Zing:
https://twitter.com/OhNoSheTwitnt/status/974995922806607873?s=19
«When you suggest women only support women because they’re women or POC only support POC because they’re POC all you’re doing is projecting. Admitting you support white dudes because they’re white dudes.»
AI’s gonna take all our jobs.
https://twitter.com/norock/status/974946227858149378?s=19
«You know how Apple photos will randomly group some pictures together; slap a name on them and tell you it’s a “memory”?
Just got an alert that it’s created a set “hanging out”
No, Apple. That’s me at a funeral.»
https://twitter.com/maddow/status/974842229746536448?s=19
Donald Trump is not playing chess, of any sort.
«If McCabe is right that these actions against him are intended discredit him as a corroborating witness for Comey’s account of his firing, then the invective and taunting by POTUS have a purpose: make sure McCabe will be seen as having good reason to hold a grudge vs POTUS.»
I’m a big Nancy Pelosi fan, exactly BECAUSE she’s so effective. I posted an article comparing her to Paul Ryan a few months ago, and now this:
«Why so much discontent with a woman who has proved so good at her job? Maybe because many Democrats think Pelosi’s unpopularity undermines their chances of winning back the House. Why is she so unpopular? Because powerful women politicians usually are.»
And this:
«On the surface, Trump’s “Pocahontas” slur may appear as unrelated to gender as Clinton’s emails did. But the moral outrage that female ambition provokes takes many forms.»
And a lot more, scribbled on with my magic highlighter.
(Non-marked-up version here: https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2018/04/the-nancy-pelosi-problem/554048/)
Happy My Lai Day, every one!
https://twitter.com/pptsapper/status/974626410500419585
«Today is the anniversary of the My Lai massacre, where US soldiers murdered about 500 civilians in cold blood. Warrant Officer Hugh Thompson alone had the moral courage to stand between US troops and civilians, even when the higher command at first did nothing.»
Followup tweets:
Landed his helicopter between troops and civilians and threatened to shoot Calley, I believe.
Warrant officers rule, man.
Told the squad he ran into to cease fire, and that if they shot him, his door gunner was gonna open up on them.
Yes, that’s it! Thank you!
Source: https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/974388930723291136.html
Bullying is a Problem. Guns is a Problem. Both should be addressed SIMULTANEOUSLY and independently.
«(and you can guess where this thread is going). This is the genesis of the brazenly ridiculous #walkupnotout bullshit adults—adults who remember Columbine—have been saying. That if Eric and Dylan hadn’t be outcast—they weren’t—they wouldn’t have shot up the school—they still did.
Don’t make today’s children responsible for reinforcing a narrative that’s simply not true. Columbine wasn’t about bullying. It was about white supremacy and infamy. No amount of “being nice to the outcasts” will prevent THAT.»
https://www.propublica.org/article/cia-cables-detail-its-new-deputy-directors-role-in-torture
«The February 2017 ProPublica story did accurately report that Haspel later rose to a senior position at CIA headquarters, where she pushed her bosses to destroy the tapes of Zubaydah’s waterboarding. Her direct boss, the head of the agency’s Counterterrorism Center, ultimately signed the order to feed the 92 tapes into a shredder. Her actions in that instance, and in the waterboarding of al-Nashiri, are likely to be the focus of questions at her confirmation hearings.»
https://twitter.com/JohnFugelsang/status/974450055330574337?s=20
«I refuse to joke about Vanessa Trump bc it’s NEVER funny when a couple files for an uncontested quick divorce, one where assets can be swiftly transferred, on the same day an independent special counsel subpoenas their family business. People, this could happen to you someday.»
*snerk*
[Edit: This, btw, is a bit of a cheap short (on my part and @JohnFugelsang’s) because the subpoena was filed a few weeks ago. (Of course, when did Vanessa file for divorce? Who knows?)]
https://gizmodo.com/how-conservative-activists-catfished-twitter-1823533394
Interesting story on Project Veritas and how they operate to fool individuals in their quest to damage an organization they don’t like. They are apparently very well funded and James O’Keefe claims they’re going for the long con.
https://twitter.com/KarlreMarks/status/974578876511936512?s=20
«Nothing makes western media happy like discovering a new culture to misunderstand»
It’s not just media. Everybody wants an exotic story.
