Clay Farris Naff

Former Science & Religion Correspondent, The Humanist magazine. Writer of wrongs and rights. Opinions expressed may not represent the views of any organization.

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I've decamped to Mastodon. Please find me there: ​@[email protected]

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@tab_delete @TheAtlantic Bravo. Great piece in @TheAtlantic.

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@Lorenzo1Musetti You have great talent and a beautiful game. Today, you had a tough loss against a rising star. It's okay. You're still coming back from injury. Not easy. We appreciate you, win or lose.

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I don't understand @stephaniebye_ of The Atlantic recommending a novel that mounts a populist attack from the left on the meritocracy. Isn't that precisely what RFK Jr. is inflicting on us? #vaccineswork #CDC

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@motokorich While a Tokyo-based journalist, I wrote a book about this in the early '90s. I wish the NYT had taken notice. https://t.co/hutNW6la0E

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@LiebergallMolly You may want to let colleague SK know: the word he was reaching for was "exorbitant," as in "charging inmates exorbitant rates."

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@AniHolt5187 re. smellmaxxing, I got a lot out of your story, but I'd like to gently suggest that what's missing is a scientific, evo-psych perspective. Marketers exploit young boys instinctive need to compete for female attn. Culture adds supernormal stimulation into the mix.

[Mayor Leirion Gaylor Baird @MayorLeirion]

Our deployment of American Rescue Plan funds provided by the Biden-Harris Administration is growing Lincoln’s workforce and helping job seekers at all ages and stages of their careers!

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@LiebergallMolly In this morning's Brew, did you mean $21 *million* to Cognition? Seems like peanut shells for "major tech investors." #AI

[Adam Morfeld @Adam_Morfeld]

A big thank you to the US Secret Service who apprehended the individuals who swatted us on Christmas, and for the great work of the @Lincoln_Police who diligently stayed on the case and worked with them.

There are consequences for these kinds of crimes.

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@elonmusk Apology accepted!

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If you think that answering 16 of 20 geography questions correctly says anything about your IQ ... I've got disappointing news for you.

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@TheAtlantic @galbeckerman Such a revealing remark: "If you can just go along with all the bracing dissonance, you’ll 'get,' I bet, how ingeniously Copland keeps manipulating a stark, punched-out theme." But, aesthetically, wouldn't we be better off reading about it?

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@johnstonglenn @galbeckerman Such a revealing remark: "for something flinty, jagged, rigorous, and shockingly modern, listen to Copland’s arresting 1930 'Piano Variations.'"

[Steven Pinker @sapinker]

Psychology Lost a Great Mind | My appreciation of John Tooby. https://t.co/Gfa2IR8dlb

[Clay Farris Naff @claynaff]

@sophieGG Kudos to you for your illuminating review of Anderson's "Henry Sugar" (and other Dahl stories). How I envy this scintillating and spot-on phrase: "layers deep into a ... metafictional mille-feuille." Nice!

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@nkjemisin Delighted to read about how you turned a horrible vacation experience into a horror story. It sucks that you and your family had to endure a fear that only Black people in America have to suffer, but glad you turned it.

[Clay Farris Naff @claynaff]

Come see our hilarious play about polarization in America. It crops up community radio station KOMM-FM when budget cuts force differing hosts to share the mic. More info: https://t.co/6hu7obIqpx Tickets and more shows: https://t.co/vGvfWZ0PGB #omahafringe2023 #omaha

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Seeking relief from all the partisan bitterness? Hope you'll see my play Mix & Machinate in Omaha Aug. 11-13. More: https://t.co/ULzoLrr9qm https://t.co/vGvfWZ1nw9 #Omaha #Omahafringe #theatre

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@paulkrugman I read your essay on Japan today with a wry smile. In 1992, while a Tokyo correspondent for UPI, I wrote a book about why demography would not only defuse the Japan "threat" but would also liberalize the country. Didn't get much play at the time, but feel vindicated.

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@JKristiantoTV Josh, at a time when news is often grim, I appc your coverage of the arts festival last month. I'd like to invite you to cover the Omaha Fringe Festival, Aug. 10-13. It'll include my play Mix & Machinate. Happy to share more. https://t.co/ULzoLrqBAO #omahafringe