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5 core points:1. The polls are off. They have always been an approximate instrument (especially when->)2. The election is tight (because...

5 core points:
1. The polls are off. They have always been an approximate instrument (especially when->)
2. The election is tight (because ->)
3. We are at the height of the current polarization cycle
4. Swing voters (not swing states) will decide this election,by voting against their party.They are not likely to disclose this to a pollster, or even, to family members.
5. Young voters will also decide this election -they do not respond to last century measures like polls/conventional outreach

Join us!https://las.uic.edu/events/las-faculty-research-symposium-ai-impact/

Join us!

https://las.uic.edu/events/las-faculty-research-symposium-ai-impact/

It was a polite debate, not a civil one🤥 lying ≠ civility

It was a polite debate, not a civil one

🤥 lying ≠ civility

. . . With factcheck - w/out factcheck . . . Opt ins to fact checks What’s the point of having journalists moderate then?

. . . With factcheck - w/out factcheck

. . . Opt ins to fact checks

What’s the point of having journalists moderate then?

https://yalebooks.yale.edu/2024/08/26/a-most-normal-election-cycle/There are lots of things new about this (shorter) US election cycle, and...

https://yalebooks.yale.edu/2024/08/26/a-most-normal-election-cycle/

There are lots of things new about this (shorter) US election cycle, and this may be a good thing. I wrote about how long election cycles are harmful for democracies, linking to my latest book, After Democracy: Imagining our Political Future (YUP)

TikTok is this election’s Twitter and it’s a vibe Republicans are not getting

TikTok is this election’s Twitter and it’s a vibe Republicans are not getting

Regardless of what happens in November in the US, yesterday's sotu (nicknamed stfu), was a cathartic experience for many.There were...

Regardless of what happens in November in the US, yesterday's sotu (nicknamed stfu), was a cathartic experience for many.

There were things that needed to be said out loud, to us in the US, and to the world, so that we do not lose sight of who we are. And they were so uttered.

Lady, i’m worried that the year is 2024, it’s women’s day tomorrow, and you still speaking to the nation from your kitchen with a full...

Lady, i’m worried that the year is 2024, it’s women’s day tomorrow, and you still speaking to the nation from your kitchen with a full view of your kitchen sink in the back #sotu

He’s back people

He’s back people

Here’s a fun interview I did this past week, in Taz - in German, obvi.„Screens werden...

Here’s a fun interview I did this past week, in Taz - in German, obvi.
„Screens werden verschwinden“

https://taz.de/Forscherin-ueber-Social-Media-der-Zukunft/!5991826/

chatted with ABC Australia on the past, present and future of Facebook. My take is that community does not scale, and that Meta is...

chatted with ABC Australia on the past, present and future of Facebook. My take is that community does not scale, and that Meta is distancing itself from further investment on Facebook and shifting focus to research and development of hardware. w/ my buddy Pablo Boczkowski who has smart things to say about gamification - our Trump and the Media volume could not be more relevant, btw! :-)

https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/radionational-breakfast/20-years-on-the-future-of-facebook-is-big-and-small/103474468

I was fortunate enough to chat on AI and Politics earlier this week, with two people I could talk with for hours and whose work I heart -...

I was fortunate enough to chat on AI and Politics earlier this week, with two people I could talk with for hours and whose work I heart - they have shaped our present and our future:
Andrea Guzman and Sam Woolley. Via NPR below:
https://will.illinois.edu/21stshow/story/is-our-democracy-prepared-for-artifical-intelligence?fbclid=IwAR3bCFYeuRBAUEcP5mrZZYZpPMFaRjDkb5DAuMbJ-OJFBdtBW7Y_79BehXg

Ah! I neglected to mention that I am quoted in The NY Times, in an article with a headline that most aligns with my aspirational self. In...

Ah! I neglected to mention that I am quoted in The NY Times, in an article with a headline that most aligns with my aspirational self.
In “Can Everyone be a Tastemaker?” I talk about the internet coming full circle, and how communities of taste do not scale without losing authenticity

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/21/style/perfectly-imperfect-newsletter.html?fbclid=IwAR1PuFT_LnbJaRnN0BJT0cW8qWwimXaYu-u4geHyOw6VrEEXwR3qx4NBvMc

My contribution to this year's Nieman's predictions for 2024 niemanlab.orgMy favorite quote below:Deepfakes are the land mines of...

My contribution to this year's Nieman's predictions for 2024 niemanlab.org

My favorite quote below:
Deepfakes are the land mines of the news business.

Plus I am very happy that I worked Jean Cocteau into a piece about the future of news✌️

https://www.niemanlab.org/2023/12/headlines-are-going-out-of-style/

He lived for an entire century

He lived for an entire century

Anybody at 4S?

Anybody at 4S?

https://journals.sagepub.com/.../10.1177/02673231231163750I was just made aware of this wonderful review of my latest book, After Democracy,...

https://journals.sagepub.com/.../10.1177/02673231231163750

I was just made aware of this wonderful review of my latest book, After Democracy, and by Stephen Coleman, nonetheless, who is a formative (and formidable) intellectual influence to my thinking about politics.🙏🙏🙏

Great to see so many expressing confident opinions about Israel and Palestine from the comfort of their couches. Hope the experience is...

Great to see so many expressing confident opinions about Israel and Palestine from the comfort of their couches. Hope the experience is self-affirming. Next time, try doing so from a place of less comfort.

Words of wisdom from my plumber, as he is fixing a leak while I’m watching the news this morning:“A little less religion; a little more...

Words of wisdom from my plumber, as he is fixing a leak while I’m watching the news this morning:
“A little less religion; a little more science”

Hey. If it needs to be a thread, maybe just go and write a blogpost or paper instead. Enough already with the threadsplaining.

Hey. If it needs to be a thread, maybe just go and write a blogpost or paper instead.

Enough already with the threadsplaining.