Staci D. Kramer writes about media, tech, sports & life in 280 characters here, sometimes longer at Trust But Verify. Former editor of paidContent. she/her
confirmed by family - Tony Hsieh is gone at 46, far too soon. Condolences to all who mourn.
“I support censuring the President for his rhetoric to ensure that his behavior is not deemed acceptable to future leaders, or to our adversaries around the globe. “ - @RepAnnWagner “no” on impeachment because time, process, partisan, Pelosi. (text: )
@PoppyHarlowCNN thanks for taking the lobster shift. Smart move by CNN to offer live news coverage overnight instead of repeats during this tense time.
The @Walgreens #CovidVaccine sign-up process is a mess apparently designed to harvest contact info by requiring multiple accounts per household, then forcing the user through multiple screens before failure. cc @StLCountyDOH
@nhannahjones . and Ta-Nehisi Coates, also joinin @HowardUg , are MacArthur Fellows. Knight endowed the chair Jones was supposed to get at UNC. Th @macfounde @knightfdn @FordFoundation and an anonymous donor put up $20 million to launch the new center.
They put a warning label on "Everywhere Babies,” a rhyming, illustrated children's book because "the illustrations include what could be interpreted as a few same-sex couples, but they are never identified as such in the text."
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ICE cancelled a program that had a 99% reporting success rate. (via @chrislhayes )
A tribute to helicopter crash victims Sarah Chester and her daughter Payton, who was one of GiGi Bryant’s teammates: “their impact was just as meaningful, their loss will be just as keenly felt, and our hearts are just as broken.”
Stevie Wonder then took both knees in prayer "for our planet, our future, our leaders of the world and our globe. Amen. " #GCFest
The AP version of #golfingwhileblack popping up repeatedly in my TL doesn’t include the latest statement from the club, which moves away from an apology and tries to justify calling the police. YDR: | AP: )
Veterans would be hit hard by current GOP plan. @votevets say thousands would lose.
George H. W. Bush’s final public act was to vote. Fitting for someone who - no matter what you think of his politics - believed in civic duty.
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