A year ago, I donated bone marrow to save my Dad from acute myeloid leukemia. Since then, I learned that more than 3,000 people die each year waiting for a bone marrow donor.
@reason
(1/x)
#cancersucks
Life update! After 3.5 years, it's bittersweet that today is my last day with
@libertarianism
at the
@CatoInstitute
. I am so grateful for everything the ldotorg team has taught me. My next adventure will be
@reason
as a deputy managing editor 🎉🥂
I have said this before, and I'll say it again. I have 0 problem with Lia embracing her true and authentic self. What I have a problem with is that to protect the rights of one, we are throwing every other woman out the window.
I'm a Philly girl through and through. And I love seeing the
@Phillies
celebrate with their families. Liam Castellanos is basically a member of the team now. But it INFURIATES me that José Alvarado can't have those moments with his children b/c of the U.S. immigration system.
@senatorshoshana
He claimed that the free food that restaurants give you (i.e. chips, bread, etc.) is "dirty". I have never chugged a marg faster to get out of there.
Since 2015, Paris has spent $1.6B to clean the Seine to host swimming events for the Olympics. Today it was announced that levels of E-coli in the water are not within the safe limits.
This may be the greatest crossover of my two passions; swimming and government waste, ever.
Two years ago I found my intellectual home
@reason
and it turns out they like me too 🤷♀️
I'm now the Managing Editor of Video & Podcasts. Very excited to continue working with an exceptionally talented team of storytellers!
Wanted to remind y'all of my greatest sports accomplishment now that it's the time every 4 years where everyone remembers how awesome competitive swimming is.
I entered the so-called liberty movement really on accident. It's no secret that it's male-dominated. But if we have any hope of retaining female talent, those in power have to be held accountable. And what I'm hearing about YAL is sickening.
I was a lifeguard for 8 years and I can't say this enough: Teach your children to be comfortable in the water. I saw more kids struggle and drown in less than 3 feet of water than in the deep end.
*Life Update* not only have I moved to Arlington in the midst of a pandemic, I got promoted to Manager of
@libertarianism
, a project of
@CatoInstitute
! Happy to continue working & growing with my team.
I've been called "a demon", "a retard", "an ethnic", and some other fun names I'm choosing not to repeat due to my response below. Y'all let politics ruin your life and it shows 😘
I won the family lottery. I wouldn't trade my parents or 3 siblings for the world.
Two years ago my Dad's heart stopped for 82 minutes. Time has never moved slower. So it's only right to now celebrate on what was the worst day of our lives, b/c my Dad is officially CANCER FREE.
17 year-old swimmer breaks not 1, but 2 World Records. She's the fastest in the world, but had to choose between attending Stanford (in 2 years) & taking her World Record prize money (which is north of $200,000/record). Good job NCAA- you officially suck.
When Lia Thomas stepped up on the block for her what ended up being a winning performance, I couldn't help but notice how the competitors in the lanes beside her looked defeated even before the starter said, "take your mark." New from me for
@reason
.
317 days ago I donated stem cells and bone marrow to my Dad to try and kick his leukemia to the curb. Today he found out he now has my blood type 💪🏽 it's been a long road, but we're another step closer.
#cancersucks
"By banning options that smokers overwhelmingly prefer, and leaving the traditional cigarette untouched, the FDA is repeating the mistakes of the drug war." My first
@reason
mini doc is out! Special thanks to
@jacobgrier
&
@ethannadelmann
.
Introducing "98% Natalie" to the world! After 115 days since his bone marrow transplant (with quite a few miracles in between), my Dad is *almost me*. If you round up, there's basically two of us roaming around 👍🏽👍🏽
Just when we thought it couldn't get worse. "Accounts from outside Robb Elementary School suggest police officers not only failed to try & stop the shooter for an unconscionably long time, but also actively prevented parents from trying to save their kids."
This piece about the Washington Post includes a photo of their newsroom with a whiteboard that clearly says "Banned Words". Who wants to take a stab at which words they can't say?
Three months ago, my Dad suffered from a severe heart attack and went into cardiac arrest for 32 minutes on the day of his bone marrow transplant. Today he logged onto his work computer. Employee of the year right there.
As I was waiting in NYC's new-ish Moynihan Train Hall, I was approached by a local news reporter who wanted to know if I wanted to be interviewed to discuss how "absolutely fantastic" the new train station is.
She couldn't have picked a WORSE person to ask. Here's why 🧵
In the last year, my Dad was diagnosed w/leukemia & is now in remission. His heart stopped for 42 mins on the day of his bone marrow transplant & miraculously woke up from a coma. Today he won $95 on a scratch off ticket. If he's not the luckiest son of a bitch alive, idk who is
On Friday
@GoBrightline
will begin their train service from Miami to Orlando— a trip that will take 3 hours. On the Amtrak that same trip takes over 6 hours. Brightline in Florida is the FIRST privately-funded (yes, you read that right!) intercity passenger rail in the U.S.
MYTH: "Immigrants are a major source of crime"
FACT: "Immigrants, including illegal immigrants, are less likely to be incarcerated in prisons, convicted of crimes, or arrested than native-born Americans." 💯
✨ New today ✨
From economics to crime, terrorism, cultural assimilation, and the voting habits of immigrants,
@AlexNowrasteh
considers the most common arguments against immigration and rejects them using sound reasoning and evidence.
What's the worst pick up line someone has used on you? I'll go first.
"You look like a girl with Daddy issues."
At the time, my dad had been in a coma for 19 days.
I went to
@MuseumofFailure
in Washington, DC to talk to one of the exhibits' organizers, Johanna Guttmann. We discussed how one of the many beauties of capitalism is that it fosters experimentation through trial and error.
If it is this hard for professional athletes' families to get into the U.S., there's little hope for immigrants who don't have access to such tremendous resources.
To everyone that was convinced it couldn't be real that a school suspended a student for wearing eye black to a football game, the school just doubled down 🙄 I wrote about the original incident here:
UPDATE: FIRE has written
@sdschools
again after they REJECTED the student’s appeal of his suspension for wearing eye black to a football game—which the school falsely claimed was “blackface.”
Join FIRE in urging the school district to clear his record ➡️
The elephant in every room in America; if presidential races cause a waterfall of societal emotions, is it time to consider how much power we give the president yet?
Since I refuse to read another book, for
@reason
's Banned Books issue I wrote about how J.K. Rowling has the distinguished honor of being despised by both sides of the aisle
Professional news; today I started as the editor at
@AFempowers
! But have no fear, my work at
@CatoInstitute
&
@libertarianism
will continue on as normal. If you are a young writer looking to grow your writing portfolio & skillset, please reach out 🙃. I promise, I'm not scary.
EXECUTIVE ORDERS are a ABUSE of power. How many times do I have to shout this from the rooftops?! We have three branches of government for a reason. The magic school bus does an excellent rendition of why this is.
#Cato2020
#DemDebate
Very excited to announce that I won the
@AtlasNetwork
John Blundell Elevator Pitch competition!! Thank you to all the individuals at Atlas who helped put on an amazing & informative Leader Lab. I hope to put prize money to good use
@libertarianism
&
@CatoInstitute
.
Very grateful to receive
@AFempowers
Writing Fellows Rising Star Award. I can't wait to celebrate with everyone in person. Thanks to AFF for developing many young & talented writers!
Seconds ago came within centimeters of getting hit by a car in a crosswalk. Driver gets out to apologize and hands me $20. Good to know what my life is worth.
Y'all seem to forget that one of the world's fastest female runners, Caster Semenya, born a biological woman, was denied the chance to compete in the Tokyo Olympics because she refused to take medicine to lower her naturally gifted testosterone. (1/2)
I got stood up by a date this weekend for the first time. The best part was that his excuse was "I've been called upon. The universe has other plans for us" and that "the game is not between you and I, but between us an God." Safe to say I dodged a bullet
Sorry, I'm not sorry, that I won't praise a new train hall when the trains coming to it are run poorly, frequently late, and stuck in the 1980s.
Oh and I finally got on the train 2 hours and 42 minutes late.
It's fucking sad that we live in a society where time and again the elderly are incapable of taking a step back to recognize they are way past their prime. And they refuse to retire to a more quiet life. It is okay to go home and celebrate your achievements.
I interviewed 8 U.S. veterans about their time in Iraq and Afghanistan. We had some tough conversations & I'm so thankful how open they were with me. In my lifetime, very few conversations have been as impactful as these. The latest from
@ThePursuitPod
.
The definitive ranking of claymation Christmas movies.
1. The Year Without a Santa Claus
2. Santa Claus is Comin' to Town
3. Jack Frost
4. Rudolph
5. Rudolph's Shiny New Year
On May 6th, my Dad's heart stopped for 32 minutes. Suddenly the world was crashing down. Today, 44 days later, he told us all how much he loves us. We'll never take another day for granted with him because we really got a good one. And we still have mountains left to climb ❤️
And we had a COIVD censorship debate during
@nickgillespie
's interview with
@DrJBhattacharya
, which is essential to listen to before the Murthy v. Missouri decision is released later this month.