SEMayer

Journalist; dad: loves gutsy watchdog reporting one day, creative feature writing the next

[Brian Roemmele @BrianRoemmele]

Where are they now?

[SEMayer @semayer]

@kylenabecker BS.

[SEMayer @semayer]

@todayinhistory What an interesting coincidence that the first volume was published the same year as the Declaration of Independence. I have to think that acquiring the series would have been a priority for Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, James Maddison and many of their contemporaries.

[AZ Attorney General Kris Mayes @AZAGMayes]

A state grand jury, made up of everyday, regular Arizonans, has handed down felony indictments in the ongoing investigation into the fake elector scheme in Arizona.

[𝐁𝐞𝐤𝐬 @antifaoperative]

Alabama young republicans county vice chairman & Senator Tom Butler’s campaign chairman, Kyle Lewter, has been arrested for sexual torture & murder.

[SEMayer @semayer]

@tomfgoodwin @nondualcrazyguy My iPhone 13 has developed bugs that make daily use, not impossible, but annoying and slower. My 7-Plus had none of these issues, but it finally died and I had to “upgrade.”

[SEMayer @semayer]

@fasc1nate Do me a favor. Next time just tip me 20 bucks, OK?

[Ann Gallon @AnnGallon]

His first gig was at age 16: This Santa loves his work | Bakersfield Life | https://t.co/11jwRI5I52 https://t.co/i6R0xxMJrM
t/y @semayer

[Jon Schuppe @jonschuppe]

Days after Dexter Wade's body was exhumed, an independent pathologist says he found an ID card with his home address in a wallet in his jeans. His mother called the news "another jab in the stomach." https://t.co/dHht5FZydR via @nbcnews

[SEMayer @semayer]

@OccupyDemocrats Yes, let’s plug the leaks on his sinking ship with our dollar bills. I’m sure that will help.

[BarnDoor 🇺🇲 🌎 @BarnDoor942]

@RealMartyT7 If Santos makes a plea deal or is convicted, he'll be asked to resign -- which is what Speaker McCarthy has done with other Congress members.
https://t.co/sG8cGsHym2

[SEMayer @semayer]

@WineEnthusiast Drink reds at room temperature.
(Maybe, if you live in a Medieval castle in England.)

[SEMayer @semayer]

@historyinmemes What a rich and astonishing life he led. Thank you for this.

[Fascinating @fasc1nate]

Jesse Owens of USA winning gold for the long jump in the summer Olympics in Germany, 1936.⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ The man saluting behind Owens is Lutz Long, a German who shared training tips with Owens and was the first to openly congratulate him after his final jump in full view of Hitler.

After the Olympics, the two kept in touch via mail. Below is Long's last letter to Owens while he was stationed with the German Army in North Africa during World War 2. Long was later killed in action during the allied invasion of Sicily in 1943.⁣⁣ ⁣⁣

"I am here, Jesse, where it seems there is only the dry sand and the wet blood. I do not fear so much for myself, my friend Jesse, I fear for my woman who is home, and my young son Karl, who has never really known his father.⁣⁣

My heart tells me, if I be honest with you, that this is the last letter I shall ever write. If it is so, I ask you something. It is a something so very important to me.

It is you go to Germany when this war done, someday find my Karl, and tell him about his father. Tell him, Jesse, what times were like when we not separated by war. I am saying—tell him how things can be between men on this earth.⁣⁣ ⁣⁣

If you do this something for me, this thing that I need the most to know will be done, I do something for you, now. I tell you something I know you want to hear. And it is true.⁣⁣ ⁣⁣

That hour in Berlin when I first spoke to you, when you had your knee upon the ground, I knew that you were in prayer.⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ Then I not know how I know. Now I do. I know it is never by chance that we come together. I come to you that hour in 1936 for purpose more than der Berliner Olympiade.⁣⁣ ⁣⁣

And you, I believe, will read this letter, while it should not be possible to reach you ever, for purpose more even than our friendship.⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ I believe this shall come about because I think now that God will make it come about. This is what I have to tell you, Jesse.⁣⁣ ⁣⁣

I think I might believe in God.⁣⁣ And I pray to him that, even while it should not be possible for this to reach you ever, these words I write will still be read by you.⁣⁣ ⁣⁣

Your brother,⁣⁣ Luz"⁣⁣

[GA Inc. @Garavaglia_Arch]

Great article by @semayer https://t.co/KzRW6JCLCC We've worked on a lot of Adobes be nice to revive this one

[Mark Luque @MarkALuque]

https://t.co/LSIZZcTNyQ TY @Bakersfieldcali for highlighting the work of the Portrait of a Graduate Design Team. Together, we are envisioning a brighter future for the children of East & Central Bakersfield. BCSD is rich in tradition & focused on the future. @Team_BCSD #teamBCSD

[Russell Crowe @russellcrowe]

Last year, working in Ireland, having a pint in the cold outside a Dalkey pub with some new friends, a woman with purpose strode past us. Puffy parker zipped to the nape and her bowed head covered in a scarf. One of my new friends muttered an exclamation, jumped up

[SJV Water @SJVWater]

Not about water- but everyone needs to read this. It’s outrageous and shameful how veterans have been treated in Kern County

[SEMayer @semayer]

@SJVWater Shameful … looks like the banks of the Kern River after visitors come to play. We must do better.

[SEMayer @semayer]

@AlecMacGillis One benefit of a physical newspaper is serendipity: On a website (or on social media) readers only click on headlines that “interest” them. In a newspaper, you’re drawn to many stories you likely wouldn’t see otherwise. 📰