Somehow this doesn’t surprise me. Have you seen how strange his recent films (Mandy, Color Out of Space) are?
Month: March 2021
Covers: Bend Me, Shape Me
“Bend Me, Shape Me” is best known as a 1967 single by the American Breed. I didn’t know until today that it was a 1966 album track by the Outsiders who had a hit with “Time Won’t Let Me”. The version by the Models may be the first one.
Gerrymandering update 3/6/21
Republicans are afraid to have more people vote.
Communities of color are driving population growth in states like Texas and North Carolina, but gerrymandering could limit their representation in Congress as district lines are redrawn this year based on a complicated 2020 census and just plain politics.https://t.co/5vthVKVWlT
— Axios (@axios) March 6, 2021
A thread 🧵 on the redistricting provisions of H.R. 1 – which many people shorthand describe as banning partisan gerrymandering and/or requiring independent commissions for drawing congressional districts – but which really are a *lot* more. #ForThePeople #HR1 #fairmaps 1/
— Michael Li 李之樸 (@mcpli) March 5, 2021
"Republican control over redistricting in key Southern states, along with Supreme Court decisions that gutted protections for voters of color, could result in historically unfair congressional maps after the next round of gerrymandering." https://t.co/BP75V1hGBl
— Brennan Center (@BrennanCenter) February 20, 2021
Republicans in 33 states have now proposed more than 165 bills that would restrict voting.
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) February 19, 2021
That's more than four times as many bills of this kind that had been introduced at this point last year. https://t.co/030oLKvOvt
gerrymandering helped Rs maintain power in the 2010s
— David Byler (@databyler) February 18, 2021
it'll probably help in the 2020s too, but maybe not as much (Ds seem to think they're better prepared this time)
also it might be hard for Ds to unwind this fast, given that 2022 is a midterm with a D potus
Important from @RonBrownstein: A new report shows how the GOP can use extreme gerrymanders to win control of the House in 2022, underscoring the stakes for passing national reforms that will rein in GOP countermajoritarian tactics:https://t.co/9xB0lhCS7y
— Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) February 11, 2021
Republicans have control over redistricting in Tennessee, and they are likely to increase their partisan advantage to 8-1 by drawing out Cooper and cracking Nashville. GOP was cautious due to fears of rural Democrats in 2010, but now they have no incentive to keep Cooper's seat. pic.twitter.com/VPN60nv4IX
— Representative Publey 💮 (@PubleyPolitics) February 7, 2021
I'll confess @TeenVogue wasn't the first magazine I was expecting to be interviewed for a redistricting story, but well done by @ZachariahSippy. https://t.co/yCgDprNLX0
— Dave Wasserman (@Redistrict) February 2, 2021
Republicans are now openly boasting of their plot to win the House through extreme gerrymanders. This alone should dissuade Biden and Dems from negotiating down the stimulus to secure bipartisanship. Dems may have only 2 years. Make them count. My latest:https://t.co/xAkoKgwitO
— Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) February 1, 2021
Yesterday, the Census Bureau announced that congressional apportionment counts are expected by April 30, 2021. A quick graphic of which states are projected to gain and lose seats in the next round of reapportionment.
— Princeton Gerrymandering Project (@princetongerry) January 29, 2021
▶️ https://t.co/n2ku0wFrh9 pic.twitter.com/QUARZfhPjb
A2: Gerrymandering is cheating – full stop. Gerrymandering happens when politicians manipulate electoral maps to benefit themselves/their party and special interests – silencing communities and the will of the people. It's undemocratic and we're fighting to end it. #S1TownHall https://t.co/lsXw8cH99D
— Eric Holder (@EricHolder) March 10, 2021
Black unemployment went up
While overall unemployment barely budged, unemployment among Black Americans went up, as this recession continues to exacerbate existing inequalities https://t.co/KMCv1ffnAQ pic.twitter.com/OVehIoG3sJ
— Julia Wolfe (@juruwolfe) March 5, 2021
Gulp… https://t.co/ihC99KOIbd
— Shawn Donnan (@sdonnan) March 5, 2021
Trump’s constant talk about the Black unemployment rate is absurd because there is no Trump policy that influenced that. It’s an impact of Obama’s economic recovery. https://t.co/WmsIV1V97p
— Young Daddy (@Toure) October 23, 2020
Virus poll update 3/5/21
Republicans and Democrats remain far apart in their assessments of the nature of the public health threat posed by the coronavirus. https://t.co/aiWZOcAbjx pic.twitter.com/46gb0LijDx
— Pew Research Center (@pewresearch) March 5, 2021
This USC tracking poll is a useful resource for tracking how much people are modifying their behavior as a result of COVID. The orange line, for instance, shows how many people say they're staying at home except for essential activities; currently ~45-50%.https://t.co/BT47WuNxZ4 pic.twitter.com/XTWcVlkc3C
— Nate Silver (@NateSilver538) February 7, 2021
Voter suppression update 3/5/21
A GOP lawyer admitted flat out to Supreme Court that voter suppression is necessary to help Republicans win elections.
— Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) March 3, 2021
Republicans actually have a long history of admitting to this right out in the open. Some choice examples here, in my book:https://t.co/015MYjfRHb pic.twitter.com/Xf511YUuqe
In 2024, for 1st time, Millennials and Gen Z (born after 81) will exceed baby boom & older (born before 64) as a % of eligible voters. But the wave of GOP voter suppression in red states could blunt their political emergence. Here's why. https://t.co/lkHxuDSmbm
— Ronald Brownstein (@RonBrownstein) March 2, 2021
Remember when John Roberts and four other Supreme Court justices gutted the Voting Rights Act because they said America had fixed all the racism? It doesn’t look so fixed with dozens of state legislatures considering voter suppression legislation to keep Black people from voting. pic.twitter.com/DYSentJeJr
— Walter Shaub (@waltshaub) March 2, 2021
“We are seeing the weaponization of Trump's Big Lie. All around the country, Republicans are pointing to the fact that so many of their voters believe the election was stolen as a reason to cut back on voting.”
— Alli Hedges Maser (@AllisonLHedges) March 2, 2021
– @AriBerman on the 200+ GOP proposals to curtail voting pic.twitter.com/C8FVjR40wN
The Republican Party is all in on being a vote-suppression machine in behalf of a minority party. @JVLast https://t.co/PMWWBUeLTt
— Todd Gitlin (@toddgitlin) March 2, 2021
"Their top political goal — voter suppression — is the only means by which they seek to capture power…In dozens of states, Republicans are frantic to enact voting restrictions…It is arguably the only public cause that truly excites them." https://t.co/JZppwcj5bY
— Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) March 1, 2021
None of the GOP proposals are random. They are precisely targeting the voters who support their opponents. https://t.co/NKV6Ad6nuH
— Fred Wellman (@FPWellman) March 1, 2021
They mean business. "The avalanche of legislation raises fundamental questions about a minority of voters exerting majority control in US politics, with Rs winning the pop vote in 1 of the last 8 pres elections but filling 6 of 9 seats on the Supreme Court.https://t.co/rFKKYaFIpw
— Todd Gitlin (@toddgitlin) February 27, 2021
Republicans on Georgia’s Senate Ethics Committee just voted to repeal automatic voter registration, which 5 million of state’s 7.6 million voters used to register. More egregious voter suppression in Georgia
— Ari Berman (@AriBerman) February 26, 2021
I am currently tracking voter suppression legislation in:
— Marc E. Elias (@marceelias) February 26, 2021
🗳️Arizona
🗳️Georgia
🗳️Iowa
🗳️New Hampshire
🗳️Missouri
🗳️Montana
🗳️Pennsylvania
🗳️Texas
This is a terrible new reality that I really hope there is the energy and commitment to fight.
You've probably heard about Georgia's proposed voting restrictions. Here's exactly what they would do and what their chances of passing are. https://t.co/gSoO5zUm6X
— Nathaniel Rakich (@baseballot) February 25, 2021
#NEW As of February 19th, Republican lawmakers from 45 different states have introduced over 250 new bills to restrict access to voting, a roughly 7x increase over proposals at this time last year. New restrictions are concentrated in the swing states.https://t.co/dw3S8IkG2u
— G. Elliott Morris (@gelliottmorris) February 24, 2021
Shocking new data from @brennancenter: 253 bills introduced in 43 states this year to restrict voting access
— Ari Berman (@AriBerman) February 24, 2021
From AZ to IA to GA to FL, GOP weaponizing Trump’s lies to suppress votes
Could be biggest rollback of voting rights since Jim Crow era https://t.co/NIl4l2Nx9D
All across country Republicans weaponizing Trump’s lies to make it harder to vote. This is one of most disgusting things I’ve ever seen & underscores why Dems must urgently pass John Lewis Voting Rights Act & For the People Act to stop voter suppression https://t.co/NIl4l2Nx9D
— Ari Berman (@AriBerman) February 24, 2021
The fact that Republicans are doing this in Iowa – a state where sky-high turnout almost certainly benefited them up and down the ballot in 2020 – shows how weirdly ideological this push is. https://t.co/HufZ9GXrMQ
— Kevin Robillard (@Robillard) February 24, 2021
The towering wave of GOP voter suppression bills, based on Trump’s big lie of massive voter fraud, is reaching the shore. This is not only a shift in partisan balance but a frontal assault on voting rights. Will Manchin & Sinema let GOP filibusters shield this from any response? https://t.co/dcjhzhPMSw
— Ronald Brownstein (@RonBrownstein) February 24, 2021
Another red state moving bills making it more difficult to vote. Has there previously been a one-year barrage of this magnitude? Trump could not prove his claims of fraud in any court-but Rs are using them to justify a towering wave of voter suppression. Will Congress Ds resist? https://t.co/VVNggfD0dK
— Ronald Brownstein (@RonBrownstein) February 24, 2021
Climate update 3/5/21
The Gulf Stream is among the mightiest rivers you will never see, carrying far more water than all the world’s freshwater rivers combined. Some scientists fear global warming is causing Atlantic currents to weaken. https://t.co/jaD7EiphpJ pic.twitter.com/g0IMoi1Mma
— The New York Times (@nytimes) March 3, 2021
The Texas power grid failure is a climate change cautionary tale https://t.co/YRmsi9Hmoq pic.twitter.com/sOk8lZkfCI
— Yahoo News (@YahooNews) February 22, 2021
What does Texas's massive power outage have to do w/ climate change?
— Fareed Zakaria (@FareedZakaria) February 21, 2021
My conversation w/ Texas Tech climate scientist @KHayhoe, from today's GPS: pic.twitter.com/ieW28uM4Qp
This week's storms showed that American infrastructure isn't ready for climate change. https://t.co/GFVcxcL0nW
— NYT National News (@NYTNational) February 21, 2021
It begins with: “When hucksters tell you that the climate is always changing, they’re right, but that’s not the good news they think it is.”
— Alexander Panetta (@Alex_Panetta) February 8, 2021
What follows: a dazzling & spectacularly written tour d’horizon of the history of life on Earth—most of which is terrifying to our species https://t.co/1iM8Xbshg5
Recent blockbuster snow totals along East Coast may be tied to climate change https://t.co/g2TLX96VWA
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) February 5, 2021
Do you support or oppose the Biden administration re-joining the Paris Agreement, a pact reached among countries around the globe to limit climate change by reducing greenhouse gas emissions?
— PollingReport.com (@pollreport) February 3, 2021
Support 63%
Oppose 33%
(Quinnipiac U. Poll, 1/28 – 2/1/21)https://t.co/K3LiwFoewK
Today, fewer than 1 percent of cars on America’s roads are electric. But a seismic shift is underway. https://t.co/uRkpe3RQXb
— NYT Climate (@nytclimate) January 29, 2021
In Opinion
— The New York Times (@nytimes) January 28, 2021
This color-coded map identifies the top climate risks across the globe. Select the country you live in to see what climate hazards you could face in 2040. https://t.co/JQpuj5LvHT
The thing older people think young people should be worried about is the debt. The thing young people are actually worried about is the climate. https://t.co/uQ1AHXOaHh pic.twitter.com/0o8qp3TKpP
— Philip Bump (@pbump) January 28, 2021
New research suggests that an estimated 28 trillion metric tons of ice have melted away from the world’s sea ice, ice sheets and glaciers since the mid-1990s, with the melt rate now about 57% faster than it was three decades ago https://t.co/U1licTgxFZ pic.twitter.com/Jhd3F6MRGd
— Reuters (@Reuters) January 26, 2021
NEW: Biden to bring the largest team of climate experts ever assembled in the White House. Paris, KXL, scientific integrity, SCC all first week issues.
— Lisa Friedman (@LFFriedman) January 19, 2021
"I underestimated the level of seriousness that these guys had,” one fossil fuel advocate told me. https://t.co/HSws9b1q5t
"Starting tomorrow, the highest levels of the federal government will stop intentionally, gleefully trying to make climate change worse," @yayitsrob writes: https://t.co/RciY4nhogj
— The Atlantic (@TheAtlantic) January 19, 2021
Female scientists focus on a secret weapon to fight climate change: Moms https://t.co/uj2cvi4g4A
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) January 14, 2021
2020 rivaled hottest year on record, pushing Earth closer to a critical climate threshold https://t.co/jQGRj1nP9A
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) January 14, 2021
A Trump administration official has posted a series of debunked claims questioning the established science of climate change. His reports are not on a government website, but they purport to be the copyrighted work of the White House. https://t.co/6ZfMZRav4E
— The New York Times (@nytimes) January 12, 2021
Could paying farmers to store carbon help the climate and save farms? https://t.co/fib8tMpi7C
— Mother Jones (@MotherJones) December 28, 2020
Vaccine update 3/5/21
U.S. scientists doubtful of one-shot regimen for Pfizer, Moderna COVID vaccines: WSJ https://t.co/1u4UMkjBYz pic.twitter.com/o5nNGLixkO
— Reuters (@Reuters) March 7, 2021
When will children be able to get COVID-19 vaccines? It depends on the child's age, but some teenagers could be rolling up their sleeves before too long. https://t.co/6yqvWxEDc1
— The Associated Press (@AP) March 4, 2021
Amid fierce criticism of inequitable access to Maryland’s limited COVID-19 vaccines, the state’s Baltimore Convention Center mass vaccination clinic will prioritize people from underserved areas of Baltimore City https://t.co/FXOekJmFFR
— Colin Campbell ☀️ (@cmcampbell6) March 1, 2021
A rural Black community the road from Mar-a-Largo was completely left out of the vaccine rollout. When the state finally set up local sites, they made them open to all with no appointment needed – and so wealthy white people drove in from afar https://t.co/xGyHYnmve4
— Olivia Goldhill (@OliviaGoldhill) March 4, 2021
Good run-down from an actual virologist on the question of vaccines and transmission.https://t.co/DQYdpPD2Uu
— Chris Hayes (@chrislhayes) February 24, 2021
The news here really is amazing. Pfizer will deliver 13 million doses/ week by mid-March.
— David Frum (@davidfrum) February 23, 2021
2 billion doses for whole world by end 2021https://t.co/OymJFUhVCe
What do vaccine efficacy numbers actually mean? https://t.co/0JlBNCLbGa pic.twitter.com/uO9WZbAWy4
— Yahoo News (@YahooNews) March 7, 2021
Vaccine statistics 3/5/21
We're really at an inflection point here.
— Nate Silver (@NateSilver538) February 28, 2021
Pfizer increasing deliveries to 14m/week by mid-March.
Moderna aiming to ramp up to 40m/month by April.
J&J (one dose) delivering 20m doses in March. https://t.co/RlOkFLsZVP
Which data reporter wants to map vax doses against wait times at polls https://t.co/WeJcEhBDWo
— Erin Kissane (@kissane) February 16, 2021
The Biden administration has really ramped up vaccines: closing in on 2 million shots per day for the past 5 days. 1 in 9 Americans have had a first shot, and more than 52 million shots have been administered. Thank goodness competence is back:https://t.co/QTutNvPvZH pic.twitter.com/938SnBwyIO
— Amy Siskind 🏳️🌈 (@Amy_Siskind) February 15, 2021
Coronavirus outbreaks update 3/5/21
One year ago today was the Biogen conference at the Marriott Long Wharf, which one study linked to 300,000 coronavirus infections worldwide.
— WBZ NewsRadio (@wbznewsradio) February 26, 2021
Add it to the list – doesn’t really matter if restaurant, camp, choir, ice hockey – same underlying factors. Every time.
— Joseph Allen (@j_g_allen) February 24, 2021
—> time indoors
—> no mask/poor masking
—> no/low ventilation https://t.co/1SLfKaoVbH
Wow this is so crazy who ever could have guessed that a bunch of people breathing heavily in the same room for an hour would spread a highly contagious airborne virus. https://t.co/xFouJVSqrR
— Jill Filipovic (@JillFilipovic) February 24, 2021
“A federal lawsuit alleges that corrections officials have mishandled an outbreak of the coronavirus at the Chesapeake Detention Facility in Baltimore City, leading to one-third of its inmates and staff members contracting the virus in less than one month.” from @PDavis_LLC https://t.co/VmEFS1mzfO
— Phillip Jackson (@phillej_) February 22, 2021
Virus outbreak leads U-Md. to move classes online and keep students in dorms https://t.co/lxxtXH6rGJ
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) February 20, 2021
New study suggests Mardi Gras ignited mass coronavirus outbreak of 50k+ cases in New Orleans–likely seeded by *a single traveler* arriving just before festivities kicked into high gear. https://t.co/HKEh9MARtM
— Bryn Stole (@brynstole) February 10, 2021
Another @JohnsHopkins frat (Phi Psi) threw a party last night after last weekend’s WAWA party caused an outbreak of 60+ cases. Considering there’s almost certainly going be several student/frat Superbowl parties tmw we’re about to see an even bigger spike all thx to JHU reopening
— JHU Sit-in Day 35 (@TheGarlandSitIn) February 7, 2021
An unprecedented run of federal executions at the end of the Trump administration likely acted as a virus superspreader, according to an @AP analysis. https://t.co/GzamFSyxw7
— The Associated Press (@AP) February 5, 2021
What constitutes a close contact? #Coronavirus variant in Barrie, Ont. outbreak upends conventional wisdom of spread, by @kahowlett https://t.co/RsKUw6otm8 via @globeandmail #COVID19 #cdnhealth #B117
— André Picard (@picardonhealth) February 1, 2021
State officials report more than 100 inmates have contracted the virus at the Chesapeake Detention Facility, the state-run lockup for men and women awaiting federal trial.https://t.co/vm4EymvlGH
— The Baltimore Sun (@baltimoresun) February 3, 2021
Sad! 