https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1149954823699259392.html
A little biophysics….
https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1148731044935286784.html
The morality of large corporations (of course, this is all Twitter-say):
«Why is Microsoft paying off politicians who want its own employees deported, while simultaneously making a big show of defending DACA in court? It appears to come down to a massive, $10B Pentagon contract for the “war cloud”, for which Microsoft and Amazon are finalists.»
https://twitter.com/mjcontrera/status/1148629047229976579?s=20
Interesting story. Kids will probably smarten up and start turning off their cell phones when up to this sort of thing, but the story will probably always be similar. Do racist stuff and then be surprised when nobody believes their “I’m not a racist” line.
https://twitter.com/drskyskull/status/1148403629646405632?s=17
Seems like a no-brainer, really.
skullsinthestars (@drskyskull) Tweeted:
I love how immediate and decisive her response was. No hemming and hawing, no caveats, just “yes.” https://t.co/CFr62t4JGd
Somehow, I missed this:
«Former North Carolina state Sen. Cal Cunningham (D) announced on Monday [6/17?] that he will challenge Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) for his seat in 2020.»
https://www.latimes.com/projects/la-me-sea-level-rise-california-coast/
«California’s coastline is eroding with every tide and storm, but everything built before we knew better is fixed in place with nowhere to go.»
This looks like fun.
Blast furnaces vs. electric-arc furnaces; dinosaurs vs. mice. More capacity due to tariffs + less demand due to world economy cooling (due in part to tariffs?) = … guess what?
«“Be careful what you wish for,” said Timna Tanners, an analyst at Bank of America who has dubbed the industry’s push to add capacity without enough demand “Steelmageddon.” She called it “ironic” that the tariffs are “punishing some steel companies.”»
Here, Read This 