinence campaign
Popular Science @PopSci
A new vaccine may curb the koala chlamydia epidemic https://t.co/JvXK6r36VL https://t.co/A3VUqA1uRZ
5:06 PM · Oct 21, 2021
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