my last tweets of the decade will be a few sentences/paragraphs I read this year that, upon reading them changed how I saw a person or a concept or (on a few occasions) how i saw myself. (Given what I do a lot of them are about the internet...sorry!)
This, from @roseveleth on how technological progress is not 'inevitable' but something we control vox.com/the-highlight/… 
@roseveleth This bit from @BuzzFeedBen on how fandoms have infiltrated politics buzzfeednews.com/article/bensmi…
@roseveleth @BuzzFeedBen .@the_jennitaur on resisting the attention economy, from her book How To Do Nothing
@roseveleth @BuzzFeedBen @the_jennitaur This Zadie Smith paragraph on the tyranny of algorithms thestar.com/entertainment/…
@roseveleth @BuzzFeedBen @the_jennitaur This @wphillips49 line about our information crisis wired.com/story/existent…
@roseveleth @BuzzFeedBen @the_jennitaur @wphillips49 this observation from @cfhorgan (about the UK elections) that seemed to unlock something essential for me gen.medium.com/you-cant-be-se…
@roseveleth @BuzzFeedBen @the_jennitaur @wphillips49 @cfhorgan These two sentences (but really the whole chapter) on the internet in @jiatolentino 's Trick Mirror:
@roseveleth @BuzzFeedBen @the_jennitaur @wphillips49 @cfhorgan @jiatolentino this @ezraklein maxim for thinking about amplification as a member of the press (also, seemingly influenced by @wphillips49) vox.com/policy-and-pol…
@roseveleth @BuzzFeedBen @the_jennitaur @wphillips49 @cfhorgan @jiatolentino @ezraklein .@rubycramer's description of Bernie Sanders' 2020 campaign changed how i think of the candidate: buzzfeednews.com/article/rubycr…
@roseveleth @BuzzFeedBen @the_jennitaur @wphillips49 @cfhorgan @jiatolentino @ezraklein @rubycramer These 3 reported anecdotes from @rtraister's piece on Elizabeth Warren, the professor, changed how I saw the candidate: thecut.com/2019/08/elizab…
@roseveleth @BuzzFeedBen @the_jennitaur @wphillips49 @cfhorgan @jiatolentino @ezraklein @rubycramer @rtraister This line about cowardice from Tom Hanks in @taffyakner's profile of him hit me just as I was dealing with something like this in my own therapy and for that I am quite grateful to them both! nytimes.com/2019/11/13/mov…
@roseveleth @BuzzFeedBen @the_jennitaur @wphillips49 @cfhorgan @jiatolentino @ezraklein @rubycramer @rtraister @taffyakner The last book I read this decade is "We Are The Weather" by Jonathan Safran Foer and I found this line incredibly personally powerful: "The best way to excuse oneself from a challenging idea is to pretend there are only two options."
@roseveleth @BuzzFeedBen @the_jennitaur @wphillips49 @cfhorgan @jiatolentino @ezraklein @rubycramer @rtraister @taffyakner Anyhow, thank you to everyone on here who challenges me all year with constructive criticism, deep thinking, and passionate writing exploring ideas new and old. This place is an emotional hell but a lot of your work makes me a better writer/thinker/human. Happy New Year!
