Matt Varghese

planet eater, co-founder @runwayteam,

[Merriam-Webster @MerriamWebster]

FWIW, the first known use of the Wordle word today was in 1607.

[Jake Issenberg @jakeissenberg]

I wrote about why it made sense for Brad Stevens to trade Jaylen Brown, and why I like the trade more than the very loud consensus.
https://t.co/kL0sBizuEW

[TTBNGaming @TTBN_GAMING]

Unironically this is twitter

[one dozen rats at a keyboard @PanasonicDX4500]

"He always acted like he was smarter than us." - Front Office that just traded Jaylen Brown for 36 year old Paul George

[Nick Mark MD @nickmmark]

Of course a plane full of people who have never read a book has a bookshelf of fake books with titles like “Library”

[Matt Varghese @pxlt]

@bostonianindc2 100% (felt exactly this as JT was coming back this year, whether realistic or not).

plus the certainty that Brad knew that he had these special pieces and knew how to build around them. I can’t mourn yet because I’m so confused about that part.

which stage of grief is this 😩

[evan loves worf @esjesjesj]

The nation should get to have a do-over of America 250 after Trump dies. We can all pretend it was the real one

[peep7☘️ @peepboston]

So this is what Mavericks fans felt like

[Josiah Johnson @KingJosiah54]

When Celtics fans see what they got for Jaylen Brown

[Brandon Carney @BenchwarmerBran]

What is it about Paul George that just causes teams to wanna make the worst fuckin trade of all time

[Tomek Kordylewski @Timi_093]

It's truly an end of era in Boston.

I am gonna miss this so much. The Jays, man. The Jays.

[ben 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏆 @bnwkr]

imagining a 74 year old judge reading this after a long week

[Nicholas Kristof @NickKristof]

.@elonmusk says that no one can name a person who died from his aid cuts. In fact, I've met the kids who are dying, and I've talked to the families who lost children. In my columns, I've cited many, many names of people who have died because of Musk's aid cuts. A few examples:
*Yamah Freeman was a 23-year-old woman who died in childbirth because Musk cut funding for the diesel for ambulances in her part of Liberia. She couldn't get to a hospital and died as people were carrying her there. I talked to her parents and sister in their village.
*Gbessey Kiadu, age 1, died of malaria because of his cuts to malaria medication in Liberia. I talked to his mom in her village.
*Ibrahim Koroma, an infant, died of AIDS in Sierra Leone after he interrupted HIV supplies. I talked to health workers who cared for him.
*Achol Deng was an 8-year-old girl with HIV in South Sudan who died when Musk cut funding for the health care worker who provided her medicines. I talked to the healthcare workers.
I could go on and on. In almost every village you go to in South Sudan, Uganda, Liberia, Sierra Leone or other countries I reported in, you find people dying because of aid cuts. I challenge Musk: Come with me on a reporting trip, and we'll talk to these moms and dads, and you'll see the dying children themselves. I think if you see the kids whose lives are at stake, maybe you'll change your mind.

[Dan Greenberg @StoolGreenie]

Wonder if the Walsh extension decision comes today (deadline 6/29)

[Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan]

Hi @NYTimesPR, thanks for responding. Appreciate it. I'm a subscriber and I think some of your reporters do some great reporting.
Just to respond to your response to my post:
1) There were no facts "misstated" by me. You cited three examples in response. Only one of them was about specific *named* GOP House members (and it wasn't from "yesterday", it was from a year ago.) So I stand by my post.
2) As others have pointed out already, none of the 3 articles you cited have the names of any GOP individuals in the titles ("Right-Wing Republicans" "a Kansas Republican" "G.O.P. Fingerprints"), in comparison to your original "Who is Darializa" takedown piece. Where is your "Who is Brandon Gill" or "Who is Keith Self" or "Who Is Randy Fine" or "Who Is Mary Miller" critical profile pieces? How about "Who is Tom Emmer," given the GOP House Majority Whip just a few days ago spewed racist crap about Somalis? And where are the Peter Baker tweets summarizing *their* most controversial claims?
3) This isn't a new criticism. Many have made it against your paper for many years; that you go harder on the left than the right, that you even occasionally whitewash the far right. Remember when you had to do a public response in 2017 to a NYT profile that went super soft on a... Nazi? https://t.co/IF6DhTwcrp. Remember when you guys did a softball piece about a far-right, Islamophobic Trump aide's love for cooking? https://t.co/dp0Sf9PQg9.
Oh, and dare I ask: where are the fawning 'Trump voters' in diners' equivalent pieces for DSA members in NYC bodegas? Isn't it time?
4) Finally, that your response to my post was to proudly say you guys at the Times have "been documenting the increasingly extreme viewpoints on both sides of the political spectrum" kinda makes my point for me. One side's extreme wants universal healthcare and an end to genocide. The other side's extreme says Somalis are "garbage" and wants "remigration", mass deportations and white supremacy.
But, hey, "Both sides!"

[Hadas Weiss @weiss_hadas]

i'm no expert on overthrows but shouldn't they be keeping this secret

[Pete Buttigieg @PeteButtigieg]

This week someone targeted my family for harm with a false report. We’re physically OK, but that doesn’t mean we weren’t harmed. I am beyond furious.

Whatever your politics, this is awful, wrong, and can never become normal. https://t.co/72wxaVLzVT

[Matt Varghese @pxlt]

macbook pro’s diary entry

[Cat @CatInShambles]

claw just got stuck. human helped. i am pissed

[Dan Greenberg @StoolGreenie]

If this is it, the Jays Era ends with:

477 regular season wins (most in NBA)
220 road wins (most in NBA)
77 playoff wins (most in NBA)
36 road playoff wins (most in NBA)
5 Eastern Conference Finals
2 NBA Finals
1 Championship

[A ✩ @adryanashton]

De’Aaron Fox forever stamped in NY he’ll never have to pay for a meal or a drink ever again