David Zweig

Author of INVISIBLES and AN ABUNDANCE OF CAUTION. Order now: Subscribe: Clips: NYT, Atlantic, NYmag, TFP, Wired.

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💥🔥🧨 I am beyond excited to announce that I will be writing AN ABUNDANCE OF CAUTION, a book for @mitpress, about the schools debacle in America during the pandemic. The book, in essence, will be a case study of how and why bad decisions are made

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@recoqnitions @WSJ Thank you!

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TRAILER:
New documentary from @WSJ on Great Barrington Declaration, Twitter Files, and Covid dissent!

Full doc dropping next week.

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@ptmoon @WSJ It would be fun if they did!

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@DopeJawnPaul @mtracey I'm interested in someone getting a tattoo of a Nazi symbol, even if inadvertently, but then keeping the tattoo for nearly 20 years while––all plausible evidence shows––he knew its meaning, then lying about not knowing it's meaning.

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@NM_Jeff How else could she know about the tattoo’s meaning? Are you suggesting that she is an expert in Nazi symbols, knew about the tattoo, but never discussed it with Platner while they were dating?

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Fifield sent a text in August referring to Platner having a Nazi tattoo. But Platner has been saying he didn’t know its meaning until October. How is this not conclusive that Platner has been lying through his teeth? Did she get in a Time Machine to send the text?

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@NM_Jeff I don’t understand what you are saying. She sent a text—viewed by NYT—about him having a Nazi tattoo months before he said he learned its meaning. How could she have done that without Platner not having told her?

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@EmmaVigeland You’re forgetting the part about how this woman sent a text saying Platner had a Totenkop *two months before* Platner says he learned he had a Nazi tattoo.

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Fascinating statistic, and perhaps a sign of the decline of cultural and commercial influence of an elite taste making institution.

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This began as a thought experiment and ended with a shocking conclusion: Obsession has already outperformed the entire 2020–2025 Sundance U.S. Dramatic Competition lineup combined.
STORY HERE: https://t.co/lohK1wXoze

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@_Almaqah Because it's not 95% of her career

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This NYT line is ridiculous. Yes, Weiss was an opinion writer. But she also was founder & editor of a media corp that had over 1M subscribers, a non-trivial portion of which are paid, that published plenty of investigative work. NYT deliberately used the least salient descriptor.

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@lpolgreen https://t.co/Tx5AsIUAge

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@lpolgreen top of mind, I could point to some of my work for TFP. https://t.co/AQsUBSlaNQ

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@GregIMilner Greg, in your view, what I did I write here that's incorrect?

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@_Francis_Marion That’s definitely one option

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Installing a surveillance and control device could easily lead to a slippery slope, with everyone eventually being compelled to drive with these things.

Instead the remedy here is simple: if you have 16 speeding tickets you get your license revoked. No techno-solution required.

[Collin Rugg @CollinRugg]

New Yorkers with 16 or more speeding violations will now have to install devices in their cars to limit their driving speeds.

The device will use GPS tracking to restrict how fast the car can drive to the posted speed limit.

The device will be wired into the vehicle's onboard computer.

If drivers refuse to install the device, their registrations will be revoked after 45 days.

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@nomoreangrymama Oh, that's interesting. I hadn't considered that!

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This is quite a development in the Kristof scandal. Not a defamation suit, but a shareholder demand for records related to board oversight regarding reputational damage to the paper for poor reporting. Any lawyers care to weigh in on NY BCL 624 path instead of Delaware 220?

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Dear @nytimes :
On behalf of shareholders we are demanding the records. Not to debate your politics. To see whether the Board did its job while the company’s credibility, reputation, and exposure were put at risk.
You told the public there was nothing to see.
Let's find out.

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@writeinfreedom A 10 second search will show you that he confirmed that the Reddit account was his.

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The New Yorker describes Graham Platner as having a “complex” backstory. It is unimaginable that they would say the same about a Republican who had a Nazi tattoo (and maligned women, gays, blacks, soldiers, and police). How about “sordid” “despicable” or “disqualifying”?