@JeffMightBWrong

Writes the Substack "I Might Be Wrong", wrote for John Oliver back when his show was...different. https://xitter.cf/t.co/vcsZnLOuTR

 Washington, DC
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Joined January 2009
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The real-life uprising in Les Mis — which isn’t the uprising that most people think — has some things in common with today’s riots. (link in next tweet, no paywall)
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The “Les Mis” Protest Was a Youth Movement That Backfired

Context for French uprisings real and imagined

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If I was a French politician I would consider giving the protesters the new textbooks that they seem to feel so strongly about.
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Time to look back at the most-wrong article I’ve ever written (which is saying something!): The one from 2022 in which I argued that Trump had finally gone too far and was cooked. (Podcast link in next tweet)
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IMBW Audio: What the Hell Was I Thinking: The Most Wrong Article in My Pantheon of Wrongness

Plus: Oh great -- Canada is here to lecture us

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I have a lot to say about the @emmma_camp_ video about the empty, destroyed, rent-controlled NYC apartment, but this is the part I feel most strongly about. (link in next tweet)
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A Viral Video Shows How Socialism Devolves Into Authoritarianism

It also shows how little some people know about renovation costs

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Expanding on my argument that we need to bring back the word "retard" because of Trump... (link in next tweet, no paywall)
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We’re STILL Overrating Trump’s Intelligence

The dumbest explanation is usually the right one

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I really wanted to believe that Ukraine proved that the worst social media accounts are propped up by Russian bots. But, consistent with the principle that nothing I want to happen ever happens, the story was fake. (Link in next tweet)
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The Big Misinformation Story Was, Alas, Misinformation

Nothing fun ever happens

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The NIMBY coalition is hippies who think that all development is evil and homeowners who would like their house to be the last one ever built.
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@sam_d_1995Oct 13
crazy moment in the NY governor debate: Hochul says she wishes she pushed even harder on YIMBY policies, meanwhile, Blakeman literally *brags* about how his NIMBY policies have made housing so expensive
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“WHAT THE FUCK DID YOU TELL HIM, LARRY?!”
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@RollingStoneOct 13
Larry David Saw O.J. Simpson at a Country Club the Day Nicole Brown Simpson Was Killed According to a new biography, the 'Seinfeld' showrunner and Simpson both ate breakfast at Riviera Country Club on June 12, 1994. rollingstone.com/tv-movies/t…

Larry David Saw O.J. Simpson at a Country Club the Day Nicole Brown Simpson Was Killed

Larry David crossed paths with O.J. Simpson at a country club the day Nicole Brown and Ron Goldman were killed, according to a new biography.

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A good example of politicians imagining that most Americans are like their base is Republicans thinking that calling someone “gay” is a smart tactic.
CSPAN
@cspanOct 13
.@VP JD Vance implies U.S. Senate candidate James Talarico (D-TX) is gay: "I love you too, sir. In a totally platonic way, to be clear. I'm the Vice President, not James Talarico."
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What are the parameters of “no parties?” That night in college when my friend and I picked up Taco Bell and watched my VHS of Tommy Boy, was that a “party”? (It was!)
The New York Times
@nytimesOct 13
Breaking News: Cornell banned parties at fraternity houses for the rest of the academic year in response to Jane Doe’s 2024 rape allegations. nyti.ms/4ii5EMa

Cornell Bans Fraternity Parties and Adds Sexual Assault Investigators

The expansive changes to campus life, including working closely with the state police, come in the wake of the national uproar caused by allegations of a gang rape at a fraternity house.

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Will America be able to reach consensus on opening our doors to refugees fleeing the coming economic collapse of France?
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It's funny how there IS a group of freedom fighters battling a fascist colonialist movement (with success!), but it's Ukraine, and they're not part of the "global south", and they oppose the Christian revanchist movement, so support for them sort of waxes and wanes.
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The level of nothing that you need to know to hear this and think “yes, that will work” boggles the mind.
Jean-Luc Mélenchon
@JLMelenchonOct 11
Qui va faire l'agriculture biologique ? Nous devons recruter 400 000 paysans. Nous élèverons leur niveau de préparation. En développant le bio, nous gagnerons des milliards. Ceux qu'on ne paiera plus pour soigner le diabète ou le cancer.
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À ce jour, aucune preuve scientifique ne permet d’établir un lien de causalité entre la consommation d’aliments biologiques et la prévalence du diabète ou du cancer leseclairages.cancer.fr/manger-bio-per… chu-angers.fr/aliments-bio-b…
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I got assigned to a John Oliver peace about how Facebook was responsible for atrocities in Myanmar even though I didn’t think that Facebook was responsible for atrocities in Myanmar. Here’s how that went. (podcast link in next tweet)
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IMBW Audio: How Much Ethnic Cleansing Has Facebook Caused?

Plus: What percentage of milk can be semen before you can’t label it “milk”?

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