Walt Mossberg

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@rents78 @LaurenGoode Ask Lauren. Hers hasn’t started yet. I am assuming they’ll be different, not competitive. I plan to keep both on rotation. — PolitiTweet.org

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@HarrenGWarding @LaurenGoode I appreciate the sentiment, but you made the right move. — PolitiTweet.org

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I’m so excited that @LaurenGoode, one of the best tech journalists AND podcasters, has a new podcast called #GetWired starting Monday July 20. It’s about more than just gadgets, covering tech and society. I’m already subscribed. https://t.co/hxsz1W0dAW — PolitiTweet.org

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It’s beyond belief that, in 2020, some COVID-19 testing still relies on fax machines. https://t.co/sdydhfnqDY — PolitiTweet.org

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@JoannaStern They were jubilant about this review at @Microsoft because I had been highly critical of IE before and recommended Netscape. But Gates moved his “A” team to the browser project and they rebuilt IE. Netscape was arrogant and missed the threat. But I still liked your column. — PolitiTweet.org

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@IamSuzanneCryer Absolutely right. But it’s going to get worse. — PolitiTweet.org

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@jennylefcourt Good for her! — PolitiTweet.org

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@tkinfo7 I can argue with those who see a national emergency and a threat to our children as a profit opportunity that will worsen our toxic class and race divide. — PolitiTweet.org

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@Bigloser99 In our huge district, they’re already planning to cut the number of students in each bus to 12 from 50. They feel they can do this because they’ll be staggering and limiting in-school attendance. — PolitiTweet.org

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@thisismcgregor I have no idea. — PolitiTweet.org

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@thisismcgregor I’m fine with private schools, though nobody in family ever attended one. But a mostly common public school experience is, in my opinion, a necessary foundation for our national unity. And we are unable to provide it right now, no matter what politicians claim. — PolitiTweet.org

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@AlisonTBoston Thanks. Of course. The government should subsidize special teaching for those kids during the pandemic, even if it’s outside of official schools. — PolitiTweet.org

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@Gutenberg68 Where is that data coming from? Most parents I know, even in nationally ranked school systems, felt virtual education this past spring was wildly inadequate. — PolitiTweet.org

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@plaverty24 Tragically, yes. — PolitiTweet.org

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5/ If you read this thread as a parent facing a dilemma, I’m with you 100%. If it made you worry about the class divide, or the welfare of public schools, bless you. If it gave you a job idea because you were laid off, good. If you mainly saw profit potential, you’re just greedy. — PolitiTweet.org

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4/ I am pro-public school and pro-in person school, when we’re not in a pandemic. I hate anything that weakens a common education system. But I also know big reforms are needed. And that parents and officials face an awful dilemma. Maybe the ad hoc solutions will yield new ideas. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @Emily_Baum: Confused about how we went from one detected coronavirus case in a California apartment to almost 10,000 new ones daily?… — PolitiTweet.org

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@bizscalepro I’m not thinking of the opportunity for profit. Just the social phenomenon and its likely and unknown effects, on what our kids learn and on worsening the race and class divide. This will not be looked upon the way tutoring was pre-pandemic. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @alanmillerNLP: Climate change denialists. Anti-vaxers. #coronavirus skeptics. All feed on misinformation and conspiracy theories and im… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @JoannaStern: I did it, everyone! I left Chrome for Safari! AND Microsoft Edge! 🤯 My column and video on why it is time for us all to le… — PolitiTweet.org

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@JoannaStern Great column. I quit Chrome years ago. Like you say, it kills performance and battery, especially on Macs, and I don’t trust it on privacy. — PolitiTweet.org

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@JohnFrost Obviously, I know people with money have hired tutors for years. I’m talking about an explosion of this, and an upgrading of what’s considered tutoring. — PolitiTweet.org

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@jasongay Yeah, I’m talking about tutoring becoming closer to full teaching. — PolitiTweet.org

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3/ Public and even big private schools will be weakened. States will have to figure out how to recognize and evaluate ad hoc schools. There will be court cases. Some ad hoc schools will be better than regular schools. Others worse. Others will teach bigotry, racism & bogus stuff. — PolitiTweet.org

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2/ Some families will, in effect, create ad hoc mini-schools for 10 or fewer kids staffed by licensed teachers who quit or retire. — PolitiTweet.org

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1/ I predict there will be a huge demand for tutors in the fall. Schools that reopen will be unable to do their jobs well, many parents will decline to send kids, teachers will quit. Those who can afford it will hire in-person tutors. Others will hire virtual tutors. — PolitiTweet.org

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@djrothkopf @DannyVietti Ted Williams. — PolitiTweet.org

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@caro_milanesi They look great! — PolitiTweet.org

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@kvox I got most of them wrong. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @kvox: Important to understand: nuance, context and history often lose out as stories move through the pipes. cc @NewsLitProject @PeterD… — PolitiTweet.org