Daniel Malmer
@malmer.com
PhD student researching media, political communication, and extremism. Software developer turned computational social scientist. This is a Frieren stan account.
It’s the tech industry way.
Ring has done this before. They partner with cops, get backlash, withdraw a bit, wait for it to calm down, and then go right back to working with cops. Don't believe this spin.
www.theverge.com/news/878447/...
www.theverge.com/news/878447/...
Ring cancels its partnership with Flock Safety after surveillance backlash
Flock off
www.theverge.com
February 13, 2026 at 1:18 AM
It’s the tech industry way.
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There seems to be some confusion about the SAVE America Act. If it becomes law, you will NOT be able to vote with your drivers license alone.
You’d need:
You’d need:
February 10, 2026 at 6:23 PM
There seems to be some confusion about the SAVE America Act. If it becomes law, you will NOT be able to vote with your drivers license alone.
You’d need:
You’d need:
Literally fuck around and find out.
New poll: In 2024, low-engagement voters went for Trump over Harris by 11 percentage points. But now they disapprove of the way he's handling the presidency by 13. They have moved 25 points against Trump — 2x as large as the shift for high-knowledge voters www.gelliottmorris.com/p/trump-lost...
Trump has lost the voters who weren’t paying attention in 2024
The least-engaged Americans have swung 25 points against him since 2024 — about twice the shift among everyone else. Trump has flattened the engagement gap.
www.gelliottmorris.com
February 12, 2026 at 11:30 PM
Literally fuck around and find out.
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Fisher Price just knew
February 12, 2026 at 7:58 PM
Fisher Price just knew
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Bluesky in a nutshell.
Some context: BLS released its jobs numbers today, which were better than expected, and resistance libs would rather stay mad/conspiratorial than listen to actual on-the-ground experts that the data is still reliable.
Some context: BLS released its jobs numbers today, which were better than expected, and resistance libs would rather stay mad/conspiratorial than listen to actual on-the-ground experts that the data is still reliable.
February 11, 2026 at 4:49 PM
Bluesky in a nutshell.
Some context: BLS released its jobs numbers today, which were better than expected, and resistance libs would rather stay mad/conspiratorial than listen to actual on-the-ground experts that the data is still reliable.
Some context: BLS released its jobs numbers today, which were better than expected, and resistance libs would rather stay mad/conspiratorial than listen to actual on-the-ground experts that the data is still reliable.
"and another thing: im not crying. please dont put in the paper that i cried."
February 11, 2026 at 9:13 PM
"and another thing: im not crying. please dont put in the paper that i cried."
Presented without comment.
February 11, 2026 at 9:08 PM
Presented without comment.
Replacing it with the townsfolk from the Twilight Zone episode with the omnipotent Billy Mumy.
February 11, 2026 at 8:26 PM
Replacing it with the townsfolk from the Twilight Zone episode with the omnipotent Billy Mumy.
Great thread by Faine, along with hundreds of people replying with their experiences. In addition to millions of people who've been diagnosed with a learning disability, there are millions of others who are unaware.
Funny story: my career in drones exists because I have a arithmetic learning disability, tested awfully in math and couldn’t study STEM in college, and became so angered by how normal it was to look down upon non-tech people in the 2010s that I decided to master a hard tech field out of pure spite.
February 11, 2026 at 4:56 PM
Great thread by Faine, along with hundreds of people replying with their experiences. In addition to millions of people who've been diagnosed with a learning disability, there are millions of others who are unaware.
Empty your pockets, Markwayne. Anything to establish citizenship in there?
Markwayne Mullin defends "show me your papers": "If you're here legally, there's nothing to hide. Most people already are walking around with a government-issued ID, meaning your Real ID or your driver's license. If you go board a train here, you gotta show your ID."
February 11, 2026 at 4:43 PM
Empty your pockets, Markwayne. Anything to establish citizenship in there?
When you definitely understand what the Dow is.
Bondi crashes out over Epstein: "The Dow is over 50,000 dollars! I don't know why you're laughing. You're a great stock trader as I hear, Raskin. The Dow is over 50,000 right now. The S&P at almost 7,000, and the Nasdaq smashing records. That's what we should be talking about."
February 11, 2026 at 4:39 PM
When you definitely understand what the Dow is.
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We can do a much better job at explaining antisemitism to leftists.
Antisemitism is particularly insidious precisely because of its flexibility — people slipping into antisemitic tropes use Jewishness alternately as an ethnicity, a race, a nationality and a religion, often without realizing.
Antisemitism is particularly insidious precisely because of its flexibility — people slipping into antisemitic tropes use Jewishness alternately as an ethnicity, a race, a nationality and a religion, often without realizing.
February 11, 2026 at 5:24 AM
We can do a much better job at explaining antisemitism to leftists.
Antisemitism is particularly insidious precisely because of its flexibility — people slipping into antisemitic tropes use Jewishness alternately as an ethnicity, a race, a nationality and a religion, often without realizing.
Antisemitism is particularly insidious precisely because of its flexibility — people slipping into antisemitic tropes use Jewishness alternately as an ethnicity, a race, a nationality and a religion, often without realizing.
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CNN aviation reporter
February 11, 2026 at 1:26 PM
CNN aviation reporter
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“The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill recently rolled out a new policy that permits university officials to record classes without notifying the instructor. It’s a practice administrators have used in the past to investigate professors but have now formalized in writing.”
UNC Admin Can Now, Officially, Secretly Record Faculty
The new policy prohibits students from recording class without permission but explicitly allows administrators to surveil professors for any “lawful purpose.”
www.insidehighered.com
February 11, 2026 at 12:58 PM
“The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill recently rolled out a new policy that permits university officials to record classes without notifying the instructor. It’s a practice administrators have used in the past to investigate professors but have now formalized in writing.”
Gardena, California is offering a prize of $50 and tickets to Disneyland for the middle school student who reports the most "illegal activity" over a 30-day period.
This comes as residents "complain of homeless encampments, illegal dumping, and graffiti."
I'm sure nothing can go wrong there.
This comes as residents "complain of homeless encampments, illegal dumping, and graffiti."
I'm sure nothing can go wrong there.
30-day challenge inviting kids to report crimes with Disneyland tickets on the line for first place
A 30-day challenge is inviting students in the Harbor Gateway-Gardena area to report crimes. The reward? The student with the most reports is apparently getting Disneyland tickets.
www.foxla.com
February 11, 2026 at 12:59 PM
Gardena, California is offering a prize of $50 and tickets to Disneyland for the middle school student who reports the most "illegal activity" over a 30-day period.
This comes as residents "complain of homeless encampments, illegal dumping, and graffiti."
I'm sure nothing can go wrong there.
This comes as residents "complain of homeless encampments, illegal dumping, and graffiti."
I'm sure nothing can go wrong there.
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This is sort of like when the FBI was listening to that Louie Louie song in the 60’s to figure out if it was obscene but here they could ask 900 million people what the words are
Rep Mark Alford (R-MO) says House Rs are "investigating" Bad Bunny's Super Bowl halftime show & talking with FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr. Alford says he didn't watch the whole thing & also doesn't know Spanish but suspects it might have been "much worse than the Janet Jackson wardrobe malfunction"
February 11, 2026 at 12:59 AM
This is sort of like when the FBI was listening to that Louie Louie song in the 60’s to figure out if it was obscene but here they could ask 900 million people what the words are
What.
So am I understanding this correctly:
The Cats of Yore account was harassed and doxxed for not posting about politics, Bluesky not only let their harasser back on but also didn’t make them delete the dox, CoY was receiving irl harassing calls and has now left Bluesky?
Does that cover it?
The Cats of Yore account was harassed and doxxed for not posting about politics, Bluesky not only let their harasser back on but also didn’t make them delete the dox, CoY was receiving irl harassing calls and has now left Bluesky?
Does that cover it?
February 10, 2026 at 11:09 PM
What.
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Been saying this for a while now.
People don't wanna get rid of oppression, they want their turn to be the oppressor.
People don't wanna get rid of oppression, they want their turn to be the oppressor.
a LOT of people don't want liberation, they want privilege
February 10, 2026 at 4:00 AM
Been saying this for a while now.
People don't wanna get rid of oppression, they want their turn to be the oppressor.
People don't wanna get rid of oppression, they want their turn to be the oppressor.
Back to the 70's and the Archie Bunker "I'm not racist I just wouldn't want to live next to them."
Vance says it is "totally reasonable and acceptable" for people to not want to live next door to people who speak a different language than they do
February 9, 2026 at 9:56 PM
Back to the 70's and the Archie Bunker "I'm not racist I just wouldn't want to live next to them."
This is great news, but I don't know how much influence it will have on administration policies until they lose Maga trolls on Twitter.
"50 percent of rural Americans disapprove of ICE’s handling of enforcement, while 50 percent approve
75 percent of men aged 18 to 29 disapprove of ICE’s handling of enforcement, while only 25 percent approve"
75 percent of men aged 18 to 29 disapprove of ICE’s handling of enforcement, while only 25 percent approve"
Trump is badly losing the war over ICE, not just on the streets, but also in the culture. As Bad Bunny shows, this has become a culture war unto itself. Trump-MAGA's initial hubris has been utterly deflated.
I've got fresh data illustrating the point. 1/
(new piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2062...
I've got fresh data illustrating the point. 1/
(new piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2062...
February 9, 2026 at 5:58 PM
This is great news, but I don't know how much influence it will have on administration policies until they lose Maga trolls on Twitter.
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Same reason that Chinese and Mexican restaurants all over the country have to have cheeseburgers on their menu.
What a fragile, isolated life to insist on watching Kid Rock shuffle around with his corny songs on YouTube instead of watching that. “I’m scared of entertainment!”
February 9, 2026 at 1:46 AM
Same reason that Chinese and Mexican restaurants all over the country have to have cheeseburgers on their menu.
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"It's OK to Be White" has been a slogan for literal Nazis for some time now, if you want to know where the Republican Party is at the moment
February 8, 2026 at 7:30 PM
"It's OK to Be White" has been a slogan for literal Nazis for some time now, if you want to know where the Republican Party is at the moment
*decades
Bad Bunny just gave Fox News three weeks of content.
February 9, 2026 at 1:35 AM
*decades