Henry DeGroot

He/Him. Former World’s Dumbest Idiot (1995-2019). Duck Man

[Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib @RepRashida]

The Israeli government is about to pass a law mandating the death penalty, only for Palestinian prisoners. Mass execution by hanging, solely on racial lines. This is apartheid and the next step in the genocide of Palestinians, already systematically tortured in Israeli prisons.

[Henry DeGroot @Henry_DeGroot]

@mywholeentire @ZeroSuitCamus Aardvarkophile

[Alan Cole @AlanMCole]

There's a situation where both left-wing and right-wing people are using the same AI photo to bolster their arguments. The right-wing people show he has something suspicious in his hand. The left-wing people show he was shot in the back.

Meanwhile, an officer has no head.

[Henry DeGroot @Henry_DeGroot]

@chunkbardey Ok wait this is really good

[Henry DeGroot @Henry_DeGroot]

@gullyboysband I think it’s quite good

[Matthew Gertz @MattGertz]

Dozens of masked and armed federal agents backed by a Blackhawk helicopter descend on a Chicago apartment building, handcuff everyone including kids, then check them all for outstanding warrants and immigration status. https://t.co/sHG3fYnrMc

[Everything Price Sufferer (but especially eggs) @agraybee]

It's hard to tell if Charlie Kirk was really this formative figure in the lives of every conservative because they just claimed that about the Cracker Barrel logo.

[will @twothickscoops]

I genuinely believe that if you try to remove too much friction from your life you become some sort of inhuman hollow demon. If you are optimized for the smoothest easiest and best way of doing things your i truly think your brain starts to atrophy

[Yipeng Ge 葛义朋 @yipengGe]

Rafah was the “safe zone” (no where is safe in Gaza) and this is why in February 2024 the population of Rafah became 1.5 million people, over half of the entire population of Gaza, majority were internally displaced. Now, even Rafah no longer exists. Unfathomable destruction.

[Henry DeGroot @Henry_DeGroot]

@jailedamanda What a startlingly good flick

[Henry DeGroot @Henry_DeGroot]

Go birds

[Darin Givens @atlurbanist]

Heartbreaking. A day after MLK's birthday, a block from Ebenezer Baptist where he was minister, a homeless person is killed by a public works vehicle as the city clears an encampment.

"Now is the time to make justice a reality for all of God's children"

https://t.co/c4kp7ZaoUj

[Derek Thompson @DKThomp]

I wrote the cover story of the February issue of The Atlantic. It builds on a lot of reporting I did throughout 2024, and I'm really proud of it.

It’s called: THE ANTI-SOCIAL CENTURY

The thesis: Rising solitude is the most important social fact in American life today. The historic amounts of time that Americans spend alone and in their homes is reshaping the consumer economy—from dining to entertainment to delivery—warping our politics, alienating us from the realities of our neighbors and villages, and changing our very personalities.

Here are the basic facts:

1. In the last few years, in-person socialization has declined, for every demographic group, to its lowest point on record

2. The typical American is now alone more than in any period where we have decent data, going back to at least 1965

3. Americans now spend an extra 99 minutes in their homes compared to 2003—a trend that crept up slowly before the pandemic, before exploding and remaining at a seriously elevated level. As Princeton’s Patrick Sharkey wrote in a 2024 paper, the homebound trend isn't just about remote work. Homebound life has “risen for every subset of the population and for virtually all activities” from eating to praying.

4. America's social depression is far-reaching. The share of adults having dinner or drinks with friends on any given night has declined by more than 30% in the past 20 years. The share of boys and girls who say they meet up with friends almost daily outside school hours has declined by nearly 50%.

I don’t think these trends are simple. In many cases, they’re not even simply bad. (Ordering delivery: totally fine! Eating more meals alone, year after year after year: not so great!) But to see these trends—and their effects on American society—more clearly, I thought this phenomenon needed an anchoring, a naming, a media artifact for people to talk about, even if only to point out that I’m wrong. So, I wrote this.

[Sky News @SkyNews]

Several babies have died from hypothermia in Gaza's refugee camps in recent weeks - with around 90% of its population displaced.

One father has lost his 20-day-old son to hypothermia as the other fights for his life against sepsis.

https://t.co/kgciBsjUW8

[Henry DeGroot @Henry_DeGroot]

@sdegroot4 Unbelievable indeed! One might almost feel bad….

[Henry DeGroot @Henry_DeGroot]

@borzbot “The dog you like is in a fiery hoop”

[Hamilton Nolan @hamiltonnolan]

If I could make regular Americans understand one single fact, it would be: If you do not have a union then you are always, always leaving money on the table. That money is then taken by rich people who don't do work.
https://t.co/0zORmfGAtg

[josh @y0cuando]

I wonder if there is a word for an attack whose primary aim is to create fear among the population rather than achieve an actual military objective

[Sharif Kouddous شريف عبد القدوس @sharifkouddous]

The Ministry of Health in Gaza has just published a 649-page document with the the name, age, gender, ID number of every Palestinian killed in Gaza from October 7 to August 31 that it has info for (over 34k out of 40k). The 1st 14 pages the age is listed as 0 (under 1 year old)

[Henry DeGroot @Henry_DeGroot]

@lowpolysound The thought police are gonna get you for this one and they’re gonna be right to do it