Big money thought it was using G.O.P. extremists. But it was the other way around, writes @PaulKrugman. https://t.co/N5mXNJvDxd
— New York Times Opinion (@nytopinion) October 12, 2021
I dug through the original tweets to see if this was meant ironically but apparently no. It seems that movie star's son turned Twitter celebrity really does feel that lack of two-day delivery to Sun Valley represents societal failure.
Area Man Who Moved To Idaho Discovers He Now Lives In Idaho pic.twitter.com/AEFI9a9hoV
— Name Sounds Like 'Tod' But More Murdery (@RTodKelly) October 11, 2021
Another reminder that people who complain about being canceled really mean they're being criticized, having their points questioned, or just not being adequately praised.
“I’m being silenced by CNN,” she said during her interview on CNN. pic.twitter.com/Y4RofYY8JQ
— Brett Meiselas (@BMeiselas) October 18, 2021
It’s amazing how I am bombarded by people on multiple platforms claiming they don’t have a platform to get their message out.
— Dan Rather (@DanRather) October 18, 2021
I realize that the observation itself is fairly obvious, but something about the conciseness of this list brought home just how much this describes the guiding principles of conservative media.
Apropos of nothing, struck by this column two years ago from @ProfGalloway:https://t.co/WRscjQQteC pic.twitter.com/JII5VDJwcf
— James Fallows (@JamesFallows) October 18, 2021
Even more than the LA Times Russ Mitchell, E. W. Niedermeyer is the essential journalist on the Tesla beat.
The persistence of the "tech startup disruptors vs adapting legacy dinosaurs" narrative in EVs/AVs/mobility is a tribute to the enduring power of narrative, even in the total absence of supporting facts
— E.W. Niedermeyer (@Tweetermeyer) October 18, 2021
Just one lesson that I took to heart at the very start of my career, documenting/analyzing Detroit's ultimate downfall in 2008, was that a captured media enables cultural rot and decline. A tough, confrontational media fosters accountability and improvement.
— E.W. Niedermeyer (@Tweetermeyer) October 14, 2021
Let us not forget that the autos formed the Arsenal of Democracy (Ford featured in the book) and helped win WW2. Anxious to see what techs long-term contribution will be given recent history. https://t.co/JY8kD1lt8u
— Tony Posawatz (@TonyPosawatz) October 14, 2021
This one is especially important.
This thread hits so hard. Where's the DARPA Challenge/@NHTSA Inclusive Design Challenge for next-gen wheelchair designs? Having seen and discussed some of the recent design/manufacturing innovations around micromobility, there's no doubt that we could be doing soooo much better. https://t.co/qUsACl4xkK
— E.W. Niedermeyer (@Tweetermeyer) October 18, 2021
Autonomy tweets.
Important.Pass it around. https://t.co/ywPkArHkAr
— Russ Mitchell (@russ1mitchell) October 19, 2021
An underrated consequence of the commercial and military expansion of image recognition is how it has hit a ceiling on accuracy. Companies continue to try to boil the ocean with increasing volumes of image processing in pursuit of now marginal returns on a faulty technology.
— Scream Queen (@KateRoseBee) October 12, 2021
"How hated is Ted Cruz?" has become one of the great standbys of American political humor.
Everything that Ted Cruz says and does — absolutely everything — makes me think of Al Franken’s line: “Here's the thing you have to understand about Ted Cruz. I like Ted Cruz more than most of my other colleagues like Ted Cruz.
— Clyde Haberman (@ClydeHaberman) October 18, 2021
“And I hate Ted Cruz.” https://t.co/nuAWLBbcll
What's going on with the far right and the Catholic Church could well be the most interesting story in politics.
If you saw any Catholics freaking out about Pope Francis being on a roll yesterday, this is what they were referring to. pic.twitter.com/ufIVlpGNTq
— Kaya Oakes (@kayaoakes) October 17, 2021
There is nothing in any Catholic's faith that exempts them from taking a vaccine. There is nothing in the gospels. There is nothing in the New Testament anywhere. There is nothing in canon law. There is nothing from the Church Fathers, and no pronouncements from previous popes. https://t.co/x9hXxm79Fd
— Charles P. Pierce (@CharlesPPierce) October 20, 2021
1981 is not that long ago.
Thank you and congratulations to @sewellchan for leading the #LATimes editorial board and crafting this @lapressclub award-winning examination of the newspaper's fraught history with race. https://t.co/wTtxSSkmTq https://t.co/KdqsYQQBgm
— Robert Greene (@robrtgreene) October 17, 2021
A lot of people call this wage growth, but that's not important right now.
Goldman Sachs CEO getting multiple millions in bonuses is good for the economy, but working people getting a living wage is not. Hmmmm https://t.co/PhEebTeg7e
— Norman Ornstein (@NormOrnstein) October 16, 2021
Following the links in the first paragraph, the "critics" seem to be Trump and Fox News. Though they did single out conservative media, the authors probably should have mentioned that the NBC article cited ("'Not by accident': False 'thug' narratives have long been used to discredit civil rights movements") makes almost exactly the same point as the MC article, giving much of the WP piece a bit of a dog-bites-man vibe. The important story here (briefly mentioned) is how mainstream media sensationalism and conservative media disinformation. If you're interested, here are my real time notes.
Critics claim #BLM protests were more violent than 1960s civil rights ones. "Our research finds that on every measure available, last year’s BLM protests were more peaceful and less confrontational," John D. McCarthy and @kerbygoff write.https://t.co/ohjA2D06dd
— The Monkey Cage (TMC) (@monkeycageblog) October 14, 2021
One doesn't know where to start...
Best news for diphtheria in decades https://t.co/GUEV7m8fEs
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) October 11, 2021
Because polio was so much fun. https://t.co/kxfrYZmr5M
— Connie Schultz (@ConnieSchultz) October 12, 2021
But this is a good place to stop.A few years ago Kyrie Irving went through an extended phase where he insisted the earth is flat. One does not have to accept the spin that there's something deep or pioneering driving his rebellion against the vaccine. https://t.co/DrnAJjz8OM
— Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur) October 13, 2021
I don’t know how to make it any simpler than this pic.twitter.com/MNFqtkLNuy
— Andrew Wortman 🏳️🌈 (@AmoneyResists) October 13, 2021
Peter Thiel is the primary funder of incipient fascism in the United States, the Sauron character in America's struggle to preserve civic democracy. https://t.co/ne5LUbbDD5 via @politico
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) October 13, 2021
There are surprisingly few tweets on survey design.
Does question order matter in polls?@YouGov says @JoeBiden approval rating collapsed from even (approve=disapprove) to -10 tween Oct 9 & 12.
— Mark Mellman (@MarkMellman) October 13, 2021
Seem impossible?
Likely culprit=Quest 2 when it was even
Q 61 when it was -10, after items on host of topics from masks to unemployment
But quite a few on gerrymandering...
This disenfranchises active duty military at one of the world’s largest Army bases. @GregAbbott_TX, @DanPatrick and @DadePhelan will push anyone (even our troops) aside for their own gain. #txlege https://t.co/mErNigxdAd
— Reed Galen (@reedgalen) October 12, 2021
And polarization.
This is what I was saying this morning - headline language keeps turning "thing that 1/3 of people are angry about" into "thing that has divided us just like the civil war." https://t.co/AvbSisYoPx
— David Weigel (@daveweigel) October 12, 2021
It's the expression that sells it.
𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘈𝘭𝘦𝘹𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘦𝘱𝘵, 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘴 𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘯𝘰 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘳. pic.twitter.com/8q9MYzxR8M
— Thinkwert (@Thinkwert) October 12, 2021