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Gary Craig

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5 years

@TennesseeChris Janis Joplin.

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4 years

Some awful news to impart: One of our most recognizable figures (it helped he stood 6-foot-9), a stalwart in the arts community, and a person with a heart even larger than he was, has died. Jack Garner is listening to stellar jazz somewhere right now.

Jack Garner, legendary film critic and institution in Rochester arts world, dies at 75

Rochester resident Jack Garner, who for decades served as Gannett News Service's chief film critic, died Sunday at the age of 75.

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5 years

@MimZWay @JesseRodriguez Given the earlier suicide attempt, not sure how jail officials could allow this to happen.

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4 years

I get the sense a lot of people on Twitter will be upset if peacefulness continues with protests because it destroys their narrative.

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4 years

Love when the wire picks up your story about a local Greece man and you get emails from across the country calling you illiterate and moron because everyone knows a man from Greece is a Greek man. Please wire service - make that "Greece NY" next time.

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2 years

Looks like this is out publicly now, so I'll put this out there. A few years ago, filmmaker Sebastian Mylnarski purchased the rights to my book, Seven Million. The two hour doc will begin airing on March 15:

Holy Heist - Discovery+ Documentary

Robbers pull off one of America's largest and most daring bank heists; police question an unlikely cast of characters, including a cop, a boxer, an IRA soldier

www.tvinsider.com

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Gary Craig

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4 years

The widespread social media claim last night of a loose lion from the zoo is a reminder why the media does not report directly from scanner chatter.

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4 years

Please folks - save the semi-veiled racism for another day. Or better yet - never.

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1 year

One of my favorite Finger Lakes walks.

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4 years

@EllenBarkin @simon_haye @RonanFarrow And the @nytimes reporters @jodikantor and @mega2e

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7 years

@dragonflyeye @david_andreatta @CitizenMurphy The CJ story unfortunately reads like a hit job, as if making the United response justified

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4 years

Just because you may have a callous and heartless take about the current pandemic, it doesn't mean you need to share it. People are dying, health care workers are battling. You can question when reopenings should happen, but at least have a soul in these dark times.

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5 years

I think local media's quick coverage and pointed questions at yesterday's news conference show just how valuable local media can be. I know we received many calls yesterday about this, and I'm sure other media outlets did as well.

Brian Sharp

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5 years

BREAKING: Republicans withdraw controversial legislation that would have curtailed authority and independence of county executive. Story soon @DandC

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Dear Rochester community: If you receive calls or inquiries from individuals saying they are from the @DandC and asking for info to prepare for eclipse stories, ask whether they are members of the @rocnewsguild . If not, then please give them nothing.

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7 months

It seems like the original decision to have Chick-Fil-A in the Thruway locations was the time to address this. Everyone knew (at least everyone sentient) that the restaurant doesn't open on Sundays.

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A new bill headed to the New York State Assembly would require restaurants to open seven days a week at rest stop locations along the thruway. It specifically mentions Chick-Fil-A, which is closed on Sundays.

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5 years

. @News_8 Guessing you may have used some of my story on background for Marshal nomination - and have a photo on file - but, just to be clear, I am not in the running for the job.

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2 years

NY really should have made vaccination cards more wallet sized, like an American Red Cross blood donation card or drivers license or something of that size.

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5 years

This is one of the coolest things you'll see.

Glennon Doyle

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5 years

When this player's hijab started falling off to reveal her hair, her opponents gathered around to provide cover while she fixed it. This is our mood today. When one of us needs us: We stop. We huddle up. We protect each other. I love the soccer. I love women. G

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3 years

It seems like some people exist on Twitter with the sole desire of trying to provoke outrage. I've found life is a lot easier if they're ignored.

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2 years

Seeing La'Ron Singletary accept a rational explanation for the vote count hiccup, and seeing other candidates across country who are not within a winning margin accept defeat makes one hopeful that the madness is waning. Poll watching should not be a hazardous job.

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5 years

Have to applaud @RocRedWings for the social media response to critics of Pride Night. Story from @MarciaGreenwood :

Red Wings first-ever Pride Night announcement draws cheers and jeers

Team wants ‘to make sure all fans in our community feel comfortable and welcome,’ GM Dan Mason says.

www.democratandchronicle.com

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Gary Craig

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4 years

For what it's worth, I have heard nothing from federal authorities to suggest the Buffalo protester shoved by police was an Antifa member. If the FBI, Secret Service, US Attorney's Office has evidence to contrary, please let us know. If you have no evidence, please let POTUS know

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4 years

Friends, if I ever lose my job don't allow me to spend the months thereafter in a deep dive into an online warren of nuttiness:

Jeremy Kappell, fired over racial slur on TV, now peddles right-wing misinformation

Experts say that Kappell's path toward the fringe of right-wing beliefs is common for white men who believe they are victims of overly liberal norms.

www.democratandchronicle.com

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4 months

Gannett has shut down my phone - I use it personally also - so will be checking back in through the day. Thanks to all for the shows of support with gofundme, with social media, with honks downtown. We're in this for the long haul, so your support is crucial.

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4 years

I see a lot of people who have already abandoned dry January.

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3 years

By the way, it was the lawyer for Tim Granison who asked for a 30-day break before the hearing because he has a trial out of state. Is he also part of the political plot to set the court date?

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5 years

Can we start a gofundme campaign to find hobbies for those who respond to news stories with "Who cares?" or "Slow news day?"

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4 years

@CharlotteAlter Broadchurch, especially Season One (British version).

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4 years

At a time of heartache and tough stories, I admit this is one of the tougher ones to write. Thank you Sue O'Brien for your strength, and we are all pulling for Ted:

Former NY Sen. Ted O'Brien fights for his life in hospital after coronavirus diagnosis

The health decline of Ted O'Brien, who is in charge of the Rochester branch of the Attorney General's Office, came quickly and surprisingly.

www.democratandchronicle.com

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4 years

This quote from a 10-year-old from a small Va paper - at a public hearing about possible removal of a Confederate statue - is priceless.

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4 years

Not sure if I’ve seen truly unwatchable presidential debates before but I think we’re about to have three of them.

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7 years

To score against the Pats a receiver has to have possession, both feet in, complete two pirouettes, then sing the first act of La Boheme, according to NFL.

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5 years

I care no more about what Malia Obama is doing than I do about what Baron Trump is doing. Leave them alone and get a life .

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4 years

A federal court official whom I won't name sent me a nice note today, commending something I'd written, and added, "You have real potential in journalism."

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3 years

Just a reminder how hard @WillCleveland13 works: We learned of this arraignment probably 20 minutes before it started and Will jumped right on it. He does something like this every day.

Will Cleveland

@WillCleveland13

3 years

#Breaking : Hilton elementary school principal Kirk Ashton charged with nine counts of endangering the welfare of a child, six counts of first-degree sexual abuse, and five counts of second-degree course of sexual conduct. There are nine victims, all students, prosecutors say.

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4 years

Ted O’Brien leaving hospital

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4 years

Reminder to self: Don't read the comments; don't read the comments.

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8 years

Message to public officials: If you don't want tough media coverage, don't do stupid stuff. If you do stupid stuff, don't whine about media.

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4 years

Pretty impressive operation at MCC. Covid test comes back negative and results within one day. Well done.

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2 years

Look who’s in latest issue of Rolling Stone. ⁦ @danielleponder1 ⁩

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5 years

Twitter is a daily reminder how much easier it is to have opinions on news coverage than to do actual news coverage.

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3 years

This is like an exorcism.

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4 years

I wish we could somehow mandate that everyone who retweeted coverage of the vandalism to the Frederick Douglass statue read his Fourth of July speech:

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4 years

Reporting can be stressful sometimes, with deadlines, varying stories claiming to be true, and an assortment of personalities. But it does not compare to grocery shopping right now.

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6 years

Can folks on all sides please use Google for two minutes before Tweeting out stupid stuff about politics or political figures?

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7 years

Remember all those times we wanted to say something nasty on Twitter but we didn't because we're adults.

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2 years

City of Rochester bringing suit against gun manufacturers and others in firearms industry, claiming there is responsibility there for violence in city.

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6 years

Really odd. Within last few weeks, I've gotten a few queries about film rights for Seven Million. Hoping something in the works materializes, but probably won't know until next year. Not sure just why people finding the book now. (Also, remember how nice an Xmas gift it will be.)

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2 years

I’ll never stop being amazed that paying off a porn star for her silence will just be a blip on a recent historical record.

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3 years

Just learned of death of a college classmate who thought he’d gotten through Covid. His breath never returned fully, and he recently collapsed and could not be revived. Stay vigilant folks, for the sake of all.

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2 years

I couldn't help myself. I said, "Do you mean the Jan. 5, 1993 robbery at 370 South Ave. of $7.4 million" and proceeded to name all of the guards. The subsequent silence and look on his face were priceless. (3/3)

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4 years

Ted O'Brien to be released from hospital tomorrow. Spent more than 65 days there with COVID.

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7 years

@JessicaHuseman How dare you inject a purely ideologically driven claim with facts?

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5 years

The keyboards are now dry. Around 70 volunteers helped ⁦ @shawndunwoody ⁩ paint today. Thanks, Richard Glaser, for the photo and the idea behind the project.

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5 years

Do 90 percent of the folks who now send LinkedIn invites then try to sell you something if you accept? Perhaps the bigger question: Why am I still on LinkedIn?

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4 years

Overhearing parents at Starbucks talking about how resilient their kids have been during pandemic and accepting of masks and understanding what's happening when explained to them and wonder what in the world happens between that age and adulthood.

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6 years

The voices of the Parkland Fla. students are powerful, visceral, anguished, angry, and urgent. I hope they continue to speak out before we slip again into our national slumber.

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3 months

For some reason I keep thinking I'll see honesty, fairness and integrity from Gannett. Today proved how hopeless those wishes are. Either the company was duplicitous with its contract proposal or lazy and inept. Either option speaks volumes. Truly pathetic.

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2 years

@EricVBailey My stolen car led to calls from The Washington Post wanting to decide if the military had engineered the theft for the documents in the trunk about highly secretive electro-magnetic pulse testing.

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2 years

@katikokal @MarquelSports @Gannett Otherwise Mrs. Lincoln, how was the play?

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1 year

Another day in America. This tragedy will pass, and we’ll be back to drag shows and textbooks. After all, we care so much about our children.

The New York Times

@nytimes

1 year

A heavily armed assailant entered a Christian school in Nashville on Monday morning and fatally shot three children and three staff members before she was shot and killed by the police, the police department said. Follow live updates here:

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4 years

Maybe the media can get away from the bleach narrative for a while and refocus on the need for testing.

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7 years

Thanks to all who supported Seven Million, which won @roccitynews Best of Rochester locally written book tonight.

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5 years

@SamHexagon @mike_petriello @ryanlawrence21 @jareddiamond As was the train ride.

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4 months

Excuse my thread on first morning of strike: I woke up this morning energized and excited. Yes, that is easier for me than my younger colleagues. I'm near the end of the career. I have some financial stability, though I would have had much more with a different profession. (1/4)

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4 months

Great to see my colleagues

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5 years

Avoiding the socialist question, etc., but why do so many people who have issues with AOC think it's a slight to have been a "former bartender." Most bartenders I've met in NYC are smarter and probably better money managers than many CEOs who have failed their way into wealth.

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I decided to dress up as the person who scares me most. The Democratic Dimwit Darling, socialist-loving, freedom-hating, former bartender herself @AOC

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4 years

Can one take a break and walk to library without news happening ?

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4 years

Many of you asked about services for Jack Garner. Given the pandemic, and the crowds that would have to wait outside a service with the heat, the services this week will be for family. Next spring, the family plans to work with the local arts community to celebrate Jack's life.

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5 years

I'm so sick of the continuing fake narrative that people stopped saying "Merry Christmas" that I'm pretty much ready to stop saying "Merry Christmas."

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4 years

I'll say this again here on Twitter but I will be taking leave from mid-December through much of January to work on a book with Dee Quinn Miller about her life and legacy of Attica uprising. Apologies that I won't be able to handle story ideas you may have for @DandC then. (1/2)

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6 years

There are so many @DandC reporters and editors responsible for telling the story of the Trevyan Rowe tragedy that I would miss some if I tried to name them. But I truly believe were it not for their reporting then we would not be learning what we are as quickly as we are.

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3 years

I work at 12 Corners ⁦ @Starbucks ⁩ so much I now have a nickname. Honored.

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6 years

This moment will never get old, and will always remind us why character should trump ideology.

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Undoubtedly one of the most memorable John McCain clips.

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Back to work today, as are my colleagues (many of whom I now know better because of strike). Working on multiple stories then a talk to a UR writing class tonight. So, maybe work will tamp down the anger. We'll see. However ... (1/4)

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8 years

@DineshDSouza This is joke, right? You know people were lynched, murdered for minor slights or, in some cases, for no reason other than race

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3 years

Going to miss you so much in the field @JaneFlasch . This community has benefitted so much from your professionalism, your fairness, your story-telling, your investigative prowess. I will miss these times in court, such as what @tyee23 caught here.

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7 years

Pulitzer committee called to give me ample notice that Seven Million would win next year's nonfiction award. I told them I would be too busy to accept, so just keep it.

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4 years

Merry Christmas all.

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3 months

Congrats to @GrammLou and Foreigner for the HOF announcement. Lou, in case you don't know, the @DandC newsroom is now on strike and anyone who attempts to reach you is likely someone with no connection to this community.

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4 years

That Chadwick Boseman kept his cancer private - in this day and age - speaks to the respect and love he also had from family and friends.

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6 years

The @DandC worked hard yesterday to report on the loss of a local titan, but what readers don't see is how @seanlahman worked all day pulling the many threads, anecdotes, facts together into a seamless story. The final story captures marvelously what made Louise special.

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5 years

The tough loss is still fresh, but I still contend this Buffalo Bills team is learning how to win versus those in the past who created ways to lose. That's why I think many of us - for the first time in a long time - feel good about the future.

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2 years

It's weird how many people who think government to be inept also find it capable of highly technical and massive scale voting manipulation and fraud so precise that reviews and courts cannot find proof of it.

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3 years

Nothing like watching the end of a thrilling Olympic triathlon from the couch while eating pizza and wings to make you feel like a slacker.

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4 years

Since I have some Twitter attention today, a gratuitous plug: It looks like Ireland's RTE network is doing a radio doc on Brinks heist this year. Some time in next two months they'll interview me. If you don't know the story, let me suggest a book:

Seven Million: A Cop, a Priest, a Soldier for the IRA, and the Still-Unsolved Rochester Brink's...

On a freezing night in January 1993, masked gunmen walked through the laughably lax security at the Rochester Brink’s depot, tied up the guards, and unhurriedly made off with $7.4 million in one of...

www.amazon.com

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5 years

Remember the days when the threshold for public wrongdoing was whether it was unethical and not whether it was illegal?

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4 years

One day maybe we'll return to a world where one doesn't equate self-worth with how much outrage he or she can generate.

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6 years

Who would have thought bringing Omarosa into the White House would end badly?

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4 months

It's been a long but rewarding day, folks. The support at our picketing site, on social media, and through the gofundme has been truly appreciated. There is more to do, and we continue to wait for Gannett to return to the table - with good-faith bargaining. (1/2)

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10 months

A long time ago, while I was still at now-defunct Rochester Times-Union, I wrote of the late Mayor Tom Ryan appointing Teresa Johnson to City Court. She was the first Black woman on the court. She has now retired leaving the bench this week. Congrats on your career, Judge Johnson

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4 years

I will always be TU at heart. Thanks @jimmemmott :

Remembering the wonderful, strange world, of Rochester's Times-Union

Senior editor Jim Memmott shares his reflections on living apart in a time of worry.

www.democratandchronicle.com

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4 years

Is it possible that both the governor and president have made poor decisions during the pandemic or does our current environment mandate an either-or?

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5 years

Just noticed in my Leticia Astacio story that I wrote she was accused of illegally trying to "be a shotgun." Not sure if that would be a probation violation, but is now corrected to "buy a shotgun."

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3 months

Bargaining update with @rocnewsguild : The company has agreed to come back to the table on Wednesday. (Hosanna!) The company, in its continued respect for its work force, agreed to a full hour of bargaining. Make of that what you will. We'll be back at picket line Monday. (1/2)

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4 years

I really wish I'd invested in tin foil. So many hats being made these days.

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