That special time of year, when St. Urhu’s day elides into the name-day of St. Patric, is again upon us. Here at Wetmachine we have a special place in our hearts for this great Finno-Irish-American festival.
Truly, the world is full of marvels. I know this is small potatoes when compared to the news of Harold Feld’s new gig, but as Mrs. Lohman so rightly observed, attention must be paid. Yes, attention must be paid.
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John’s Tweets
Load More...Pardon me, please. I am old and my heart ain't what it used to be. I would very much appreciate an indulgence. Please don't make me read this,
Trump's full comments on South Korea and per capita coronavirus testing:
@rachelwalexande Left to be a teacher, automatic 12K raise. And teachers are ALSO underpaid.
To be clear, this is not to say what Gannett is doing is okay. It isn't.
But this is a structural industry problem, in print and in broadcasting.I don't know of a daily newspaper that isn't routinely paying reporters less than $38k except maybe NYT.
I know a lot of local reporters who would love to get a raise to $38k. And often the only way to do that is to leave.
This industry is so vital and so, so broken. https://twitter.com/thesarahkelly/status/1244656985531957248Of note: Gannett is still paying some journalists less than $38k. In 2020. https://twitter.com/gregholmannl/status/1244645257029062662
D.O.B. 11/52. Good Lord willing & the creek don't rise & there ain't no melt-down I look forward to being a barely coherent centenarian commeting on 2050 debates. Expect me to be deranged 7th-dimensional meta but still adding more to the conversation than frozen Republican heads.
Can’t wait for the historiographical debate in the 2050s on whether the socialist turn of the US really grew from the rising left movement of the 2010s or was a contingent effect of the pandemic and economic crash
