Favorites October 3rd 2021
Kim-Mai Cutler@kimmaicutler
Huh, a world-class city that builds and zones for a lot of housing….
Hiroko Tabuchi @HirokoTabuchi
Non-climate post: Though we don't have plans to move back to Tokyo soon, I do still love getting my Ｒ不動産 #realtokyoestate email newsletter. And gawking at central Tokyo apartments going for $830/month. https://t.co/kpmi53cd6c
1:12 AM · Nov 3, 2021
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Almost like there's a connection between zoning and rents.
Noah Smith 🐇@Noahpinion
This is an unbelievable scientific advance.
We are literally giving sight to the blind.
This is a Biblical-level miracle.
sciencealert.com
Brain Implant Gives Blind Woman Artificial Vision in Scientific First
2:57 AM · Nov 3, 2021
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It's unfortunately still only shapes and letters. When I first saw this, I thought it had already been done, but previous technology has been an implant in the patient's eye, but this is an implant in the patient's brain.
vaheder 🍞@vaheder
Everything you think you know about the Winchester Mystery House probably isn't true
getpocket.com
Everything you think you know about the Winchester Mystery House probably isn’t true
2:53 PM · Nov 3, 2021
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All the stuff about her holding seiances to decide what to build next that they tell you ON THE TOUR OF THE HOUSE, appears to be fabricated, concocted after her death.
Colin McMillen@mcmillen
windows start menu auto-suggesting software piracy 😬
![start menu search for [sublime text 4], with "search the web" suggestions including "sublime text 4 crack"](https://pbs.substack.com/media/FDR7o-LXsAMufnt.png)
3:49 PM · Nov 3, 2021
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Windows gets right down to business.
Noah Smith 🐇@Noahpinion
South Korea believes in us more than WE believe in us.
Thanks, Korea! ❤️
We should do more to try to live up to Koreans' vision of America.
4:55 PM · Nov 3, 2021
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D'aww, that's nice of them.
Don Moynihan@donmoyn
New administrative burden paper: automatic enrollment into a default health plan significantly increases take-up by 35-50%. scholar.harvard.edu/files/mshepard…
11:12 PM · Nov 3, 2021
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I would almost prefer my company only offer one insurance plan option.
Matthew Yglesias@mattyglesias
I feel like everyone has forgotten Politics 101, but the correct approach to this kind of thing is you pander to what the swing voters want and realize the other people will vote for you anyway.
Helaine Olen @helaineolen
The Democrats are facing a real dilemma when it comes to Covid. Post vaccines, most people want to resume a more or less normal life. But a not insignificant minority remain fairly scared. That latter group is disproportionately Democratic. This won't be easy to navigate. https://t.co/kNiD8mGoIb
11:37 PM · Nov 3, 2021
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Yea, this is where that whole thing about needing an off-ramp for the pandemic comes in.
