Jeremy Smerd

Former editor @crainsnewyork & farmer. Old-time fiddler. Character in Lay the Favorite. #BK love #PGH proud.

[Jeremy Smerd @smerd]

Crazy: Pittsburgh officials say the building in Uptown that collapsed today had been deemed “structurally intact.” Well, here’s a picture of the building nearly 4 years ago! You can see the roof caving in. It was never fixed! Cc: ⁦@KDKA⁩ ⁦@WTAE⁩ ⁦@PittsburghPG⁩

[Jeremy Smerd @smerd]

Easily the best read in @nytimes since @caityweaver #vanlife story. why is @bethraymer not a @NYTmag reporter @jakesilverstein ?

[New York Times Opinion @nytopinion]

“The first thing Dad did when he got fired or quit was take us on a family vacation,” @bethraymer writes. https://t.co/yY3EnTQSbt

[Jeremy Smerd @smerd]

I loved working in a newsroom. The fast paced urgency and common purpose of putting out a story required collaboration. Working with others at desks squeezed side by side was fun! https://t.co/Fa8QOXx4ee

[Jeremy Smerd @smerd]

If you read one article today… https://t.co/3IsMrH8PJ4

[Jeremy Smerd @smerd]

This video pretty much captures the senselessness of this war and its toll. https://t.co/InhlgYbRMH

[Jeremy Smerd @smerd]

https://t.co/w9ysIWz97a

[Lhadon ལྷ་སྒྲོན། @lhadon]

We are Tibetan leaders & activists writing to address the media storm surrounding His Holiness the Dalai Lama.

Language, culture, and context define how people view any given situation.

#IStandWithDalaiLama

https://t.co/cSaZRp9N9Q

[Jane Mayer @JaneMayerNYer]

Lawmakers have just added a provision to the National Defense Authorization Act protecting Supreme Court spouses from having to reveal any outside employer, in the name of security. If it passes, Ginni Thomas’s professional entanglements would effectively be state secrets.

[Jeremy Smerd @smerd]

My parents were in the audience 10 rows back. They said audience members and staff pulled the assailant off Rushdie. Only once subdued, did police apprehend the attacker.

[The Associated Press @AP]

Rushdie suffered an apparent stab wound to his neck and has been airlifted to a hospital, New York police say. His condition is unknown. https://t.co/zpbIbfBzWp

[Jeremy Smerd @smerd]

@Don_Milton @UMDPublicHealth @kprather88 @nytopinion @jljcolorado @CathNoakes @linseymarr What are your thoughts on bipolar ionization? Effective?

[Jenna Harner @JennaHarner11]

you know you live in Western PA when…

[Ayesha A. Siddiqi @AyeshaASiddiqi]

british people reacting to american pharmaceutical ads during the harry/meghan interview

[Jeremy Smerd @smerd]

This is one of the coolest things ever. Btw, Latvians seem to play good music.

[David Pogue @Pogue]

This is the COOLEST. A Google Earth-type representation of the planet. Every green dot is a radio station. Click any dot to listen in. It’s like cultural teleportation. You could spend hours with this thing… https://t.co/rdEHUUfgvk

[Jeremy Smerd @smerd]

To quote a Zen koan: The finger pointing at the moon is not the moon.

[Jeremy Smerd @smerd]

This episode reminds of the time 20 years ago when I quoted a story in the @nytimes to some friends in San Francisco. I quoted the words “mentally retarded” and was told without irony, “You can’t say that.” I was quoting the nytimes. People: Intent is everything.

[Michael Powell @powellAtlantic]

"For reporter Donald McNeil to end his long career as a result of a single word, risks sending a chilling message. That the paper apparently altered its course ... as a result of public pressure is a further worrying signal. Pen America weighs in: https://t.co/jFSV8EferG

[Jeremy Smerd @smerd]

President Biden gets to work and America gets to take its first vacation in four years.

[Jeremy Smerd @smerd]

A great reference guide, right up there with the Penguin Dictionary of American Usage and Style https://t.co/wcyM1mXdwQ

[Jeremy Smerd @smerd]

The Inauguration Day letter Obama left Trump four years ago reads like a rebuttal to the four years that followed. https://t.co/mCjcTrhAh6

[Jeremy Smerd @smerd]

Twitter permanently bans Trump. If Trump pardons himself he can get his account reinstated, right?

[Jeremy Smerd @smerd]

@MacFarlaneNews @erinbiba Good. It was the only honorable thing to do.