Jeffrey Krane

[Jason L. Hornick, M.D., Ph.D. @JLHornick]

Dear colleagues and friends, as I am sure all of you know, my mentor, colleague, and friend Dr. Chris Fletcher passed away last month. Several of his friends are initiating a fundraising activity through the USCAP Foundation to support an annual award in his name at the USCAP meeting to honor Dr. Fletcher's many outstanding qualities, including excellence in surgical pathology, education, mentorship, leadership, and advocacy. Please consider donating to this fund, as well as passing this on to your colleagues. Thank you so much for your consideration.
@BWHPath @TheUSCAP

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[Jeffrey Krane @jfkrane]

@TheAthleticMLB @Ken_Rosenthal

[CALL TO ACTIVISM @CalltoActivism]

A British writer penned the best description of Donald Trump I’ve ever read:

“Why do some British people not like Donald Trump?”

A few things spring to mind. Trump lacks certain qualities which the British traditionally esteem. For instance, he has no class, no charm, no coolness, no credibility, no compassion, no wit, no warmth, no wisdom, no subtlety, no sensitivity, no self-awareness, no humility, no honour and no grace – all qualities, funnily enough, with which his predecessor Mr. Obama was generously blessed. So for us, the stark contrast does rather throw Trump’s limitations into embarrassingly sharp relief.

Plus, we like a laugh. And while Trump may be laughable, he has never once said anything wry, witty or even faintly amusing – not once, ever. I don’t say that rhetorically, I mean it quite literally: not once, not ever. And that fact is particularly disturbing to the British sensibility – for us, to lack humour is almost inhuman. But with Trump, it’s a fact. He doesn’t even seem to understand what a joke is – his idea of a joke is a crass comment, an illiterate insult, a casual act of cruelty.

Trump is a troll. And like all trolls, he is never funny and he never laughs; he only crows or jeers. And scarily, he doesn’t just talk in crude, witless insults – he actually thinks in them. His mind is a simple bot-like algorithm of petty prejudices and knee-jerk nastiness.

There is never any under-layer of irony, complexity, nuance or depth. It’s all surface. Some Americans might see this as refreshingly upfront. Well, we don’t. We see it as having no inner world, no soul. And in Britain we traditionally side with David, not Goliath. All our heroes are plucky underdogs: Robin Hood, Dick Whittington, Oliver Twist. Trump is neither plucky, nor an underdog. He is the exact opposite of that. He’s not even a spoiled rich-boy, or a greedy fat-cat. He’s more a fat white slug. A Jabba the Hutt of privilege.

And worse, he is that most unforgivable of all things to the British: a bully. That is, except when he is among bullies; then he suddenly transforms into a snivelling sidekick instead. There are unspoken rules to this stuff – the Queensberry rules of basic decency – and he breaks them all. He punches downwards – which a gentleman should, would, could never do – and every blow he aims is below the belt. He particularly likes to kick the vulnerable or voiceless – and he kicks them when they are down.

So the fact that a significant minority – perhaps a third – of Americans look at what he does, listen to what he says, and then think ‘Yeah, he seems like my kind of guy’ is a matter of some confusion and no little distress to British people, given that:

• Americans are supposed to be nicer than us, and mostly are.

• You don’t need a particularly keen eye for detail to spot a few flaws in the man.

This last point is what especially confuses and dismays British people, and many other people too; his faults seem pretty bloody hard to miss. After all, it’s impossible to read a single tweet, or hear him speak a sentence or two, without staring deep into the abyss. He turns being artless into an art form; he is a Picasso of pettiness; a Shakespeare of shit. His faults are fractal: even his flaws have flaws, and so on ad infinitum.

God knows there have always been stupid people in the world, and plenty of nasty people too. But rarely has stupidity been so nasty, or nastiness so stupid. He makes Nixon look trustworthy and George W look smart. In fact, if Frankenstein decided to make a monster assembled entirely from human flaws – he would make a Trump.

And a remorseful Doctor Frankenstein would clutch out big clumpfuls of hair and scream in anguish: ‘My God… what… have… I… created?' If being a twat was a TV show, Trump would be the boxed set.”

-Nate White

[Jeffrey Krane @jfkrane]

@BostonStrong_34 Yes but no faith in this ownership anymore to do any of that

[Jeffrey Krane @jfkrane]

@szacharek Loved this film

[UCLA Pathology @UCLA_Pathology]

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[Victor Shi @Victorshi2020]

This an image you haven't seen today because mainstream media has been covering Donald Trump's motorcade & plane all day long. These are Nashville students walking out today, sick and tired of the NRA and Republican inaction. The youth WILL save us, once again.

[David Hogg 🟧 @davidhogg111]

Fuck the NRA and Fuck The Gun Lobby.

[Buster Olney @Buster_ESPN]

What Steve Cohen has done -- committing many hundreds of millions of dollars to improve his team -- makes it impossible for his fellow owners to cite financial challenges and be taken seriously. (The best example: The Red Sox.)

[Joon Lee @joonlee]

trying to wrap my head around the Minnesota Twins spending more than the Boston Red Sox

[Jeffrey Krane @jfkrane]

As @elonmusk keeps destroying this place, I now have a Post account. https://t.co/ktRIMFalrB

[Gavin Newsom @GavinNewsom]

This is your reminder that @GOPLeader McCarthy has yet to comment on the head of his party dining with a proud white supremacist and Holocaust denier.

Your silence speaks volumes. 🦗

[Tony Clements @TonyCMKE]

NFL is just guessing at this point

No catch for Hunter Henry
Catch for Travis Kelce
#NEvsMIN #Patriots

[Dave Wasserman @Redistrict]

After last night's NV mail ballot trend, excellent chance now that Dems will have 50 Senate seats/control in hand heading into the GA runoff.

[david cross✍ @davidcrosss]

"I've seen enough"

Oedipus Rex

[UCLA Pathology @UCLA_Pathology]

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[Jeffrey Goldberg @JeffreyGoldberg]

"Whenever we go outside, to work or school, to walk our dogs, to attend our parades, we know without saying and accept without protest that gunshots might ring out and take our lives or the lives of those we love."

-- @petersagal:

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[Wegner’s Groceries @grocerieswegner]

We repeatedly told @DrOz that we had pre-made veggie trays..excuse me “Crudité”…in the deli starting at $5.99. $7.99 with guacamole and salsa. Vote @JohnFetterman!

[Treat Williams @Rtreatwilliams]

perfect