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25 Jul, 5 tweets, 3 min read
This is what happened when my household got a little too excited about crypto. @1843mag #doge

economist.com/1843/2021/07/2…
Get the rest here & if you just put in an email you get around the paywall!

economist.com/1843/2021/07/2…
Illustrations by the great @MatthewRubble

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25 Jul
We need to talk about osteopathy. nytimes.com/2021/07/24/tec…
With the preface that I understand lots of people get help from osteopaths.

And more than that: osteopaths are very VERY insistent that they be taken for MDs.
Larry Nassar is an unlicensed, incarcerated DO. His victims say they were encouraged to see him as The Almighty Doctor. He gave them “intravaginal manipulations” that he told police were a technique of traditional osteopathy.

And they believed him. And he wasn’t totally wrong.
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23 Jul
My column on Clapton down, down on the ground ⁦@latimesopinion⁩ latimes.com/opinion/story/…
To spark memories. Here is Eric Clapton on Jimi Hendrix in 1968 in Rolling Stone.
And of course this classic diatribe from the stage in 1976:
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22 Jul
Soloing flexing guitar gods who claimed they invented the blues who college men have told me are great at tedious length
Because of their CUBISM

Cc @Hannahgadsby
Me at 20 brushing my long blond hair: Do I look alright
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20 Jul
Good old Substack! Tons of free content and everlasting gratitude to subscribers. Here’s a sample:

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17 Jul
I seriously wish Stanley Ann Dunham had written a mothering guide.

But then she wouldn’t have been Stanley Ann Dunham.
Also, her intellectual pursuits, global travel, study, trust in her kids’ independence & love-em-and-leave-em adventures wouldn’t have left her the time.
How to raise a president: Do whatever you want
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16 Jul
The oppression continues
Gonna Karen out at this Dunkin’
What kind of America is this if I can’t get a bucket of iced coffee and a half-dozen glazed shirtless?
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