Favorites September 2nd 2021
Noah Smith 🐇@Noahpinion
We need Delta-specific boosters. That is what mRNA vaccines are good at. And yet no one is talking about it. We should have been pushing this months ago.
science.org
AAAS
4:40 PM · Sep 2, 2021
45 Reposts · 357 Likes
To the FDA’s credit, there are even special rules ready to go for updated boosters against variants, but no one seems to be too far down that path yet.
Alec Stapp@AlecStapp
Stagnation alert:
Plans to build the largest US solar field were scrapped after NIMBYs said it would be “an eyesore and could curtail the area’s popular recreational activities — biking, ATVs and skydiving”
5:21 PM · Sep 2, 2021
311 Reposts · 1.36K Likes
If not in the desert, then where? A lot of solar installs can go on roofs, but larger installations are necessary too.
Joseph Cox@josephfcox
New: an activist made a script to flood the Texas abortion 'whistleblower' website with fake info. When they IP banned him, he made an iOS shortcut so essentially anyone with an iPhone can replicate what he did in seconds. Verified it works ourselves
vice.com
TikToker Makes Script to Flood Texas Abortion ‘Whistleblower’ Site With Fake Info
4:28 PM · Sep 2, 2021
3.7K Reposts · 7.72K Likes
And here I was thinking that iOS shortcuts aren't a real programming language.
Noah Smith 🐇@Noahpinion
A right-wing SCOTUS imposing its views on the American people could be an electoral boon to the Democrats.
Hutch @hutchinson
According to a June Gallup poll, 58% of Americans want to see Roe v Wade remain as precedent, a full 26 points more than the 32% who want to see it overturned, almost identical to public opinion over 30 years ago. https://t.co/4HerXVL2ir
5:54 PM · Sep 2, 2021
29 Reposts · 271 Likes
message discipline is uh… really important. And here the Democratic party continues to conduct internal debates via the opinions sections of various newspapers.
Ezra Klein@ezraklein
I don't think most Californians know how much Newsom and the Democratic legislature have done in the last 18 months.
To be honest, I didn't know a lot of it, until I sat down to pick through their record. But it's impressive.
nytimes.com
Opinion | Gavin Newsom Is Much More Than the Lesser of Two Evils
7:41 PM · Sep 2, 2021
2.53K Reposts · 7.74K Likes
The childcare stuff was a surprise to me, adding childcare capacity and retrofitting childcare centers. And like, the housing policy represents steps in the right direction too.
Mike Masnick@mmasnick
Wrote about how Texas' (unconstitutional) new abortion law likely conflicts with Texas' (also unconstitutional) social media content moderation law. Under those laws, FB might face liability for both leaving up and taking down information about abortions.
techdirt.com
Where Texas’ Social Media Law & Abortion Law Collide: Facebook Must Keep Up AND Take Down Info On Abortion
6:00 PM · Sep 2, 2021
298 Reposts · 770 Likes
Very foolish lawmaking.
