This is Not Ordinary

Covid shots at NASCAR???!!!

COVID SHOTS AT NASCAR!!!!

By @owermohle.

https://t.co/9sev75V9hq

— Matthew Herper (@matthewherper)
Nov 7, 2022

Have been banging this drum for a while: Health-related absences remain substantially elevated. If we think these absences still have semi-persistent implications, then we’re not done here in terms of the labor supply impacts of Covid. https://t.co/OPC8bIDD5n https://t.co/7rj44zTeqF

— Evan Soltas (@esoltas)
Nov 7, 2022

A Russian oligarch has claimed responsibility for interfering in U.S. elections and vows to do it again
https://t.co/SO0CXqdOwi

— Semafor (@semafor)
Nov 7, 2022

As the BQ.1.1 threat fades in France (the bellwether), it’s a preliminary good omen for the holiday season that we won’t be facing a major wave
Add to this: the bivalent booster induces some cross-immunity protection vs BQ.1.1 & BA.2.75.2, which we only learned in the past week https://t.co/xXYp97EWtq

— Eric Topol (@EricTopol)
Nov 7, 2022

Musk’s tweet about the Pelosi hammer attack is probably the most expensive tweet in the history of twitter. As @semaforben reports, digging out of the hole Musk created with advertisers is gonna be a long slog. https://t.co/S0ZMAVL9Tb

— Reed Albergotti (@ReedAlbergotti)
Nov 7, 2022

https://t.co/8mauTxsCip

— emilio “#StandWithUkraine” vigil 🇺🇦 (@emiliovigil5)
Nov 7, 2022

This mentality of self-preservation has fueled a race toward enormity.

The result is today’s lineup of gigantic SUVs and trucks – a deadly outcome for those in smaller cars, and even more so for walkers and cyclists.

@TheOnion nailed it.

https://t.co/ok618DYY7q https://t.co/n5C8L6tvm1

— David Zipper (@DavidZipper)
Nov 7, 2022

Elon is what Joffrey Lannister would’ve been like if he reached adulthood

— Michael Harriot (@michaelharriot)
Nov 7, 2022

Going from being likened to Tony Stark in Iron Man to struggling with problems any junior PM at FAAMNG would have anticipated and addressed proactively.

Truly a don’t meet your heroes situation for techies. https://t.co/3qprR2JP8M

— Dare Obasanjo 🐀 (@Carnage4Life)
Nov 7, 2022

Elon once tried to get me to write a story that a Thai-based British man, who had criticized him, was a “child rapist” and took a 12 year old bride based on information someone sent him. That someone ended up being a conman pretending to be a private investigator. https://t.co/jxa7OStFAl

— Ryan Mac 🙃 (@RMac18)
Nov 7, 2022

All kidding aside, a message to young men: Do not look to Elon Musk as a model for behavior. Something went horribly wrong there, and the childish resentment behind it is being aimed in our direction. Be pragmatic and resourceful, but also moral and ethical. Not like Elon.

— George Hahn (@georgehahn)
Nov 7, 2022

I have altered the deal, pray I don’t alter it further. https://t.co/hm0XKeSW8g

— Darth Vader (@DarthVader)
Nov 7, 2022

@elonmusk https://t.co/k6C9Dezu34

— maja blast (@majamojablast)
Nov 7, 2022

I once interviewed Elon Musk for a piece in @TheAtlantic and the quote he gave me is, well, spot-on: https://t.co/OZjoJWxVat https://t.co/K64UUFrlOe https://t.co/2tq8qqnmwp

— Scott Nover (@ScottNover)
Nov 6, 2022

Like I always say with content moderation, every social media site owner who is “pro free speech” meets their line eventually.

For 4chan, it was anime child porn. For Facebook and YouTube, it was white nationalist terror. For Elon, it was people making fun of him. https://t.co/aNZmqYwrJu

— Ben Collins (@oneunderscore__)
Nov 6, 2022

CONFIRMED: Twitter is now asking some fired workers to please come back

– Some were laid off by mistake

– Some were let go before management realized their experience is needed to build new features Elon Musk is planning

FFS 😆 https://t.co/WKdtokWHoH

— Matt Navarra (@MattNavarra)
Nov 6, 2022

From Twitter Slack: “sorry to @- everybody on the weekend but I wanted to pass along that we have the opportunity to ask folks that were left off if they will come back. I need to put together names and rationales by 4PM PST Sunday.

— Casey Newton (@CaseyNewton)
Nov 6, 2022

To the best of my knowledge there isn’t another platform like Med Twitter where 100s of millions of people including medical professionals, scientists, epidemiologists, virologists etc can share real time information about COVID-19 & everything related to our health. I’m staying.

— David Christopher 🥼🏨 (@MLS_Dave)
Nov 6, 2022

1) For those on @elonmusk’s Twitter who may be tempted to join Mastodon (@joinMastodon) but aren’t sure, and for those who are already on it but have second thoughts, here’s an insightful essay by @jeffjarvis on why Mastodon is worth it. https://t.co/pcKv9IraGt

— Aaron Derfel (@Aaron_Derfel)
Nov 6, 2022

I don’t think it’s possible to sum up how fucked up the American healthcare system is better than this sign. https://t.co/7LoHsMvdRq

— (((BrokeAssStuart))) (@BrokeAssStuart)
Nov 6, 2022

@jaysonst You can say they’ve won twice, and that’s how MLB has chosen to treat it.

They’ve won once as far as any person who values integrity is concerned, and there’s no shortage of us.

Happy for Dusty.

— *Respectfully* Unify Baseball (XY, fwiw) (@ElevateBaseball)
Nov 6, 2022

I know athletes and coaches want to make it look as though they are powerless stakeholder in this year’s World Cup but it really is worth remembering just how many have either endorsed or benefited from the Qatar project. These from 2010 alone… https://t.co/6WCuJWb0eV

— Adam Crafton (@AdamCrafton_)
Nov 6, 2022

Look at mr. moneybags over here inventing the blog https://t.co/AqWm8Z3Pvc

— andi zeisler (@andizeisler)
Nov 6, 2022

Despite all my rage i am still eating chips on a stage https://t.co/YG0kEubIu9

— eve6 (@Eve6)
Nov 6, 2022

Weird Al, proletarian polka king https://t.co/nbyNN79XPA

— Abe Goldfarb (@AbeGoldfarb)
Nov 6, 2022

So you’re saying that, for the cost of NOT $8 a month, I get my posts ignored by the hooting masses of Twitter? Where do I sign up? I don’t even have to? Thank you, Based Elon.

— matt christman (@cushbomb)
Nov 5, 2022

A bright spot for me in all this mess is that Musk is destroying his carefully constructed image as a genius.

About 20 minutes after he started his Twitter bid business reporters were like, “Wait, that’s just incompetence.” Now that he’s taken over, it’s getting more obvious. https://t.co/fVZyrAsX18

— William Pietri (@williampietri)
Nov 5, 2022