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The platform doesn't do anything to promote actual engagement in conversation and instead actually provides tools that serve to only promote an echo chamber.

Any user that is seeking to promote one point of view can endlessly churn out tweets from their perspective. If anybody challenges them in any way, asks them to provide backing or evidence of some type, or provides any details disproving their claims all the user has to do is block that user and continue posting. The blocked user no longer has access to even view those tweets and anything challenging the preferred narrative is not even allowed into the conversation.

There is no limit to blocking people. You don't need justification to block somebody. I understand it's necessary to be able to block harassment but the way it's implemented goes well beyond that goal.

What is your application of oil for grilling? Just to keep the grates seasoned?

I said towards the candidate while only mentioning one candidate. That's not obfuscating in any way.

The Mitch McConnell campaign account got frozen after it was reported for posting a video that contained threats (towards the candidate), which is against the Twitter TOS.

I don't agree with this action, but it's consistent with their TOS. I don't believe I've seen other campaigns that have posted videos of people threatening the candidate so I can't make a judgement call about enforcement consistency.

I really don't believe it's Twitter's fault that a small subset of users are unable to follow the rules of their service. People get reported for breaking the rules and if they do it often enough they get banned. They can't relax their enforcement because one group of people breaks the rules more often.

There's some irony that his actions to avoid drawing attention ended up drawing attention because they're weren't at all consistent with the expected behaviors.

He could've played a table game like Blackjack, but he would've been subjected the scrutiny of a human dealer.

He could've used smaller denominations, but the reward may not have been worth the effort.

I would be willing to bet that today's theaters are both cleaner and have better projection and sound than any prior decade of their existence.

What resolution does Netflix stream at with Firefox?

Could you clarify what you mean by 'working overtime in Europe to create a welfare class' and 'going to inherit all the problems the US has'?

I always look at it as a kind of performance art, for people who would never admit that they like performance art. It's absurd, and it's ridiculous and it's a really fun live experience.

It could also be that accounts that take part in harassment/harassment adjacent behavior may already have a few strikes against them for similar things.

Pension costs are not unknowable - that sounds like a failure to plan for future costs.

Regarding the methodology, from the link:

Tone is judged from the perspective of the actor. Negative stories include stories where the actor is criticized directly. An example is a headline story where Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer criticized Trump when the Labor Department’s April economic report showed that fewer jobs were created than had been predicted. Schumer was quoted as saying, in part: “Eleven weeks into his administration, we have seen nothing from President Trump on infrastructure, on trade, or on any other serious job-creating initiative.”[8] Negative stories also consist of stories where an event, trend, or development reflects unfavorably on the actor. Examples are the stories that appeared under the headlines “President Trump’s approval rating hits a new low”[9] and “GOP withdraws embattled health care bill, handing major setback to Trump, Ryan.”[10]

Negative things happening to or because of somebody isn't indicative of bias in the reporting.

Led to believe by whom? People who have a vested interest in people believing it would be a short investigation.

CNBC, Politico and the Atlantic being flagged as liberal is evidence of the bias in the study.

I don't see anything odd. I see a lot of American scientists and inventors.

Yes, there are pretty good proxy items, even if you don't have exactly the same item. If they have wings from chain X in MFP, but you're at chain Y and you know chain X has a bigger order, or bigger wings, estimate and do your best. Use what you know about other comparable items.

He did say 'self-identified Nazis'. He's talking about people who call themselves Nazis.

Job growth in the US hasn't really changed considerably since the recession leveled out. It's been painfully steady.

https://data.bls.gov/timeseries/CES0000000001?output_view=ne...

But 1.5 miles in Phoenix is not necessarily as 1.5 miles elsewhere. The sun is oppressive and actively trying to kill you there.

GM had one of the first EVs in the 90s, the EV1. They jumped in before the technology was there.

They've also been working with gas-electric mixed technology with the Volt since 2010 and more recently the Bolt.