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Senior writer + founder of at . I write about (a) digital journalism, (b) southern history, mostly. Proud Cajun. Takes mine, not Harvard's.

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    18 hours ago

    since Matt Damon is trending

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    3 hours ago

    The reporting on Delta breakthrough cases is borderline criminal at this point.

    Un-vaccinated Americans right now are — 16x as likely to be hospitalized for Covid, and — 417x as likely to be killed by Covid than vaccinated Americans. If your headline gives people any impression other than "THE VACCINES WORK SUPER WELL!"...maybe write a new one
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    Un-vaccinated Americans right now are — 16x as likely to be hospitalized for Covid, and — 417x as likely to be killed by Covid than vaccinated Americans. If your headline gives people any impression other than "THE VACCINES WORK SUPER WELL!"...maybe write a new one

    Every piece of data from real-life shows the vaccines work very, very well— yes, even against Delta. Just checked US vaccine breakthrough hospitalizations. It's 6,587 people among the ~163,000,000 vaccinated: or 0.004%. Three fourths are elderly— as happens with other diseases.
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    Jul 31

    The administration building at , Gibson Hall, is named for the senator, who was a dreadful racist and Confederate. So, FREE IDEA FOR TULANE: When they inevitably have to rename it: Still call it "Gibson Hall," but this time make it to honor 1980s Boston indie rock

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    Jul 31

    TIL the great-grandson of 1880s Louisiana Senator Randall Lee Gibson — Randall Lee Gibson IV — was the drummer in 1980s Boston cowpunk band Scruffy the Cat

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  7. 3 hours ago

    I gotta say, gonna be hard to make too many bridges out of even a stack of paper that big

    There it is. The bipartisan infrastructure bill
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    Education matters: In Norway, a school reform plan in 1935 not only improved student lives (increased years of schooling, increased income as adults) — it was key to building and maintaining support for a strong welfare state for generations

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  9. Aug 1

    Leaky Roofs are the new Broken Windows

    Historically segregated blocks of Philadelphia saw crime rates drop by nearly 22% after even just a single home on the block received city-funded repairs, according to research from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania.
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    Jul 31

    Historically segregated blocks of Philadelphia saw crime rates drop by nearly 22% after even just a single home on the block received city-funded repairs, according to research from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania.

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  11. Aug 1

    THANK YOU, , it felt kinda lame to be greeted by name only once on every article page, 2x is much better

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    I'm sure there's a reason, but I gotta say the Star of David is one of the stranger possible choices for a logo of the Appalachian Studies Association

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    Jul 31

    "What if we not only don't get rid of qualified immunity, we let the police sue you?" 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️

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    Jul 31

    Here’s what it was like recently inside a Covid ICU in Miami, where doctors and nurses fear being overwhelmed again:

    BREAKING: Florida has reported 21,683 new cases of COVID-19, the state’s highest one-day total since the start of the pandemic, according to new federal health data. The state has become the new national epicenter for the virus.
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    Jul 31

    Is there a reason why Piers Morgan, Charlie Kirk et al won’t weigh in on this the way they would have for…uh.. other athletes?

    Novak Djokovic threw a racket into the stands, smashed another, then skipped his doubles match in an Olympic meltdown
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    Jul 31

    BREAKING: Florida has reported 21,683 new cases of COVID-19, the state’s highest one-day total since the start of the pandemic, according to new federal health data. The state has become the new national epicenter for the virus.

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  17. Jul 31

    Goddamn it, Colfax

    UPDATE: Police search for shooters of Zydeco legend Chris Ardoin and 14-year-old at bike festival
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    Jul 31

    Contrast this with the way media portrayed Provincetown/75 percent of cases unvaccinated misleading number.

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    Jul 31

    Of the 164 million vaccinated Americans, less than 0.1% have been infected with the coronavirus, and 0.001% have died, according to data from the CDC.

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  20. Jul 31

    The administration building at , Gibson Hall, is named for the senator, who was a dreadful racist and Confederate. So, FREE IDEA FOR TULANE: When they inevitably have to rename it: Still call it "Gibson Hall," but this time make it to honor 1980s Boston indie rock

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  21. Jul 31

    TIL the great-grandson of 1880s Louisiana Senator Randall Lee Gibson — Randall Lee Gibson IV — was the drummer in 1980s Boston cowpunk band Scruffy the Cat

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