Neil

Neil

@neilbert.bsky.social

I am going to make it through this year if it kills me.

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Wil Wheaton ❌👑
@wilwheaton.net

"On Tuesday, in the wake of perhaps the most catastrophic vote in American history, Schumer immediately ran off to post this on Elon Musk’s crooked social media platform. It might be the most 2025 Democratic thing I have ever seen"

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Kate Starbird
@katestarbird.bsky.social

Fact-checking wasn’t “biased” against conservatives. Conservatives just shared more false content. If there’s a sportsball game and one team fouls four times as much, it’s not “biased” for the ref to call four times as many fouls against that team.

David Rand@dgrand.bsky.social

🚨In Nature🚨 Meta is dropping fact-checking to avoid anti-conservative bias- but is there actually evidence of bias? We this test empirically & find that conservatives * ARE suspended more * BUT share more misinfo So suspension isn't necessarily evidence of bias www.nature.com/articles/s41...

nature.comDifferences in misinformation sharing can lead to politically asymmetric sanctions - NatureWe find that conservatives tend to share more low-quality news through social media than liberals, and so even if technology companies enact politically neutral anti-misinformation policies, political...

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Andy Ihnatko
@ihnatko.bsky.social

AAAAAA IT'S ONE OF THOSE MYSTERY EVIL DRONES IT'S HOVERING RIGHT OVER ME AND IT ISN'T GOING AWAY WHAT DO I DO WHAT DO I… … woops ok its just the ceiling fan never mind

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Jason Bailey
@jasondashbailey.com

My favorite John Candy story, from character actor Troy Evans.

Jason Bailey@jasondashbailey.com

Good morning! If you’re making the wise decision to watch PLANES, TRAINS & AUTOMOBILES today, allow me to re-share one of my all-time fave pieces: for @vanityfair.com, my oral history of the greatest Thanksgiving movie ever! www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/20...

vanityfair.com'Planes, Trains and Automobiles' at 35: An Oral History of One of the Most Beloved Road Movies Ever MadeStarring Steve Martin and John Candy, the John Hughes road trip comedy had a nearly four-hour runtime at one point. Hear from cast, crew, and Hughes' family about the classic.

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