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Matthew Hennessey

@MattHennessey
Editor of @WSJFreeEx, a daily newsletter on life, politics and culture from @WSJOpinion
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  • @MattHennessey
    Matthew Hennessey
    @MattHennessey
    Aug 28
    Impressed that they found a print copy of the Daily News for this.
    @GovKathyHochul
    Governor Kathy Hochul
    @GovKathyHochul
    Aug 28
    Dancing? Banned? In New York?! Not anymore. Thanks to my administration, you can now cut loose, footloose and kick off your Sunday shoes. But don't just take my word for it...
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    Matthew Hennessey
    @MattHennessey
    Aug 28
    Officials say the affected area is almost entirely unreachable by road, so the extent of the devastation remains unknown. Misinformation flows freely. But Western journalists sitting at computer screens in London and New York have no doubt what really happened. 🌎🔥
    @WSJFreeEx
    Free Expression
    @WSJFreeEx
    Aug 28
    It’s hard to find the right words to describe this week’s deadly flash floods in Nepal and China’s Tibet region. The footage is terrifying—cinematic and unbelievable, writes @MattHennessey on.wsj.com/4wWo4X7
  • @MattHennessey
    Matthew Hennessey
    @MattHennessey
    Aug 27
    To have and to hold serve.
    @WSJFreeEx
    Free Expression
    @WSJFreeEx
    Aug 27
    It was an athletic partnership that would’ve broken most married couples. Gael Monfils and Elina Svitolina—husband and wife—competed together, as a team, in mixed doubles, on one of the biggest stages in sports, writes @MattHennessey on.wsj.com/4xWWYjw
  • @MattHennessey
    Matthew Hennessey
    @MattHennessey
    Aug 27
    “Folk memories are being irresponsibly conjured up with no thought for where they might lead.”
    @OHanlonEilis
    Eilis O'Hanlon
    @OHanlonEilis
    Aug 27
    Have written for the @spectator on how the Irish middle class's embrace of pro-Palestine radical chic has opened the door to a revival of hardline republicanism and a dangerous rewriting of the history of the Troubles spectator.com/article/how-ir…
  • @MattHennessey
    Matthew Hennessey
    @MattHennessey
    Aug 26
    Paul Gigot: "All of this shows how little the press corps has thought about the reality of AI, and how little they understand the role of the opinion pages in a publication." wsj.com/opinion/much-a… via @WSJopinion
    Much Ado About Artificial Intelligence
    Opinion | Much Ado About Artificial Intelligence
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