“Wise hesitation.”

https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1000590055579189248.html

Oops, need to recalibrate my opinion of Politico.

https://twitter.com/NuclearAnthro/status/1002003458810052610?s=20

«

On a scale of 1 to 10, this is a 73 on the Bullshit Meter.

To begin with:

The United States has over 500 W80 ALCMs (5-150kt) and 200 B61 -3, -4s (.3kt-170kt, .3kt-40kt).

China has about 300 or fewer nuclear warheads. TOTAL.

POLITICO

@politico

China is aggressively developing its next generation of “usable” nuclear weapons. The U.S. is far behind. (link: https://politi.co/2IYH6Ji) politi.co/2IYH6Ji

»

https://twitter.com/ASlavitt/status/1002006533629149184?s=20

«BREAKING: Illinois just became the 37th state to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment.

One more state to go. A perfect answer to the Trump years.»

https://ivn.us/2018/05/29/judge-tosses-maine-gop-complaint-ranked-choice-voting/

Slow progress.

http://www.wmur.com/article/exhaustive-investigation-reveals-little-evidence-of-possible-voter-fraud-in-nh/20955267

I’m sorry, this is not the only thing this article says, but: 😀

Source: https://www.vox.com/culture/2018/5/30/17408566/roseanne-barr-ambien-tweets

«The list of Ambien-related crimes is long and involves everything from domestic violence to setting a submarine on fire.»

Microsoft missed innovation because their top people were prepping for depositions. Uh huh. (Claim is Facebook is working to accommodate with govt, unlike MS.)

https://www.geekwire.com/2018/microsofts-brad-smith-explains-zuckerberg-right-microsoft-missed-company-changed/

«“Having a Bill Gates, a Steve Ballmer, great engineering leaders at our company, spending so much time figuring out how to prepare for a deposition, how to defend themselves on the witness stand, how to implement this, that, or the other thing. You look at the early 2000s. We missed search.”»

Well, I managed to get to the end of a conservative essay without reading something dumb or evil. Must be because it was short.

https://www.weeklystandard.com/jonathan-v-last/roseanne-canceled-why-trump-supporters-fell-for-her-shtick

«It’s pretty clear that there wasn’t going to be a Roseanne show next season, at least not in any recognizable way. All the corporate suits did was ratify the facts on the ground. (And save themselves the inevitable boycott/protest headaches that would have eaten up the next year of their lives.)»

Ah, yes, the wisdom of the crowds, which never engage in fads or stock market bubbles or other herding behavior, and which never become mobs.

Source: https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2018/05/elon-musk-should-know-better/561377/

Musk’s Twitter mentions are full of people celebrating the wisdom of the crowd, and offering to moderate his new site. All this has a very 1990s feel about it, which is, I guess, appropriate.

Ah.  So not actually a flash mob.

Source: http://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/stevens/ct-life-stevens-tuesday-glennon-immigrant-kids-0529-story.html

The money is raised mostly through “love flash mobs,” which are fundraisers that only last a few hours and are capped at $25 per donor.