Still over 50%. But give him a few more weeks. Maybe he can fix that.

I double-checked this on a couple of Xitter stat sites and it's true. Average views of the main AfD account dropped 90% and average engagement dropped by 60%. This is commercial social media for you: bots, damn bots and Russian bots.

Ossoff is acting like Trump/MAGA/GOP and what they’ve done to the country is Actually Bad. Charismatic and well spoken, which sure helps. But no “my friends across the aisle,” no acting like the imaginary “Baileys” are the only ones who matter, no “don’t talk values, only kitchen table.” That’s it.

A cop warns on the price of witnessing death.

And 175 years later, remains one of the most powerful forces in modern American politics.

Again, let's just stop & remember that age-based legal restrictions on access to social media/online services are a bad idea & infringe the rights of young people to speak, access information and arts & culture, find community and play. Then look at the madness involved in trying to make them work.

It's extra alarming that those are NOT the colors of the American flag. They're dimmer, greyer, darker. The eagle has no olive branch, just arrows. This is pure fascism: "We are a nation in decline, and it's all because of [insert marginalized group of the moment]."

I’ve had my all my personal devices on UTC since the early 1990s. But unfortunately my family, friends, and workplaces have never done the same, so I end up having to do all the mental math multiple times a day anyway. 🙂

Global UTC. Divorce the time on the clock from the sun in the sky. Set the times people do things based on what makes sense for light and dark and time of year in a particular location. Here in the PNW my personal day runs from about 15 UTC to about 7 UTC the next calendar day, and that is fine. 🙂

This is what I’ve been trying to tell y’all about the broligarchs, effective altruists, longtermists and other assorted followers of the cult of AI. They legit believe they are building a computer god and/or a synthetic species that will replace people and conquer the stars. Yes it’s bonkers.

I assume the DNC is paying for this?

🚨 BREAKING: In a major loss for voters, the Supreme Court ruled 6-3 to allow the Trump administration to initiate voter roll purges using a flawed database involving Americans' private data. The ruling will disproportionately impact naturalized citizens who've been wrongly flagged in the system.

One impeachment trial a month until he's gone. Make the Senate a permanent court while Trump holds office. Be clear about "It will be this way until we've run out of worthy crimes" so everyone's clear about the gig. Make John Roberts loathe his work.

From the class I teach on political corruption analysis: “Opportunistic and systemic corruption are related but distinct… Systemic corruption functions via networks of ongoing transactional relationships. Key links are usually based primarily on financial, service, and threat transactions…”