Adair Thompson
@adairfromns.bsky.social
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The result? A fragmented public consciousness where competing realities coexist, each self-reinforcing and resistant to correction. When truth is no longer a shared foundation, power shifts to those who control the most compelling narrative - no matter how detached from reality it is.
February 28, 2025 at 9:55 PM
The result? A fragmented public consciousness where competing realities coexist, each self-reinforcing and resistant to correction. When truth is no longer a shared foundation, power shifts to those who control the most compelling narrative - no matter how detached from reality it is.
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@nature.com I love this article - but WHY are the only share options to X and Facebook when the whole point of the article is that science-based posts get more shares here?
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Research posts on Bluesky are more original — and get better engagement
Bluesky posts about science garner more likes and reposts than similar ones on X.
www.nature.com
August 29, 2025 at 4:49 PM
@nature.com I love this article - but WHY are the only share options to X and Facebook when the whole point of the article is that science-based posts get more shares here?
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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/3 The idea that the American people were a simmering cauldron of anxiety about trans issues and the GOP just finally acknowledged it is ridiculous. The trans panic is as cynical, bad-faith, and artificial as the “people eating dogs” panic. “Moderating” to their framing is capitulation to evil.
March 14, 2025 at 3:10 PM
/3 The idea that the American people were a simmering cauldron of anxiety about trans issues and the GOP just finally acknowledged it is ridiculous. The trans panic is as cynical, bad-faith, and artificial as the “people eating dogs” panic. “Moderating” to their framing is capitulation to evil.
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Folks covering DC need to immerse themselves in the Silicon Valley playbook. (I'm native to both.)
Boundaries don't exist there. You just do something, and see if there's pushback. And then see if you can keep going anyways.
This is how Uber steamrolled over municipal taxi rules
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Boundaries don't exist there. You just do something, and see if there's pushback. And then see if you can keep going anyways.
This is how Uber steamrolled over municipal taxi rules
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March 13, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Folks covering DC need to immerse themselves in the Silicon Valley playbook. (I'm native to both.)
Boundaries don't exist there. You just do something, and see if there's pushback. And then see if you can keep going anyways.
This is how Uber steamrolled over municipal taxi rules
1/
Boundaries don't exist there. You just do something, and see if there's pushback. And then see if you can keep going anyways.
This is how Uber steamrolled over municipal taxi rules
1/
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A List of People and Things Blamed for Ruining America
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November 8, 2024 at 10:43 PM
A List of People and Things Blamed for Ruining America
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