Peter Kafka

Peter Kafka @pkafka

@RonWechsler Hope so! No plans to leave. But all these reflexive “NYC is tough and has been down before” responses need to factor in reality. City can’t work without the subway. Full stop. — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Kafka @pkafka

(Good morning. Happy Monday!) — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Kafka @pkafka

(If you want to write an NYC is screwed story, start here. Don’t have to go much farther.) — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Kafka @pkafka

No. (Longer: Congress is sort-of debating whether to save the Post Office, which is widely popular and serves the whole country. You think NYC is getting a subway bailout?) — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Kafka @pkafka

And, also: NYT had time and resources to figure out the future, courtesy of its declining but sizable print biz. — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Kafka @pkafka

RT @benyt: The Month Old Hollywood Finally, Actually Died https://t.co/bQSmbf8jVZ — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Kafka @pkafka

Still don’t know why this particular plague hasn’t seemed to have touched nyc but 🤷‍♂️ — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Kafka @pkafka

Man. You guys are on it! Consensus: weird pandemic byproduct that is a non-event for some and a real problem for others (like many pandemic things). Thanks to @stooks for this particularly helpful link. https://t.co/g3zgjJqwT2 — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Kafka @pkafka

@amproehl @NPRItsBeenAMin @ranimolla @samsanders Yes. That was not the surprising part of the story. — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Kafka @pkafka

@erinleecarr https://t.co/0k9BxCqBcR — PolitiTweet.org

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@carloshasanax In the old days you had to rely on the USPS to deliver this stuff! — PolitiTweet.org

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(Ps the only reason I saw this over the weekend was because I tweeted something about Q, which generated predictable replies, and I clicked on one of those and...) — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Kafka @pkafka

You can either whack-a-mole this stuff (or any stuff) with an array of rules, contractors and software, or you can have platforms that don’t depend on free, unlimited content from their users. — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Kafka @pkafka

Now 1.2mm views on YouTube. 1 hour, 22 minutes of conspiracy muttering stitched together w/clips from CNN, Minority Report, etc. Very boring, but maybe that’s effective? It’s also the kind of thing that a global platform that depends on user generated content is built to share. — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Kafka @pkafka

@profcarroll @daveyalba @netflix It’s constructed almost entirely from other people’s content but probably a reasonable fair use argument. — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Kafka @pkafka

I have been to a few places - responsibly! - during pandemic but have only heard about the Nationwide Coin Shortage in the Philly/South Jersey area. Please explain, Twitter? Thanks in advance. https://t.co/vRSs0UrmlH — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Kafka @pkafka

@ballmatthew Yup but again when it is for sale they can’t event tell you where to go, let alone include a link. — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Kafka @pkafka

@ballmatthew It’s *possible* one of the Bobs signed off on a plan to create conflict with a major distributor right before the launch of a high-profile initiative. But very different from behavior up until now. — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Kafka @pkafka

@ballmatthew Decent chance we are imagining conflict. A little difficult to imagine Disney doing anything to irk Apple in any circumstance. Look how mute Spotify has to be. https://t.co/Rz24WQOZwV — PolitiTweet.org

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@ballmatthew Skirting it right now because you can’t buy it anywhere. When they do start selling it, they can’t tell users where/how to buy it offline. — PolitiTweet.org

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@everydayscott But yeah should have @gruber back for a refresh — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Kafka @pkafka

@everydayscott A long time ago! https://t.co/1upgo6ZmVR — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Kafka @pkafka

@gruber @reckless @sriramk You definitely don’t feel guilty watching these on your phone. — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Kafka @pkafka

@reckless @sriramk And I enjoyed the ultra violence of extraction. I just want them to make (some) movies that are as good as (some) of their TV shows. — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Kafka @pkafka

@reckless @sriramk They do their job. (Well, many of them). I just wish there was an awesome one at this point. — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Kafka @pkafka

@sriramk Very curious to see what happens when they try to make a for-real blockbuster instead of one on the cheap. Had one cooking with the rock et al, and planning another one with Ryan Reynolds. — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Kafka @pkafka

@Bernstein Right. I get how those ingredients go into Q stew. But seems a like an entirely different recipe and I hated this metaphor even as a typed it — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Kafka @pkafka

@Bernstein What’s an example of Q Lite or Q Curious? — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Kafka @pkafka

Don’t think that will slow its spread, for the reasons Charlie and others have explained - plus the simple and depressing fact that many of our citizens are easily duped. But you definitely can’t combat something unless you know what it is. — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Kafka @pkafka

Media, btw, still struggles to explain Q. Often gets lumped next to wrong-but-kinda-understandable misinformation, like anti-vaxx or anti-mask or anti-climate change science. It’s full-on crazy person yelling in the street batshit. Call it that instead of polite euphemism. — PolitiTweet.org