Notices by Brendan Nyhan (brendannyhan@mastodon.social)

Where we are as a country

How Mastodon is repeating the failures of open source software https://blog.bloonface.com/2023/06/12/why-did-the-twittermigration-fail/

🔥🔥🔥 https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/02/opinion/supreme-court-john-roberts-contempt.html?unlocked_article_code=vszDpuQuDfNXLXPbxmt6Gmpf7pON00k9TyyreB9iqW5gR4DX3X86yATY-ZCSzKv9yYBA5mgsVgEuz9sekUOPKF1nZizliPNJ_h0uYzWIDT9VH2rbvNfOsBlDJuCHRBbRKcdyOvEsprWNPzYN8uiBlO7qTSMoJisBLdnH8bGc5hR0v039JmK113VAX23XRSEQfX6In3tv641mIHgFUf1ll6tfmGCgejgp6yn_5_heA7P3S8BFIUOyef3Q5itTuTkxTPdOK53bHFHBh9E39wh25SthLPI8sSXCf3Zaoj9gtUmzGYZM1QziNOhMvOJWS95lGj2tMKJPKCGPrKaGBRwXN24JLwNjIDCg3p-iZRKC&smid=url-share

Powerful https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/05/23/alabama-governors-death-penalty-regret/

Periodic recommendation of a product I couldn't live without - Sanebox https://www.sanebox.com/signup/921ba0c638/c

Completely changes your level of control over your email inbox while working with your existing accounts. Nothing like it on the market AFAIK.

Easily the most important 2024 story relative to the level of coverage it receives https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/19/us/politics/no-labels-president-manchin.html

No big deal, just the supervisor of the Intelligence branch of the DC police's Homeland Security Bureau being indicted for sharing sensitive information with the leader of the Proud Boys (a violent extremist group) before and after January 6 https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/23816948-lamonds-indictment

Japan Can’t Pass the Buck Anymore - important NYT op-ed from my colleague Jennifer Lind https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/18/opinion/japan-united-states-china-military.html

What would you say if you saw it in another country?

Sadly I knew this was coming. Thought it would be Trump first but makes sense that RDS would try to outflank him on it.

C̶o̶m̶p̶u̶t̶e̶r̶s̶ ̶w̶i̶l̶l̶ ̶m̶a̶g̶i̶c̶a̶l̶l̶y̶ ̶s̶o̶l̶v̶e̶ ̶v̶a̶r̶i̶o̶u̶s̶ ̶c̶o̶m̶p̶l̶e̶x̶ ̶s̶o̶c̶i̶a̶l̶,̶ ̶e̶c̶o̶n̶o̶m̶i̶c̶,̶ ̶a̶n̶d̶ ̶p̶o̶l̶i̶t̶i̶c̶a̶l̶ ̶p̶r̶o̶b̶l̶e̶m̶s̶
T̶h̶e̶ ̶I̶n̶t̶e̶r̶n̶e̶t̶ ̶w̶i̶l̶l̶ ̶m̶a̶g̶i̶c̶a̶l̶l̶y̶ ̶s̶o̶l̶v̶e̶ ̶v̶a̶r̶i̶o̶u̶s̶ ̶c̶o̶m̶p̶l̶e̶x̶ ̶s̶o̶c̶i̶a̶l̶,̶ ̶e̶c̶o̶n̶o̶m̶i̶c̶,̶ ̶a̶n̶d̶ ̶p̶o̶l̶i̶t̶i̶c̶a̶l̶ ̶p̶r̶o̶b̶l̶e̶m̶s̶
S̶o̶c̶i̶a̶l̶ ̶m̶e̶d̶i̶a̶ ̶w̶i̶l̶l̶ ̶m̶a̶g̶i̶c̶a̶l̶l̶y̶ ̶s̶o̶l̶v̶e̶ ̶v̶a̶r̶i̶o̶u̶s̶ ̶c̶o̶m̶p̶l̶e̶x̶ ̶s̶o̶c̶i̶a̶l̶,̶ ̶e̶c̶o̶n̶o̶m̶i̶c̶,̶ ̶a̶n̶d̶ ̶p̶o̶l̶i̶t̶i̶c̶a̶l̶ ̶p̶r̶o̶b̶l̶e̶m̶s̶
AI will magically solve various complex social, economic, and political problems

I've lived through this cycle a few times before https://www.slowboring.com/p/im-skeptical-that-powerful-ai-will

What would you say if you saw it in another country? https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/11/us/politics/trump-2024-cnn-town-hall.html

Tell me again how the 2022 election ended the threat to democracy and the rule of law in this country https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/11/us/politics/trump-2024-cnn-town-hall.html

Cable news, everybody!

There are issues that are complicated. This is not.

No Labels scheme won't win but could blow up 2024. Still underrated as a threat to destabilize the race. Hard to imagine it wouldn't hurt Biden, though I want to see data.

Old enough to remember when CNN gave Trump saturation coverage in the 2016 primary race, helping to crowd out his challengers. Here we go again?

https://www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2023/04/heading-toward-a-surreal-event-horizon

The exodus continues

Face-eating leopards, etc. https://www.thebulwark.com/so-much-for-elon-musk-free-speech-warrior/