What’s going on with Elon Musk, and why is he doing this to Twitter?

I spent the last few months digging into it.

I found a pretty big clue.

Oh god he just doubled down. I had been hearing from Conservatives he’d gone down the rabbit hole of late, but I’d no idea how far.

😏

This is the exchange I’ve been waiting for.

Adam Schiff demonstrates Durham’s disregard of clear evidence of Trump Campaign-Russian collusion.

Durham admits he lacks knowledge of undeniable parts of record, indicates why his report ignores episodes.

/taps the sign

Horrifying thread from the inimitable Nancy French about abuse and its cover-up at 'Christian' camps:

@kootenayGreg Daniel Dale said it best.

I assumed the anger on my timeline over Canada’s new passport was overblown but it’s not. This is outrageous.

It’s so big.

Who approved this.

Since you asked, yes. And I would be if you’d won that election and had been PM.

Know why? Because that’s the Canadian Prime Minister there, sir, and he’s representing us.

And we’re not petty, mean spirited, grievance addicts. We’re positive, friendly, optimistic people.

He…

As recently as 2021 conservatives were trying to “open the abortion debate”.

I’m going to need you all to stop with your silly notions that this fear is all in our heads.

It’s real. Until Conservative Party won’t endorse anti-choice candidates and declares itself to BE pro-choice as a…

#BrendanFraser is a righteous dude.

In November 2007 our paychecks stopped. I was the FX lead on #JourneyToTheCenterOfTheEarth for Meteor Studios in Montreal and was asked to convince my crew to stay and finish the picture with a guarantee we'd all get paid with overtime. We had…

First look at DeSantis foreign policy:

- Blames US for Russian invasion of Ukraine

- Attacks US president while in war zone

- Signals we should dial back support for Ukraine

- minimizes RUS threat

- Anti Afghanistan withdrawal

- Bellicose talk about China

Too many take the measure of a man in the power and possessions he has amassed; President Carter has led a life and set an example showing the true measure is in how much one has given. Thank you, Mr. President. Our thoughts are with President Carter, his family, and loved ones.

Zoë Schiffer It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to buy a social media company and remove all doubt.

'utilize' 👉 'use'
'however' 👉 'but'
'in order to' 👉 'to'
'in the event that' 👉 'if'
'has the ability to' 👉 'can'
'due to the fact that' 👉 'because'

Fantastic thread about tested interventions for addressing social division:

!! Then Jan 6 defendant Tammy Bronsburg told judge, 'This morning I was wondering to myself: What has Trump done for me? Why did I do this? Really.. he didn't make my life any better. He just made it worse'

Talked to Molly Jong-Fast at length about the 'Crunchy to Alt-Right Pipeline,' the Atlantic piece, the history of the white power movement, my suspicions about white power involvement in the power station outages, a certain 2019 dustup, and possible solutions.

ProPublica is looking for three newsrooms to join our Local Reporting Network!

Deadline to apply: Feb. 1. (THREAD)

propublica.forms.fm/local-reportin…

Here’s how Tombstone Tactical in Arizona was marketing this financing option — as a “shoot now, pay later” back-to-school special. Let that sink in.