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797: What I Was Thinking As We Were Sinking

797: What I Was Thinking As We Were Sinking

Update: 2024-06-2334
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It's funny the things that go through your head during a disaster.

  • Prologue: Host Ira Glass has fallen off his bike a number of times at this point. He reflects on what goes through his head as he’s going down. (2 minutes)
  • Act One: Producer Ike Sriskandarajah revisits a maritime disaster that left an impact on a group of friends from his youth. What he learns forever changes their impressions of that day. (23 minutes)
  • Act Two: When to leave Twitter is a question lots of executives faced when Elon Musk took over the company — those who weren't immediately fired, anyway. We hear an insider’s account from the man who ran Trust & Safety at the company, until he couldn’t stand it anymore. (28 minutes)

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MAGA in chaos, humiliated by surrender

Trump is on trial for rape. Rape defendant Don Trump. 😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... Check out the loser scrolling like an LOSER with no life! ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...

Apr 28th
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Too bad there was no red wave huh. 😉

Happy indictment! 😊 No one is surprised that someone (Ronald McDonald Trump) that couldn't reach 50% approval on his best day lost his next election. 💁‍♀️🧑‍🎓 4/24/23 Trump still has the lowest low, lowest high and lowest average since...1940. Sorry. Whoops. 😋 Trump is the current record holder for worst president approval. https://news.gallup.com/poll/328637/last-trump-job-approval-average-record-low.aspx https://news.gallup.com/poll/329384/presidential-approval-ratings-joe-biden.aspx Lowest approval for Biden is 38% Lowest for Ronald McDonald Chump was 34%  You see...34 is a lower number than 38. 👩‍🏫👨‍🎓 So Trumps approval is (4/24/23) lower. The worst disapproval Biden has so far is 56% with some indifferent. Trumps worst disapproval was 62% right after he pathetically tried to cling to the presidency. You see...56 is a lower number than 62. 👩‍🏫👨‍🎓 So Bidens disapproval is better. The best approval Trump got was 😆 49%  While the best approval Biden got was 57% You see...57 is a higher

Apr 24th
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Got em'

Notice the helpless triggered shrieking? That's what's been happening ever since           👉TRUMP WAS INDICTED👈 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... Check out the loser scrolling like an LOSER with no life! ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...

Apr 24th
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