NY Times is going to run a story tomorrow saying I used my first big paycheck to buy a cabin a few miles from my house just for when I have diarrhea, and that my family & colleagues have just learned of this. This is categorically not true. 1/14🧵
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The on-line nihilism/defeatism I’m seeing goes EXTREMELY WELL with Trump’s stated aim to steal the election. Like if the GOP could write your tweets for you, they’d say “We’re doomed lol ” or do the cute little world-weary advance self-absolutions many of you are doing.
The media won’t help you. Fascist takeover is good for CNN’s ratings & Twitter/Facebook’s billionaire boards. I understand it’s scary to realize you have power. But you do. Voting is the tiniest thing you can do. Are you registered? iwillvote.com
Better than (& in addition to) that, can you volunteer as a poll worker? morethanavote.com. You’ll get PPE, training (& pay) to help w vital process usually done primarily by ppl over 60 who can’t/shouldn’t do it now due to coronavirus.
I’m FUCKING INSANE about all Lou Reed & all John Cale. I have, however, never been reeled in to Velvet Underground via their more popular stuff. What would Reed & Cale & V.U. fans recommend as an entry point for a strange ranger like me?
These are some songs by Lou Reed & John Cale that I love very much. Simply #wacky that I haven’t dug into V.U. yet. I’m remedying! open.spotify.com/playlist/0sXYG…
For fun, if you’re not familiar with Lou Reed, listen to the first track, “Andy’s Chest” & see if you can figure out who’s singing backup.
Need help understanding Cummings saga. Johnson keeping him on will lead directly to spike in deaths due to eroded confidence in govt & its lockdown guidelines. I know Tories don’t care about individual human lives but in this case 1/
turnaround from their (lack of) actions will be quite quick.
With deaths due to social care cuts & NHS privatisation, a Tory MP can say “Who me?” when a disabled kid in Hull chokes to death alone 8 months down the road due to his care package being cut. Not so w/ coronavirus. 2/
We know Johnson isn’t a good PM or person. His life’s goal was to have stationery that said “Prime Minister” on it; he doesn’t like to work as you & I understand work. But - he’s not stupid. So of what *use* is it having me, you, the Guardian, the Mail *and even Tory voters* 3/
By driving 267 miles & stopping at a minimum of 2 rest stops to do coronavirus diarrhea & sneeze on 7-10 service workers & 81 yr old man & young mum with asthma for good measure. Fuck you into the sun.
Just laughed imagining Johnson & Cummings meeting & deciding it’s probably best Cummings resigns but then Laura Kuenssberg smashes through the window & physically prevents them from pulling the trigger.
Would like to add that the level of punishment for involvement in this needs to *increase* the further you get from Johnson/Cummings. Being a piece of shit is bad. Defending them is vomitous. Gove, Laura K & Hancock deserving most scorn so far.
In 2010 I got Hepatitis A when there was a small outbreak in LA. As soon my dr determined I had Hep A, he called Dept of Health as legally required. Several ppl at my job got Hep A too. The LA County Dept of Health descended on all of us. 1/
A few ppl were hospitalized. I was quite ill but didn’t need to be hospitalized. MTV, on whose show we worked, was amazing; instantly transparent about everything & arranged for employees & families to get free immune globulin shots. 2/
LA County Dept of Health were the MVPs though. They interviewed us each multiple times, in person & over the phone. It reminded me of hypnosis as they asked Qs about what we’d eaten & when, in diff. ways. They’d help you recall what you’d eaten for lunch on a specific Tuesday 3/