I’d never considered the details leading up to an inauguration. I watched this one like a nervous parent, making sure everything went as planned. #velshi
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I have watched every presidential inauguration that I can remember, since I was a little boy, and long before I ever imagined I would live in America. But I had never watched one the way I watched the inauguration of Joe Biden. #velshi
I’d never considered the details leading up to an inauguration. I watched this one like a nervous parent, making sure everything went as planned. #velshi
Thanks to the last four years, everything is different, now. Our demons are on full display, our Union is certifiably imperfect. Our nation is divided. #velshi
After a year that takes first place in our history for death, destruction, fear and injustice, normalcy is struggling to regain its place. One thing with which we will struggle in this new day for America is the death of shame. #velshi
In addition to the other norms the former president destroyed, he turned lying - deliberate, casual and often with the force of law - into an art form and, with that, contributed to the death of shame. #velshi
I’ve been a business journalist for most of my career. When I’d interview a CEO and they’d tell me something that wasn’t true, and I’d have the evidence that it wasn’t true, it would make for an awkward moment. #velshi
The CEOs tried to explain it away. Their people would offer clarifications and maybe, there’d be a statement of clarification. Maybe even an apology. #velshi
If the lie - or any kind of wrongdoing pointed out by the press, was significant, someone might resign, a red letter of sorts on their chest. A mark of shame. #velshi
For some people - some liars – there’s no shame now. One reason I haven’t had Trump officials or allies on @VelshiMSNBC for the last several months is that confronting them with the truth stopped mattering. When caught lying or distorting the facts, they lied more. #velshi
To wear a red letter - TWO red letters, in the former president's case - both capitals for impeachment. It means little to him; there is no contrition. #velshi
He explains it away as partisan or calls it a hoax or a witch hunt. A source of shame once again somehow morphed into to a badge of honor. The death of shame - is the real catastrophe. #velshi
If we as humans do not feel shame in doing something wrong, or in getting caught doing something wrong, what guardrails exist? #velshi
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Inside: 20 years a blogger; Will Biden bust trusts?; and more!
Archived at: https://t.co/8eRWqssqXf
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20 years a blogger: Reflections on a lifetime of reflecting.
https://t.co/XyvbPirvhE
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Will Biden bust trusts?: Obama's third term would be a disaster for antitrust.
https://t.co/FMc798VhI0
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#10yrsago Disney World’s awful Tiki Room catches fire https://t.co/exhhsaAnzD;
#10yrsago Disney World’s awful Tiki Room catches fire https://t.co/6t7jy4xIRt
#10yrsago Interview with hacker anthropologist Biella Coleman https://t.co/uf1wSr4X4L
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#5yrsago Income inequality makes the 1% sad, too https://t.co/DYzjE2uRFz
#1yrago The bubbles in VR, cryptocurrency and machine learning are all part of the parallel computing bubble https://t.co/qWZmB7u1sD
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Inside: 20 years a blogger; Will Biden bust trusts?; and more!
Archived at: https://t.co/8eRWqssqXf
#Pluralistic
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20 years a blogger: Reflections on a lifetime of reflecting.
https://t.co/XyvbPirvhE
2/
It's been twenty years, to the day, since I published my first blog-post.
— Cory Doctorow #BLM (@doctorow) January 13, 2021
I'm a blogger.
Blogging - publicly breaking down the things that seem significant, then synthesizing them in longer pieces - is the defining activity of my days. https://t.co/lksXhU6HKM
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Will Biden bust trusts?: Obama's third term would be a disaster for antitrust.
https://t.co/FMc798VhI0
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Despite the massive triumphs of the world's largest corporations and most rapacious billionaires during the covid crisis, neoliberalism is in ideological retreat: more people are more critical of the idea that "free markets" can solve big problems than at any time in my life.
— Cory Doctorow #BLM (@doctorow) January 13, 2021
1/ pic.twitter.com/k11xGk2XzP
#10yrsago Disney World’s awful Tiki Room catches fire https://t.co/exhhsaAnzD;
#10yrsago Disney World’s awful Tiki Room catches fire https://t.co/6t7jy4xIRt
#10yrsago Interview with hacker anthropologist Biella Coleman https://t.co/uf1wSr4X4L
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#5yrsago Income inequality makes the 1% sad, too https://t.co/DYzjE2uRFz
#1yrago The bubbles in VR, cryptocurrency and machine learning are all part of the parallel computing bubble https://t.co/qWZmB7u1sD
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