Monday Tweets (because spending New Year's Eve on Twitter would just be wrong)

Welcome to the world of climate gentrification.

"Little Haiti’s elevation  is 7 feet above sea level with pockets in the neighborhood that go as high as 14 feet above sea level. By comparison, Miami Beach is about 4 feet above sea level."

In many parts of the US black communities were pushed to low-lying flood prone areas.

In Miami, the opposite is true. Black communities were built on high elevation away from the coast. Now because of sea level rise that high land is in demand. (THREAD)https://t.co/3nFgtjzR7v

— Nadege Green (@NadegeGreen) November 5, 2019

"One of these things is not like the other..."

Which Democratic voters are potentially the most disloyal? Here's the percentage of each candidate's base who say they'll vote Dem in the 2020 general:

Warren: 97
Steyer: 96
Biden: 94
Klobuchar: 93
Buttigieg: 92
Sanders: 87
Bloomberg: 82
Booker: 80
Yang: 73
...
Gabbard: 15

— G. Elliott Morris (@gelliottmorris) December 28, 2019

Welcome to LA

The San Gabriels. #dtla pic.twitter.com/ZBep7WUyV7

— Sean Meredith (@seanmeredith) December 27, 2019

Klein is making a tremendously important point here

The media thinks the power it has is covering things positively or negatively. If that was ever true, it's not now.

The media is an amplification machine. Our biggest impact is in choosing what to cover. If we amplify lies — even to fact check them — they often gain power. https://t.co/jHVKycMV3r

— Ezra Klein (@ezraklein) December 27, 2019

It's a complex issue, but my initial impression is that this would have more pros than cons, assuming the city could force it through.

It would be a first for any cityhttps://t.co/gXmyfuZB3i

— Financial Times (@FinancialTimes) December 27, 2019

Of course C-level executive compensation is rational.

For killing the company. And, arguably, a few hundred people.
Nice work if you can get it. https://t.co/VAlkMNoxtr

— Charles P. Pierce (@CharlesPPierce) December 25, 2019

NYT = Hal900 Admitting that they were wrong drives both insane.

Not just readers and Twitter users. Other journalists know it too. pic.twitter.com/0FXBlXLPM2

— Jay Rosen (@jayrosen_nyu) December 28, 2019

Must read

The Christmas Eve Confessions of Chuck Todd. https://t.co/64nLjKiXqr My new post. I hope you will read it.

— Jay Rosen (@jayrosen_nyu) December 26, 2019

It's the wrapping paper budget that kills you.

The Infinite Gift 🎁

This is an interesting object where the side of the nth box is 1/√n. As n→+∞, the gift has infinite surface area and length but finite volume!

Learn more about this interesting paradox here: https://t.co/jbWbg6iqFZ pic.twitter.com/kxO20PTGti

— Fermat's Library (@fermatslibrary) December 24, 2019

This is a big story.

"Journalist Napp Nazworth, who has worked for the Christian Post website since 2011, said he quit his job Monday because the website was planning to publish a pro-Trump editorial that would slam Christianity Today." https://t.co/N3TmhL7WHp

— Jay Rosen (@jayrosen_nyu) December 24, 2019

Kanefield has become the essential legal commentator for the Trump years. For those who lack the patience for really long threads, she also has blog versions.

(thread) How California Turned Blue

Alternate title: California shows the way

California used to be Republican. We gave the nation Nixon and Reagan.

Republican candidates won CA in every presidential election between 1952 and 1988 except one⤵️ pic.twitter.com/d6YvnCrMsr

— Teri Kanefield (@Teri_Kanefield) August 19, 2019

This remains one of the best indications of real expertise in all fields.

My year as an MIT fellow taught me that truly smart people, real experts, can make complicated concepts understandable to non-experts, in tight simple language. Poseurs have a problem with that. https://t.co/054pq6DSTu

— Russ Mitchell (@russ1mitchell) December 27, 2019