Favorites August 5th 2022


Yea, we're not in a recession the jobless rate just tied its 53-year low, although the Fed is definitely still gonna need to keep tapping the brakes.


If you've never heard of Dark Brandon memes, Biden's recent successes have really brought out a lot of them.

Forbes @Forbes
TikTok content moderators were shown sexually explicit images of children as part of their training. “Parents don't know that we have this picture, this video, this trauma, this crime saved." A @Forbes investigation: https://t.co/h1Ux8JRDc2 https://t.co/FZpzqR7HbyPopehat did not mince words: "that's go-to-federal-prison stuff"


I try to associate CEQA with Regan whenever I can, hopefully this picture will help remind me.
Threads
• Short thread by Andy Zhang about Chinese attitudes towards Taiwan. Oh, btw, Chinese ambassador to France says that they'll be doing 're-education' in Taiwan once they retake it, not exactly appealing for Taiwan. Also, if you're wondering why CCP propaganda is so clumsy and counterproductive, it's because it's honed for an internal audience.
• Aaron Eckhouse had a short thread of examples of horrible problems caused by traffic engineers.
• Chinese internet users are turning to Mastodon, a distributed Twitter style social network in response to heavy censorship on Weibo, although it's still miniscule in comparison. Unfortunately there's no equivalent way to respond to China's crackdown on tourism.
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