Two questions every writer must ask themselves multiple times in their career are:
— Jaye Wells (@jayewells) August 31, 2020
1. What are you trying to prove?
2. To whom?
I asked myself these questions recently and didn't like my answers. Time to change some things.
If you think looting is bad wait until I tell you about civil forfeiture
— Shane (@shaneferro) August 30, 2020
People say Trump is a grifter. And he is. But I don’t really think that’s how he got votes.
— EveryoneGetsHatEventually (@Popehat) August 29, 2020
If David Duke tells me that a Klan shirt is 100% cotton when it’s a poly blend, and I buy the shirt, the primary reason I’m wearing a Klan shirt is not that David Duke is a grifter.
This is how MLK was depicted in 1967 to scare white Americans, in case there’s any confusion about what the strategy is. pic.twitter.com/bzHU1IDQVE
— Peter Kagan (@PeterKagan) August 28, 2020
Avoid the vague "officer-involved" for shootings and other cases involving police. Be specific about what happened. If police use the term, ask: How was the officer or officers involved? Who did the shooting? If the information is not available or not provided, spell that out.
— APStylebook (@APStylebook) August 25, 2020
From @radleybalko’s Rise of the Warrior Cop https://t.co/AFzNvKJKkF pic.twitter.com/pvIdFA4AKo
— Thomas Bloom (@ThomasJBloom) August 26, 2020
You’ll know you’ve made progress in the treatment of your anxiety and depression, not when moments of despair subside, but when you know in the midst of them that they are temporary.
— Ann (@neverfindapen) August 23, 2020
People, young and old, came to the witch for directions.
— Micro SF/F stories (@MicroSFF) August 21, 2020
"I seek adventure."
"I seek wisdom."
"I need a place to feel at home."
"I feel like I need to cry, but I can't."
The witch listened, and told all where to find what they sought.
And the local library thrived.
Now don't get me wrong, I am an ardent capitalist. Like, really very much so. Like - it irritates my colleagues.
— Bret Devereaux (@BretDevereaux) August 19, 2020
But just because markets work in *some* things doesn't mean markets work in *everything*...31/41
You can tell nonvoters that they’re privileged, ignorant, or any other descriptor you want to use and it still won’t motivate them to vote. So is your concern really about voter participation, or is about feeling insecure cause people refuse to play a game you think is necessary?
— TheAngrySociologist (@SankofaBrown) August 19, 2020
The contrast between Mueller's testimony and our expectations for it felt as if the nation's fate had hung on the first real reveal of the Segway.
— William Gibson (@GreatDismal) August 19, 2020
At this point, “I can’t vote for Biden” is the left’s version of “I will not wear a mask.” It’s a personal choice that could disproportionately hurt the most marginalized people among us, but at least yer doing your thaaang!
— Morgan Murphy (@morgan_murphy) August 18, 2020
Has been a problem since this started -- nobody shows their work. Not the president, not congress, not governors orchestrating shutdowns, not those with access to contact tracing. With trust in institutions at an all-time low, we need more candor, or we will have more chaos. https://t.co/KW7IKCepFK
— Eric Crawford (@ericcrawford) August 18, 2020
I don’t know about y’all, but we want to play.
— Trevor Lawrence (@Trevorlawrencee) August 8, 2020
Carl Sagan, 1995 pic.twitter.com/wtINNhmhjD
— Linda Stone (@LindaStone) August 6, 2020
You can give a man a fish and THEN teach him to fish, you know. And it's a lot easier to learn how to fish when you're not starving.
— He is Lore (@loresjoberg) August 6, 2020
A group of Karens is called a Home Owners Association.
— Mari-Ojibwe writer (@wordglass) August 5, 2020
I just did a task that I’d put off for a month. It took me 5 minutes and it wasn’t hard. Anxiety is a hoe ass saboteur bitch.
— Da’Vonne Rogers Stan Account (@raesanni) August 4, 2020
Welp, if you're a movie fan, illustrator, artist, or writer, here goes your Saturday:
— Justin Kownacki (@JustinKownacki) August 1, 2020
Steven Soderbergh posted a black and white "no dialogue" cut of Raiders of the Lost Ark as a way to study framing, composition, and editing, and it's... perfect? https://t.co/gAC3pCOmW7
