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Political scientist. Professor. Writer. Mitchell Scholar. Reproached by Mikhail Gorbachev. “You want it to be one way, but it’s the other way.”

Former theocracy of Mass.
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    Paul Musgrave‏Verified account @profmusgrave 23 Dec 2020

    What’s something ubiquitous about the past, like the early 1990s, that stands out as something hard to convey to young folks today? My choice is the ubiquity of smoking.

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      1. Paul Musgrave‏Verified account @profmusgrave 23 Dec 2020

        Another one: the idea of The News. Morning paper, evening broadcast (and you knew if you were an ABC, NBC, or CBS family), maybe NPR in between

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      2. GOLIKEHELLMACHINE‏ @golikehellmachi 23 Dec 2020
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        needing a map — or, at the very least, a printout of mapquest directions — to navigate an unfamiliar city.

        21 replies 6 retweets 746 likes
      3. GOLIKEHELLMACHINE‏ @golikehellmachi 23 Dec 2020
        Replying to @golikehellmachi @profmusgrave

        having to use the phone to call a store to see what their hours were.

        5 replies 1 retweet 226 likes
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      2. Jake Anbinder‏ @JakeAnbinder 23 Dec 2020
        Replying to @profmusgrave

        How until ~2000ish it was a given that there were long stretches of time when people were not going to be able to communicate with you

        22 replies 35 retweets 3,298 likes
      3. Jake Anbinder‏ @JakeAnbinder 23 Dec 2020
        Replying to @JakeAnbinder @profmusgrave

        Even as late as 2010 or so I remember overseas trips where there would be one hotel computer and you got to check your email once a day.

        17 replies 9 retweets 1,574 likes
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      2. Peter A. Shulman  📚‏ @pashulman 23 Dec 2020
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        Knowing your friends phone numbers.

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      3. harrie "glorious being of light & miracles" 💉 💉 😷‏ @harriekd 23 Dec 2020
        Replying to @pashulman @profmusgrave

        I still know my mates’ numbers from when we were kids! Couldn’t tell you a single one of their mobile numbers now tho

        3 replies 1 retweet 141 likes
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      2. Ted Masthay‏ @TMasthay 23 Dec 2020
        Replying to @profmusgrave

        Rudy Giuliani’s reputation

        11 replies 0 retweets 333 likes
      3. Coffee Monstress‏ @NYCJulieNYC 23 Dec 2020
        Replying to @TMasthay @profmusgrave

        Giuliani was always smarmy, vile & vindictive—it’s just that fewer people, particularly outside of NYC—realized it.

        3 replies 0 retweets 27 likes
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      2. The Queso‏ @thequeso 23 Dec 2020
        Replying to @profmusgrave

        The AAA trip ticket for road trips.

        4 replies 2 retweets 137 likes
      3. Kat West‏ @GreenKatATL 24 Dec 2020
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        my mom still does that/ gets one (I don't even know how to refer to it)

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