KerryHowley

Staff Writer, New York Mag. Screenwriter. New Englander in Iowa City.

[KerryHowley @KerryHowley]

NYT names Bottom’s Up and The Devil Laughs among the top ten books of the year! https://t.co/qtB4mkTL3v

[Evil Man @evilhooperninja]

Idiot Americans cannot understand the beauty of California elections. It’s like a cricket match, a gentlemanly epic spread across days and weeks. A chance for contemplation and repose.

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@jbienkahn and it’s such a great place for kids in particular

[Zach Wahls @ZachWahls]

Good morning Iowa! Today is Election Day, and polls are open until 8PM. Make your plan to vote using the links below 👇

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@Fedup2Agal @IowaChill what if i want to drink water poisoned with nitrates

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@KimReynoldsIA can you name some measures of wellbeing in which iowa is doing better than minnesota?

[Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias]

I celebrate all media business success stories but I think once you are running television network news programming on behalf of a regime-aligned billionaire as part of a deal to get a merger approved, you need to leave the “our brand is independent thinking” stuff aside.

[Matthew Zeitlin @MattZeitlin]

the inclusion of elevator reform is proof that posting can change the world

[KerryHowley @KerryHowley]

Iowa undergrads are not signing up for “center for intellectual freedom” classes about how “capitalism rocks” — classes that presumably cover the efficient allocation of resources in accordance with market demand. So the legislature wants to mandate them. https://t.co/GKpL3Ol3GE

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@JillFilipovic the portrayal of “feminism” on this site is like when fox news characterizes all of europe as a refugee camp on fire

[David Wallace-Wells @dwallacewells]

This framework applies to much of the smartphone theory of everything. Social isolation, sexlessness, political polarization, the decline in teenage “vice”—all of these trends predate the arrival of phones. In some cases, they have accelerated; in others, not really.

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@elainejgodfrey “such a nice young man”

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I have no evidence beyond experience but i suspect the drop in grades reflects in part a cultural shift away from intellectual challenge. Rigor isn’t valued or incentivized. Demanding teachers are disparaged as “traditional” and incapable of serving the “whole child.”

[Chuck Grassley @ChuckGrassley]

I’m taking a break from farming 2watch Indiana fever professional women’s basketball. I’m watching bc I am a follower of Caitlin Clark If u haven’t followed Caitlin Clark u should she is an all American sports hero from right here in Iowa Caitlin was a star at the Univ of Iowa

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@TheAnnaGat correct

[Kristi Yamaguccimane @TheWapplehouse]

Forgot how good some of the bits were on the Clinton one too

“As secretary how many words can you type? And does Obama like his coffee like himself?…weak?”

[New York Magazine @NYMag]

Camp Mystic, the all-girls Christian camp in Hunt, Texas, is no longer seeking a 2026 operating license amid scrutiny from lawmakers and the parents of those killed in last year’s devastating flash flood. https://t.co/VDnnAciId4

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@proffwolff obvi the answer is to become a customs inspector

[James Marriott @j_amesmarriott]

Wittgenstein's (incredibly typical) response to a university friend taking him for a cheerful afternoon out to watch a boat race:

[Alec MacGillis @AlecMacGillis]

"Outside the purely legal realm, whether Mystic should reopen in 2026 is not a question of safety. It is a question of propriety, dignity, and, ultimately, shame."

I'm late to @KerryHowley's piece on the Camp Mystic disaster. It's so incredibly well done. https://t.co/o6M9JTjFUM