Marc McAfee

Pondering something clever to place here with only 160 characters. Now just 80.

[Rick Davis @TheRhetorRick]

Rest in peace, Wendell Berry.

[The New Yorker @NewYorker]

A poem by Wendell Berry, who died yesterday at age 92. https://t.co/cAjR4iTs7u

[Philip Bunn @PhilipDBunn]

When I was an angsty college senior, having been introduced to Berry by the inestimable Mark Mitchell, I wrote him a letter about my anxieties about the distance between my ideals and a harsh world. He kindly and quickly wrote back, a short letter of hope and encouragement.

[Big Boi @BigBoi]

Outkast birthed ATLiens 30 years ago and we are bringing it full circle by supporting a new generation of ATLiens.

We sponsored and helped design their jerseys and Big Boi even pulled up on our new youth squad @soccerstreets from East Point. ⚽️

Made some for you, your mama, and your cousin too. Every kit sold helps keep soccer free for the kids @soccerstreets. Yeah, they glow in the dark …  as ATLiens do. 👽

Out now at @MundialMag. Link in bio.

[Marshall Mathers @Eminem]

I'm sorry we never got a chance to meet, but getting this note from Dolly really had a an impact on me. She definitely didn't have to take the time to do it. Even for a kid who mostly listened to rap music, she was an icon. A superstar in every sense. Rest easy Dolly. And thank you for the kind words.

[Sam Rose @samwhoo]

This might be the most beautiful thing I've read in my life. What a privilege to be alive in 2026.

https://t.co/07BtpKswBu

[Dexter Manning @DexterJManning]

Super Mario Bros. But I voice EVERYTHING 🗣️🎙️(FULL GAME)

[Tyler Austin Harper @Tyler_A_Harper]

Civil society is in active collapse—clubs are disappearing, hobbies are getting more expensive, institutions are withering away, and work is not physical and in person, but increasingly done alone on a screen. There are fewer opportunities for shoulder-to-shoulder friendships. 7/

[Johann Kurtz @JohannKurtz]

https://t.co/TqtDrW0D8X

[willy 🌜💧 @willystaley]

Dangerous levels of sobriety developing in this country; entire folkways are at risk of going extinct.

[Marc McAfee @MarcMcAfee]

@PsillySimons @dudedad Haha I thought same thing. And 90s meant no parents holding the kid as he goes up and down the ramp...

[Jon Finkel📚💪 @Jon_Finkel]

home depot has fallen off... bunch of disinterested people walking around with scanners and no expertise

that place used to rule. you'd have a project and a 67 year old ex-foreman named Big Jim would walk you through your entire project. no more...

my local Ace Hardware is where it's at now. that's where Big Jim and Joe and Old Ed, the guy who owned a plumbing business for 30 years, work now... happy to help and talk your ear off about washers and lug nuts for twenty minutes... you know, the good stuff.

[Marc McAfee @MarcMcAfee]

@freganmitts I was same boat as you a few years back. Sprays/dunks/fans all useless. Only thing that worked is CO2 trap. Expensive and requires maintenance, but they market them as "get your yard back" and they're right.

[Elizabeth Grace Matthew @ElizabethGMat]

Yesterday my 10 & 9 yo were out biking while my 5 & 2 yo played for more than an hour independently in the yard. I got the entire downstairs cleaned with no one underfoot and listened to a podcast while doing it. The erstwhile utter normalcy of this is why moms & kids used to be less anxious and the rarity of it now is a big part of why everyone is going insane.

[Greg Bluestein @bluestein]

It’s hard to put into words what this meant to me.

Giving the convocation address last Friday for the University of Georgia’s School of Public and International Affairs graduation ceremony was one of the great honors of my life.

I spoke about Johnny Isakson’s “six silent secrets” and added a few updates of my own. I talked about the friendships forged at UGA and the values that matter most.

Mostly, I spoke about staying grounded, treating people with dignity and remembering that democracy depends on our ability to disagree without losing our humanity.

To the SPIA graduates: thank you for letting me share the day with you. The work ahead of you matters — and I have no doubt you’re ready for it.

[Laurie Garrett @Laurie_Garrett]

The Last Bold Billionaire
Ted Turner was the real deal -- a billionaire who was crazy, funny, humane, generous and world-shaking. I had the pleasure of working with Ted several times, and he was the sort of American man of wealth our country used to admire. It is inconceivable that any of the 3,400+ billionaires in the world today, controlling more than $20 trillion, will ever compare to Ted for character, humor, commitments to world peace, conservation and fighting climate change.

Read this and I dare you to imagine comparable things will every be said about the likes of Jeff Bezos, Mark Zuckerberg, Peter Thiel, Elon Musk, Larry Ellison, or anybody with the surname Trump.
https://t.co/4d6hG9XU58

[Atlanta Braves @Braves]

We'll miss you, Ted ❤️

[S1apSh0es @S1apSh0es]

Ted Turner bought the rights to Hanna Barbera and built two whole tv channel for them just because he could. He gave a home to WCW pro wrestling and I can’t tell you how much NASCAR I watched on TBS. Also, the “A Christmas Story” 24hr marathon is an American institution at this point. He realizes as a billionaire you can just do cool shit.

[adult swim @adultswim]

RIP Captain

[Joe Kovac Jr. @joekovacjr]

Tom Johnson, a Macon native and the former head of CNN, once told me about working for Ted Turner: “Saddam Hussein invades Kuwait. Within a few days, along with other executives at CNN, we prepared a budget on what it would take for us to really win the coverage war.” (1/4)