we need to move beyond patent monopolies as the mechanism for financing drug development. We know intellectual-types are scared of new ideas, but Moderna showed that direct public funding can work. I discuss this in ch 5 of Rigged [it's free] https://t.co/HfhMSphBPr

— Dean Baker (@DeanBaker13) December 18, 2020

Patent monopolies are a terrible method for developing anything that’s not boner pills or hair loss reversal crapola for insecure Boomer dudes.

Anyone who defends that model is either a shill or an intellectual Superfund site. If the pandemic hasn’t shown you that, you’re a halfwit. More like 7/65 wit.

Have you ever worked a job that caused permanent or long term damage to your body?

— Aella (@Aella_Girl) December 19, 2020

US Army. So yes indeed.

While we wait for the US Congress to (maybe) commit to an (inadequate) COVID relief package, the Paris region continues digging its 200 km of new automated metro lines, with 20 tunnel boring machines now operating simultaneously. https://t.co/6qvN8oflQU

— Yonah Freemark (@yfreemark) December 18, 2020

And it’ll work better than anything we can make or do now in the US, at less than half the cost. This is what living in a corruption-filled failed state feels like.

Cargo Plane Does A Little Tree-Trimming After Barely Making It Off The Runway.

Probably didn’t take heat into account when calculating takeoff weight. Hotter conditions mean a good bit less lift capacity. I did not and don’t plan to watch the pilot’s analysis, but he might have said the same thing.