Important WSJ story on Facebook's demotion of "civic" posts buried this indictment of journalistic practices:

"When newsfeed dialed back the reward for producing inflammatory posts on politics and health, some publishers switched to more sensationalistic crime coverage."

https://www.wsj.com/articles/facebook-politics-controls-zuckerberg-meta-11672929976

@paul good thing the security of that API was improved by ::checks notes:: enumerated verified status

i'd like to add you to my professional network on #mastodon

Checked back on my dormant Twitter account for the hell of it.

Literally the only thing in my DMs and mentions were bitcoin scams.

I see “freedum” is going well.

the GOP is down; it is time to kick them. (and save the world economy at the same time.)

I know many of you are here after exiting Twitter. I understand why. (Oh, do I.) I hope you’ll also consider joining our growing community at America, America, where democracy and justice are the heart of the matter and people are treated with respect.
https://america.substack.com/

New piece on the sad House spectacle coming in the morning.

As a long-time Tweetbot user, I’ve been frustrated by the various Mastodon clients I’ve tried on iOS. Today I signed up to alpha-test @ivory, and with a cumulative 10 minutes of use under my belt, I feel like I’ve come home. I’ll happily to pay for this when it’s released.

Footage of #KevinMcCarthy in the House Speaker's office reacting to his latest defeat 👀⤵️

This story is rock solid. Matt Schlapp accused of groping a male staffer on Herschel Walker's campaign -- and the campaign offered "nothing but support" for the staffer at the time.

Schlapp has allowed the most horrific anti-LGBTQ bile at CPAC. Another GOP hypocrite.

Still at the Capitol in case there is real movement. Looking at the portraits.

Sources - Harbaugh & ⁦‪@UMichFootball‬⁩ under
under NCAA investigation!
https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/35386658/jim-harbaugh-expects-stay-michigan-nfl-reports

“A staffer for Herschel Walker’s Senate campaign has alleged to The Daily Beast that longtime Republican activist Matt Schlapp made ‘sustained and unwanted and unsolicited’ sexual contact with him while the staffer was driving Schlapp back from an Atlanta bar this October”: https://www.thedailybeast.com/herschel-walker-staffer-matt-schlapp-groped-my-crotch?ref=wrap

@donieosullivan @adamlevinecnn followed ✅

The relentlessly evil Saudi regime is imprisoning Wikipedia participants. https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/jan/05/saudi-arabia-jails-two-wikipedia-staff-in-bid-to-control-content

@bkeegan Next stop: The U.S. Capitol

Footage of #KevinMcCarthy in the House Speaker's office reacting to his latest defeat 👀⤵️

My preschooler can count to 20 in Spanish and English. Beyond 20, it gets a little fuzzy. I believe that still makes her more qualified to be Speaker than Kevin McCarthy.

Kevin's constituents can't see him embarrassing himself because there are widespread power outages in-and-around Bakersfield. So, he's got that going for him.

I was up until 4 am waiting for our power to be restored— and I wake up to news of Kevin McCarthy being a 7-time loser

BREAKING NEWS: Kevin McCarthy has just lost the votes to be Speaker of the House for the SEVENTH time.

The Republican chaos, crisis, and confusion continues.