"Elon Musk won the New Republic's Man of the Year?" "Close" -- the return of Tuesday tweets

Polls...

Still can't get over this. FL Atlantic Univ released a poll of Minnesota with a sample size of 125 people; Vermont 111; Colorado 170. That's just not how this works.

— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) March 9, 2024

... and politics

Did Biden’s State of the Union address ease concerns about his advanced age? We talked to three UFC-obsessed incels who didn’t watch the speech.

— New York Times Pitchbot (@DougJBalloon) March 11, 2024

157 days since the worst massacre of Jews since the Holocaust, with 1500 Israelis murdered/killed +243 abducted on his watch, Bibi still hasn't given one interview to Israeli media, while giving 15 interviews to foreign press, 6 to FoxNews https://t.co/Efol0PTppG

— avi scharf (@avischarf) March 11, 2024

This is the Kansas GOP. People were asked to donate money to take their turn punching & kicking a Biden effigy.

This was not the fringe. It was a booth at the GOP fundraiser. This is the caliber of the GOP. Why would any serious person be part of this? pic.twitter.com/bTeymblhwK

— Heath Mayo (@HeathMayo) March 11, 2024

I can’t overstate enough that a massive amount of hate that Conservatives have at Hollywood is from people who tried to break in as an actor / comedian / screenwriter and it didn’t work out https://t.co/nt8ARSSIis

— Mike Drucker (@MikeDrucker) March 11, 2024

Don't forget the multi-talented James O'Keefe.

It would be a fun exercise to imagine how the NYT would launder the horrifyingness of this christofascist secret society if they had produced this scoop (though it's unlikely they would). "They raise questions about..."; "racially charged rhetoric..." https://t.co/flREVxO0Tk

— Rick Perlstein (@rickperlstein) March 9, 2024

It's difficult to have it both ways with anti-vaxxers.

Trump: And I will not give one penny to any school that has a vaccine mandate pic.twitter.com/yY5hY5ep2Q

— Acyn (@Acyn) March 10, 2024

Alex Jones is irate at Trump’s recent post taking credit for vaccines: “If I see any more of this from Trump, I’m going to have to go on the warpath. I just cannot take this.” pic.twitter.com/uhDWo46Gy2

— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) March 11, 2024

No concerns here.

Swiss insurer @chubb, which gave Trump a $91.6m bond in the 2nd E. Jean Carroll defamation case, operates in Russia.
Given national security concerns about Donald— he trusts Putin but not American intelligence services— a court inquiry into the bond deal seems necessary, proper. pic.twitter.com/xshjptDtnO

— David Cay Johnston (@DavidCayJ) March 9, 2024

Dems in disarray.

NEW -- Bloodbath at the RNC. New Trump team expected to push out some 60 staffers

via @politicoalex https://t.co/4MsgEWj8Dt

— Sam Stein (@samstein) March 11, 2024

This is such a bright-line rubicon that it’s barely a political party anymore in the normal sense of that word. The GOP is becoming a funding stream within the Trump Organization. It’s just amazing that his voters can’t see this. But GOP elites and donors sure can https://t.co/LAquH2oM7n

— Robert E Kelly (@Robert_E_Kelly) March 9, 2024

As with the RNC developments, I don't believe people have thought through the implications of what's happening to the GOP on the state level.

Wisconsin Trump supporters hoping to oust GOP state Speaker Robin Vos say they have enough signatures to force recall — via ⁦@AP⁩ https://t.co/4mNpHmXduR

— Patrick Marley (@patrickdmarley) March 11, 2024

There are legions of factcheckers at large news orgs, but it’s an independent journalist who got did the real work here, and on a tight deadline to boot pic.twitter.com/2RSko0WEhQ

— Bill Grueskin (@BGrueskin) March 9, 2024

Nate Silver, when Biden doesnt do the Super Bowl intvw: He needs to prove to the people that he's not a demented vegetable. And he's failing bigtime.

Nate Silver, when Biden kills the SOTU: Actually, this doesn't matter one bit. Who even cares? I certainly don't. Priors unmoved. https://t.co/xJrBnN32Gf pic.twitter.com/ITHXBCfw2r

— Centrism Fan Acct 🔹 (@Wilson__Valdez) March 8, 2024

North Carolina news

NEW: Mark Robinson called the ACA "a concentrated effort to enslave everybody" on a show where the "Bloodlines of the Illuminati” is shown on screen.

NC expanded Medicaid to 600,000, but he called for a full ACA repeal "with no replacement." #NCpol https://t.co/qV3d0iZJVK

— Sam Newton (@SamNewton) March 11, 2024

In newly unearthed social media posts, the Republican nominee for state superintendent of public instruction in North Carolina frequently promoted the QAnon conspiracy theory https://t.co/2krX9rVvZF

— Media Matters (@mmfa) March 11, 2024

The Magic of Musk

The Emperor continues to have Community Notes removed from his tweets. Poof! It’s gone. Like magic. pic.twitter.com/x9D4PcmRwl

— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) March 10, 2024

How the porn bots took over Twitterhttps://t.co/ZikCaLn4B8

— BertelSchmitt™ 🇺🇦💉💉💉💉💉💉💉#fella (@BertelSchmitt) March 10, 2024

Behind all of Elon Musk’s bloviating and attention-seeking is a small man who is simply not very good at anything. https://t.co/U1CYSY2c8f

— The New Republic (@newrepublic) March 11, 2024

🤡 In 2018, Musk promised a “SpaceX option” for next Tesla Roadster which “will include ~10 small rocket thrusters arranged seamlessly around car. These rocket engines dramatically improve acceleration, top speed, braking, cornering. Maybe they will even allow a Tesla to fly…” pic.twitter.com/TaSenxS5dA

— Facts Chaser 🌎 🤦🏻‍♂️ (@Factschaser) March 11, 2024

Russian QAnon-ish cult AllatRa is currently pushing new narrative in Eastern Europe: The great Elon Musk is cooperating with extraterrestrial civilizations.👽

— AlexAlvaro@toad.social (@AlexAlvarova) March 10, 2024

 

AI

Oh great, that preprint is now a Nature report🫠
Y'all, this makes no sense.
You simply can't compare the carbon emissions of people and objects.
An individual’s total carbon footprint estimate can't be attributed to their profession.
See my rant here: https://t.co/v3zHEEloG9 pic.twitter.com/yosrRpptgs

— Sasha Luccioni, PhD 💻🌎🦋✨🤗 (@SashaMTL) March 11, 2024

“I am making a very strong claim that these models do understand.”
— Geoffrey Hinton

And I am making a very strong claim that he is so profoundly wrong.

Ditto regarding his strange unfounded and indefensible claim of imminent p-doom. https://t.co/O6lm93IPKM

— Grady Booch (@Grady_Booch) March 11, 2024

And misc.

This story is wild

Colorado ranchers tampered with NOAA weather instruments to reduce reported rainfall in order to collect more federal drought relief money.

But, then their co-conspirator escaped from prison ... https://t.co/83hwmWDP0D

— Ryan Maue (@RyanMaue) March 10, 2024

Other than the name, what exactly are they buying?

Email to Deadspin staffers today informing them that they've been sold and the new owner will not be retaining any of them. pic.twitter.com/KHg384zVmy

— Justin Baragona (@justinbaragona) March 11, 2024

 

is Oppenheimer/Godzilla Minus One the first time a movie and its sequel both won Oscars in the same year?

— Rob DenBleyker (@RobDenBleyker) March 11, 2024

Go ahead. Watch it. We won't tell.

Baby penguin loves being tickled..🐧🥰🔊🆙 pic.twitter.com/geJFAmQQno

— Amit Shah (Parody) (@Motabhai012) March 6, 2024