2016 07 01 tweets
A terrible loss. https://twitter.com/TheAtlantic/status/749336445282816000
Thank you, elaborate bank security system, for getting to the very last step in a 5min process before telling me my browser is too advanced.
Ah, July, when my kitchen garbage goes from “hey, just some coffee grinds chilling” to “oh my god what died in here” in nothing flat.
A fantastic exploration of the English major barista joke, both why it’s untrue and what it’s getting at. https://www.insidehighered.com/views/2016/07/06/cultural-implications-myth-english-majors-end-working-permanently-starbucks-essay
I grew up in Baton Rouge. I still have family there. I am disheartened, disgusted. Outraged. And sadly, sadly, unsurprised. #AltonSterling
RT @SaulWilliams: the 15 yr old boy crying "i want my daddy"
the 4 year old girl saying "it's ok mommy, i'm right here with you"
Start here: https://twitter.com/IjeomaOluo/status/750932797963898880
RT @tressiemcphd: Here's why American cops kill so many more than European cops http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/american-cops-lethal_us_565cde59e4b079b2818b8870 via @HuffPostPol summary of soc res…
God, this country.
Wow — congratulations, @fraistat! A well-deserved honor. https://twitter.com/mkirschenbaum/status/751432107394670593
Replying to @jvinopal
Um… watch this space?
RT @GeeDee215: I'm a black ex-cop, and this is the real truth about race and policing http://www.vox.com/2015/5/28/8661977/race-police-officer?utm_campaign=vox&utm_content=feature%3Afixed&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter via @voxdotcom
Sadly, sadly true. And so much more that doesn’t get directly mentioned. The radical economic inequality. + http://uproxx.com/news/baton-rouge-ferguson-missouri/
Replying to @kfitz
The complete disinvestment in the public school system resulting from white flight during the era of the consent decree. +
Replying to @kfitz
The crippling history of political corruption. And so much more. +
Replying to @kfitz
My heart breaks for my hometown. I hope the many good people there are able to take this opportunity to fight for real and lasting change.
Replying to @RahawaHaile
Sending you <3
Hey, @hels? 85 Broad has pop-up restaurants brought in each day by Fooda. Today’s provider? East Coast Poke.
I needed this news today!!! https://twitter.com/infodocket/status/753300709324587008
Huge congratulations, Dr. Hayden! https://twitter.com/librarycongress/status/753305519998308353
I aspire to one day having the wherewithal to call someone “a scruffy vortex of destruction.” https://twitter.com/PhilipPullman/status/753354474262040577
God, this year, this world.
Finally got a chance to read this, and wept with recognition. @j_zimms explains so much of my life. http://hazlitt.net/feature/hunger-makes-me
We have broken this world in more ways than I can count.
Replying to @plragde
Whoa whoa whoa. Really?
Replying to @plragde
This is amazing.
Replying to @plragde
Will do!
Oh no. No no no. https://twitter.com/TheAtlantic/status/754701643887747072
My parents live a few blocks from there.
RT @thedailybeast: Seven Baton Rouge cops shot, three killed by suspect with assault rifle: http://thebea.st/2a3jQWA
More, from the BR paper. http://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/news/crime_police/article_70595fc8-4c2a-11e6-8d54-8fde922185e6.html
Replying to @wynkenhimself
AHAHAHAHAHA.
This. Is. Awesome. https://twitter.com/nicolaz/status/755069864751030272
Yes, it’s plagiarism. I know; I literally wrote the book. +
Replying to @kfitz
But that we are talking about this instead of the fact that an elected official openly embraced white supremacy is a problem.
Replying to @kfitz
It’s less frightening to look at. But it is the least of the sins that was committed yesterday.
Replying to @HalpernAlex
We can. But the morning news cycle isn’t.
There will always be a reason to look away. https://twitter.com/HalpernAlex/status/755387182588633088
The following is from a letter I received this morning from a market research firm, asking me to take an extensive survey:
Replying to @kfitz
Because of your position & accomplishments, it is undeniable that the issues which you devote your time & effort to are highly significant.
Replying to @kfitz
I do not even know where to begin with this sentence, much less the assumptions behind its convoluted logic.
Replying to @TeachGuz
The letter does read that way. The firm is in NY, which isn’t really evidence against, but… I don’t know.
I will stipulate again this morning that I am anti-plagiarism. Plagiarism is bad.
Replying to @kfitz
But whatever it might mean about the campaign’s incompetence or its failures of integrity, there are many worse things at work here.
Replying to @kfitz
We face a moment in which one party’s “rallying cry [is] that the opposing candidate should be imprisoned.” http://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/violence-blood-and-betrayal-inside-the-trump-potemkin-village
Replying to @kfitz
This, in a stew of racism, xenophobia, and misogyny, I find terrifying.
Replying to @kfitz
Focusing on the originality of expression of these ideas only allows them to grow.
How Do I \(Not\) Look? — Alex Juhasz \(@mediapraxisme\) on viral video, racial violence, and ways of \(not\) watching. http://daily.jstor.org/how-do-i-not-look/
Is it over?
Replying to @plragde
I’m still working out the last of my post-Europe jet lag and am having the same experience.
Replying to @swarthmoreburke
That is exactly what I am afraid of.
I… just… https://twitter.com/NBCNightlyNews/status/756515093781839878
Replying to @jwolman
No kidding.
Replying to @MikeFurlough
*sigh*
RT @DLind: get u a press that can do both https://twitter.com/cshirky/status/756569741020377088
RT @AriBerman: Terrible news. 1 in 4 African-Americans in Virginia just lost the right to vote https://twitter.com/dale_e_ho/status/756604099035066368
RT @cshirky: Donate to fight voter suppression. https://www.aclu.org/issues/voting-rights/fighting-voter-suppression
RT @AriBerman: Kaine won $17 mil case against redlining http://bit.ly/2a1QLs6 while Trump sued by DOJ http://wapo.st/1NsiG0j
https://t.c…
It’s been nearly twelve years, and I still think about this moment almost every time I do laundry. http://www.plannedobsolescence.net/done/
Replying to @debcha
I’m so sorry — such a huge loss.
Replying to @wynkenhimself
Ugh ugh ugh <3
Start reading here. And don’t be that guy. https://twitter.com/laurasaurusrex/status/757257114477658113
A friend of mine had a relative post some wacky “world ends in eight days!!!” article on her FB wall. +
It’s probably not a good sign that my first thought was “well, at least that would get us out of this election season.”
Oh Michelle. Yes. Thank you. #FLOTUS
Holy shit. She could well have turned this whole nightmare around. Thank you. #FLOTUS
The cui bono. Go, Senator.
RT @tressiemcphd: she had a better crowd then https://twitter.com/jacremes/status/757768158539284480
RT @JamilSmith: "Not voting is not a protest," @keithellison says in his #DemConvention address. "It is a surrender."
RT @lucia_graves: Sanders: "If you think you think you can sit it out take a moment to think about the Supreme Court justices Donald Trump…
Replying to @wynkenhimself
🙅
Replying to @StewartVarner
Congratulations! Exciting news!
Replying to @samplereality
Only if “vide olog” can function like “we blog.”
RT @HillaryClinton: Stronger together. http://www.snappytv.com/tc/2452425
Replying to @RahawaHaile
Amazing!!! <3
RT @HillaryClinton: This moment is for every little girl who dreams big. #WeMadeHistory
https://amp.twimg.com/v/7e917dda-0c1e-4c15-a41b-1ee3a318db9c
HOWARD!!!!
Replying to @meganeabbott
Safe travels, Megan — and congratulations again on such a stellar launch!
The women tonight. I am in tears, grateful for their strength. #DNCinPHL
“Don’t boo. Vote.”
Thank you, Mr. President.
Signed, sealed, delivered!
Woke up this morning super early and a little bit dazed. All that actually happened last night, right? I didn’t just dream it?
I want Jennifer Granholm’s energy. Even half of it would be good.
“When religion is used to camouflage meanness, we know we have a heart problem in America.” —@RevDrBarber
“When we hear the legitimate discontent of Black Lives Matter… we are reviving the heart of our democracy.” —@RevDrBarber
“Is there a heart in this house? Is there a heart in America? … Then stand up!” —@RevDrBarber
Whyyyyyy with the long backstage video, DNC live feed?
No, seriously. Why has the live feed cut away from what sounds like some great speeches about Muslim Americans to show a backstage video?
Replying to @MikeFurlough
The feed had mostly been pretty good about sticking with the stage. But they cut away right after Rev Barber!
Replying to @philnel
I don’t have cable.
Replying to @philnel
That’s what I’m doing!!!
Replying to @MikeFurlough
No, the DNC’s live stream online.
Replying to @philnel
Oh, sorry, Phil — I misunderstood. Was watching the DNC’s live stream online, which had been so good until now.
Replying to @rrkennison
The DNC’s stream! Cut to an awful video, at a terrible moment.
Phew. Sorry for freaking out for a second there. Am safely steaming C-SPAN now.
Replying to @philnel
You and me both!
Replying to @sleonchnm
That he is.
Replying to @amandafrench
Yes, we did! If they’re still on that horrible video, live stream from C-SPAM.
Replying to @amandafrench
I cannot type C-SPAN.
Chelsea was the subject of vicious sexist attacks throughout her teen years. I cannot imagine what it would have been to grow up with that.
RT @ClaraJeffery: Seriously if you want to understand why the Clintons became so guarded, part of the reason was the shit hurled at their l…
Bio video by @shondarhimes.
Call me naively neoliberal tomorrow. But I cannot take your ever so clever cynicism tonight.
Replying to @morganmundum
Backatcha. :)
Replying to @Steenshorne and @ryancordell
I was mostly thinking of the kinds of uses I wrote about here: http://www.plannedobsolescence.net/neoliberal/
RT @HeerJeet: Cheney's press secretary. https://twitter.com/richgalen/status/758839042829983744
“And — I believe in science!” Oh yes.
Replying to @unsworth
Look, this year, I’ll take it. Especially with the laugh indicating how ridiculous the alternative is.
<3 https://twitter.com/drschroe/status/758836757555097600
RT @DLind: If I had told you 4 years ago that the next Democratic nominee would use "systemic racism" in a nomination speech...
Hamilton!
Card stunt is having a hard time.
Now *that’s* a balloon drop.
RT @POTUS: Great speech. She's tested. She's ready. She never quits. That's why Hillary should be our next @POTUS. (She'll get the Twitter…
Thank YOU. https://twitter.com/HillaryClinton/status/758871502590574594
This has been an exhilarating and draining week. I am thrilled to have gotten the chance to watch history being made.
Replying to @kfitz
I am also recognizing that a whole lot of history gets made after my usual bedtime. So I am grateful to have a bit of a respite.
Replying to @kfitz
But while I am old enough that I want to go to sleep super early these days, I am also old enough that I wake up super early.
Replying to @kfitz
So: history made. But with miles to go yet. I am awake and ready.
Replying to @annehelen
I have a very clear memory of Al Gore doing a Macarena joke. “Want to see me do the Macarena?” [pause] “Want to see it again?”
Apropos of this: https://twitter.com/annehelen/status/759479402333863936
I give you this: https://www.c-span.org/video/?c4485915/al-gore-macarena
That moment is forever etched in my brain.
Seriously, *that* moment. I cannot remember things I read last week, but this I’ve held onto for twenty years.
Replying to @CameronNeylon
My Macarena was heavily influenced by Gore’s.
Replying to @RahawaHaile
Yayyyyy welcome home!!!!