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@adamplease

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Brooklyn, NY
Joined January 2008

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    Feb 25
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  2. Feb 19

    . first pitched this almost 2 years ago and it was worth the wait: The Europeans who built Jakarta were some of the worst urban planners in history. 400 years later, the capital of the 4th-biggest country on earth is sinking into the sea.

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  3. Retweeted
    Feb 17

    If you’d like to support Gimlet Union and our work, and help make the podcasting industry better for everyone, including POC - a thread!

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    Feb 17

    For Black History Month, Vox is publishing a big series on rethinking policy for Black America. I wrote 3,200 words on eradicating exclusionary zoning. It's a 3 step formula: Persuade, incentivize, and if all else fails, SUE THE SUBURBS. Thread (1/8)

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  5. Retweeted
    Feb 10

    What do dreams look like when the source of distress is invisible? For a new documentary, animated 20 people’s pandemic dreams. Watch here.

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  6. Jan 31

    There’s never been a higher-stakes Groundhog Day

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  7. Jan 27

    At the vaccine site in Washington Heights “Most people entering appeared to be white and unfamiliar with the neighborhood. Some asked security guards where they could find parking. Nylon Longchamp handbags and Burberry scarves stood out.”

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  8. Jan 22
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  9. Jan 21

    in case any disgraced former presidents out there are looking for ways to be less hated, I just grinned like an idiot through this clip of richard freaking nixon talking about the 87 mets

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  10. Jan 19

    among the later, less-noticed indignities was realizing I now knew how to spell Kayleigh McEnany

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  11. Jan 19

    this is less in the realm of editorializing, more in the vein of savannah guthrie casually mentioning that trump is a fish

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    Jan 16

    I did a video with Vox on the storming of the Capitol and the rising insurgent movement that made it possible.

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  13. Jan 9

    This is the best sentence I’ve ever read

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  14. Jan 7

    The extent to which these guys just believe a thing some guy told them

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  15. Jan 7

    It’s interesting to think about why this event in particular would require rhetorical caution

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  16. Jan 5

    Hello darkness my old friend

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  17. Jan 5

    That’s exactly the fake name I would use too

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  18. A big growing up moment for me was when I realized not everyone is intimately familiar with this movie

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    9 Dec 2020

    apropos of various other news I just want to mention that the ChowNow app is just as minimal-human-interaction/anxiety-friendly as the Gr*bH*b/D**rdash/S**mless apps except that restaurants pay a flat $150/month to be on the platform instead of 30% of every single order

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    6 Dec 2020

    Absolutely. We should unite in hatred of childless couples in healthy relationships.

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