Dave Geerdes

so it goes

[Marc Owen Jones @marcowenjones]

Thread 1) @elonmusk is promoting racist misinformation in the wake of the #allentx shootings. There are a number of examples but I want to focus on this graph, which has been shared and liked hundreds of thousands of times. What's the story behind it, and why is it misleading?

[Dave Geerdes @davegeerdes]

@mekkaokereke We had a Burley Bee for awhile before getting our cargo bike, a Yuba Mundo. Would recommend the Burley, but wish we had switched sooner. Having all three kids right behind me, with easy on/off, is a huge benefit. They’re pricey, so if you think you might get one, sooner is better

[Dave Geerdes @davegeerdes]

@mekkaokereke Also making line breaks for the French XV.

[Michael Harriot @michaelharriot]

This is a good point.

When anti-vaxxers cite their freedoms, constitutional rights, and–the whitest thing of all–the Founding Fathers to rail against vaccine mandates, do they know what they're talking about?

What if I told you this happens EXACTLY every 100 years?

A thread.

[Dave Geerdes @davegeerdes]

@mekkaokereke I was going to respond with that’s what I look like without this cute layer of lipids all over me, but then I actually watched the video. Nope!

[Dave Geerdes @davegeerdes]

UPDATE: My kindergartner just called me out for how much I eat during class.

[Dave Geerdes @davegeerdes]

I think my kids are bummed I’m the only person physically in their classroom because I DO NOT talk in class.

[Dave Geerdes @davegeerdes]

Chicago Children’s Choir does a lot of good work educating and building community within and between neighborhoods in Chicago. Proud that my children will be a part of their Black History Month virtual concert this Thursday. https://t.co/VqDsxczwGo

[DEI Petty @marcformarc]

Maybe a bunch of 25-year-old white male slave owners were not the most brilliant systems designers to walk the planet. Maybe we should finally actually have that conversation.

Maybe some of us have spent our lives engineering better governance structures and have some thoughts

[Mekka 💉x7 @[email protected] @mekkaokerekebye]

Before we go to overkill with "Black history month," can we talk about white American history for a second?

Some white folk intentionally erase stuff like this from US history books. Other white folk don't agree with the erasure, but just let the harm to Black folk happen.

Why?

[Akilah Green @akilahgreen]

I'm going to get to work as soon as I collect myself from whatever @TheAmandaGorman just did to me. Lift her up. Support her work. Buy her book.

https://t.co/bDUcB5jwF8

[Maddow Blog @MaddowBlog]

Full video: Inaugural poet Amanda Gorman

[Dave Geerdes @davegeerdes]

Every month, ComEd emails me that I’m heading towards a high electric bill... compared to last year. Well, yeah, since last year my home has added three grade school classrooms and one law office. What would you like me to cut, ComEd? The kindergartner was last in, so first out?

[Dave Geerdes @davegeerdes]

If you want to get those sweet extremist [likes, views, votes], turns out you gotta be a bit of a dick. And the longer you’re at it, the higher the stakes have to be to keep your audience engaged. This is proving to not end well. Time to reboot the party.

[Tina Smith @SenTinaSmith]

To Republican elected leaders: There’s lots of talk today about moving forward and “healing.” Here are some ideas for how you can help. 1. Say out loud that America had a free and fair election in November. If you had a winning election, point that out.

[Michelle Obama @MichelleObama]

Like all of you, I’ve been feeling so many emotions since yesterday. I tried to put my thoughts down here:

[Dave Geerdes @davegeerdes]

@mekkaokereke Hah! Finishing with us landing on top of them is not a mistake a tackler makes twice. One time I alligator rolled an old boys team prop in a ruck. Never again.

[Dave Geerdes @davegeerdes]

@BenKuchera @chrisbergman I always felt a lot of pressure trying to do it for the year that just happened. For me it was easier to go through older pictures, so I started at our family’s beginning, and do an annual book for the next year each Christmas. We’re about 10 years behind, but fun to look back

[Dave Geerdes @davegeerdes]

Cooking dinner for the kids and maybe I need a bed in the kitchen?