Favorites September 16th 2022

San Francisco, July 2021

Peter Leonard @Peter__Leonard

Kyrgyzstan-Tajikistan conflict has escalated to levels possibly beyond April 2021. Flashpoints across distant sections of the border. Kyrgyz media reporting that even Batken has been shelled, which is a dangerous and unprecedented development

Both of these are members of Russia's CSTO (Collective Security Treaty Organization), with Russia so obviously innefective, it seems to be collapsing. Armenia is also a member and their cries for aid are falling on deaf ears in Moscow. It really seems like everyone would be better off if Russia withdrew from Ukraine.

Randall Munroe @xkcd

Cursed mRNA Cocktail xkcd.com/2673

Munroe has quite a knack for cursed cocktails.

Timothy B. Lee @binarybits

It doesn't seem great for this company to have control over the media diets of millions of young people in the US. nytimes.com/2022/09/16/tec…

Would you judge someone more harshly for being on Truth Social or TikTok? What about working for each? At the end of the day, one is branded as political, and the other isn't, but that maybe makes it more dangerous.

Bureau of Ocean Energy Management @BOEM

ICYMI the Biden-Harris administration has set a bold target to expand #FloatingOffshoreWind technology via @Reuters📰 reuters.com/world/us/us-se… 📷@BSEEgov

Ramez Naam is very excited about the floating offshore wind options, apparently wind is faster and more consistant further out.

sarah jeong @sarahjeong

“New terrible First Amendment ruling dropped.” theverge.com/2022/9/16/2335… via @verge

theverge.comNew terrible First Amendment ruling dropped. - The VergeRemember when a Texas appeals court decided to blow up internet moderation with no explanation? Well, it finally explained itself, and so far I don’t feel any better. We’re still working our way through the decision, but you can read it below. For now, though, the Supreme Court already temporarily b…

corporations have "the religious right to decide what health benefits to provide to its employees, but not the right to prohibit racist speech"

JesseJenkins @JesseJenkins

Will EVs soon have 600+ mile range? New CATL battery to debut in Chinese EV maker Zeekr's new vehicles that get 621 miles (1,000 km) to a charge. That's enough to take you from NYC to Charlotte, NC or Detroit, MI or from Portland, OR to Oakland, CA! insideclimatenews.org/news/15092022/…

Hank Green jumps in to say faster charging would be even better, but today's fastest chargers are 350kw which is like turning on 700 window mounted air conditioners.

Threads

• Great thread on Trump judges vs Trumpist Judges. tl;dr: there are at this point a few federal judges who often are ignoring precedent when making rulings in order to reach preferred outcomes, it's only a few, but it's absolutely cancerous to a functioning judiciary. In related news, Judge Cannon's order is garbage.

• Thread about why the us isn't yet arming Ukraine with the longer range missile that a HIMARS can fire. tl;dr: probably not super useful in the short run, and that is balanced against provoking Russia.

• Thread of graphs discussing whether 1870 is the right date to say the modern world really started. tl;dr Yeah, but clearly foundations were laid earlier, but history is squishy.