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Author, ON ROBYN DAVIDSON & TIRED OF WINNING. Contributing Editor, . Words in

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    27 Oct 2020

    Some news about my next book: I’ve signed with to write a cultural history of Wikipedia. It’s called HELLO WORLD, and scheduled for release in 2022.

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  2. 23 hours ago

    Because of conflicts of interest, this kind of obviously true statement is still an outlier sentiment.

    Full statement from James Murdoch & : "Many media property owners have as much responsibility for this as the elected officials who know the truth but choose instead to propagate lies..."
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  3. Jan 15

    Once again, the relative placement of on the tree of American punditry is one of its biggest mysteries.

    Hugh Hewitt is a sleazy liar, which is fine, but a lot of editors & producers who know this about him give him column-inches and airtime anyway and pretend not to see it.
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  4. Jan 14

    When I was doing events for the book, I would often begin by explaining my rationale: the excessive emphasis on Trump, and the range of issues that he overshadowed. And then, without fail, the first question would always be about Trump.

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  5. Jan 14

    'What is America, and why is this happening to it?' is not a question where an umbrella thesis fits. 'Tired of Winning' is a composite picture. It's still partial, and full of my own limitations. But I don't regret taking that approach, especially now.

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  6. Jan 14

    It's so easy to give glib answers, from a limited purview, without direct observation. My approach was to write a set of serialised essays with as much on-the-ground reporting as I could muster.

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  7. Jan 14

    Attempting to understand the disease process that preceded the Capitol attack is why I wrote 'Tired of Winning'.

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  8. Jan 14

    I can.

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  9. Jan 13

    A galling summary of where things are (and where they are likely to remain), from ⁦⁩ . | Capitol Hill riots: Michael McCormack, Peter Dutton comments reveal dark underbelly of Australian politics

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  10. Jan 13

    ‘The Politics of Everything’ is a great podcast, and I like going on it.

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    Jan 13

    On Episode 23 of The Politics of Everything, hosts and talk with writer about why, for decades, remote work failed to take hold, and what our historical reluctance to work from home augurs for the future. Listen here:

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  12. Jan 12

    More here

    House GOP furious at new mags outside the chamber. Reps. Markwayne Mullin and Steve Womack erupted at Capitol Police as they were forced to go through the mags. Womack shouted “I was physically restrained!” And Mullin said “it’s my constitutional right” and “they cannot stop me
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  13. Jan 12

    Metal detectors aren’t unusual in Washington. They’re at the entrance of the Library of Congress, for example.

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  14. Jan 12

    Remember all the ‘if they’d only complied’ commentary here. GOP members physically pushing Capitol police attempting to enforce entrance metal detectors.

    Another member — I believe it was Russ Fulcher — just pushed his way through. He went through the metal detector, set it off, ran into a cop, and then pushed his way past her.
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  15. Jan 12

    Great question!

    Watching Coalition MPs defend Donald Trump’s freedom of speech when inciting a riot and coup I wonder where they all were when their PM and past Coalition PMs sought to get me and other commentators sacked complaining to our bosses, for expressing our opinions... 🤷‍♂️
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  16. Jan 12

    The impeachment is on.

    This just in on the impeachment front
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  17. Jan 12

    The ABC can also kiss goodbye to threats of prosecution and political interference. Sincerely, I think journalists should back George Christensen’s legislation. Then, once passed, use it to report on him.

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  18. Jan 12

    Australia’s embrace of free speech is refreshing. Once social media platforms are compelled to publish lawful political speech, I look forward to broadcasting every single piece of defamatory information with a public interest defense I’ve ever been told.

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  19. Jan 12

    Special thanks to for having me as a guest on Canada’s finest podcast - Whiskey & Cream.

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  20. Jan 11

    Unreal.

    I just received a positive COVID-19 test result after being locked down in a secured room at the Capitol where several Republicans not only cruelly refused to wear a mask but recklessly mocked colleagues and staff who offered them one.
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  21. Jan 11

    Valuable to know which facts care about whose feelings.

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