I've been asking @margo_o this question all year: What's the pandemic, and what's just parenthood? Now, it's a subhead in this opinion piece along with other thoughts I finally put into words. Thanks for letting me share it @nytimes
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Throughout the night, the @AP will be declaring winners in this year's midterm elections. Some calls can be made as soon as polls close, while others will trickle in throughout the night and the following days. https://t.co/EzUx0Hk13L
Every major activity has its own lingo, and elections are no exception.
There's a lot of terminology flying around this time of year — some of which can feel inaccessible to the average voter.
Here's my glossary guide to the 2022 midterms:
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In Illinois, conservative papers spring to life in election season. They're full of attacks on Dems and just weird items made to look like local news, taking advantage of the erosion of newspapers.
There are 1200 such outlets nationally.
My story: https://t.co/U5fr1RIMYN
Nice to see some sunshine cast on publications like Sangamon Sun and others that promote inflammatory talking points for one side while trying to look like local papers. Thanks to @davidfolkenflik for his reporting on the subject.
One bizarre thing about the drop box mania among stop the stealers is they are more secure and carefully monitored than mail boxes -- which is where voters will deposit ballots if drop boxes are eliminated https://t.co/0WNz1dDagh
You may be hearing more and more about robo-advisors. But what exactly are they? And which offer the best online investment services? A thread 🧵: https://t.co/HVufUWl1Ou
"We were the last journalists in Mariupol. Now there are none." The remarkable story of how an @AP team hid from Russian troops in a hospital, wearing surgical scrubs, to continue telling the world of the city's destruction. https://t.co/nAlsyl6rpN
Know before you go! Headed to a popular restaurant, big sports event or other large gathering this week? At least 1 in 6 people in central Illinois have COVID-19 with no symptoms. That means you need to make smart decisions. More here: https://t.co/d6AQU81ZuK
@ByAlexMarch@bychrismarch Oooh. A good one for the mix. With my 16-month-old, it's a lot of "Google Sunny," aka her request for the Sesame Street theme song.
This lede is 💯: If you have spent the pandemic calculating the potential costs and benefits of every action you might take…while fearing that a misjudgment will result in catastrophe, you have some idea of what it can feel like to be pregnant in the 21st century.
A recent warning about the pain reliever acetaminophen is a reminder that health risks in pregnancy remain maddeningly, dangerously understudied. https://t.co/QWoyues7s0