David M Weigel

David M Weigel

@spdbump.bsky.social

Ex-Minnesotan in Philly. (And yes, this is really my name, and no, I don't write for Semafor. But he's good, isn't he?)

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Elizabeth Spiers
@espiers.bsky.social

Does he mean pioneer in the sense of died on the Oregon Trail of dysentery

Annie Waldman@anniewaldman.bsky.social

Before my visit, Raw Farm's founder Mark McAfee told me he's a trailblazer: “I’ve put a couple kids in the hospital, and they have been sick, but they recovered," he said. "But here’s the thing: I’m a pioneer. And I’m going against the grain here. I’m climbing a mountain they say you can’t climb."

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Robert Black
@hurricanexyz.bsky.social

Replying to @hurricanexyz.bsky.social

If the Framers of the Fourteenth Amendment meant to employ concepts drawn from the common law, but also they were under a general misapprehension as to how those concepts really worked? It's the misunderstanding that controls!

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Chris Ingraham
@cingraham.bsky.social

Some people get into journalism because they’re skeptical of power, and others do so because they’re impressed by it. Moments like this are clarifying with respect to who’s who.

David M Weigel
@spdbump.bsky.social

Me on this date in 1998: "Ha! I'm still writing '1996' on my checks!" Me on this date in 2024: "A check is a small rectangular piece of paper once used to transfer money between bank accounts."

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