Augustiner Stammhaus in Munich for dinner tonight. A room covered in seashells. https://morel.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:5bnbgj7gwebt6hhub4pa5c7n&cid=bafkreifivxrtol5hmska3yktpo5s7npe2jq7oktinjogsxju6muszsugxm https://morel.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:5bnbgj7gwebt6hhub4pa5c7n&cid=bafkreiaf2oyersc6y56jdamoz22ebhzlwpuff62jdnqiub5kho5pqr2fh4
The Father Coughlin story is interesting because of parallels to the modern era. Wildly popular charismatic figure (30M listeners at peak when US had ~120M ppl). Private broadcasters tried to fact-check, pre-clear speeches, ban him while fans protested the censorship. FDR tried to stay out of it. RE:
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Wrote a book about this as it was happening! - political influencers are the new propagandists - influencers + algorithms + online crowds shape public opinion - the right is a hell of a lot better at it than the left For more evolving online trends, a substack: [agentsofinfluence.substack.com](
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A place for quick takes - video and text - on social media rumors, influence operations, tech policy, and other extremely online things. Click to r...
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Ask Joe Rogan how he feels now about having had bullshit artist Mike Benz aka Frame Game on to just spout “something something CIA” fantasies for hours. Who’s paying Frame Game? Same people as are paying John Solomon, and War Room. [www.motherjones.com/politics/202...](
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One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of t...
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lol “Everything is a conspiracy when you don’t know how anything works”, NYC fusion voting edition Musk just retweets whatever paranoid crank shit he sees at this point. https://morel.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:5bnbgj7gwebt6hhub4pa5c7n&cid=bafkreiae4trlgahqpi7slp3qf7btxlqkizuqori7t2fym7ndmdeakt3pai
8th grade algebra is good: “But detracking didn’t work. Some people like to muddy the waters on this, so I’m going to be exhaustive: The share of Black and Hispanic students scoring “proficient” in math didn’t budge. The racial gap in…AP classes didn’t budge.“ [www.theargumentmag.com/p/education-...](
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The strange equity crusade against algebra
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Counterpoint: this bullshit policy was touted as something that should be rolled out nationwide, as a fking paragon of progressive policy. It showed up in “detracking” decks in districts across the country. While parents in SF literally filed FOIAs bc the district lied ab impact. No retcons tks. RE:
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I don't think it helps the debate about what Democrats should do to pick an obscure thing that some Democrat somewhere may have said -- like on tea...
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"Aristopopulism" definitely has a ring to it! Lol. People should be running with that bc jfc it's one of those things where they don't realize how it sounds outside of the Marc Andreessen group chat... 😂 No no the elites are The New York Times and the blue haired libs NOT the billionaires... https://morel.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:5bnbgj7gwebt6hhub4pa5c7n&cid=bafkreibblbz36wuuqdn2vemxc6gvm6d5kdinu4wdjd3yroecrlxg3ghh4i
Preheat oven to 375 Make a box of pasta, cook al dente Mix with red sauce in baking dish, stir in shredded mozzarella cheese Stir in chopped zucchini or eggplant or even just spinach - which you can roast in the oven while the pasta cooks, or sauté. Bake covered for 30 min. Serves 4-5. RE:
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Cuomo also locked in the coveted Elon endorsement. 🥴 He would probably get more votes if he used the opportunities to say “no thanks, assholes” RE:
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Didn't Cuomo deny he was Trump's candidate as early as ... today?!?! [contains quote post or other embedded content]