Tag Archives: Twitter
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REWIND: The news of the week (with a soundtrack)
Fran Drescher joins the picket line in support of the SAG-AFTRA and WGA strike at the Netflix Studios in Los Angeles on July 14, 2023. Photo by Michael Buckner/Getty Images. Not every week lends itself to a column. Sometimes I’m not doing anything of note, nothing in the news…
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REWIND: An ode to my dearly departed Twitter blue check
LeBron James doesn’t want his Twitter check. It was a busy week. There was 4/20, which I don’t partake in. There was baseball news, which I don’t want to talk about. All great column topics. But one thing happened that must be addressed: I lost my blue check on…
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Insert Foot: A bad week for Elon Musk, Trump in a country that might be waking up
Elon Musk, pictured considering whether to record an EDM song. It was a bad week for bullies, which made a great week for the rest of us. Rendering: Adam Pardee/STAFF. Two of the world’s worst had terrible weeks, during which many of their followers finally screwed their brains on…
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REWIND: Six open letters to the newsmakers of the week
The road to sedition: Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO), autocrat Donald Trump, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX), Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg, Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and Twitter’s Jack Dorsey. In my defense, last week when I wrote about having a glimmer of optimism about 2021 I did specifically…
