So this is interesting...

Washington Post reporter Taylor Lorenz @taylorlorenz, who is famous in these circles for being banned from Twitter then reinstated after much outcry, has conducted an experiment to determine if view counts on Twitter are legitimate.

Surprise, she presents proof that they are not, as shown in the Tweet screenshot below.

Many stay on Twitter because they believe that their "engagement" is higher, but now it seems like they can not trust the numbers.

#twittermigration

This is going to end painfully for many, but it won’t be the lawyers. They’ll be racking up billables to undo that mess. 🤣

RT @[email protected]

Oh Boy. Senior business person at client just told me how great Chat GPT is and how it's going to replace lawyers. Says he's been using it to write contracts... This belief in technology as a religion is going to destroy us all.

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/ClothesTesla/status/1613280373919649792

If you’re at the right place at the right time, with the right equipment, this is possible.

Last night, with guidance from https://transit-finder.com/, I positioned myself along the narrow line where the International #SpaceStation would pass between me and the nearly full moon.

I used a Fujifilm X-T4 shooting 4K video through a Celestron 8” SCT to capture the pass. Then, back at the computer this morning, put together these views with PIPP, Registax, and GIMP.

Quite pleased. My best yet.

Kevin McCarthy sold his soul to Trump but still doesn’t have enough votes

He then sold his soul to Marjorie Taylor Green but still doesn’t have enough votes

He then sold his soul to Boebert & Gaetz but STILL doesn’t have enough votes

I present to you the biggest dumbass in DC

Friends new and old!

My first Mastodon post.

For the past 5 months, I've worked on a two-part investigation with Floodlight's Miranda Green & Mario Ariza.

The details are pretty bananas. And they get at the grim truth of what flourishes as local news coverage withers.

Part 1:
How power company cash secretly flowed to a half-dozen news sites in Alabama and Florida that assailed their critics

https://www.npr.org/2022/12/19/1143753129/power-companies-florida-alabama-media-investigation-consulting-firm

RT @[email protected]

It is with immense respect and admiration for his extraordinary leadership that I extend on behalf of bipartisan Congressional leadership an invitation for @[email protected] to address a Joint Meeting of Congress at 7:30 p.m. E.T. tonight.

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/SpeakerPelosi/status/1605585662664548352