Don’t put Marjorie Taylor Greene on TV

There is a difference between opinions and lies. Greene has told lies that are so dangerous that she was suspended from Twitter. You should not put liars on TV.
— Harris Levy (@HarrisL585) March 31, 2023

Pathetic take by the New York Times on the Trump indictments

It’s not victor’s justice, it’s holding a lawbreaker accountable. The Times was wrong to even bring this up.

This is revolting. @peterbakernyt NYT and the New York Times are very, deeply concerned that upholding the rule of law will end democracy as we know it. https://t.co/0lbXdDPqj1 pic.twitter.com/tMs8Kdrq2M
— Dan Froomkin/PressWatchers.org (@froomkin) March 31, 2023

Tweets by Nate Silver and Matt Glassman on the GOP

The GOP has turned to using the courts,voter suppression, and state legislatures to enact their extremist policies on issues such as abortion which are opposed by the majority.

Wins based on the electoral college rather than the popular vote will undermine faith in elections. All 25 presidential elections in the 1900s had the same result in the popular vote and electoral college. Two of the six elections in the 2000s have been won by the popular vote loser. Trump lost the popular vote by an unprecedented almost three million votes.

Look at the Glassman tweet thread

I think what's remarkable is how overtly the GOP has really stopped even trying to be a majoritarian party. Their vote share over the past four presidential elections is 46.8%, 46.1%, 47.2%, 45.7%. https://t.co/FMtCBM7aVm
— Nate Silver (@NateSilver538) March 31, 2023

American life expectancy is decreasing

The most important story you’ll read today on the U.S. It’s all there and should be considered an emergency.

Scientists warned a decade ago American lives were shortening. Then it got worse : Shots – Health News : NPR https://t.co/5apyvwJhdO
— Sherrilyn Ifill (@SIfill_) March 26, 2023

Americans’ life expectancy is plummeting. The graphic is stunning.

“American life expectancy is lower than that of Cuba, Lebanon, and Chechnya.”#MedTwitter https://t.co/2GX3zRgFhE pic.twitter.com/6NxbO01VBr
— Art Walaszek (@artwalaszek) March 25, 2023

NEW: I’m not sure people fully appreciate how dire the US life expectancy / mortality situation has got.

My column: https://t.co/dBIhT9eZLv

And some utterly damning charts.

1) at *every* point on the income distribution, Americans live shorter lives than the English. pic.twitter.com/pOoziEK5mZ
— John Burn-Murdoch (@jburnmurdoch) March 31, 2023

Things have deteriorated so much that the average American now has the same healthy life expectancy (years lived in good health) as someone in Blackpool, the town with England’s lowest life expectancy (by far), synonymous with deep-rooted social decline https://t.co/jicW0G4Uz4 pic.twitter.com/pPSzcFofh3
— John Burn-Murdoch (@jburnmurdoch) March 31, 2023

This is so, so awful. “This is the first time in my career that I've ever seen [an increase in pediatric mortality] – it's always been declining in the United States… Now, it's increasing at a magnitude that has not occurred at least for half a century." https://t.co/R8MLPoprj2
— Dr Kathleen Bachynski (@bachyns) March 25, 2023

“Our life spans lag behind those of our peers; our life expectancy was already more or less flat, not growing; and most other countries bounced back from covid-19 in the second year of the pandemic, while we went into further decline.” https://t.co/y5CUJ01f3h
— David Wallace-Wells (@dwallacewells) June 2, 2023

Tweets and videos on the Chrysler Building

New York’s Chrysler Building was completed in 1930.

Fascinating colourised Film of workers high above New York fitting the Eagles onto the CHRYSLER BUILDING in 1930.

pic.twitter.com/nJWBuJ4Xf9
— Michael Warburton (@MichaelWarbur17) March 31, 2023

US photographer Margaret Bourke-White on top of the Chrysler Building, New York, 1931 #WomensArt Every month on @womensart1 is #WomensHistoryMonth pic.twitter.com/rMqVvUxI8Z
— #WOMENSART (@womensart1) March 31, 2023

Photographer Annie Leibovitz (and assistant Robert Bean) on the Chrysler Building, New York, 1991 #WomensArt pic.twitter.com/OGW7T1tePR
— #WOMENSART (@womensart1) March 31, 2023

I've only just discovered that the Chrysler Building once had a 71st floor, German Expressionism-esque observation deck called 'The Celestial' which was shut in 1945. pic.twitter.com/EcAyZqHmHt
— Grant McPhee (@GrantMcPheeFilm) March 31, 2023

Chrysler Building pic.twitter.com/SKZIvuW0hL
— G-Man (@GMan23677156) March 27, 2023

did you know that there's a dentist in the spire of the chrysler building https://t.co/ey5fyhvClD
— matt dillons biggest fan (@25lambs) March 31, 2023

DON'T LOOK DOWN: A steeplejack shares eye-popping footage filmed as he scales the heights of New York's Chrysler Building to carry out maintenance. pic.twitter.com/s63WkXAvtA
— Jina will (@jonawill15) March 28, 2023

My take on the 2023 Orioles

The 2022 Orioles won 83 games after winning only 52 in 2022. Will they fall back in 2023? Most predictions I have seen predict they will only win in the 70s. I predict they will win 87.

There is a precedent for the Orioles’ big jump.

1988: 54 wins

1989: 87 wins

1990: 75 wins

This time is different. The farm system is much better than it was in 1990. There are lots of players close to being ready for the majors that they can bring up or trade. They will have full seasons of Adley Rutschman and Gunnar Henderson.

I do think they didn’t do enough in the offseason but their minor moves do make the team slightly better.

It will all come down to pitching. Can the bullpen repeat their excellent performance of last year? That will be tough but it’s possible,. I think there will be improvements in the starting pitching especially if Grayson Rodriguez and D L Hall come up and John Means does well whenever he returns.

I am looking forward to the season. I think the Orioles will be good and enjoyable to watch.

The Athletic

Tigers radio guys on the Orioles cite this historical fact: Over 50 years, teams that improved by 20+ wins from one year to the next, all but two ended up winning fewer games the year after. "That'd be heartbreaking for the Baltimore fans, they're expecting big things." Indeed!
— Camden Chat (@CamdenChat) March 2, 2023

The cover of The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan – Tweets and articles

This tweet reminded me to post about the cover

Random bit of Dylan trivia that's so random it has nothing to do with Dylan https://t.co/EBjLXgFHf3
— Robert McNamara (@history1800s) March 25, 2023

NYC Album Art Revisted: The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan

The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan: the story of the artwork

Bob Dylan and Suze Rotolo During the Freewheelin’ Cover Shoot on West 4th Street in New York City, 1963

An alternative photo for BOB DYLAN’S ‘FREEWHEELIN’ album cover (1963).

📷 Don Hunstein pic.twitter.com/jEzS9vDPQP
— James Leighton (@JamesL1927) January 25, 2023

What became of the coat #BobDylan wore on the cover of Freewheelin’? He lost it in a chess wager (“gambled for my clothes”) to a Dutch sailor named Mori. Mori’s daughters tore off the sleeves to make a purse but Mori’s got the rest (a vest?). I hope any part of this story is true pic.twitter.com/zWZIAqdLyi
— Bob Dylan Notes (@bob_notes) June 4, 2021

2024 general election polls

Scary. And Quinnipiac is reputable. Results like this have been consistent.

Half the US wants fascism, or is okay with it. https://t.co/fttXPZ3ncr
— Brynn Tannehill (@BrynnTannehill) March 29, 2023

New Quinnipiac Poll has Biden up two over Trump (48% to 46%) but this is the racial breakdown:
White
Trump 50%
Biden 45%
Black
Biden 72%
Trump 23%
Hispanic
Biden 54%
Trump 41%
So polling is definitely still brokenhttps://t.co/23TgCG4J5c
— Nick Field (@nick_field90) March 29, 2023

Twitter and YouTube posts on the Flatiron Building

The Flatiron Building in Manhattan is a uniquely-shaped structure in Manhattan that was recently sold.

The Flatiron Building has remained almost completely vacant for four years. Last week, a little-known buyer won an auction for the structure and then went off the radar, failing to pay the $19 million deposit. Now, the famous building's fate is uncertain.https://t.co/19JNZ1HtGJ
— The New York Times (@nytimes) March 29, 2023

A man named Jacob Garlick bought the Flatiron Building at a public auction last week. This week he just… didn’t make the downpayment for it. This situation is the funniest thing in the world to me right now. Jacob why did you do that!!!!! https://t.co/Tyo06Bn3KQ
— Katie Way (@k80way) March 29, 2023

On the latest #Paydirt, TRD’s Hiten Samtani breaks down the history of NYC’s Flatiron Building and unraveling the mystery behind the unknown Garlick’s winning bid, which beat out a group of former owners led by industry titan Jeff Gural.#RealEstate #FlatironBuilding #TRDnewyork pic.twitter.com/SUTcA0gAhY
— The Real Deal (@trdny) March 29, 2023

We need more gun safety

@pewresearch found "significant majorities of Americans support background checks (81%), an assault-weapons ban (63%), and a ban on high-capacity ammunition magazines (64%). Majorities of Rs who don’t own guns shared those opinions, as did Dem gun owners, by even bigger margins" https://t.co/RXrwL6qgw1
— Ronald Brownstein (@RonBrownstein) March 27, 2023

Basically saying 'We're done here' on gun control is not what the majority of Americans want to hear according to polling. https://t.co/gEb8lKtpwP
— Sara Sidner (@sarasidnerCNN) March 29, 2023

Scientists have studied gun control policies, as I write for @Salon:https://t.co/Qbb3E4SGXJ

We know certain policies (see screenshot) are linked to lower violent crime rates and suicide rates.

If not for wealthy special interest groups, these policies could be in place. (1/2) pic.twitter.com/aS9gRJZpAr
— Matthew Rozsa 🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈 🇺🇸 (@MatthewRozsa) March 28, 2023

The U.S. has 4% of the world's population and 46% of the world's privately owned guns–more guns than people.
it's no mystery why we gave exponentially more gun-related deaths than other countries.
Guns aren't the solution.
They're the problem. https://t.co/5pR6TiopFD
— David Axelrod (@davidaxelrod) March 29, 2023