Peter Kafka

Peter Kafka @pkafka

@Lucas_Shaw The news is that they told us, no? — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Kafka @pkafka

@DKThomp I don’t think that criticism is fair. We certainly didn’t expect this rise in breakthroughs a few months ago, so it’s the definition of news. Yes more context is good but as noted it’s the next line after you click. — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Kafka @pkafka

Anecdotally, breakthrough cases seem much more common than the public health messaging allows (then again, we’ve stopped tracking so who knows). So hopefully this messaging - that people who get breakthroughs cases have minimal effects - gets through. https://t.co/2mBTAzRDh5 — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Kafka @pkafka

Tremendous time capsule, back to an era where cable TV was dominant and music television was the way people consumed music. — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Kafka @pkafka

RT @jimrutenberg: YouTube suspends Sky News Australia channel https://t.co/1rI7CvFSwd via @FRANCE24 — PolitiTweet.org

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@jonathanmprince @sacca @bryce @KristyT @tryscroll @arctictony @sachinsaysrelax Dubious — PolitiTweet.org

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@bryce @KristyT @tryscroll @arctictony (Actually guy: No, Scroll lets you pay to turn off ads on free sites. It doesn’t let you hop paywalls) — PolitiTweet.org

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@jetjocko But in any case I don’t think anyone who is vax hesistant or worse is getting swayed by any particular tweet or headline. — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Kafka @pkafka

@jetjocko Couple that with various public health messaging/decision bungles going back to March 2020 (“don’t wear masks!”) - and it’s pretty hard for me, a professional News consumer, to know what to make of any of this. — PolitiTweet.org

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@jetjocko Obviously I know many more people who haven’t been reinfected. So, yes, mathematically, rare. Otoh it definitely *feels* more common - and certainly wasn’t what we thought we were getting into last spring. — PolitiTweet.org

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@jetjocko I am a little frustrated with the “breakthroughs are very rare” messaging which may well in fact be true but is hard to sync with increasing first-hand anecdotes: I think I’m up to 10 cases where I know the person or am once removed. — PolitiTweet.org

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(Which, clearly, is something that American government wants corporate America to do.) — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Kafka @pkafka

Corporate America is taking a harder line on vaccines than American government. — PolitiTweet.org

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@alexeheath @fromedome @alligoldberg @cityofthetown Honestly even if not true — PolitiTweet.org

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@alexeheath @cityofthetown @alligoldberg Oh right there are multiple references! — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Kafka @pkafka

@cityofthetown @alligoldberg It’s an unnamed digital pub offering to pay a couple hundred bucks for a story about a YouTube influencer doing a burning man stunt. — PolitiTweet.org

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@akruglov @anildash Public yes. But not with this current star power. — PolitiTweet.org

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@rfradin @alligoldberg Not so far! Testicles tho. — PolitiTweet.org

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@alligoldberg Ah funny I assumed Buzzfeed. Or maybe Mic! Also love that one of the worst characters is always reading - or at least holding - a Gladwell book. — PolitiTweet.org

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@Nravitz @brooke Sure! I remember people saying that about succession too and now they lap it up. But definitely not a show to feel neutral about. — PolitiTweet.org

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Btw if you’re gonna watch make sure you have good speakers or headphones. The sound mix/score is amazing and a core part of the show. — PolitiTweet.org

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White Lotus is darkly funny and weird and biting and trippy. Inhaled first 3 eps in a night. https://t.co/lyO3DVdFj1 — PolitiTweet.org

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@anildash But, still: This kind of public dispute between a star at her height and *disney* is something else. — PolitiTweet.org

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@anildash Eh. I think the righteousness is irrelevant and theatrical - it’s a biz dispute. And most important thing about timing is that she’s doing it at the end of the run. You fight tooth and nail when you sell a house or buy a house bc you don’t ever see the other party again. — PolitiTweet.org

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Can’t remember seeing a star this big - in present tense, not an aging star - fight this publicly with a studio. — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Kafka @pkafka

RT @eric_seufert: My takeaway from $FB earnings: Facebook will inevitably become the most important company in the lives of most people on… — PolitiTweet.org

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Also Lyft from JFK price is up maybe 50%? — PolitiTweet.org

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First work trip in 16 months and a little rusty. Just got in wrong Lyft. — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Kafka @pkafka

@Lucas_Shaw @digitalshields Not to be that guy but: We don’t know Disney’s side of the story so we don’t know what they did or didn’t offer. We just know it’s not enough. Also to be that guy: How does this story play out if Scarjo still intends to be in the MCU vs ending her run there? — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @eriqgardner: Disney responds by revealing that Johansson has received $20 million already in compensation. — PolitiTweet.org