Today was movie day in my election integrity class. We deconstructed Pillow Guy and other "stop the steal" videos.
It really struck me how deep a background you need to reliably spot the faulty logic or outright fabrications. The students did fine, but if you're predisposed to believe the elections were rigged, these videos provide easy comfort food.
Hey tooters,
This instance is becoming a great community, not just for tech, but as a gathering place of ideas. Thank you!
Just FYI, this instance is supported by @leo, @Lisa & TWiT. It costs a lot to run these servers properly and they do it thanklessly.
IF you are so inclined & have the ability to, it would be great if you subscribed to Club TWiT.
It gets you a bunch of extras, including some ClubTWiT exclusives, & it's a great way to support this new community.😇
Also, any serious discussion of election security has to grapple with two simultaneous realities:
- there's no evidence that any US election outcome has ever been altered by hacking
- there are real, exploitable vulnerabilities in many parts of our election infrastructure
I've written a bit on what these vulnerabilities are and how to fix them, See, e.g., this brief article:
https://georgetownlawtechreview.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/4.2-p505-522-Blaze.pdf
Yes, the @gocomics site has been down. I haven't received word on what's going on yet. Here's this week's comic.
The Hollingsworth Hound School for Future Billionaires
Yeah, you can't count on advertisers to bail for moral reasons. But they might bail because the Twitter experience just sucks for anyone who isn't trying solicit bomb threats against gay bars or children's hospitals.
An advertiser explains why they’re pausing their Twitter ads campaigns:
There's a Trump special counsel https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-11-18/trump-criminal-probes-to-be-led-by-doj-special-counsel and the Stormy Daniels hush money payments are under investigation https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/21/nyregion/trump-bragg-stormy-daniels.html
Strong deja vu vibes this morning
The US Justice Department has appointed an independent special counsel to oversee criminal investigations related to former President Donald Trump and decide whether to bring any charges now that he’s making a third run for the White House in 2024.
Hey everyone, it appears there are now at least 8 members of congress on Mastodon and I see our first committee.
I've confirmed 5 accounts and am waiting for a response from the other 3.
If you see folks I'm missing, please let me know.
Here's the list: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1egupogzhZgPgcM1NcIxBC4iW2xgvs1qJPAG568YaCuY/edit?usp=sharing
Data about Members of Congress on Mastodon If you are from a congressional office and want you account verified, please email [email protected] This spreadsheet is maintained by Demand Progress Education Fund Timestamp,Member Last Name / Committee Name / Leadership Name,Member of Congres...
Matt Blaze
PadreSJ
Austin Kocher, PhD 🌎
BrianKrebs
Ruben Bolling 🪲
L O L G O P
zoetillman
Daniel Schuman
Foone