Jeff Watkins

Former journalist at The Louisville Courier-Journal, community volunteer and parent who doesn't tweet as much as he should

[Jeff Watkins @jayoky99]

@StudioUnico O..

[Jeff Watkins @jayoky99]

@mandy_mclaren Congratulations on your past successes and the opportunities for more.

[Jeff Watkins @jayoky99]

@sanford_tim @CJNewsGuild I think it includes photogs too. Doesn't it?

[Jeff Watkins @jayoky99]

@CJNewsGuild I hope this provides some protection in the bloody weeks ahead.

[Jeff Watkins @jayoky99]

@StephenAtHome I'll give you $2 billion Musk Marks as soon as I fire up my printer.

[Jeff Watkins @jayoky99]

He's got my vote.

[Charles Booker @Booker4KY]

Hey Kentucky, let’s win this Senate race.

[Jeff Watkins @jayoky99]

I will support companies who refuse to advertise on Twitter because of recent Elon Musk ordered.

[Duty To Warn 🔉 @duty2warn]

So, Musk threatens to go “thermonuclear” against companies who choose to stop advertising on Twitter with a “name and shame” campaign.
Free speech morphing into fascism before my very eyes.

[MeidasMighty NOLA'TilYaDie @doccandidate]

@C0G1TO_ERG0_SUM @duty2warn

[Jeff Watkins @jayoky99]

What's up AARP?

[Duty To Warn 🔉 @duty2warn]

A lot of people are asking why is @AARP silent on Republican plans to end Social Security?

[Jeff Watkins @jayoky99]

I'm very worried about Twitter's direction under Musk. I'm thinking about dropping but worry if that's the easy way out. Any thoughts on when it's right time to protest by quitting?

[Jeff Watkins @jayoky99]

Dang! This is amazing.

[HOW THINGS WORK @HowThingsWork_]

Best way to see Van Gogh's "Starry Night" is to stare at the center of the spiral for 20 seconds and then look at the painting

[Jeff Watkins @jayoky99]

@cj_veda @YewDellGardens @courierjournal I heard y'all were going to lease office space. Nicer landscaping than Sixth and Broadway.

[Jeff Watkins @jayoky99]

Well said!

[Charles Booker @Booker4KY]

At an event in Bardstown, a woman showed up to heckle me. She accused me of wanting to kill babies.

I didn’t give her the response she expected.

[Jeff Watkins @jayoky99]

Yep.

[Kevin Z Smith @ethicsmith]

@katikokal @Gannett “The best way you can find out if you can trust someone is to trust them.” - Hemingway.

“I wouldn’t trust Gannett as far as I can throw them.” - Any Gannett employee of the last 30 years.

[Jeff Watkins @jayoky99]

@MurphyCartoons I'm so sorry for your loss.

[Jeff Watkins @jayoky99]

@d_yetter Congratulations!

[Jeff Watkins @jayoky99]

@andrwfhenderson @courierjournal @CJNewsGuild @heraldleader That seems so gutless. Shame, shame, shame.

[Jeff Watkins @jayoky99]

@andrwfhenderson That seems pretty gutless. Shame!

[Jeff Watkins @jayoky99]

@CJNewsGuild I'm guessing they are waiting for corporate to give them instructions on how to approach the situation.

[Jeff Watkins @jayoky99]

Best of luck to my former co-workers. You have maintained an oasis of talented journalists is an ever growing desert.

[Courier Journal Guild 🐝 @CJNewsGuild]

~ some professional news ~

We, the journalists of The Louisville Courier Journal, are ✨unionizing.✨

We love our city and our newsroom and want both to be the best they can be.

That can’t happen unless we have a seat at the table and our voices are fully heard.

A thread 🧵