Mark Essig

science editor, writer, erstwhile historian; Lesser Beasts (Basic), Edison & Electric Chair (Walker); here to lurk and for occasional abject self-promotion

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@John_Attridge if you're time-traveling to 2001 Brooklyn it would be this

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@ricfranco @KTLA @NBCLA https://t.co/ePppH3AphW

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@ricfranco @KTLA @NBCLA Judging by the 'stop ahead' marking on street, I'm guessing it's around 18425 Wakecrest

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@ricfranco @KTLA @NBCLA some video of Sunset Mesa here: https://t.co/3FZgSBzmyS

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This home is burning right now on Wakecrest Drive in #PacificPalisades #fire. A lot of homes have been destroyed in this area alone. @knxnews

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@dieworkwear Raymond Williams takes the escalator back to Eden

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@HeerJeet feeling betrayed that deep-blue Asheville, where I live, has been devastated by a friendly-fire hurricane. Dems must develop laser-guided 'smart' weather disasters

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@EFisherWX Try 107.9

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@TheMERL A good swineherd encourages the acorns to fall (Queen Mary Psalter, early 14th century, British Library)

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@wolverinewilson @zingermans @campbacon @Johnubacon @StateCuratorIA My daughter now wears the camp t-shirt (and far more stylishly than I ever did)

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@pcoviell back at you from clear and not quite so chilly Asheville. And Merry Christmas as well--eat a fish or 7 for me!

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@pcoviell Look what I found on the shelf at Malaprop's! Now in my backpack. Helluva title, sharp jacket design, can't wait to read

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@SplinteredSpace @the_dadchef One reason is that pigs are omnivores that have often lived as scavengers, happily eating garbage, shit, carrion, even human corpses. Some people find that unappetizing. If you want a more complicated answer, have I got the book for you.

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@DekeArndt something tells me the employee quite enjoyed that exchange

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@HoltzD You shoulda told Neal Tesla had little to do with it

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@bill_buford Thanks, Bill! I’m a big fan of Dirt and Heat.

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@geoffmanaugh solid dove content in a recent LRB letter: https://t.co/YKC5BxHE2o

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@in_ternationale I use an auto-delete tool that wipes out all my old tweets, so it's gone. Sorry.

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@virginiadaffron @AVLCitySchools @mxnews excellent parenthetical

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@jeremystark however
https://t.co/sr5H0EWrrw.

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@jeremystark certainly not in my experience, though there's no reason the Panepinto family couldn't breed up such a creature