One thing I should have mentioned: Turn off the algorithms. Click the little star icon at the top right, switch to "Latest". If you have the default Home screen that'll optimize for en… (View Post)

The thing about Twitter is that it can be incredibly informative, but you're in control of your own stream, so if you're not working hard at making it informative, you can turn it into a to… (View Post)

If you're right that it won't be worth much, I think the implication is that some rich person will buy it and use it to promote whatever cause they're into. So the question is just whe… (View Post)

I wouldn't take that number at face value, polling in Russia on this issue right now is liable to have some problems with non-response bias, to put it mildly. (View Post)

I'm not saying Russian public opinion isn't fucked up but if you'd gone and interviewed a bunch of random British people during The Troubles or the Iraq war and picked out the maddest … (View Post)