Mostly retired reporter and former member of TCA (Television Critics Association). Born/raised in Iowa, living in #SanFrancisco. Life-long Democrat. #NAFO fella (hell yes). Blocked by Eva Bartlett and Kim Dot Com on Twitter.
It's bad enough that we conversationalists were dependent on a company that could be taken over by an insane Elon Musk but think of the astronauts whose lives depend on Musk or Russia. Or the Ukrainian soldiers whose communication and lives depend on Musk or Russia. Or the poor pedestrians whose lives will depend on Musk.
The Tesla stock crash is really something to watch. Elon continues to demolish his cult of personality to the point where he's now flirting with/amplifying the worst of the worst - Michael Flynn's Q-adjacent group and a drunken Medvedev. This is the finest example yet of doing what doesn't worker harder.
@jeffjarvis I was thinking this morning about the child in Cincinnati whose father found a kidney donor through #Twitter. For shame to Musk for buying this worldwide #community out of false pride and a desire to quash liberal voices.
This just came in the mail and I don’t know how to be anything but gauche about it. Really proud to work at NBC News alongside such brilliant colleagues. (BRB changing all my bios to Emmy award winning.)
The Glory of Arrowtown - crazy autumn colours in Arrowtown are well worth catching if you are in the area, the old quaint Gold mining town just lights up