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@magi_jay
Jan 27 • 2 tweets • 1 min read • Read on X
Both of these people gained prominence through examining the rise of Trump & how he was aided by mis- & disinformation, much of which was organized by a foreign power. Now certain bad-faith agents--whether Russian or not--are exploiting doomerism through these very same "experts"
Doomerism is real. It likely has its greatest effect on the youngest voters. It is currently being exploited all around us to enable the worst forces in America. If nothing matters, then Trump doesn't matter.

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Jan 28
Nancy Pelosi is correct. It should be stressed--as Pelosi said--that there are large numbers of real people who truly care who are protesting. There are also clearly a large number of trolls/bots who are likely doing Putin's bidding. I will give some examples.
This is an account named "BlackRussian." He replies to tweets almost exclusively about Israel Palestine. He is rather unsophisticated b/c he confuses conservative anti-Biden rhetoric w/ leftist anti-Biden rhetoric. He tries--& fails--to use AAVE. He is also anti-Ukrainian. Image
After this account showed up in my mentions, I searched his own account for all tweets from 1/01/2023 to 10/06/2023, the day before the Hamas attacks. The account had only tweeted once: a snarky reply to a well-known "centrist" on this website.
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Jan 22
What do we know about the way the twitter algorithm currently works?
For the record, I know quite a bit about how social media algorithms either 1. interact w/ our cognitive biases &/or 2. exploit our cognitive biases. I wrote about how Facebook did both for @AlterNet alternet.org/2021/10/facebo…
@AlterNet Social media works on our negativity bias, among other things. We are also drawn to confirmation. We amp each other up. Companies like Facebook knew this & encouraged it. Another thing Facebook did was draw people into groups based on correlated interests.
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Jan 21
1. The political media was wrong about Ron DeSantis
2. This same media desperately *wanted* a "Smart Authoritarian" vs. Trump narrative. They pushed it relentlessly
3. They then used DeSantis's supposed "strength" (that they made up) to push "anti-wokeness" on the rest us)
These are things we really need to absorb about the current state of political analysis. There are *specific* fights the media wants, consciously or not. The media also makes some people appear strong & others weak, totally contrary to all available evidence.
The "Smart Authoritarian" vs. Trump battle that the media was craving never came to fruition b/c Trump refused to participate. Not out of any goodness in Trump's heart; just b/c Trump knew he didn't need to b/c DeSantis has always been obviously pathetic. Image
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Jan 16
The Democratic Party has never been as progressive as it is right now & the Republican Party has never been as openly racist fascistic. I increasingly do not understand how people are constructing this completely alternate reality in good faith.
I would assume that anyone commenting on politics has been through a few presidential elections. This should enable them to
1. Compare current & past Democrats to each other
2. Measure the ideological distance between past & current Democrats & Republicans.
Bill Clinton vs. George H. W. Bush
Bill Clinton vs. Bob Dole
Al Gore vs. George W. Bush
John Kerry vs. George W. Bush
Barack Obama vs. John McCain
Barack Obama vs. Mitt Romney
Hillary Clinton vs. Donald Trump
Joe Biden vs. Donald Trump
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Jan 14
We need to call this what it is. These people are reducing some of the most extreme suffering in the world-that of the Yemeni people-to a symbol of their own righteousness. It is not the same kind of dehumanization as conservatives engage in; but it is dehumanization all the same
It is horrifically sad, to me. If you pick apart at any conflict in the Middle East, you rarely find something that resembles "Good vs. Evil." What you find is various powers acting in their own self-interests while millions of civilians suffer. The West becomes disengaged.
We always become disengaged, particularly when faced w/ conflicts that seem unsolvable, which may, indeed, be unsolvable, at least by our hands. No way to end suffering without possibly inducing greater suffering. These calculations are why we turned from Syria.
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Jan 9
Do people realize that Netanyahu desperately wants Joe Biden to lose the election?
I'm not trying to be sassy. I'm wondering if people actually know this. It seems like an important thing to understand.
Republicans invited Bibi to Congress in 2015 as a middle finger to Obama. nbcnews.com/politics/congr…
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