Seth Mnookin

I write books and articles and am the director of @MIT_SciWrite. website: Refusing to pay for checkmarks since April 2023.

[Seth Mnookin @sethmnookin]

I should have stayed off of Twitter.

[Studio Ghibli @GhibliUSA]

Cute critters in every corner. 💚

Gather your friends for Hayao Miyazaki's MY NEIGHBOR TOTORO, back on the big screen July 11-15.
https://t.co/T1r1VmSm4e

[Quanta Books @QuantaBks]

“[THE PROOF IN THE CODE] is science writing at its best: technically precise, conceptually ambitious, and consistently accessible. ... A rare achievement.” — Seth Mnookin (@sethmnookin), author of The Panic Virus

[John Podhoretz @jpodhoretz]

Apparently being unimaginably stupid is also a man’s job, and congratulations— you win Employee of the Year

[Seth Mnookin @sethmnookin]

Always nice to see a @RedSox win in the stadium…but what I’ll really remember (and cherish) from today is seeing the, um, fans in Fenway next to the Green Monster trying multiple times to start the wave in the 7th inning of a 1-run game vs the defending champs…and failing.

[Seth Mnookin @sethmnookin]

@Jared_Carrabis Undoubtedly should have been the WS MVP. He totally deserved the SI cover he got. He will be forever under appreciated.

[Seth Mnookin @sethmnookin]

The red lightsaber self-own here is almost *too* on the nose.

[The White House @WhiteHouse]

Happy May the 4th to all, including the Radical Left Lunatics who are fighting so hard to to bring Sith Lords, Murderers, Drug Lords, Dangerous Prisoners, & well known MS-13 Gang Members, back into our Galaxy. You’re not the Rebellion—you’re the Empire.

May the 4th be with you.

[Acyn @Acyn]

Canadian MP Charlie Angus: I think there’s something deeper that Canadians are really focusing on right now—watching our nearest neighbor slip into totalitarianism.

When we see people being pulled off the streets, when we see students at universities being grabbed, detained, and kidnapped, and when we see Kristi Noem filming this disgusting video, we’re looking at a nation we no longer recognize. We don’t want to be like that nation.

So now, as the prime minister said, we have to look elsewhere for the kinds of alliances, agreements, and understandings we used to have with our closest neighbor.

If our nearest neighbor doesn’t respect the rule of law for its own citizens, how is it going to respect international law? And it certainly doesn’t respect us as Canada. So we have no choice—we’re going to make decisions that benefit our region and our people first.

[Kelsey Piper @KelseyTuoc]

"no one has died" because of feeding USAID to the woodchipper, Elon claimed. In this devastating piece the NYT went out and learned some of their names and stories:

[Seth Mnookin @sethmnookin]

Measles deaths always a tragedy b/c they are totally avoidable (the MMR vaccine is virtually 100% effective). Also predictable when vaccination rates drop. Measles 1 of most contagious viruses known, has likely killed more children than any other illness. https://t.co/De7ltOlAck

[Seth Mnookin @sethmnookin]

@RushmoreExt23 Strength in Numbers — and Bela’s Drive, which is much the same cast of characters, are both just jaw droppingly awesome.

[Seth Mnookin @sethmnookin]

I am so here for all of Dylan’s social media randomness. (And for those of you who aren’t bluegrass fans, Earl was banjoist extraordinaire Earl Scruggs, Bill was Bill Monroe, and “the role” was banjoist for The Blue Grass Boys.)

[Bob Dylan @bobdylan]

Today is Don Reno’s birthday. No offense to Earl but Don was more innovative. Chordal runs, tremolo picking, guitar-type strumming, jazz, swing, early rock and roll – it’s all there in his playing. Strong tenor vocalist and could write songs as well. Bill wanted him but Don went off to fight WWII. When he returned Earl had already taken the role. Happy birthday Don.

[Clement Lee, MD, MSc @ClementLeeMD]

Happy new year! I’m a pediatrician and this is a fabricated lie

[Stuart Stevens @stuartpstevens]

On my phone, it also gives me the option to vote in several swing states at once. What do you think George Soros has been doing while you jump up and down on stage.

[Seth Mnookin @sethmnookin]

If you don’t know what to do during the day to deal with your election anxiety until polls start closing, one good option is watching @stuartpstevens troll Scott Adams, Elon Musk, et al.

[Stuart Stevens @stuartpstevens]

Scott, the Deep State watches your every move. Every email, every text, every phone call. There is an entire Scott Adams division. When you plan something outdoors and weather is bad, that’s the Deep State.

Of course they control voting. Tell all your friends it’s hopeless, stay home. And if they do vote and are unvaccinated, you really think their vote will be counted?

Think about moving to Russia. Real freedom there.

[Seth Mnookin @sethmnookin]

You say unfortunate I say my house has a drop box for anyone looking to get rid of their stash. I plan to be so hopped up on chocolate for the next 72 hours that my loved ones will start discussing interventions.

[Pamela Colloff @pamelacolloff]

It's really unfortunate that election anxiety spikes at the exact same time that there are mountains of leftover Halloween candy everywhere

[Seth Mnookin @sethmnookin]

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[RotoWear @RotoWear]

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[Seth Mnookin @sethmnookin]

@GlennThrush Us Bostonians happy to give you a hug anytime you need one, Glenn.

[Seth Mnookin @sethmnookin]

Nice shoutout for @PaulaRowinska's awesome new book Mapmatics in this week's @Nature; she's part of this year's amazing @MIT_Sciwrite class: https://t.co/UenbVomQlG

[Seth Mnookin @sethmnookin]

@joshtpm Her pinned tweet is an appearance on Tucker Carlson’s show 4 days ago.

[Nate Silver @NateSilver538]

Maybe the only more reliably negative signal than being a Nate hater is being a Maggie Haberman hater.