Nancy French

Author of GHOSTED: AN AMERICAN STORY - order here: Author, investigative journalist, story teller, wife of @DavidAfrench

[Nancy French @NancyAFrench]

Y'all my Moth story is now available to listen to online: https://t.co/5Tup6ukjrQ

[The Moth @TheMoth]

A sneak peek of the stories featured on this week's #MothRadioHour, all about diving in—whether we want to or not. Our storytellers are: @NancyAFrench, @CQ__MD, & Monte Montepare.

This episode is hosted by Moth Senior Director Meg Bowles. Listen: https://t.co/eljGUQJhb5

[Nancy French @NancyAFrench]

@lesleymb 😭😭😭😭❤️❤️❤️❤️

[David French @DavidAFrench]

Birthright citizenship is especially noxious to the populist right. They scorn it as relying on magic dirt — the idea that there is something inherent in American soil that makes a person an American citizen.

Yet the same populists seem to believe in something like magic blood — that one’s lineage can make one superior.

America doesn’t have magic dirt, and it certainly doesn’t have magic blood. But it does have a magic idea — the creed that declares “that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.” https://t.co/lDocJeovCh

[Nancy French @NancyAFrench]

Connections
Puzzle #1124
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[Nancy French @NancyAFrench]

Did you guys know Audible had this function? You can follow along with the text as the book is read!

[Nancy French @NancyAFrench]

@WesMcKinzie @HolyPost_Media @DavidAFrench There is a God. He is alive!

[Nancy French @NancyAFrench]

Here's the article in case I'm missing something: The political cartoon shows “bureaucrats” and the “media” pointing rifles at veterans with the subtext “punishing veterans,” “removing benefits” and “‘waste and fraud."https://t.co/GdAWgD0wAK

[Nancy French @NancyAFrench]

'VFW officials said the illustration was created... in response to a series of articles by the Washington Post on fraud and abuse in veterans benefits and disability compensation'

So... doesn't it feel like they should be thanking the media for uncovering this fraud and abuse?

[Nancy French @NancyAFrench]

@KarlPhelan That tracks!

[Nancy French @NancyAFrench]

The Chicago sky changes so rapidly, it’s like having a movie screen for a window. This was about a 45 minute time period on a typical day. Amazing!

[Nancy French @NancyAFrench]

OMG

[Merriam-Webster @MerriamWebster]

Why is it ‘cancelled’ in the U.K. but ‘canceled’ in the U.S.?

Because we gave them that L in 1776.

[Nancy French @NancyAFrench]

@marapcf Girl you gotta be careful!! I went to a wonderful place in Tennessee - blakely at TennSkin - and she’s worth a trip. Look at their instagram and see if they look natural!!

[Steven Pinker @sapinker]

"When I was a graduate student in Harvard University’s psychology department, between 20 and 50 percent of students in any given discussion section I taught in 2024 and 2025 had disability accommodations. They were granted extra time on exams. Private testing rooms. Deadline extensions." @AdamOmaryPhD is talking about one of my courses here, and he rightly criticizes the upward ratchet in exploiting disability accommodation at elite universities. https://t.co/DjLaklR84e via @BostonGlobe

[Henry Winkler @hwinkler4real]

Aren’t we lucky to live on this planet ?

[femiiiiii. @femiiiszn]

being able to tolerate the sound of your own voice in a video is probably the highest form of self acceptance.

[Nancy French @NancyAFrench]

@mrmikeMTL Yes

[Nancy French @NancyAFrench]

@CatherineMcNiel So so good! The audio book was SO WELL ACTED I LOVED IT.

[Nancy French @NancyAFrench]

Wild!

[Harry Eskin @harryeskin]

They showed us this sequence in my first year of film school and it was one of the first things I remember truly blowing my mind back then

[Wholesome Side of 𝕏 @itsme_urstruly]

You are literally standing on a planet that grows peaches.
PEACHES.
Not to mention cucumbers, strawberries, kale, apples, blueberries, and DRAGONFRUIT.
Out of dirt.
I cannot stress this enough.
DIRT.