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Robinson Meyer
@robinsonmeyer
executive editor and “shift key” podcast host, @heatmap_news | contributing opinion writer, @nytimes
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    Robinson Meyer
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    Apr 27
    It’s the age of electricity and America isn’t ready. Virtually every goal that Americans care about requires big changes to the power grid. I’m in @nytopinion today on why power bills are going up, whether AI is to blame, & what we need to do about it: nytimes.com/interactive/20…
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    Robinson Meyer
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    Jul 6, 2022
    British Twitter when America has a crisis: This is so depressing. What a dark day for democracy and our neighbours across the pond. American Twitter when Britain has a crisis: smack barm pea wet gov'na. time to ring the the lollipop man, innit?
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    Robinson Meyer
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    Sep 19, 2025
    Shane is doing the thing where you gradually introduce how much you actually know about something, mentioning bits and pieces as the conversation progresses, so as not to look like a complete nerd. Been there buddy. You’re not fooling me
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    Organizermemes
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    Sep 19, 2025
    If you don't think there's a return to woke happening this is Shane Gillis and Theo von talking about radical abolitionist John Brown
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    Robinson Meyer
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    Aug 21, 2024
    there is a cohort of american millennials for whom the obamas still activate what is basically firmware-level programming
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    Robinson Meyer
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    Aug 9, 2022
    Since 2009, Israel has indicted its sitting prime minster, France has prosecuted and convicted two former presidents, and South Korea has prosecuted, convicted, and imprisoned two of its former presidents. All were on corruption charges. It’s not unheard of among democracies.
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    Robinson Meyer
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    Jun 7, 2023
    I adore every “where WAS this attention to wildfire smoke when California/Denver/Seattle got smoked out last year” tweet. I promise you we paid attention. It was, like, very big national news. There were iconic visuals that are now regularly reproduced in mass media
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    Robinson Meyer
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    Apr 30, 2020
    How to count to 100 like a journalist: A, both, several, five, half a dozen, more than half a dozen, nearly 10, nearly a dozen, a dozen, more than a dozen, nearly two dozen, a score, nearly two dozen (again), dozens, scores, 50, more than 50, more than 75, nearly a hundred, 100.
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    Robinson Meyer
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    Jul 28, 2022
    If the Manchin-Schumer deal cuts carbon pollution as much as promised, it will get the country 69.69% of the way to meeting Biden’s 2030 climate goal, as compared to current emissions levels.
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    Robinson Meyer
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    Apr 15, 2019
    I want a prestige HBO remake of Moby Dick. Six seasons. 10 episodes each. They don’t actually leave on the boat til S3 (at earliest). And a couple times a season, there’s a gorgeously shot hour-long doc that contains literally not a single correct whale fact
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    Robinson Meyer
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    Sep 5, 2019
    Yes, because she wants to regulate
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    Umair Irfan
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    Sep 5, 2019
    Are Elizabeth Warren stans called Warren Gs?
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    Robinson Meyer
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    Jun 21, 2025
    What a scoop from the Post. The One Big, Beautiful Bill Act would force the USPS to sell off its 7,200 EV delivery vehicles and *rip up post office facilities/lots* to uninstall their chargers. The chargers have no real market value so it’s just incinerating public dollars.
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    Robinson Meyer
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    Jul 8, 2024
    Me, in high school English class: I’m really enjoying this Greek tragedy but don’t you think it’s kind of overwrought? An aging leader, refusing to give up power, steering his country into crisis, openly tempting the gods — pretty over the top Me, reading the news:
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    Robinson Meyer
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    Jun 2, 2023
    a three panel meme from the tv show ‘parks and rec’ first panel: April Ludgate, labeled as ‘Congress,’ says ‘every time a major bill passes and it needs to sunset a controversial tax or spending provision, I always schedule it for 2025’ second panel: Ron Swanson says ‘Why?’ third panel: April says: ‘Because I didn’t think 2025 existed’
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    Joseph Zeballos-Roig
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    Jun 2, 2023
    2025 is gonna be such a train wreck in Congress. They’ll have to deal with expiring CTC + GOP tax cut provisions, ACA subsidies, and now debt ceiling. Shaping up to be the year of the cliff 🏔️
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    Robinson Meyer
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    Mar 16, 2020
    It’s underappreciated that we’re shutting America down precisely because we don’t have enough tests to look for the big outbreaks. It’s not only that we missed our chance at containment. It’s that we don’t know which cities are worst, so we have to flatten the curve everywhere.