Amanda Unvarnished

Well, it happened. We knew it was coming. A prick pulled the plug. And what bothers me most about it is how Space Karen did it. My mom passed away just before Christmas. Her decline was something everyone in the family saw coming and we prepared for her demise. It still hurts like hell, but […]

You always thought this might be possible, but when a famous company says it's done it, it adds a little more scariness.

“There aren't many companies that get to this level. And there aren't many founders that choose their company over their own ego.”
— Jack Dorsey’s resignation letter

Why are you so obsessed?

Since the earliest days of the country, the “New Covenant” of Jewish Americans has promoted a national vision of moral leadership.

Quote Tweeting: Over 30 Studies Dispel Some Myths by Hilda Bastian (absolutelymaybe.plos.org)

The first myth to dispense with: That there’s almost no research on quote tweets! I added to this misconception with my December…

The Anti-Twitter Files: January 6th Committee Report Shows How Twitter Leaned Over Backwards To Protect Trump & Conservatives by Mike Masnick (techdirt.com)

For all the talk of the “Twitter Files,” as we’ve detailed, they’ve mostly been, at best, misleading, and frequently actively wrong. One of the big reveals, we were told, was that the Files were going to expose the political machinations of how Twitter banned former President Trump. And, indeed, Bari Weiss’s “Part Five” of the […]