1/ THREAD: After a large solar farm was proposed, it seemed to many in Knox County, Ohio that an anti-solar machine took over news and politics overnight. They were right. Here’s how fossil fuel interests shaped the conversation, and how the hometown paper’s new owners amplified it. 👇
I feel like we need an internet regulator with a job requirement of having been a forum moderator in the 2000s for at least a yearI feel like we need an internet regulator with a job requirement of having been a forum moderator in the 2000s for at least a year
![Online discussions are dominated by a surprisingly small, extremely vocal, and non-representative minority. Research on social media has found that, while only 3 % of active accounts are toxic, they produce 33 % of all content [4]. Furthermore, 74 % of all online conflicts are started in just 1 % of communities [5], and 0.1 % of users shared 80 % of fake news [6,7]. Not only does this extreme minority stir discontent, spread misinformation, and spark outrage online, they also bias the meta-perceptions of most users who passively “lurk” online. This can lead to false polarization and pluralistic ignorance, which are linked to a number of problems including drug and alcohol use [8], intergroup hostility [9,10], and support for authoritarian regimes [11]. Furthermore, exposure to extreme content can normalize unhealthy and dangerous behavior. For example, teens exposed to extreme content related to alcohol consumption thought dangerous alcohol consumption was normative [12].](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_fullsize/plain/did:plc:jmte4w4x7ukciit6lci6ziau/bafkreiddm2btaao7h3fzhkrjkn3iel7ppeihtycfzca7wbqj7l2v3pcuda@jpeg)
Stand around and look somewhere between vaguely together and quietly brilliant but forget to tie the shorts.
And you may find yourself in a tight Congressional race; And you may find yourself in a beautiful house, with a beautiful wife; And you may tell yourself, "This is not my beautiful house;” And you may tell yourself, "This is not my beautiful wife!”
Florida is getting F*&^#d without lube right now. G-d clearly hates Ron Desantis and his hateful policy. I'm not gloating, his policies have tragic human consequences and this storm is going to kill people. Like his policies.
I feel so seen. I was dubious about the whole potato chip baked potato mash up. But yes plz.
