40 years after listening to "Jack & Diane" on repeat on the first vinyl album I owned, I learned today that the lyric is "Let the Bible Belt come and save my soul." 😲

John Cougar was the name @johnmellencamp was forced to use by his manager. 😬 I also learned that "Jack" was originally supposed to be Black, but the studio made @johnmellencamp change the song because they didn't want an interracial couple in it. @r_buxton's piece: huffpost.com/entry/john-mel…

A thread-in-progress about @DrOz. I was once a guest on his show & heard from more people about that appearance (& reruns) than anything else I’ve done on TV. Tells you how big his reach is.

Was clear to me he was egotistical, self-centered & hazy on facts.

Perfect for GOP! 1/

https://twitter.com/Olivianuzzi/status/1475828537030500352

First clue Oz was not a regular physician or host was in the first para of what should have been a standard guest release form.

Imagine a doctor-show form that has this: "...I am solely responsible for any harm to my health..."

Continuing my slow thread on @droz. 2/

It was 1971. A failed radio audition and small corporate job behind him, a 29yo went to work at his new profession. By that evening his life changed.

He went on to become one of the most famous humans who ever lived. The French government would award him the Legion of Honor. 1/ In a BBC online poll in 1999 for the new millennium, he was named the greatest actor of screen or stage of the last 1,000 years.

These were the runners-up. 2/

🧵 about @LarryElder and the Newsom recall.

Unlike most non-Californians weighing in on the California recall election, I’ve actually listened to and followed Elder for decades. 1/ 🤫 First, a confession. Something I never planned to write about.

📻 Most of my closest friends won’t know this, but I listen to a lot of conservative talk radio, including when he was alive, Rush Limbaugh. 2/

I tried an experiment to begin new year.

24 hours of only RTing women or content by/about women - and only new-following women.

About 65 tweets.
Followed 50 #newtome accounts.
Expanded my horizons.
Shared new/better/diff. content.
Found new experts.
Improved my timeline. @julialweeks Thanks for the support, feedback, suggestions, for my little experiment w/ RTing only women for first 24 hours of 2020. Some further thoughts, in a continuing 🧵.

I'm going to extend this for another 24 hours and would love your suggestions for women to follow and RT.

Happy birthday, Will Rogers!

“A king can stand people's fighting, but he can't last long if people start thinking.”
- Will Rogers, humorist
(Nov. 4, 1879-1935) • via @awad @awad "To sin by silence when they should protest makes cowards of men." - Ella Wheeler Wilcox, poet (Nov 5, 1850-1919) · ht @awad

Happy birthday, EWW!

Starting a long-term thread about losing your job, unemployment and what to do next. Each week, I’ll try to post tips, resources, ideas. Would love to hear your thoughts if you’ve dealt w/ this, as well as your strategies on coping. Thanks for helping me help others.🙏🏾#sreetips They say adversity builds character. Having lost two high-profile jobs in 12 months, my character is now awesome.😊

Because I’ve been open about the body blow that’s unexpected job loss (and have allegedly bounced back), lots of folks regularly reach out to me.