Payton Alexander
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Space lawyer. Trying to make the future happen. @corbinmadisonr 🤵♂️🤵♂️ @Harvard_Law ‘21 @EdinburghUni ‘14. Personal account, views expressed are my own.
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Joined June 2011
When I look at your heavens, the work of your fingers,. The moon and the stars, which you have set in place,. What is man that you are mindful of him,. And the son of man that you care for him?
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Is there an obvious explanation for why the frequency of dense urban cities stop halfway between North America and Europe?
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There should be some kind of sociological study exploring how Ireland and the Irish became such vile antisemites. This is a cancer. Literally why?.
“I cried with my team.” Ireland 🇮🇪 Eurovision finalist Bambie Thug is asked how they felt when Israel qualified for the #EUROVISION final.
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Trump locked the RNC in a room, took their phones, and didn’t let them out until they removed opposition to gay marriage from the party platform.
LGBTQ Americans and the 2024 election: "I don't feel welcome here."
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Most people don’t understand that we’ve essentially made infrastructure projects illegal. Any proposal to build new rail, bridges, dams, or ports and canals has to go through the same multi-year, multi-billion dollar review process as a new coal plant. Actually even more so.
The Golden Gate Bridge was build in 4 years. The Hoover dam was built in 4 years. The Empire State Building was built in a little over a year. Amazing things can happen when we put ourselves together and just do it.
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Inspiring words from the guy who told me and my fiancé to die of AIDS because we took a photo with a statue of Ronald Reagan
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It cost 3 kWh to run a load of laundry in the 1980s, and just 0.5 kWh now. That would be 3 kg of carbon then, and only 0.2 kg today. Washing machines have become 15x more efficient, with no signs of stopping, and these people think *now* is the time to go back to washboards.
The degrowthers want to force you to wash your clothes by hand and then tell you you’re better off
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Adding a 4% fee to all checks is increasing prices on all menu items, actually.
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I’m losing my mind.
Does the Biden Administration have it in for Elon Musk? The Tesla CEO faces a remarkable number of government probes.
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@waitbutwhy The pardon power is discussed in Federalist No. 74. Hamilton argued that the Presidential pardon was necessary for several reasons (mercy, etc) but specifically for insurrections and rebellions, to allow the President to restore peace and prevent prolonged conflict.
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Was just handed a paper straw with my aperol spritz in DC. You have 71 days, libs.
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@nicholascarrigg @BakeEurope Show her these classic AC vents, replacing the standard one on the floor with this would go great with her aesthetic:
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A guy who also callously mocked a photo of an Israeli home after October 7, children’s toys and books covered in blood, as “fake” and “staged” like some prank. This call for “unity” isn’t just insincere, it’s horrific, evil gaslighting from a truly depraved individual.
Inspiring words from the guy who told me and my fiancé to die of AIDS because we took a photo with a statue of Ronald Reagan
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@clarksonlawson_ Straight guys actually can’t tell. Like I watch this and immediately see what squirrel dad is doing in these videos. But I think straight guys just see “dude with squirrel.”.
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The way Democratic politicians and the media treated Romney was not meaningfully different from the way they treated Trump. They taught the GOP there was no point in moderation.
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NIMBYs don’t understand this is what we mean by density
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Shot, chaser.
they can consider it a preview.
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@spicyliltoaster I’m gay and I don’t think you should have to justify yourself to anyone. No one has a right to be with you, or with anyone. No means no. Shame on anyone who pressures you over this. Insane.
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I’ve come to the realization that 200 years from now, when people use “space age” as an adjective, they won’t be talking about the 1960’s. They’ll be talking about us.
Two rockets the size of Saturn V are now vertical at the same time preparing for launch. 📸:@davill, @StarshipGazer
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POV you just showed a European an ice cube or a household appliance
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@EmiliaSykesstan What about this is surprising to you? You weaponized their tragedy to advance policies they hate.
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One of my favorite things about this website is having only 30 minutes to an hour’s notice of whatever discourse is dominating at a given moment. Otherwise it’s totally inscrutable. This post is illegible unless you were online two hours ago. Truly the global town square.
“It’s ok, we’re Americans.”. “Boy meets world Americans? Or weekend science competition Americans?”
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12 hours post bachelor party. 28 days until wedding.
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“Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same.”
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What Americans call “originalism” and “textualism,” many other countries call “law.”.
A strange feature of progressive US expats I’ve encountered is Americans in Australia who are horrified by the US Supreme Court and relieved to have left the US, but who don’t seem aware that the recent SCOTUS culture-war decisions they hate entirely align with Australian law.
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Both candidates promising no tax on tips means tipping screens will spread like a plague.
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@DogRightGirl What’s wrong with paying for better if you can afford better? Do you think everyone should be forced to use the same low quality government healthcare even if they can afford their own? What about schools?.
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@MrAndyNgo I love how we’ve gone from “child from Wales” to Al Qaeda-affiliated terrorist with chemical weapons in his house. The media’s refusal to acknowledge this has nothing to do with protecting the rights of the accused. This is about distorting reality for political reasons.
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Even funnier given that this Reagan statue in Budapest was inaugurated by none other than Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton.
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10/10 cake cutting. Audible gasps from the crowd.
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Happy 75th birthday to NATO, the most successful alliance for freedom in history
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And just like that, he’s home.
Very sad but immensely proud to send off my fiancé as he begins a yearlong deployment to protect our southern border. Fly safe!
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@MarioNawfal That’s not Mars, that’s the Moon. Specifically, this is a 100 meter skylight in a lunar lava tube in the Mare Tranquillitatis region, photographed by cameras onboard NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, operated by Arizona State University.
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Got married, watched Die Hard with my new family, and have my own stocking on the mantle. Everything I ever wanted and more. Merry Christmas!
Did you get what you wanted for Christmas? You can be honest.
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@ChrisFourOhFour It’s illegal now. We required to do it 100x harder now, and for no increase in safety or efficiency.
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Very sad but immensely proud to send off my fiancé as he begins a yearlong deployment to protect our southern border. Fly safe!
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Can’t believe they’re shutting down the whole network.
Scoop: CNN is permanently ending its opinion section, certain writers were sent a goodbye email this afternoon.
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Tickets were $345 round trip so we are in sunny Sweden for the weekend 🇸🇪
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Happy Monday, remember to crush it this week kings
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Her only crime is being Israeli. She has nothing to do with the war. She has nothing to do with the government. She is a singer. Yet a hate mob of 20,000 people has swarmed her hotel, threatening to kill her. This is not about “anti-Zionism.”
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My wonderful fiancé got me a special treat for Valentine’s Day, even though he’s currently deployed almost 2,000 miles away. I love you @corbinmadisonr ❤️
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Let’s stop to take note of what happened here. Minutes after a plane crash with massive casualties, a politician begins looking for angles to attack her opponents. Finding nothing, but running out of time to post while bodies are still being dragged from the water, she posts
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I’ve personally experienced this as a gay guy. Left wing backlash against minorities is absolutely a thing. Vote GOP and a certain segment of these people just come unglued and throw every insult in the book at you. Not generic ones. Specifically about your identity.
"I know a lot of Latino men that wish they were White. A lot of your fathers. A lot of your uncles. A lot of your grandfathers. God they wanna be White so bad but they never will be. I hate that sh*t. I hate Latino men that oppress the women in their family, their own daughters"
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Most of these things are arguably true, as in, an honest person could argue for them. Calling them “lies” when they’re actually just arguments they disagree with cheapens the meaning of the term and hurts their credibility.
Donald Trump set a new record for the most lies told in a single debate.
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This is actually astonishing. The first privately developed supersonic airplane in human history, and not a peep from most of the media establishment. Potentially the biggest disruption in aviation in decades and just crickets from journalists who can’t grasp the significance.
We offered pre brief interviews to both WSJ and NYT and invited both to come watch the flight. WSJ said supersonic isn't newsworthy until the full-scale Overture is carrying passengers. FT did a really nice job going deep.
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“This is a place for everyone”. “We realized the GOP elephant is hurtful imagery”.
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He puts his paw on my face so I don’t give him kisses
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Very homophobic of the Army to send my fiancé on a year-long deployment two months after our engagement!
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Literally just make water. Desalinate seawater. Seed the clouds. There are trillions of gallons of water available for us to terraform the desert. Reject scarcity and unleash abundance.
In order to solve the western water crisis, it may be necessary to stop growing livestock feed crops in the desert. That would basically solve it overnight.
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We should take it even further
Surprising how much of Manhattan is land reclaimed from the sea. It's estimated that up to 2225(!) acres of Manhattan island has been created by land reclamation - initially entirely by landfill.
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If you complain about this, your replies will be full of: . “New to the big city, huh? Get over it.”. “What, is it illegal to not touch people?”. “There are thousands of people who are literally homeless in this city and you’re wetting your pants because you’re uncomfy?.
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No more eating $70 brunch in DC off a plank of wood. You need to be palace maxxing.
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