HuffPost: Lifelong Republican Donor Quits GOP: ‘Absolutely’ Now The Party Of QAnon. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/jacob-monty-quits-gop-donald-trump_n_60151bfcc5b6bde2f5bfa8e2?ncid=NEWSSTAND0001

This is how you do it. When you leave the Republican party, you join the Dems, instead of remaining independent (which accomplishes nothing).

Anosognosiogenesis (@pookleblinky) Tweeted: Every heartwarming human interest story in america is like “he raised $20,000 to keep 200 orphans from being crushed in the orphan-crushing machine” and then never asks why an orphan-crushing machine exists or why you’d need to pay to prevent it from being used. https://twitter.com/pookleblinky/status/1309325764739858432?s=20

https://www.cbc.ca/arts/bhangra-dancing-to-celtic-music-in-the-yukon-wilderness-is-the-mash-up-we-didn-t-know-we-needed-1.5886297

This is great!

https://www.politico.com/news/2021/01/29/congress-frustrations-capitol-riot-463619

«On the day of the vote, Lee — who had to escape the Capitol on Sept. 11, 2001 in high heels — decided to wear tennis shoes, just in case.»

https://twitter.com/BeccaEckert/status/1354127098764472325?s=20

Becca Eckert (@BeccaEckert) Tweeted: Took a CRT [Critical Race Theory] class in college called “The Problem of Whiteness” and it was one of the scariest experiences I’ve ever had. Let me elaborate. Spoiler: it was white people that were scary. 1/10

https://twitter.com/JoeHilgard/status/1354174646845890567?s=20

Interesting. Still some issues in the field of psychology, I guess.

Joe Hilgard, that psych prof we all know and love. (@JoeHilgard) Tweeted: Eighteen months ago, I tried reporting him to his institution. A year ago, I tried asking editors for retractions. Today, he’s publishing faster than ever. https://t.co/1lrX840csE

Well, either synchronicity or The Algorithm brought me the above tweet, because I read this a couple of days ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25857253

(Note on Hacker News links: the top one is the link to the article itself, everything else is just comments among the HN community.)

https://twitter.com/ClutchScience/status/1354185809407090688?s=20

This is a good story.

I believe one measure of a society is in how it cares for its “useless” members. I believe the commandment to “honor your mother and father” speaks directly to this.

Dr. Jen “Keep wearing the mask” Phillips 🗽🇺🇸🌎 (@ClutchScience) Tweeted: My mom has dementia & has lived in a dedicated memory care home 3 years. She received her first Moderna shot today. For the last year there’s been a lot of talk about how to assign value to lives like hers, so I want to tell you a story about the necklace she’s wearing. https://t.co/MWhKD8ye0L

Of course, “honor no one BUT your mother and father” is also problematic:

so….what now? (@Muna_Mire) Tweeted:

prioritizing vaccines by age and and nothing else seems WILDLY ableist but what do i know

https://twitter.com/Muna_Mire/status/1354068796080848899?s=20

https://www.politico.com/news/2021/01/25/donald-trump-post-presidency-462018

Surprise:

«Two people familiar with his thinking said Trump’s former chief of staff Mark Meadows, who spent seven years in the House of Representatives before joining the White House, was even considering a position at the Trump Organization because of a lack of options.»

https://twitter.com/Wolfe321/status/1353405428638560261?s=20

Interesting. Ok, Lauren. (But that Biden Rolex thing seems to have been a real whiff, among others. I bet there’s a long list somewhere.)

Lauren Wolfe (@Wolfe321) Tweeted: Hi all. I truly appreciate everyone’s support but I need to ask you a favor: PLEASE don’t unsubscribe from @nytimes. I have loved this paper and its mission my whole life. Their journalism is some of the most important & best in the world, & they need to be read widely. Thank you