Hasn't aged one bit. RE:
The media's infatuation with horse race politics — the "will this help or hurt at the polls? — over "is this authoritarian nonsense" has got to be one of the worst aspects of modern media. RE:
I had missed this exchange last month between Nate Silver and Tyler Cowen in which Silver more or less admits that the academic conversation has moved to Bluesky, but rather than thinking that this shows how Bluesky has become more important, he claims it's why they've "lost influence." https://oyster.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:cak4klqoj3bqgk5rj6b4f5do&cid=bafkreickvwwbijajl4nicbjrgzdzwlfy4wgzkra7r7hf2troginpiws4yq
Incredible. RE:
Just going to note, if you're sending me a request to take down a very factual news story about you that is from 2024, do not (1) say that the story is old and no longer relevant (2) insist that it is no longer accurate (it is!) and (3) ...
So [@timcushing.bsky.social]( ) had some thoughts on all this... RE:
Government officials in the "party of free speech" looking to use the power of the state to punish people for their free speech. Again. It's almost like they were never actually serious about free speech. https://oyster.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:cak4klqoj3bqgk5rj6b4f5do&cid=bafkreiediidkmdidymypl6rt5s7sqgiko55ol4nqlsno4xas46lxm5bvfy
Finally wrote something responding to that silly piece from a few weeks ago about why everyone should stay on X (they still wanted to call it Twitter, but Twitter is dead). You can stay in the system designed to hold you back, or you can be a part of building something better. It's time to build. RE:
Do we file this one under free markets or personal liberty? RE: View quoted note →
So the site that was building a database of 60k+ people it "blamed" for the murder of Kirk (including many who simply quoted Kirk's own words) has "rebranded" and claims its new mission is "we track statistics on the prevalence of political extremism."