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23 May, 4 tweets, 1 min read
Wait, they're tearing up Yoyogi Park?

NOOOOOOOOOO, this must be stopped!!
Yoyogi Park, by itself, is a better tourist attraction than the entire Olympics.
Sign this petition to help stop it!

I'll write about this soon.

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23 May
1/Today's Substack post is sort of a "where we are" review of a lot of the stuff I've written about this year so far.

My big theme in February and March was optimism. Was I too optimistic?

noahpinion.substack.com/p/time-to-temp…
2/First, let's talk about the pandemic -- obviously still the most important problem.

Our vaccination effort started out world-beating. Our rollout was massive and rapid, conquering supply chain issues. And our vaccines work really, really well.

noahpinion.substack.com/p/the-us-vacci…
3/But although cases are still trending downward, vaccination has stumbled.
Read 20 tweets
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21 May
1/Let's talk about something calming and uplifting.

Wait...no. Forget about that. Instead let's talk about THE FUTURE OF WAR.

noahpinion.substack.com/p/the-future-o…
2/You know how eventually new technologies get used for every conceivable business application?

Well guess what. They get used for non-business applications too.
3/Let's start with drones.

In a 2014 post I argued that drones would end the age of human dominance of the battlefield...

qz.com/185945/drones-…
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20 May
Since Biden's inauguration, opinions of America have improved in every nation surveyed, except for China.

morningconsult.com/2021/04/27/bid… Image
Here's a picture of the trendlines over time. Image
Interestingly, the only two countries where opinions of America are still clearly negative are China and...Canada.
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19 May
1/Here's a thread of a recent post of mine that got a fair amount of attention.

It's about growing illiberalism around the world.

noahpinion.substack.com/p/the-darkness
2/We see a lot of scary stories in the news lately. Here's just a small sample. Image
3/But headlines are just headlines, right? Surely there are always bad things happening around the world.

Unfortunately, our best data confirms that human rights and political freedoms are in retreat around the world.

freedomhouse.org/report/freedom…
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18 May
A friend of mine who made a movie in Israel & Palestine (jerusalemthemovie.com) pointed out that while everyone talks about Gaza, it's the West Bank where Israel has supported settlements, restricted freedom of movement, and created a huge state apparatus of repression.
And while Israel's defenders always talk about Palestinians' desire to ethnically cleanse or genocide the Israeli Jews, it's also true that Israel's settlement program in the West Bank -- which is what all the oppression is in support of -- is also an ethnic cleansing attempt.
Israel didn't have to support those settlements. Those settlements are not necessary for Israel's continued existence or defense. Israel's right-wing leaders obviously hope that eventually they can force West Bank Palestinians to outmigrate.
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17 May
Here is Seychelles' COVID outbreak compared to India's.

37% of infected people have received both doses of China's Sinopharm vaccine.

cnbc.com/2021/05/13/sey…

I am concerned about the efficacy of this vaccine.
Here are daily deaths per million in Seychelles, compared to India.

Also quite worrying.
Here is Bahrain, also heavily vaccinated with Sinopharm. (56.5% with first doses)
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