Joe Amarante

Entertainment, dining, beverage and travel free-lance writer; former arts editor at the New Haven Register and Hearst CT Media.

[Joe Amarante @Joeammo]

The Playbook Used to ‘Prove’ Vaccines Cause Autism https://t.co/6jbbT3aHvX via @NYTOpinion

[Merriam-Webster @MerriamWebster]

Not to add to the discourse, but…

It’s ‘toe the line,’ not ‘tow the line.’
It’s ‘free rein,’ and not ‘free reign.’
It’s ‘eke out,’ not ‘eek out.’
It’s ‘sleight of hand,’ not ‘slight of hand.’
It's ‘Anchors aweigh,’ and not ‘Anchor's away!’

[Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney]

The irony is not lost on many in Washington that Trump says spitting on a DC cop is justification for hitting/punching back "hard" when he pardoned hundreds of Jan. 6 rioters who assaulted those same cops — and said attacks on them that day were "minor."

[Cheddar Flow @CheddarFlow]

This could literally pass as a scene straight from The Office

[Joe Amarante @Joeammo]

How Bad Is This Bill? The Answer in 10 Charts. https://t.co/038kvVdM5e via @NYTOpinion

[APStylebook @APStylebook]

If you're packing up the car for a three-day weekend, do it in style.

No hyphen in the noun: We are taking a road trip in July.
Hyphenate as a compound modifier: We are making our road-trip plans.
Also hyphenate as a verb: We will go road-tripping to six states.

Stylebook Online subscribers can find this and other terms on our summer travel Topical Guide, in our archives from 2021: https://t.co/5sZIHsPw09

[Joe Amarante @Joeammo]

From 2017, a favorite of mine from my news days:
Q&A with Kareem Abdul-Jabbar: John Wooden, President Trump, the internet and other topics https://t.co/pkrkkykwt4 via @insider_ct

[Joe Amarante @Joeammo]

There's a new look at the @pequotmuseum store in Mashantucket. https://t.co/hiBhQle5Uo

[Don Winslow @donwinslow]

Dear #MAGA,

1. Mexico didn't pay for the wall.
2. Trump never delivered health care
3. Trump never delivered infrastructure
4. Trump didn't end the war between Russia and Ukraine on day 1.
5. Gas+food prices are up.
6. You got suckered again.
7. You are in a cult.

[Ronan McGreevy @RMcGreevy1301]

There are things that a printed newspaper can do that no website could ever do. This is magnificent.

[The Onion @TheOnion]

Trump Says He Won’t Rule Out Third Reich
https://t.co/9aQnrZMZHv

[Neil Stone @DrNeilStone]

"Vaccines aren't actually responsible for the reduction in infectious diseases" say Joe Rogan's guests

And he believes them

Meanwhile in the real world 👇👇

[Governor Tim Walz @GovTimWalz]

I would like to nominate Maxwell Smart for national security advisor.

[Joe Amarante @Joeammo]

On the National Mall right now.

[anyone_want_chips @anyonewantchips]

Hold the fuck on. Are you telling me the guy who applied for a Canadian passport thru his Canadian-born mother to avoid South Africa’s mandatory military service, has the nerve to call 25-year decorated Navy combat vet Mark Kelly a traitor. Oh, hell no.

[Protect Kamala Harris ✊ @DisavowTrump20]

🚨NEW: Elon Musk has called Senator Mark Kelly (D-AZ) a “traitor” after visiting Ukraine this weekend. Kelly is a 25-year U.S. Navy pilot veteran and retired astronaut.

RETWEET if you stand with @CaptMarkKelly against Elon Musk’s unpatriotic attacks!

[Dean Blundell🇨🇦 @ItsDeanBlundell]

Mike Myers doing Elon really pisses off Elon…

[The Daily Show @TheDailyShow]

Is DOGE taking suggestions? Jon Stewart has a few billion-dollar ideas

[Luke Harding @lukeharding1968]

For anyone wondering why Trump refuses to criticise Putin, while hectoring Zelenskyy, here's my piece on the US president's 1987 trip to Moscow. Trump's visit was arranged by the ... KGB. Extract comes from my #1 New York Times bestselling book 'Collusion' https://t.co/E3BylCFbQf

[Joe Amarante @Joeammo]

A lovely place to see a show, @thekate has a great slate for the faithful in late April: Story Songs of the 1970s (think Harry Chaplin & Cat Stevens), Stephen Page of Barenaked Ladies, a Beatles tribute show, John Oates (see my 2018 chat with him online) and Roger McGuinn.