Quinn Norton
Journalist and essayist. USian in the EU. Migrated before it was cool.
One of the very early terminally online. Long time internet punching bag.
Background image from Occupy Oakland.
In dark times one must carry a candle.
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- Well, in my experience, ACAB.
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- As a professional internet punching bag for many years, ehhhhh this place is not as chill as you're pretending it is.
- Reposted by Quinn Nortoncrypto wouldn't be falling like this if trump was president
- Is there a way to watch these without installing their dam app?
- Reposted by Quinn NortonI got into Yale undergrad back in 2004 and of COURSE I was going to go, no one says no to Yale. I went to a spring orientation for accepted high schoolers. The campus was plastered with a frat's jokey posters about how we were legally fuckable bc of CT's age of consent laws. I did not go to Yale.
- This is the Yale professor's explanation for why he described the physical attractiveness of a student in an email to Epstein. He explicitly says he regrets nothing about their association. Again, I'm so happy Yale hired David Brooks to restore trust. yaledailynews.com/articles/gel...
- Reposted by Quinn NortonNo, you just need a Congress that takes its oath to the Constitution seriously
- For those who might be interested: www.patreon.com/posts/update... (really not useful for most people)
- WOW.
- Oh apparently Bezos doesn't have enough money for the American institution he bought, and now it time to start burying the Washington Post. Poor, poor billionaire. Fuck's sake.
- Reposted by Quinn Norton🧵 1/ We’re devastated about the layoffs at The Washington Post, which are gutting D.C. reporting. These journalists are an incalculable loss for our city. The 51st’s mission has always felt urgent, but now we know it needs to kick into high gear.
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- "what Constitution?"
- Reposted by Quinn NortonWe should have listened when the modems screamed at us.
- Reposted by Quinn NortonICE tear gassed a bunch of children on Saturday. This was a massive escalation of force. They were shooting tear gas at the back of the crowd, it took these unmasked people maybe 3-5 minutes in the cloud of tear gas to escape in without trampling. www.theverge.com/policy/87278...
- Reposted by Quinn NortonMedia coverage of Gaza has plummeted. So today on @thenation.com, we're doing something pretty special: we're only running pieces by people in and from Gaza. We're calling it "A Day for Gaza." You can find links to all of the incredible pieces here. Please read! www.thenation.com/article/worl...
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- When they commission a piece from @nytpitchbot.bsky.social
- Here's an example of why the US frame of "escalation" is so stupid. One of the allegations France is reportedly investigating is CSAM dissemination. That's a straight up crime, in the US and the EU. Say as much. And explain what the DSA fine is--it's about fraud. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/03/w...
- Reposted by Quinn NortonPlease, please understand that this isn’t going to “solve” anything. Is it a good idea? Probably. Will we see unexpected issues arise? Probably. We have been here before. In 2014. Immigration Officers in Minneapolis Will Wear Body Cameras, Noem Says www.nytimes.com/2026/02/02/u...
- This is completely lovely, but I hope people don't mistake it for the problem right now that many kids aren't really fully literate, and not getting the help they need to build vocab and understand grammar.
- My French partner is back to watching US politics while shoveling popcorn in his mouth as fast as possible.
- Does it ever occur to any of these dudes how fucking middle school they are?
- Reposted by Quinn NortonI hear there was a "war on protein"? yeah, well, seitan won it and must be greeted as a liberator
