Andres David Lopez

Multimedia journalist. Player development with the @miamiheat. Previously @google + @apple + @adobe. Shadow Wolf. Social media manager for @whitehouse.

[Andres David Lopez @ADLReporter]

The first episode in the new season of “Worst Ex Ever” on @netflix features the story of Wade Wilson, a Florida man who killed two women in 2019.

The episode reflects very poorly on @PBCountySheriff and includes footage from an investigator questioning Wilson.

[Dan Daley @DanDaley]

Abhorrent, but hardly surprising given the administration’s long record of scandal, self dealing, and abuse of power.

At the center of much of this was then Chief of Staff James Uthmeier. No accountability then. None since.

His reward? He’s now Florida’s Attorney General.

[Jack Gorsline @JackGorsline]

Freelance investigative journalism = 4-7 months of unpaid labor worth tens of thousands of dollars for maybe $500 upon publication

[Andres David Lopez @ADLReporter]

Journalism is a great career choice!

[Poynter @Poynter]

The Associated Press plans to lay off 20 video production staff in the U.S. today and move those jobs to a new production hub in India.

The decision to eliminate journalists with decades of experience and move their jobs covering American news to India raises concerns about the quality of future coverage, union leaders said.

Read this: https://t.co/1Z0bf24aTM

[Jane Coaston 🏔️ @janecoaston]

Rachel Aviv is one of the best writers working today and also every single one of her pieces makes me want to walk into the ocean https://t.co/EuJ2IK4w1j

[Daniel Dale @ddale8]

"We have the largest number of plants ever being built in the United States right now," Trump says. When I asked the White House for any source for this claim, they could not provide any. US factory construction spending has steadily declined this term. https://t.co/mKMwhHJLCi

[Daniel Dale @ddale8]

Vaccines do not cause autism

Vaccine doses are nowhere close to “the size of a bottle of soda,” they’re a fraction of a teaspoon

The combo MMR vaccine is not “quite lethal,” it’s been very safe for more than five decades

There are no separate M/M/R shots available in the US and won’t be anytime soon 

Autism prevalence wasn’t “1 in 10,000” in 2006, it was 1 in 110

No state has been requiring little kids to get “72 jabs,” nor even by age 18

Fact check on the rapid-fire vaccine misinformation President Trump delivered yesterday while pushing to change US vaccine policy: https://t.co/qSF53N8XJW

[Andres David Lopez @ADLReporter]

Lol.

[Juan Manuel Santos @JuanManSantos]

Colombia ha demostrado una vez más la fortaleza de su democracia y sus instituciones. Comienza una nueva etapa y la responsabilidad de gobernar para todos. Que los próximos cuatro años sean de unidad, humildad, respeto por la Constitución y progreso con equidad.

[Justin Wolfers @JustinWolfers]

Seems relevant: Canada is creating jobs at a rate that is roughly 4x that in the United States.

[San Antonio Spurs @spurs]

A week of hoops, art and camaraderie.

Vic treated the guys to a tour at the Louvre while together in Paris 🖼️🇫🇷

Photos by @carterdbryant 📸

[Andres David Lopez @ADLReporter]

@revked Great song!

[Owen @Owennfa]

My son works full time here in Florida. Let me run his numbers.

State minimum wage is $14/hour. He's at $15.

40 hours a week = $600/week
That's about $2,600/month before taxes.

Florida has no state income tax the thing they sell you on. So after federal and FICA he takes home roughly $2,200.

Average one-bedroom in our area runs about $1,600.

That's 73% of his entire paycheck gone to rent before he eats a single meal.

Leaves him around $600 a month for:

- groceries
- gas
- car insurance
- health insurance
- phone
- emergencies
- savings

Car insurance alone eats a third of that in this state.

He works 40 hours a week and cannot save a dollar. Not because he's careless because there's nothing left to be careless with.

I spent thirty years paying off a house here. He's doing the same job I did at his age and he can't afford a one-bedroom.

That's not a discipline problem. That's not avocado toast.

The floor moved and nobody lowered the ceiling.

Working full time should cover a roof. In Florida it barely covers the rent on one.

[Joyce Carol Oates @JoyceCarolOates]

interesting responses to commentary on Mike Judge's 2005 satire "Idiocracy."
seeing this film with three movie-loving friends, two of us for the first time, & amazed at the parallels with T***DarkAge except, as several observers pointed out, the flamboyant US president is genuinely well-intentioned & respects the "smartest person in the world" (in fact, just a very average person from 2005 propelled into 2505 when everyone is brain-damaged) enough to make him his vice-president & allow him the possibility of "saving the world." also, the US president is not obese, elderly, corrupt & slathered in garish orange makeup & adorned with cotton-candy "hair."

a broken world filling up with trash & garbage, radiation leaking from a nuclear power plant, no one with a clue how to fix anything, crazy-sadistic entertainments on the White House lawn for shrieking citizens... all that is missing from "Idiocracy" is climate change, Covid, AI & data centers.

[Joyce Carol Oates @JoyceCarolOates]

the satirical film "Idiocracy" (Mike Judge, 2005) was probably funnier as well as more far-fetched at the time of its release in a pre-MAGA America in which the political leadership of George W. Bush was evidently viewed, by some observers at least, as the prelude to an era of profound ignorance & stupidity. how unnerving to see a film in which a grotesque administration in a ramshackle White House includes brain-damaged cabinet members & a rap-star president & the slack-jawed dull-eyed populace is riotously amused by crude games/executions on the White House lawn that resemble gladiatorial combats. Mike Judd & cohort were naively optimistic to set their satire of a vulgar, intellectually diminished America in 2505; little did they know that by 2026 America an anti-intellectual, anti-scientific, anti-education & anti-democratic cult would have established political power & that satire itself--humor, comedy--would be challenged by each day's breaking news.

[NBA @NBA]

A 16-year career filled with so many crafty handles 😮‍💨

Happy 49th birthday, @manuginobili!

(Via: @spurs)

[Mike Reilley @itsmikereilley]

You can save $11 by preordering the second edition of "Data + Journalism: A Story-Driven Approach to Data Storytelling" co-authored by Samantha Sunne and I. It publishes tomorrow! https://t.co/c5m9tapbbL

[Marcus Yam 文火 @yamphoto]

Grateful to have my first story published as The Globe and Mail’s new international visual correspondent. A big wonderful team at The Globe made this story come together so please support our journalism! Thank you!

[Andres David Lopez @ADLReporter]

Colombia elected a right-wing president. So excuse me for not giving a fuck about its soccer win. Colombians always lose in the end.

[Jeff Barker @JeffBarkermedia]

I am so grateful for the overwhelming response to my resignation announcement. I wanted to be a reporter from when I was 10 and waited in my pajamas by the front door for the morning paper to be delivered. I take our mission really seriously.

[Ruby Cramer @rubycramer]

I absolutely adored this piece by Paige Williams on repo and the life of Matthew Pitman, aka RepoNut https://t.co/EhLG3dbDbY

[Jeff Barker @JeffBarkermedia]

I’ve resigned from The Baltimore Sun after 25 years of politics and sports reporting. I was proud to have been there during a long period when our reporting followed the facts wherever they happened to lead. I’m not saying anything readers can’t see for themselves, but The Sun has changed since its purchase by David Smith, executive chairman of the Sinclair Broadcast Group. I no longer fit there. I’m grateful to the sources whose trust enabled me to report responsibly, and to the readers who supported our work. I’m exploring new opportunities inside and outside journalism. My DMs are open.