Jon Edelman

Staff writer for @DiverseIssues. Sometime Weekly Reviewer for @Harpers.

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@ididabad In hindsight, that actually would have been a better title

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God: Jessica, we’d like you to meet our new angel.

Jessica Walters: Who is it?

Martin Mull: *takes off halo* Gene Parmesan, how you doing?

Jessica: AAHHHHHH!!!

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See what other nonsense happened last week in my latest for @Harpers

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A town in Saskatchewan debated whether it should change its slogan from “Land of Rape and Honey.”

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A man in western Washington State was reported to have tried to solicit a sex worker for a threesome with himself and his miniature horse.

Find out what else happened last week in #spooky Weekly Review @Harpers:

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Essential recap of the week's horror from @JonEdelman. (I added the context about how different governments/organizations deal with the existence of LGBTQ+ people. Hope this helps!) https://t.co/pRYNTbruRS

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Light news week this week. Check out my recap for @Harpers

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Scientists found that ultra-processed fare is just as addictive as nicotine, cocaine, or heroin. “Ask yourself,” advised an author of the study, “is this really food?”

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@unbuttonmyeyes @Harpers There's a lot of news about dirty street names!

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Find out what else happened last week, as if you're not already following it in minute detail in my latest for @Harpers

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Hundreds of plaster vaginas spilled onto a road in Russia, and it was reported that the Worcestershire Council had announced trimming to be done on Minge Lane.

#harpersweeklyreview

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Find out what other ridiculousness happened last week in my latest for @Harpers

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A Florida man who repeatedly fired his rifle in the air to celebrate Ron DeSantis’s signing of a permitless carry law before being shot several times by police was arrested.

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Find out the latest nonsense!

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Microsoft, which in 2020 fired the team of journalists responsible for vetting the content on its platform, published a seemingly AI-generated obituary of a former NBA player who died in Florida. “Brandon Hunter useless at 42,” the headline read.

https://t.co/JQ72rSQnyS

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Microsoft, which in 2020 fired the team of journalists responsible for vetting the content on its platform, published a seemingly AI-generated obituary of a former NBA player who died in Florida. “Brandon Hunter useless at 42,” the headline read.

https://t.co/JQ72rSQnyS

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For @DiverseIssues, I wrote about a new study defending the use of race of medical decision-making. Not everyone was convinced: https://t.co/9mNqdKi5n5

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Scientists announced that neurotic people probably shouldn’t colonize Mars.

Find out what else happened last week in my latest for @Harpers:

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@bakerdphd aw, thank you for your help!

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@bakerdphd The pic really sets the tone, I feel

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For @DiverseIssues, I talked to experts about why all the most common alternatives for affirmative action are worse at generating racial diversity: https://t.co/Mmyk7c7T0q
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Find out what other ridiculousness happened last week in my latest for @Harpers

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It was reported that @Google is working on AI that offers life advice, and an AI-written @Microsoft Travel article recommended an Ottawa food bank as a “cannot miss” tourist spot. “Consider going into it on an empty stomach,” the AI wrote.

https://t.co/cHnvZW2nvM

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Find out what other nonsense happened last week in my latest for @Harpers

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Over $200 million in pandemic aid grants meant for struggling arts organizations went to wealthy musicians including @PostMalone, @chrisbrown, and @Nickelback.

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Over $200 million in pandemic aid grants meant for struggling arts organizations went to wealthy musicians including @PostMalone, @chrisbrown, and @Nickelback.

https://t.co/4pV7ftXIpR

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Find out what other ridiculousness happened last week in my latest for @Harpers

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Officials at an aquarium in Florida announced that a manatee named Hugh had died from injuries sustained while having sex with his brother.

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