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This is more a what interests Matt roundup than a news roundup.

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Yes, it's wonderful that Alaska Airlines will phase out single-use water bottles. Of course, Matt then proceeded to steal my comeback, albeit in a more provocative way, as is the imperative for a Slog AM. I would have phrased it, "You know what would reduce your carbon footprint even more? Not flying to begin with."

Of course, I'm not saying no one should ever fly. But it's hard to imagine a modern human activity that more squarely owes its existence to the burning of fossil fuels than airplane travel. And the rate at which flying burns fossil fuels is quite extraordinary.

Re the comment @1. Every time this individual posts something about COVID and vaccines, it's like it's coming from an alternate reality where all sorts of things that are false in our reality are true there.

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6 - But look at how many unjabbed people haven't died or only had mild symptoms.

Regarding @2, it's just as well I must say even though I won't go see Dune, use VR, or ride a bike.

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I don't think "build buildings as fast as possible" is the smart play you think it is. Because if it happens you and Mudede will inevitably be bitching about worker and resident safety being disregarded.

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9 &10 - How does seizing on ambiguities in science and medicine strengthen your arguments?

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@17.. I'm curious who you're pointing that "you" and "your" at.
Clarity is your friend.

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I don't get the objection to DST, particularly in Seattle. We have DST because it puts the daylight when we can use it best. December has just over 8 hours of daylight per day. June has around 16.

Non-DST means the sun comes up BEFORE 8 am in December. Kids go to school before 8, and construction crews (and farmers I guess) start work at 7 am, when there's at least twilight.

During DST, the sun still comes up before 6 am in June. I'd rather it went down after 9 pm than coming up at fucking 5 am. No one needs daylight before 6 am.

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@12 - In addition, there's no return on investment for developers to build low-income housing. So why should they? Who wants to lose money?

I suggest a stylish Cabrini-Green complex on Harbor Island paid for using funds recovered from SCC extortions from the SPD budget.

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@20... You ever heard of rhetorical questions? I can guess their answer. Your's also.

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@12: cutting corners on worker safety is not required to build as fast as possible. money, manpower (on all sides of the job including city reviews), and organization are.

@23: that's why there are "non-profit" developers.

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@26 you prove my point.
Covid does melt organs( so to speak), and you're siding with people who think masks (etc.) are the Holocaust.

Yep. Your brain is melted.

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@31 "logic drives me nuts"

Welp, there it is.

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If you're concerned about the carbon and other emission gasses released by air travel you could take the high-speed train to ... oh, wait, third world US ... um, you could buy carbon offsets that are 99% fiction in China ... oh ok, look, just take the money they recommended for carbon offsets and buy literal solar panels and wind turbines through your local utility. That one actually works. And it reduces your electric bill, follows you around when you move (mobile solar panels!), and is a very good thing to do.

There. Now you can drink from your bloe-green algae water ball like the 2016 Olympics did!

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@21 -- You are full of shit. You refuse to look at the studies. You make up bullshit assumptions about them, jumping to your own stupid conclusions. When people call you on the studies, you are suddenly silent, and never respond. Then, on another thread, you are at it again.

Here are some examples: https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/vaccinated-people-are-less-likely-spread-covid-new-research-finds-n1280583. Or how about this from the CDC (https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/science/science-briefs/fully-vaccinated-people.html):

... data show fully vaccinated persons are less likely than unvaccinated persons to acquire SARS-CoV-2 ... In addition, as shown below, a growing body of evidence suggests that COVID-19 vaccines also reduce asymptomatic infection and transmission.

Got it? Unless you are a scientist, and want to refute the studies, you should probably just shut the fuck up. Your assumptions about the studies are juvenile, as are your conclusions.

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gosh
Fake news
and fax2 disappear
like an Ill Wind almost

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Although one could say that's it's educational in a way how blip, Ross, and others corrected the COVID-19 misstatements of the recently booted, it was getting tiresome.

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Anyone gonna take on @38?
Hanging curveball right there...

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No curve intended. The rehashing was aggravating.

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Hey, someone finally exterminated the plague rat! Fantastic! Between the constant posts from that idiot and the "Dr Nelson Salim" spam, I was beginning to think there was no moderation in the comments anymore. Thank you, Stranger mods!

@30: "Brings to mind that joke about America spending $10 Mil on a pen that writes in zero gravity & the Russians just buying $0.04 pencils."

It's only a joke to those that have zero knowledge of history of the space race. Those 4c pencils the Russians used put microparticles of graphite into the air, which are bad for a) the breathing of astronauts/cosmonauts, and more importantly b) the sensitive instruments and wiring in the oxygen-rich environment, where they could lead to electrical fires in the single worst scenario for fires.


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