You can claim that everybody is lying and undercounting, and the whole world looks like Lombardy and London, but if that's true, where are the bodies? This should be the #1 mystery about coronavirus we attempt to solve, because it might offer a quicker way out of the crisis.
-
Show this thread
-
On a domestic U.S. note, this raises an urgent question—what if we really can lift restrictions across most of the country safely? Republicans who say this are being vilified, but honesty compels us to say they have strong evidence on their side. People need to get more curious
8 replies 5 retweets 61 likesShow this thread -
Again, it's really hurting us to have most of the American media be highly neurotic residents of the cities hit hardest by this disease
6 replies 13 retweets 102 likesShow this thread -
Replying to @Pinboard
uhh what exactly are you trying to say about the “highly neurotic” media from New York now?
1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
-
Replying to @Pinboard
yeah it sounds like you’re saying that there are too many Jews in American media and I might rethink saying that if I were you but you do you man
2 replies 1 retweet 1 like -
Replying to @juliacarriew
I completely fail to understand how you hear that as a dog whistle. I'm talking about US reporters based in the NYC/DC conurbation, who tend to be pretty high-strung and anxious, overeducated people stuck in small apartments for many weeks now.
1 reply 0 retweets 4 likes -
Replying to @Pinboard
I’m telling you what it sounds like to me, as a Jew. Do what you want with that info. If it wasn’t intentional, that’s great. But to my ears it sounded like a very ugly and familiar trope, and I was surprised and concerned.
2 replies 0 retweets 2 likes -
Replying to @juliacarriew
What is a way I could say "people with high levels of anxiety" that wouldn't read as code for something I don't intend?
3 replies 0 retweets 2 likes -
Replying to @Pinboard @juliacarriew
"Neurotic" and "from New York" sounds redundant to me. [born in Kew Gardens General, Queens]
1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
The kind of people I have in mind are more imports—graduates from fancy schools who move to NYC to make a start in journalism. But it only takes a week to start calling yourself a New Yorker, so it's a little ambiguous.
Loading seems to be taking a while.
Twitter may be over capacity or experiencing a momentary hiccup. Try again or visit Twitter Status for more information.