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EdithD

edithdrod

Planning which film festivals to attend this year in case we're still alive and it got me thinking about Q&As... and how awful they can be. I've done tons of

Fran Tirado

fransquishco

Ten days ago, West Dakota called me with idea. A Brooklyn-based protest creating space and action for Black trans lives. She referenced a New York protest in 1917 when the

Chris Barron

thechrisbarron

My best friend growing up, Ben, had cats. I had a rough time at home so I spent a lot of time at his house. I tried to stay away

Scott Hechinger

ScottHech

My new op-ed. The NYPD is *unreformable.* Despite decades of reform, they're still using banned chokeholds. Cars, chemicals, bicycles & batons as weapons. Conduct that, if committed by people I

New York Magazine

NYMag

For years, scientists have been hot-wiring viruses to be stronger, deadlier, and more transmissible. The bet was that their work would help prevent a global pandemic. But what if it

Andrew King

twitandrewking

A Random Tribute To The Bic PenThey say the pen is mightier than the sword, and my weapon of words since grade school has always been the Bic Pen, still

Andy Slavitt @ 🏡🇺🇸

ASlavitt

I hate to sound like one of those “elite intellectual” types but if state governors don’t learn to understand (or remember from 2 months ago but whatever) what a time

Nina Morrison

Nina_R_Morr

BREAKING/thread: Nearly 4 years after ADA Glenn Kurtzrock was caught red-handed hiding 48 items of evidence in a murder trial and was fired for misconduct, the NY Courts finally "discipline"

The Strike Out

TheStrikeOutFr

On le craignait, et voilà la première apparition Majeure du Covid dans cette saison 2020. L’épidémie est en train de décimer le roster des Marlins, avec 14 cas dans le

Rex Douglass

RexDouglass

Today I'll be live tweeting Zhang et al (June 30 2020) which argues that "mandated face covering ... significantly reduces the number of infections"https://www.pnas.org/content/117/26/14857 I picked this because: (1) It's

Peer Schneider

PeerIGN

Behold, the dark side of @kickstarter. For every few awesome projects that deliver, there's a Victor Aleman and Ismael Porras L. who use the goodwill of backers to pocket a

Molly Lambert 🦔

mollylambert

forget the Marilyn Manson line, isn’t there a line in the New Radicals song about health insurance sucking? you’ve got the music in you Gregg Alexander was raised

Quinn Cummings

quinncy

A small story:"Have you lost anyone?" is now a reasonable thing to ask someone you haven't spoken to in a while; sometimes, you hear the person pausing, trying to determine

Jonathan Turley

JonathanTurley

As predicted, Trump just fired Berman. https://www.foxnews.com/politics/william-barr-trump-fired-sdny-federal-prosector Many have suggested that Berman could refuse on the basis that he was appointed by a court. That is a dubious constituti

Daniel Chaitin

danielchaitin7

Democratic senators warned of potential 'vote switching' by Dominion voting machines prior to 2020 election Experts in Texas toohttps://washex.am/3npH1hE from @AndyMarkMiller for @dcexaminer For balance, here is Dominion's

Jake Blumgart

jblumgart

I wrote an article about the likelihood of undemocratic state takeovers of cities in the face of an unprecedented austerity crisis https://www.citymetric.com/politics/coronavirus-economy-city-budget-control-boards-5193 The numbers are terri

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