I’m going to try to be kinder and more charitable on here.
I worry that I’ve gotten coarser and less empathetic of late in the way I see issues and people - something this app cultivates, unfortunately, but that doesn’t excuse my behavior - which is just bad.
That won’t mean the end of the bad take threads - I still think accountability is important, obviously - but expect to see more threads that wrestle with ideas, and an attitude that’s kinder.
And this won’t mean I’m going to stop calling out things I think are bad or evil - looking at you, Governor Cuomo - to be clear.
Posting this here to keep myself accountable: as someone who spends lots of time putting tweets side-by-side, I want to make sure this can serve as a reminder in case I say or do something that runs counter to it.
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Now that we’ve gotten a little more distance from it, can we agree that the idea that @realDonaldTrump was weaponizing the Postal Service to steal the election was always an absurd conspiracy theory?
If so, I think some apologies are in order👇
We’ve gotta start this one with the elected Democrats who pushed it.
Surely you remember when it was an “alarming threat” that the Trump Admin wanted to make a few changes? @SenWarren sure does.
@RonWyden told us - repeatedly - that Trump was doing this to “steal the election” through suppressing the vote, which sounds exactly like what Democrats are now accusing Trump of doing.
This whole Cawthorne brouhaha seems like it’s just another example of one of the ways that lots of people - in the media and beyond - don’t grasp what Christianity is and means. Quick 🧵
There is a deep, unavoidable tension between the evangelical tradition and pluralistic (and polite) society.
Christians believe - not surprisingly - that Christianity is right. And not just one type of right among many - the *only* path to salvation. (2/9)
How to act given that knowledge is best captured in Matthew 28:19-20: “Therefore, go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you...” (3/9)
This is perhaps the most pernicious idea about lockdowns: that there are no real consequences. For many well-to-do folks like Rachel, it’s just an extended work-from-home period.
That isn’t the experience millions of Americans are confronting. 🧵(1/6)
More than half of Americans sheltering in place have reported negative mental health consequences. Suicides (particularly for the young) and drug overdoses are spiking. Anxiety and depression have seen troubling jumps. (2/6) google.com/amp/s/www.wash…
While these results are tragic, they shouldn’t surprise us. We knew going into this thing that social isolation has serious negative consequences for mental and physical health. Studies have shown loneliness is as dangerous as smoking or obesity. (3/6) hrsa.gov/enews/past-iss…
Girlfriend finally relented and agreed to watch THE HUNGER GAMES, the best cinema created in my lifetime.
Some of you seem to think this is sarcastic or flip so let me be clear: The Hunger Games series is an absolute masterpiece, I’ve seen each of the movies dozens of times, and there is nothing - nothing - I enjoy more (she’s a close second though).