John C. Ford

Edgar Award-losing author of THE CIPHER and THE MORGUE AND ME. Writer. Tennis player. Wolverine fan.

[John C. Ford @fordjohnc]

@TJA4Michigan

[Rutger Bregman @rcbregman]

I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.

They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1

[alexandra j. roberts @lexlanham]

excuse you? unsubscribed immediately

[Kendall Baker @kendallbaker]

I’m not sure I’ve ever been happier for an athlete than @Madison_Keys, who seems like such a wonderful human.

Over the years, I’ve seen story after story about her kindness. She’s always humble and vulnerable.

She is the best of us and she deserves this.

[Babelio @Babelio]

@fordjohnc a new french review of Un Eté à la morgue on Babelio : "J'ai beaucoup aimé ce livre, qui peut paraître très glauque au début, mais qui finalement ne l'est pas tant. Une enquête policière très intéressante, même pour les gens comme moi qui ne … https://t.co/5Vmg9Sn8Kj

[John C. Ford @fordjohnc]

Maddening ambiguity when #CNN shows a "Key Race Alert." Is this an alert in a key race? A key alert in any race? There's gotta be a better way.

[John C. Ford @fordjohnc]

@BlatantHomerism Evergreen tweet.

[John C. Ford @fordjohnc]

@BlatantHomerism Worth it.

[Will Leitch @williamfleitch]

The Google commercial where the dad has his daughter use AI to construct a note to her favorite athlete rather than encourage her to write what she actually wants to tell her hero takes a little chunk out of my soul every time I see it.

[kait @detroitkait]

when a michigan person prays to a higher power, they’re talking to him

[John C. Ford @fordjohnc]

Before emojis I had no idea how much of my emotional life could be capture by 😂 and 😬

[John C. Ford @fordjohnc]

@legalstyleblog @UCDavisLaw That's not to mention the period outside the quotation marks. Unbecoming indeed!

[Santa Ono @SantaJOno]

This is going to look mighty nice at the University of Michigan 〽️. #GoBlue

[Coach Harbaugh @jimharbaugh]

Attacking this day with Enthusiasm Unknown to Mankind

[Seth M. Fisher 🌹🏆 @Misopogon]

You likely missed this while distracted by FSU, Florida and Miami getting outbid by Ohio State for the nation's top high schooler, and other signing day storylines, but the NCAA issued a Lvl 1 violation to Harbaugh for not remembering if he bought a recruit a cheeseburger today.

[Chris Balas @Balas_Wolverine]

Live look-in at Big Ten Commissioner Tony Petitti .... #GoBlue

[John C. Ford @fordjohnc]

@JoshHenschke Kirk Ferenz: "I like it."

[Richard🇬🇾Johnson @RJ_cfb]

UPDATED STORY: @sinow is able to publish partially redacted documents showing how Michigan opponents decoded Wolverines signals and matched them with run and pass concepts.

More here w/ @ByPatForde: https://t.co/6UI1kp46Im

[Scooter Hemingway @RyanJRoose]

This thread of OSU calling he PERFECT counter to Michigans offensive plays and still getting absolutely COOKED is beautiful, especially in light of that AP article that just dropped 👀