Philip Paschka

here to learn. often wrong. mostly interested in conversations about animal welfare and rockets.

[Philip Paschka @prpaschka]

@Highlydysgenic @jan_dutkiewicz This is reflected in various animal suffering calculators:

https://t.co/ZEODxCGqEq
https://t.co/NCYyJsmLHA
https://t.co/1GudGxWu0K

[Philip Paschka @prpaschka]

@Highlydysgenic @jan_dutkiewicz My understanding is that many people with AGS can tolerate at least some dairy products. But I also disagree that the dairy industry is worse--a dairy cow produces much more protein and calories than a year's worth of broiler chickens, and dairy cows generally have a better life.

[Philip Paschka @prpaschka]

@xwanyex Wanye: Americans have argued about immigration our whole history.

Also Wanye: there's no going back to the good old days where we didn't argue about immigration

[Philip Paschka @prpaschka]

@dilanesper Rural roads are already disproportionately dangerous, and head on collisions at 80 mph instead of 55 would make them even more so

https://t.co/fw3J6rKYiq

[Philip Paschka @prpaschka]

@AndyMasley Polling also shows AI is a secondary issue.

https://t.co/rBwHarGMVW
https://t.co/WhABQ87Hoe

[Bentham's Bulldog🔸 @Benthamsbulldog]

https://t.co/YftqZf5SRI

[Philip Paschka @prpaschka]

@yhdistyminen For someone who is awfully concerned about immigration killing American culture, wanye seems pretty blase about Trump's authoritarianism. You can't reasonably say "Well, immigrants haven't destroyed America yet, but they could" and then yawn when Trump tries to steal an election

[Philip Paschka @prpaschka]

@constans Grok says it's possible, though the economics are TBD. https://t.co/mNq3mnYeIn

[Philip Paschka @prpaschka]

@xwanyex There's not a campaign to destroy every backyard pool. If there were, you would hear people talk about how their pool is safe.

[Philip Paschka @prpaschka]

@xwanyex I thought it was OK to have preferences

[Philip Paschka @prpaschka]

@deanwball Isn't that at least partly what this is?

https://t.co/lqKiSYTAja

[Philip Paschka @prpaschka]

@KenKirtland17 It would only fly 12 times in 3 months though.

[Philip Paschka @prpaschka]

@RizomaSchool @KennyTorrella What do I have wrong?

https://t.co/urSaWgDcrg

[Philip Paschka @prpaschka]

@RizomaSchool @serraotweets Tell me where I'm wrong: (30 million bison * 1400 lb) + ( 100 million deer (generous) * 200 lb) * 50% dressing/processing loss = 31 billion lbs edible pre-colonial meat

https://t.co/nUi5GHY0gd
https://t.co/tEUzVXlzWq
https://t.co/rTi8NKdEUo
https://t.co/PwaJelpwlk

[Philip Paschka @prpaschka]

@RizomaSchool @KennyTorrella It's disordered thinking to believe we can sustain current levels of meat production in a regenerative system.

[Shoshana Weissmann, Sloth Committee Chair 🦥 @senatorshoshana]

Underrated capability of AI as a thought partner—steelmanning. I found some shocking studies in psychiatry. Normally you'd have to Google something like "X study wrong" or something like that, and sometime it works. Now I can use AI to find me articles, arguments, studies that contradict what I found. And it was helpful! I probably would have shared the studies otherwise, but with the new ones AI found, it didn't feel solid enough to

[Philip Paschka @prpaschka]

@constans Even if there were more EVs, it would be dumb to stigmatize Tesla owners as ugly, friendless losers.

[Philip Paschka @prpaschka]

One aspect of the data center debate that is interesting but not that important:

The demand for compute is not going away, and preventing data center construction makes space-based data centers more viable. This would make Elon Musk quite a bit richer.

[Lewis Bollard @Lewis_Bollard]

The pork industry is losing its fight to keep gestation crates. So it's trying a new tactic: attack the messenger.

It just planted a hit piece in the NY Post attacking us for funding campaigns to ban crates, cages, and other cruel factory farming practices.

The article has two main sources: the Animal Agriculture Alliance and the so-called 'Center for the Environment and Welfare' — a front group for a DC PR firm.

The journalist is shocked that we receive funding from a Facebook co-founder — something we publicly disclose — but didn't ask his sources where they get their money from. (Answer: the pork industry.)

The article is a masterclass in how to defend an indefensible industry...

[Atul Gawande @Atul_Gawande]

Independent analyses estimate that your actions to dismantle USAID and drastically reduce lifesaving foreign aid have already killed 700,000 people. Here are some of those people. 🧵https://t.co/aKdQpk9QTW