M Craft

Ex @ap desk jockey and mag hed. Here for the stories, not the vitriol.

[catherine liu @bureaucatliu]

Barbara Ehrenreich just passed away. Heartbroken. She was a giant in Left politics. Kept a light alive when so many Leftists turned to obscurantism or pandering

[M Craft @crafts783]

@Mariners I thought Sam Haggerty and his .303 ba were on the Mariners. I swear I saw him being a spark plug just a few days ago against Texas

[M Craft @crafts783]

@TomRachman I can hear Hugh Laurie saying this to Stephen Fry and am cracking up

[David Wallace-Wells @dwallacewells]

“In Italy, the hot and dry conditions are expected to destroy a third of the seasonal harvest of rice, corn, and animal fodder—at a minimum. Locusts have descended on the island of Sardinia in the worst invasion in three decades.” https://t.co/QV2YoU55TV

[Andy Kim @AndyKimNJ]

The Bucha massacre is the starkest of reminders of what is at stake. This isn’t just about geopolitics and democracy vs autocracy. The Ukrainians are fighting for our shared humanity and we must do more to help them. Shame on us if we don’t. END https://t.co/yeMQmaLonA

[The Kyiv Independent @KyivIndependent]

⚡️Hacking group Anonymous interrupts Russian state TV programs with footage of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine and an anti-war message.

It claims to have accessed TV channels “Russia 24”, “Channel 1”, “Moscow 24”, & streaming services Wink and Ivi.

[Andy Hughes @AndyHughesCrime]

Everyone should watch this. Sky News team comes under fire from Russian forces in Kyiv, despite making it clear they’re journalists.

Two colleagues were hit by bullets - corespondent Stuart Ramsay and Camerman Richie Mocker. They’re lucky to be alive. https://t.co/dU6ccny9lR

[Jon Favreau @jonfavs]

This video is a master class in what Democratic messaging should be

[Prof. Katharine Hayhoe @KHayhoe]

This wonderfully written article entwines the personal story of Matt Humphrey, from one of my favourite orgs @arochacanada @arochaint, with a detailed explanation of why, if we take the Bible seriously, we'll be at the front line demanding climate action. https://t.co/FE3B2O75AP

[M Craft @crafts783]

@juliagalef @PTetlock @ChanaMessinger Going to buy your book after reading Rachman’s piece in the Atlantic. But don’t you mean Isiah Berlin’s hedgehogs and foxes?

[M Craft @crafts783]

@Baron_Douro @juliagalef @PTetlock @ChanaMessinger Ha. That’s exactly why I clicked in the thread. Isiah Berlin!

[Moisés Naím @MoisesNaim]

An important article by ⁦@TomRachman⁩: “The job of a news reporter today is to declare what you can’t yet know to people convinced that they already do”.
Brilliant. And, sadly, accurate. https://t.co/VOkY9gzKbx

[M Craft @crafts783]

@kikigillespie18 @ZenaBean5 @bj116 @jemelehill @wirelesshogan This article here gets at the same thing. Essentially Congress compensated slave owners in DC in 1862 years before the war ended. As part of DC emancipation. That’s it. Not the whole country. Context is everything. https://t.co/yUOONTBZZQ

[Mark Blyth @MkBlyth]

A thought for the weekend...

[M Craft @crafts783]

@thomaschattwill That’s funny. I was reading your essay in Liberties the other day and thought “how does he read and write so much with 2 children? It’s amazing.”

[Steve Stewart-Williams @SteveStuWill]

Nice: Correlation doesn't imply causation 👍

[Vinay Prasad MD MPH @VPrasadMDMPH]

As a progressive, its been really hard for me to watch fellow progressives get on the wrong side of the school closure issue

Which may someday be seen as the single greatest discriminatory act of the pandemic

https://t.co/MXwlk3TdRf

[M Craft @crafts783]

@Jake_Szetela @thomaschattwill I find it especially so among them. Amazingly so. In a way that I’ve rarely if ever seen happen in person.

[M Craft @crafts783]

@cheesetrader1 @thomaschattwill If only more people behaved like you did

[M Craft @crafts783]

@kenanmalik That wasn’t part of graduation ceremony when I was there but I think it might be a side event, not part of the regular ceremony. Like you can opt in