Day: November 3, 2020, 3:49 PM
Two Stroke
I can not recall ever hearing one of these except on TV or in movies. Possibly one of the worst/least useful machines ever invented. Is this stat real? “Running a leafblower for 30 min. creates more emissions than driving a F-150 pickup truck 3800 miles.” https://t.co/xEbX7AxTyk
— Wrath Of Gnon (@wrathofgnon) November 2, 2020
Yes, it’s real. Very, very inefficient two-stroke engine with no catalytic converter means it spews just massive amounts of emissions.
Not an Ascet
Why do liberals hate the idea of flying so much? Come on, the answer isn’t to make people’s lives and worlds worse, but to make flying and its environmental impact better.
Why have we lost the desire, the will, the impetus to improve, having determined (against any evidence) that we must diminish ourselves and the world? I can find no way to understand this except that asceticism, especially if it is enforced on others, just really appeals to people deeply.
I refuse to live in the conservative ideal serfdom nor in the liberal ideal serfdom.
Smock Up
Maajid Nawaz corners epidemiologist over cost of second lockdown.
I don’t agree with most of this guy’s politics, but the second wave of lockdowns is a huge mistake that will devastate economically more than the virus will.
The first lockdowns were correct (for short duration); the second ones are huge unforced errors that will have absolutely devastating consequences. They are being done not for reasons of the virus, but for other reasons.
Won’t be good.
Triple Alpha
Sometimes my former students make me very proud… https://t.co/ZSHbKZ8uNu
— Jonathan McDowell (@planet4589) October 31, 2020
Cute nerdy costume, but if a man did a costume like that it’d be considered harassing….
Scams All the Way Down
The internet has exposed us all to the raw hypocrisy and opportunism of politicians, the media, etc, but the result is that it’s just being normalized. Everybody knows everybody else is lying. All that matters is what team you’re on. This is how it’ll be from here on out.
— scientism (@mr_scientism) October 31, 2020
We’re all scammers running a con on one another now. It’s become the system. Whether it’s liberals or conservatives, doesn’t matter. Just the scam differs. In a world built on such normalized deceit the person who tells the truth appears insane.
This all started with Perot in 1992, in many ways, and how the press treated him, but has now become the norm.
Finnish Him!
Russia, as always, having an extremely normal one. https://t.co/JuAIXSypTP
— Linette Lopez (@lopezlinette) November 2, 2020
You could say…he’s been sauna-tized. Yeah, he really got the shaft. Someone must’ve been pretty steamed at him.
Policing the Inside
i feel like the left keeps trying to police my thoughts, and the right keeps trying to police my actions
— Aella (@Aella_Girl) November 3, 2020
That’s not a bad first gloss, though they bleed into one another far too easily in reality.
The left is obsessed with words and believe they hold all power, so this is why they gravitate to thought thuggery. The right, being less academically-inclined and more practical, attempts to seize and hold real power.