Michael J. Plummer

Historic sites nerd & ne'er-do-well. Cereal aficionado. Internetphile. Passionately ambivalent.

[Elie Mystal @ElieNYC]

EVERY TIME one of these lying Republicans claims that Trump was "just following the system" PLEASE remember that he deducted $2.2 Million in property taxes on his family home as a "business," but he's capped the amount YOU AND I can deduct at $10,000

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[Hank Green @hankgreen]

It's hard to harm the reputation of a person who's whole brand is to be a complete shit.

[Michael McFaul @McFaul]

To those defending Trump's tax practices because "everybody does it," I am on tv frequently, but have never deducted my haircuts on my taxes. & my kids are really smart, but I've never paid them consultancy fees, let alone deducted such payments on my taxes. Not everybody does it

[Jason Kander @JasonKander]

To summarize the NYT story: Trump got a bunch of $ from his daddy. He lost it all, but then he got paid hundreds of millions to play a billionaire on TV. He tried to use that $ to become a real billionaire, but he lost it all again.

Now he's starting over, but we're his daddy.

[Michael J. Plummer @michael_plummer]

Them: You’ve gotta take your life by storm!
Me:

[Michael J. Plummer @michael_plummer]

Ted Lasso: The only shining light of 2020?

[Michael J. Plummer @michael_plummer]

@kellyanddeath Good! Livin’ that sweet Iowa life. Job is good, wife is good, kiddo is good.

[Michael J. Plummer @michael_plummer]

@holly_bite @dr_seminnis @PatrickLogicman @Benjaminknorr79 Agreed. You don’t “borrow the statement” without crediting the author. Doing so is super not cool. We all know how to retweet.

[Michael J. Plummer @michael_plummer]

@johnroderick @KenJennings The Omnibus entry on Change of Gauge reminded me of 2 potential future entries:

1) The SS Badger, former rail car ferry & the last coal-fired passenger ship in the US

2) The Chicago freight tunnel system which famously flooded the Loop in the 90s.

[Michael J. Plummer @michael_plummer]

On an all day Zoom webinar where the presenter is advancing her PowerPoint slides by right-clicking and selecting ‘Next Slide’. Every time. No keyboard shortcuts for her.

It’s driving me CRAZY.

[Michael J. Plummer @michael_plummer]

@CutForTime 100%. It was a really formative moment for me in terms of be who you are/don’t try to be who you’re not.

[Michael J. Plummer @michael_plummer]

@CutForTime @BenjaminAhr re:Sports, Being Bad At. In my early 20’s, despite minimal golf skills, I agreed to go with some execs @ my company b/c good for career, etc. I was NOTICEABLY terrible. Was obviously holding them back. Rage cried to myself when they weren’t looking. (1/2)

[Michael J. Plummer @michael_plummer]

@Jordan_Morris @MaxFunHQ @JesseThorn @BenjaminAhr @CutForTime @johnroderick Big Claus energy!

[Michael J. Plummer @michael_plummer]

Feel the boost, baby! @MaxFunHQ @JesseThorn @Jordan_Morris @BenjaminAhr @CutForTime @johnroderick

[Michael J. Plummer @michael_plummer]

@BenjaminAhr @MaxFunHQ @JesseThorn @Jordan_Morris @CutForTime @johnroderick TGG, TGD, FF, along with JJGO, JJHO, ONRAC, and Beef & Dairy (which, frankly, needs a jaunty acronym) are appointment listening. Happy to pay for content that brings me such joy.

[Michael J. Plummer @michael_plummer]

@marcusallencat Are you sure you didn’t accidentally take a picture of our back yard? Our neighbor has a hawk living in their tree and it leaves animal... pieces... all over the place.

[Tomer Ullman @TomerUllman]

Stock photos of busy parents on the computer, rated for realism:

1: Mom has both hands on computer, child seems to need no supervision at all. Work is getting done. Mom is even smiling! This sucks, 2 out of 10.

[Michael J. Plummer @michael_plummer]

Yikes. Wear a goddamn mask, people.

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