Tuesday Tweets

When the dust finally settles and we try to makes sense of all this, one of the key elements of the story will be the way the conservative movement cultivated rage and fear largely through disinformation then lost control of the process. 

Here's an example of local TV (@WNEP, an ABC affiliate in Scranton, PA) getting duped into covering a QAnon event as a "just folks" demonstration against human trafficking. These events happened all over the country today.https://t.co/Rp309w3AkM

— Jay Rosen (@jayrosen_nyu) August 23, 2020

If you have been looking for a good solid explainer so you "get" the basics of what QAnon is, I recommend this one. https://t.co/ElAU7lyIrQ

— Jay Rosen (@jayrosen_nyu) August 21, 2020

 



Cool.

How our perception of the Iguanodon had changed over the years!

(Credit: YourDinosaursAreWrong) pic.twitter.com/kWJJNIF9lN

— Extinct Animals 🦖🦕 (@Extinct_AnimaIs) August 23, 2020

Elon Musk now has a net worth of almost $100 billion.

In January, PlainSite sent Elon Musk, Zach Kirkhorn and the $TSLA Board of Directors e-mails inquiring as to the definition of "deliveries." Tesla has never fully defined the term. It's a company with many figurative and literal moving parts, but this is the core issue.

— PlainSite (@PlainSite) April 28, 2020

I think “factory gated” and “financially delivered” are the tops.

— Keubiko (@Keubiko) August 23, 2020

Anonymous (but legit, if you know the space you'd recognize the name) AV developer encapsulates the sector's take on Tesla's approach to autonomous driving tech pic.twitter.com/5ZbffNrgej

— E.W. Niedermeyer (@Tweetermeyer) August 21, 2020

Imagine if the E was real https://t.co/FDV6g2W5Wl

— TC (@TESLAcharts) August 23, 2020

Maybe the devil pumps up Tesla to test the faith of efficient markets believers, just like dinosaur bones and creationists

— Arpit Gupta (@arpitrage) August 20, 2020

Impenetrable pseudonyms like ADAlthousePhD.

This passage is too incredible not to mention: pic.twitter.com/FU3fFnjv5T

— Andrew Althouse (@ADAlthousePhD) August 21, 2020

It's not so much that she wanted them to do it; it's that she thought it was a good idea to say it out loud.

Feed a cold, starve a supporter https://t.co/EzER9ywjqN

— Charles P. Pierce (@CharlesPPierce) August 22, 2020

What would some "Missy" know about... oh, never mind.

YAWN...sorry but not a major moment, there were too many caveats behind this for it to be a watershed moment, dogfighting is equivalent to cooking, if you follow the recipe exactly with perfect information - you win. Not a major moment, just one more overhyped AI demonstration

— Missy Cummings (@missy_cummings) August 21, 2020

Two Economies

There are two economies right now: a buoyant recovery resting atop a possible depression. https://t.co/qNyeOPb7Yg pic.twitter.com/4fdDwPjEgM

— Catherine Rampell (@crampell) August 21, 2020

I would have gone with a Goodfellas reference, but it's nice to have some variety.

The floodgates are beginning to open. Apple wants a 30% cut from everyone who signs up for hosting of their Wordpress blog on an iPhone. Their app has been blocked from making updates until they make the change.

Apple is strong arming the entire app ecosystem like Tony Soprano. https://t.co/u9BZD5YTUe

— Dare Obasanjo (@Carnage4Life) August 21, 2020

Excellent report on the USPS crisis.

‘Like Armageddon’: Rotting food, dead animals and chaos at postal facilities amid cutbacks https://t.co/ffb7fqaQlU

— Mark Palko (@MarkPalko1) August 21, 2020

Pretty much sums it up.

Still can't believe a major political party punted on the incredibly basic task of drawing up a party platform and instead just issued a statement that's basically an "I'm With Stupid" T-shirt.

— Kevin M. Kruse (@KevinMKruse) August 24, 2020

Kids, Kids and Dogs

Not sure this bodes well for the child's future. https://t.co/Bzv4mJ2bU1 via @YouTube

— Mark Palko (@MarkPalko1) August 22, 2020

Every kid deserves to grow up with a good pup.

Dogs, bruh... pic.twitter.com/J8qrxLbyiq

— Rex Chapman🏇🏼 (@RexChapman) August 20, 2020