Aaron Ricks

@aaricks

Online Content Editor . Read . Formerly . Alum . Tweets are my own.

Brooklyn, NY
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Joined June 2009
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  1. Pinned Tweet
    Apr 12

    Subway hero of the day award goes to the guy casually wearing a "Jeb! 2016" shirt on the G train.

    4 retweets 3 likes
  2. Jun 1

    This is GOLD. Au revoir, Paris. (good thread)

    I have been writing about the Paris Accord since before it was negotiated, so I am issuing myself a waiver from my no-tweetstorm rule. 1/
    1 reply
  3. May 31

    Hey. New podcast with Heather Mac Donald on police, campus issues, etc. Listen via (or iTunes)

  4. May 23
    Replying to

    But here's what a conservative in New York sees when looking at Trump's Washington from our giant skyscrapers.

  5. May 23

    Good article. Plenty DC-based friends have expressed the same feelings.

    1 reply
  6. Apr 19

    One thing the Pomona students got right: Engaging in debate w Heather Mac Donald *is* violent bc she'd destroy you.

    1 retweet 3 likes
  7. Apr 19

    "I must thank you, my fellow federal taxpayers. You all are the wind beneath my solar panels." is a poet.

    3 retweets 4 likes
  8. Apr 17

    Why is there group of a dozen teenagers with FEMA polos on my train? I wouldn't trust them to manage anything, let alone an emergency.

    1 reply
  9. Apr 14

    Q for media friends: Does *one* Tweet qualify as "request for comment" from a journalist at a major newspaper? Any effort required?

  10. Apr 10

    Judging from the statement, I imagine baking a cake is their next PR step. "Sorry I re-accommodated you."

    1 like
  11. Apr 6

    Protester: Why don't you care about black lives? HMac: Like the 4,300 shot in Chicago last yr? Protester: You don't really care. Rinse. Rpt.

    ‘War on Cops’ author Heather Mac Donald shouted down at UCLA by hysterical Black Lives Matter protest
    1 like
  12. Apr 3

    If this is what New York state considers a "robust" jobs & economic development program, what does a failing one look like?

    The job-creation program created 314 new jobs in 2016
    1 reply
  13. Mar 22

    I am 26. What now?

    2 replies 1 like
  14. Mar 20

    If you want a vision of the future, imagine an "escalator out of service" sign posted at the same MTA subway stops... forever.

    1 like
  15. Mar 20

    So I saw "Get Out" last night at a movie theater in Brooklyn. Watching with that crowd, I couldn't get this Bill Murray line out of my head.

  16. Mar 17

    It's time to get serious about taking out Big Bird.

  17. Mar 16

    I was really hoping to get a Shamrock Shake from today but now that's basically a partisan act.

  18. Mar 3

    The "tale of two cities" doesn't apply here.

    City data reveals three-year pay surge for NYC lobbyists
  19. Feb 23

    Wasn't that funny, guys.

    People are dying laughing over this 19-year-old’s clapback to a Trump supporter
  20. Feb 23

    If it means my weekend brunches in Williamsburg will be less-crowded, I'm all in favor. RESIST!

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