I really worry that we're going to look back on the decision not to require proof of vaccination to fly domestically as an enormously self-destructive decision.
For one thing it would cut drama/violent incidents on planes way down.
Requiring vaccines to fly (yes, with exceptions for little kids and those with actual medical reasons they can't) over the holidays would have been an enormous boost to compliance.
Your body, your choice...to drive.
30 Democrats wrote to Biden asking that there be a federal vaccination requirement to fly. Haven't seen nearly enough reporting on why they're dragging their feet on this.
Any anti-masker business the airlines lost would be made up by those vaccinated people who are to nervous to be surround—or even assaulted—by rabid non-compliers.
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Since being elected @DeanPreston “has opposed development plans and legislative proposals that could have yielded enough units to house more than 28,000 people — including enough affordable housing for nearly 8,500 people. “ sfchronicle.com/sf/bayarea/hea…
“That total includes his opposition to a state law that could have potentially added homes for almost 20,000 people in his district.”
when we slow roll/block housing (esp projects with a big affordable allotment) in search of some perfect lefty unicorn, it doesn’t just impact a district, or a city. SF not building housing is instrumental in the runaway price increases in the East Bay.
1/ I'm one of several journalists who've been sued regarding tweets around the Covington Catholic/DC mall incident. But this is about more than me, or this lawsuit. It's about a new ideological war on journalism: motherjones.com/media/2021/11/…
2/ I/we don't even know who we're being sued *by*. We have a sense, though, based on who the plaintiff's lawyer is: motherjones.com/media/2021/11/…
3/ This kind of lawsuit is becoming increasingly common, a way to quash reporting, any cripple institutions the plaintiffs and this new class of lawyers see as ideologically opposed to their worldview:
Ok I am trying to rewatch The Departed, ostensibly to disabuse myself of the notion that this movie is extremely overrated. 2 min in and Gimme Shelter is underscoring Nicholson chewing scenery idk folks
It’s like Goodfellas’ Bildungsroman, but nowhere near as good!
So many great (or reputed to be great) actors, not exactly that the dialogue is bad, it’s just…tryhard? And also leans way the fuck into the racism in a way that feels pro forma
I don't know anything about running a university, or architecture, but I do know you this is an incredibly bad philanthropic precedent that you should never agree to for any amount of money. independent.com/2021/10/28/arc…
Yeah...two doors for 4,500 people, in an area rocked by fires and earthquakes. Seems smart!
“You talk to older people and they’re like, ‘Dude we sell tomato sauce, we don’t sell politics. Then you have younger people being like, ‘These are political tomatoes. This is political tomato sauce.’” nytimes.com/2021/10/28/bus…
The thing about generational mores and power struggles is everybody, should they live long enough, gets to experience both sides. The Boomers made "never trust anyone over 30" famous. And loved astrology. And tuned in and dropped out and protested and hitchhiked and...
Gen X mocked and confronted our elders too, we just never had any broad cultural power. So wryly watching Gen Z and millennials fight for dominance is perfect for us.