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  1. Pinned Tweet
    20 Aug 2020

    My book is out in paperback! You should buy it. It is about lies and errors and nonsense and also a surprising amount of material about Benjamin Franklin being a massive troll.

    We live in a 'post-truth' age, we're told. But was there ever really a golden age of truth-telling? 's hilarious new book TRUTH is out now in paperback!
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  2. Retweeted
    Jan 22

    As a former fact-checker I spontaneously applaud this solid work

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  3. Jan 21

    oh come on

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  4. Jan 20

    stop saying "for the final time"

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  5. Retweeted
    Jan 18

    1/18 This piece is why journalists w/o vaccine reporting experience shouldn’t do hot takes. Despite good intentions, its inept & irresponsible execution make it dangerous. Claiming (falsely) that public health experts are being dishonest w public isn’t how you promote a vaccine.

    Dr. Offit told me we should be greeting the Covid vaccines with the same enthusiasm that greeted the polio vaccine: “It should be this rallying cry.” Here’s my attempt at summarizing what we know – and don’t yet know – about the vaccines. (fin)
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    Jan 15

    Late night scooplet: has been forced to internexit over its domain name dispute

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    Jan 15

    What a weird time.

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  8. Retweeted
    Jan 14

    Sea shanty tiktok is WILD

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  9. Jan 8

    If I were advising at this point, I would tell him to just tweet a huge amount right now. Absolutely non-stop. Live tweet a non-stop Lord of the Rings marathon, extended editions. Really rub it in.

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  10. Jan 8

    prize for the first person to find his alt

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  11. Jan 8

    A close review

    After close review of recent Tweets from the account and the context around them we have permanently suspended the account due to the risk of further incitement of violence.
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  12. Retweeted
    Jan 7

    I said "rostrum." 😂

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    Jan 7

    NEW: a common response to reports of hospitals struggling this winter is "it’s no different to a bad flu season!" I’ve tracked down historical data on flu ICU admissions, including winter 2017-18, a record high. Here’s how England’s Covid winter compares to a bad flu season 📹

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  14. Jan 6

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  15. Retweeted
    Jan 6

    They're filing out in triumph, as a policeman holds one door open, past the other door where someone wrote "MURDER THE MEDIA"

    2:03
    A line of people exit the Capitol building. One bloodied in the head and more came out who previously stormed the building.
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    Jan 6

    The Venezuelan government puts out a statement expressing concern about violence in DC and condemning political polarization, and says it hopes for stability for the American people.

    | Venezuela expresa su preocupación por los hechos de violencia que se están llevando a cabo en la ciudad de Washington, EEUU; condena la polarización política y aspira que el pueblo estadounidense pueda abrirse un nuevo camino hacia la estabilidad y la justicia social
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  17. Jan 6

    Well, that’s enough watching news from America, let’s see what’s happening closer to h

    BREAKING: Exclusive: London will be overwhelmed by covid in a fortnight says leaked NHS England briefing FREE TO READ
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  18. Retweeted
    Jan 6

    For those who are able to: please try to scrape and save any videos and livestreams of the Capitol storming and occupation. Just like after Charlottesville in 2017, many of those who are streaming will delete their streams once they realize how incriminating the footage is.

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  19. Retweeted
    Jan 6

    i just hope anyone ever says anything as loving and nice to me as Donald Trump just said to the violent insurrectionists storming the capitol

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  20. Retweeted
    Jan 6

    Appears the “looting/shooting” rule doesn’t apply to everyone

    Via Getty, one the rioters steals a podium from the Capitol
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    Jan 6

    I don’t think you know what “proactively” means, guys.

    In regard to the ongoing situation in Washington, D.C., we are working proactively to protect the health of the public conversation occurring on the service and will take action on any content that violates the Twitter Rules.
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