David Paulsen

I write words. Now: @episcopal_news. Past: @journalsentinel / @foxnews. Tweeting on religion, race, politics, music, Milwaukee, running, digital stuff, my sons.

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Pinned tweet.

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More and more reasons to leave Twitter, not just NPR but also the rest of us who care about truth, democracy and the news. If this ends up being the the last tweet from my account, here's why. https://t.co/C3pyMv5JJ5

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@DanRShafer Incumbents never lose unless they have a reason to lose. Walker is a textbook case, in all of his elections.

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@jeffash26 @DanRShafer @WisDems I think both parties are in need of a bit better bench.

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I've ben tinkering a bit with Substack and was tricked into following @mtaibbi. Now I'm thinking that was a mistake. This isn't really any content that I need in my life right now or probably anytime.

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I've had precisely two interactions with this particular alderman. He attended our neighborhood's candidate forum (for a different council race) and thanked me for organizing it.

The other interaction with him was a head-scratcher, here on Twitter. It was his "serious" account:

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Wow. If an elected city alderman tries to excuse his bad behavior by demonstrating that he does not understand the definition of "satire," there's a good chance he should not be representing the public in any way. https://t.co/dR0aUGh7Ky

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@JayWeber3 Forget about defining "wokeism." Does Vos know what ESG means?

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Now playing on the office soundsystem: TV on the Radio (on the office soundsystem). https://t.co/JWbWtdwgFT

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@JeffSharlet Or perhaps you're responding to his defense to the effect of "no one does or can do the kind of reporting that the NYT does." Again I didn't take that to be a dig on you, but rather the fact that the NYT stands alone in the kind of journalism it does. Not that it's the only kind.

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@JeffSharlet I've only read "The Undertow," but I certainly respect what you did with that reporting and trust your other reporting is excellent too... But I also think maybe you misunderstood what Epstein was saying. I heard him only explaining himself, not criticizing you. Maybe I misheard.

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@JeffSharlet Isn't it possible for Epstein to cover the latest Wisconsin election fairly and thoroughly by the NYT's standards AND you can cover similar subjects as you do (and to be clear I thought "The Undertow" was great) ... and BOTH can be valuable, even if the NYT doesn't say "fascist"?

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@JeffSharlet Now, I'm sure you'd say it's not just semantics, or semantics matter, words matter, words contain meaning, and the meaning of "fascist" is clear and accurately applied. I don't disagree! But I think you ignore that a NYT reporter is not doing the same kind of reporting you are.

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@schotziejlk Maybe buy a houseboat and float into the middle of Lake Michigan?

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I wish someone could tell me why so many news photos these days, like the ones in this story, look to be underexposed. Is that a new trend in photojournalism, a stab at hyperrealism by making everything look kind of gray and drab? Or is Ukraine just impossibly gray and drab?

[The New York Times @nytimes]

With powerful Western weapons, Ukraine is poised for a spring counteroffensive. The campaign will be a test of the army’s ability to re-arm and reconstitute battalions while maintaining motivation among war-weary troops.
https://t.co/trMCI7Jmtn

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Now playing on the office soundsystem: Harry Nilsson. https://t.co/r9k5P80poP

You can see all the people
Who seem to have nothing
To say to each other.
Each day they grow
Farther and farther away
From each other

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@JRRadcliffe In my defense, there are mornings when motorcycles look a lot like bicycles.

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(Emphasis in original)

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Loved Jenny Odell's first book. My quick take on her second: Sophomore slump. #buyersremorse

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Now playing on the office soundsystem: Yo La Tengo. https://t.co/uawmwNCOgz