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@aimlessrambling.bsky.social
Knowledge is power, France is bacon

(Ok, this is probably more of a meme rather than a genuine common misunderstanding but it tickles me)
December 30, 2024 at 2:22 PM
Is another factor that Twitter may well have a huge number of bots talking to bots (astroturfing or brigading, depending on the flavour of puppetmaster) so the higher Twitter "engagement" is deceptive vs. real users elsewhere (I appreciate size of Twitter means this wouldn't be enough by itself)
December 29, 2024 at 1:13 PM
I will never pass up the opprtunity to ensure his article from 20 June 2016 haunts him forever:

www.reaction.life/p/britain-lo...
December 28, 2024 at 8:29 PM
In terms of post-mortem reviews, more thorough data analysis and dissections will come early next year, but some of the better pieces on what went wrong point to low-information voters attributing inflation to Biden and voting based on the cost of living (an anti-incumbent trend seen elsewhere too)
December 28, 2024 at 5:15 PM
Another corker - from Tuss' book, '10 Years to Save the West':

"This ‘watermelon’ tendency is green on the outside, red on the inside — a modern rebranding of socialism… It’s time conservatives fought back against the watermelons and called them out for the damage they’re doing."
December 28, 2024 at 4:44 PM
I agree with you, in this instance I think the sheer resources of Musk, Thiel, Sachs etc will sway of the policy direction for this topic. But the incompatibility will fester and it remains to be seen how the non-tech MAGA base organises. Bannon wading in against Vivek surprised and intrguied me...
December 28, 2024 at 3:32 PM
The inherent contradictions between what the techno-bro-crats want and what grassroots MAGA-types want will result in this alot. The former were happy to inflame the latter to win but cannot deliver something which pleases all. In this case, I think Elon will "win" by deleting critics' accounts.
December 28, 2024 at 12:50 PM
The enabling of anti-immigration pieces by commentators/glorified pot-stirrers devoid of facts by similar media types has caused huge damage over time. They were willing to indulge such sentiments to be able to cynically promote parties that have adjacent positions they liked on tax and regulation.
December 28, 2024 at 11:50 AM
The latest Aliens vs Predator just dropped
December 27, 2024 at 10:14 PM
I am thinking of opening a leopard obesity clinic. I think there will be a significant number of patients in the coming years…
December 27, 2024 at 11:16 AM