Michael Waddell
@quadell.bsky.social
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Trump's tariffs--ivermectin for the economy.
April 7, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Trump's tariffs--ivermectin for the economy.
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Everyone wants there to be a grand scheme behind all of this but the terrible truth is that extremely stupid people are in charge and they have a fanatical devotion to wrong, childlike concepts of society and economics cooked up by right wing radio hosts in order to sell tainted dietary supplements
April 3, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Everyone wants there to be a grand scheme behind all of this but the terrible truth is that extremely stupid people are in charge and they have a fanatical devotion to wrong, childlike concepts of society and economics cooked up by right wing radio hosts in order to sell tainted dietary supplements
Someone's getting coal in their hand-knitted stocking...
December 6, 2024 at 1:32 AM
Someone's getting coal in their hand-knitted stocking...
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“Don’t feed the trolls” also extends to bad opinion pieces in papers of record.
They run them bc people react to them the most.
If we stop linking to bad columns and instead post thinkers we find valuable (& generate convo around it), incentives change.
It’s not easy and takes constant practice!
They run them bc people react to them the most.
If we stop linking to bad columns and instead post thinkers we find valuable (& generate convo around it), incentives change.
It’s not easy and takes constant practice!
December 2, 2024 at 6:19 PM
“Don’t feed the trolls” also extends to bad opinion pieces in papers of record.
They run them bc people react to them the most.
If we stop linking to bad columns and instead post thinkers we find valuable (& generate convo around it), incentives change.
It’s not easy and takes constant practice!
They run them bc people react to them the most.
If we stop linking to bad columns and instead post thinkers we find valuable (& generate convo around it), incentives change.
It’s not easy and takes constant practice!
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stop using “norm busting” and “law breaking” interchangeably, there’s a reason it’s not called Norm Busting: SVU
November 30, 2024 at 12:39 AM
stop using “norm busting” and “law breaking” interchangeably, there’s a reason it’s not called Norm Busting: SVU
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This is one of those videos that you could work on forever, but suddenly it felt very important to make it, so I finally did: www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8Pn...
Populism, Media Revolutions, and Our Terrible Moment
YouTube video by vlogbrothers
www.youtube.com
November 22, 2024 at 7:59 PM
This is one of those videos that you could work on forever, but suddenly it felt very important to make it, so I finally did: www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8Pn...
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New article in Journal of Communication looking at changes to trust in news across 46 countries in the last 10 years.
Trust in news declined in just over half of countries.
It decreased more in countries where TV news use has declined, and/or where social media news use has grown.
A thread:
Trust in news declined in just over half of countries.
It decreased more in countries where TV news use has declined, and/or where social media news use has grown.
A thread:
The link between changing news use and trust: longitudinal analysis of 46 countries
Abstract . Changing levels of public trust in the news are of deep concern to both researchers and practitioners. We use data from 2015 to 2023 in 46 count
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November 23, 2024 at 7:50 AM
New article in Journal of Communication looking at changes to trust in news across 46 countries in the last 10 years.
Trust in news declined in just over half of countries.
It decreased more in countries where TV news use has declined, and/or where social media news use has grown.
A thread:
Trust in news declined in just over half of countries.
It decreased more in countries where TV news use has declined, and/or where social media news use has grown.
A thread:
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Unfollowing hyperpartisan influencers can reduce partisan animosity by 24%.
It was a "structural intervention", changing people’s daily information diet for at least a year.
osf.io/acbwg
Authors: among else @steverathje.bsky.social @jayvanbavel.bsky.social
It was a "structural intervention", changing people’s daily information diet for at least a year.
osf.io/acbwg
Authors: among else @steverathje.bsky.social @jayvanbavel.bsky.social
November 21, 2024 at 10:10 AM
Unfollowing hyperpartisan influencers can reduce partisan animosity by 24%.
It was a "structural intervention", changing people’s daily information diet for at least a year.
osf.io/acbwg
Authors: among else @steverathje.bsky.social @jayvanbavel.bsky.social
It was a "structural intervention", changing people’s daily information diet for at least a year.
osf.io/acbwg
Authors: among else @steverathje.bsky.social @jayvanbavel.bsky.social
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Gaetz withdrawal is encouraging, not just because we won't have AG Gaetz but because it's taken Trump about two weeks to squander his supposedly invincible mandate and remind everyone of his staggering incompetence and dysfunction—which, per last time, are the main checks on his power.
November 21, 2024 at 5:43 PM
Gaetz withdrawal is encouraging, not just because we won't have AG Gaetz but because it's taken Trump about two weeks to squander his supposedly invincible mandate and remind everyone of his staggering incompetence and dysfunction—which, per last time, are the main checks on his power.
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bluesky request.
do not follow or reward quote-doomers. people who quote an article and only add something like "you have no idea how bad this is" or "it's over" or "say goodbye to everything you love".
they succeed from your stress. they're bringing you down with them. stay awake; not like this.
do not follow or reward quote-doomers. people who quote an article and only add something like "you have no idea how bad this is" or "it's over" or "say goodbye to everything you love".
they succeed from your stress. they're bringing you down with them. stay awake; not like this.
November 19, 2024 at 6:04 AM
bluesky request.
do not follow or reward quote-doomers. people who quote an article and only add something like "you have no idea how bad this is" or "it's over" or "say goodbye to everything you love".
they succeed from your stress. they're bringing you down with them. stay awake; not like this.
do not follow or reward quote-doomers. people who quote an article and only add something like "you have no idea how bad this is" or "it's over" or "say goodbye to everything you love".
they succeed from your stress. they're bringing you down with them. stay awake; not like this.
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November 18, 2024 at 12:06 AM
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This summary entirely chimes with my experience reporting on media use in the UK general election. Lots of people weren’t consuming any news directly yet were still weirdly aware of a lot of the big scandals or allegations. They didn’t even know how the story had reached them, it just sort of… had.
November 18, 2024 at 7:55 AM
This summary entirely chimes with my experience reporting on media use in the UK general election. Lots of people weren’t consuming any news directly yet were still weirdly aware of a lot of the big scandals or allegations. They didn’t even know how the story had reached them, it just sort of… had.
Most people don't think about it too hard; they just vote their gut. That's not anything new, and it's probably not fixable, so focusing on "ignorant voters" won't help. What _is_ new is where people get their political gut instinct from. (1/5)
November 15, 2024 at 5:44 PM
Most people don't think about it too hard; they just vote their gut. That's not anything new, and it's probably not fixable, so focusing on "ignorant voters" won't help. What _is_ new is where people get their political gut instinct from. (1/5)
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NEED SOME GOOD NEWS?
The EU now generates more electricity from wind and solar than from fossil fuels.
Graph from @natbullard.bsky.social using @emberenergy.bsky.social data.
The EU now generates more electricity from wind and solar than from fossil fuels.
Graph from @natbullard.bsky.social using @emberenergy.bsky.social data.
November 15, 2024 at 1:59 PM
NEED SOME GOOD NEWS?
The EU now generates more electricity from wind and solar than from fossil fuels.
Graph from @natbullard.bsky.social using @emberenergy.bsky.social data.
The EU now generates more electricity from wind and solar than from fossil fuels.
Graph from @natbullard.bsky.social using @emberenergy.bsky.social data.
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Assuming that there will be no rule of law, no checks or constraints of any kind, is a form of complying in advance.
Asserting that there _ought_ to be such things is a form of demanding them, and forcing their elimination to be seen as a rupture.
Asserting that there _ought_ to be such things is a form of demanding them, and forcing their elimination to be seen as a rupture.
November 15, 2024 at 2:25 PM
Assuming that there will be no rule of law, no checks or constraints of any kind, is a form of complying in advance.
Asserting that there _ought_ to be such things is a form of demanding them, and forcing their elimination to be seen as a rupture.
Asserting that there _ought_ to be such things is a form of demanding them, and forcing their elimination to be seen as a rupture.
If we can make it through the next four horrible, stupid years, the future does look up. A thread.
Reasons for Democratic electoral optimism over the next four years. 🧵
- GOP benefits from high turnout now and Trump is the only one who can deliver that. He won’t be on the ballot in 26 or 28, and the millions of people who turn out for him and him only will stay home.
- GOP benefits from high turnout now and Trump is the only one who can deliver that. He won’t be on the ballot in 26 or 28, and the millions of people who turn out for him and him only will stay home.
November 15, 2024 at 1:06 PM
If we can make it through the next four horrible, stupid years, the future does look up. A thread.
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The institutions are not self-enforcing, and if the Senate Republicans are already signaling that they don't intend to enforce them, Trump and his government will do more blatantly illegal and unconstitutional things.
Entirely unsurprising, but still seems worth lingering upon how incredibly pathetic this is
November 14, 2024 at 11:08 PM
The institutions are not self-enforcing, and if the Senate Republicans are already signaling that they don't intend to enforce them, Trump and his government will do more blatantly illegal and unconstitutional things.
Here, for your viewing pleasure, is my youngest cat. His full name is "Mister Sir Fancis Drake, Vice-admiral of the Royal Navy and Terror of the Spanish", but we usually just call him Mister-Sir.
November 14, 2024 at 3:26 PM
Here, for your viewing pleasure, is my youngest cat. His full name is "Mister Sir Fancis Drake, Vice-admiral of the Royal Navy and Terror of the Spanish", but we usually just call him Mister-Sir.
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'This process includes the replacement of all first-rate talents, regardless of their political loyalties, with crackpots and fools whose lack of intelligence and creativity is the best guarantee of their loyalty.' (The Origins of Totalitarianism, renewed version, A Harvest Book New York, 1976, 339)
October 23, 2024 at 1:46 PM
'This process includes the replacement of all first-rate talents, regardless of their political loyalties, with crackpots and fools whose lack of intelligence and creativity is the best guarantee of their loyalty.' (The Origins of Totalitarianism, renewed version, A Harvest Book New York, 1976, 339)
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These are polarized times, but we can't cede the idea of "government efficiency" to the cynical right. What would efficiency that really helps people look like?
Public healthcare and college, no means testing. No humiliating red tape for SNAP, FEMA, debt relief. Websites for UI that actually work.
Public healthcare and college, no means testing. No humiliating red tape for SNAP, FEMA, debt relief. Websites for UI that actually work.
November 14, 2024 at 12:45 PM
These are polarized times, but we can't cede the idea of "government efficiency" to the cynical right. What would efficiency that really helps people look like?
Public healthcare and college, no means testing. No humiliating red tape for SNAP, FEMA, debt relief. Websites for UI that actually work.
Public healthcare and college, no means testing. No humiliating red tape for SNAP, FEMA, debt relief. Websites for UI that actually work.
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Sorry but all the fables and fairy tales I read as a kid led me to believe people would be learning WAY more lessons than they actually do
November 13, 2024 at 6:25 PM
Sorry but all the fables and fairy tales I read as a kid led me to believe people would be learning WAY more lessons than they actually do
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Yet again wish there were a service where I could ramble gesturally about an idea for five minutes and then a credentialed individual would tell me what academic term or concept already exists to describe it
November 13, 2024 at 8:23 PM
Yet again wish there were a service where I could ramble gesturally about an idea for five minutes and then a credentialed individual would tell me what academic term or concept already exists to describe it
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Trump's disdain for expertise and insistence on fealty are very obvious in the Hegseth nomination. It will be a very obvious test of any willingness from his party to curtail his efforts to centralize power.
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Column | The Hegseth nomination is a multilayered Trump loyalty test
Donald Trump’s plan to bring the military to heel begins to take shape.
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November 13, 2024 at 4:35 PM
Trump's disdain for expertise and insistence on fealty are very obvious in the Hegseth nomination. It will be a very obvious test of any willingness from his party to curtail his efforts to centralize power.
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