Thinking about reopening schools and individualism.


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Episode 51!
Caltrain in crisis

https://www.sfexaminer.com/news/caltrains-future-in-jeopardy-after-supervisors-block-sales-tax-measure/
https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/New-compromise-on-Caltrain-sales-tax-proposal-15417294.php


https://twitter.com/sleepyjl77/status/1283781512819642368

https://twitter.com/printtemps/status/1283832697891155969

Keyboards

thicc click
Building a keyboard for Aaron

Speed switches
Silent tactile
Flat/nearly flat keycaps
Num pad/full size keyboard
Backlighting yes









The School Reopening Discourse

Folks, it bad
Claim: distance learning isn’t very good

having a room covered in white foam isn’t good, but if the room is on fire and you use a fire extinguisher to put it out, that’s much better than just letting the fire continue
Distance learning may not be good, but it’s better than the alternative: mass-death




Failure of individualism

When consumerist mindset gets deployed to stop a pandemic



“The window is closing,” Azar said on NBC’s “Meet the Press.” “We have to act, and people as individuals have to act responsibly. We need to social-distance. We need to wear our face-coverings if we’re in settings where we can’t social-distance, particularly in these hot zones.”
(Azar warns ‘window is closing’ on combating Covid spread - POLITICO)



You cannot solve this at the level of individuals.







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The twitter bitcoin hack

Send us bitcoin
CONCLUSION: Blue checks should be forbidden from tweeting more often
Reveals class issues


Thought technology: these people are not that smart

https://twitter.com/michaelbd/status/1280878893889720322?s=20


Bari Weiss, Andrew Sullivan, Ben Shapiro, etc.

https://melmagazine.com/en-us/story/bari-weiss-goya-sullivan-cancel-culture-myth



https://twitter.com/shaun_vids/status/1283078548278906881


Relatedly, Big Brain Ben has something he’s discovered

https://twitter.com/benshapiro/status/1284175434431643648





BIG RICH GUY: I’m actually the victim

https://twitter.com/EricRWeinstein/status/1283483807975260160?s=20

Hustle culture considered harmful

Daddy‘s wine money







Homework for listeners: Huell and the Bassets Hound

https://youtu.be/7waoZYBI8W0

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