If you click on the blue check mark in legacy verified accounts, it still says they are “notable.” The nobility/peasant distinction persists! I think I remember that @elonmusk said he was going to get rid of *his* “notable” label. It’s still there. ….
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Dec 13, 2022
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December 13, 2022 at 12:22AM
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The key to getting a high-energy debate like this week’s is to piss Bob off by being late to the taping.**
** after he had graciously rescheduled.
https://t.co/T8vh7KyRel— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Dec 10, 2022
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December 10, 2022 at 05:08PM
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Figuring out how “#learntocode,” a non-racial, non-hateful but highly pointed (anti-globalist) response, got throttled would be a good place to start–as suggested here https://t.co/BnB6nuna0o https://t.co/ce2ZWJzrY3
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Dec 10, 2022
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December 10, 2022 at 04:00PM
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Such a benign, uncontroversial tactic (banning people from searches) that Twitter’s own employees weren’t told! … https://t.co/WZSjhAiSoa
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Dec 10, 2022
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December 10, 2022 at 03:45PM
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It’s now pretty clear what Twitter did (which fits what conservatives said was happening even if it didn’t fit Twitter’s own ultra-narrow definition of “shadowbanning.”)
The question is now ‘Who got throttled.’ … Sorry, I mean “deamplified.” https://t.co/YyEfHNkmvx
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Dec 10, 2022
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December 10, 2022 at 03:42PM
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One revelation: I’d always assumed it was Woke Millennials in relatively low-level jobs who busied themselves f–king up conservatives’ accounts (because they could). Turns out it was the highest levels of Twitter. https://t.co/Z052lHVHLx
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Dec 10, 2022
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December 10, 2022 at 03:20PM
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Good example of a minor story (Biden approval rises from 31% to 34% among small biz owners–MOE 3%) getting hyped because it fits, yes, The Narrative (in this case the theme of ‘Biden On a Roll’) https://t.co/MER0Xu9oMs
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Dec 10, 2022
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December 10, 2022 at 12:37AM
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“Silence that Charlie Kirk!” (Charlie Kirk, somewhat solipsistically describing the censoriat’s thought process on Ingraham today). Of all the shadowbanned accounts on this site, the Twitter Files people had to pick Charlie Kirk’s? A heavy price to pay for restoring free speech.
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Dec 10, 2022
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December 09, 2022 at 11:53PM
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Common Sense has become The Free Press? I liked Common Sense. https://t.co/gXgPDZxtKB
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Dec 10, 2022
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December 09, 2022 at 11:44PM
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Right. Agree. I thought I’d retweeted that tweet. I was trying to make the same point about their ultra-narrow definition. https://t.co/CS6kLygX9r
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Dec 9, 2022
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December 09, 2022 at 06:38PM
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New Parrot Room. It’s got a beat and you can dance to it. https://t.co/JY1ABlScOq
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Dec 9, 2022
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December 09, 2022 at 06:18PM
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“Undiscoverable to everyone except the person who posted it.” I don’t think that’s what anyone who complained about shadowbanning meant by “shadowbanned.” They meant somehow secretly limited their reach from what they would normally get. https://t.co/I4uWN21bwH
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Dec 9, 2022
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December 09, 2022 at 05:47PM
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Hello? If the border crisis disappears the Border Patrol don’t have jobs. https://t.co/5Vegq4ZOJ7
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Dec 9, 2022
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December 09, 2022 at 05:39PM
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Wrong! Year of Republicans Blowing It not yet complete! Final step is blowing control of the House https://t.co/GeLRebXhUf https://t.co/HPgtfZS3aY via @slate
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Dec 9, 2022
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December 09, 2022 at 05:26PM
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So @mattgaetz is going to elect a squish Republican speaker, beholden to Dems, who’ll let “bipartisan” immigration amnesty bills and God-knows-what-other terrible legislation get a vote on the House floor? What am I missing @RyanGirdusky? https://t.co/GeLRebXhUf
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Dec 9, 2022
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December 09, 2022 at 05:18PM
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Hmm … https://t.co/JrUApsdlxx
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Dec 9, 2022
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December 09, 2022 at 04:46PM
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Now we’re getting somewhere. @elonmusk, @bariweiss and @mtaibbi should publish the full list of every account that was ‘visibility filtered,’ no?Why not? https://t.co/aYmGYAdr9d
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Dec 9, 2022
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December 09, 2022 at 01:31PM
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Yikes. https://t.co/LQBvmtwGDa
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Dec 9, 2022
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December 09, 2022 at 01:25AM
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Weak! https://t.co/25tuZHKX5c
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Dec 9, 2022
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December 09, 2022 at 01:22AM
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Translation: It’s a great deal for loose-borders lobby. It wil “facilitate asylum”–ie economic migration. (The brief Title 42 resurrection seems like a fig leaf to make it seem like the Dems are making big concessions.) https://t.co/HF7ke317k8
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Dec 8, 2022
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December 08, 2022 at 03:06PM
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Here’s a book on the importance of social equality! https://t.co/By1MpO0Rk2
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Dec 8, 2022
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December 08, 2022 at 02:27PM
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Concrete implication: Mass immigration of non-college workers isn’t solution to decline in labor-force participation-it’s a major cause of it. Exerts downward pressure on wages, lowering status more. Vicious cycle in which we give up on US workers, keep importing more to fill gap https://t.co/gfIYEJq2xG
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Dec 8, 2022
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December 08, 2022 at 02:24PM
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Gauzy implication: Efforts to promote social equality –ie equal status –(through eg national service, public spaces etc) are not only good in themselves but also pro-growth. Might help solve gnawing economic problem 2/x https://t.co/9XXUQBOw5x
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Dec 8, 2022
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December 08, 2022 at 02:14PM
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Wage inequality causes non-college men to drop out of labor force due to perceived lack of status (despite the best efforts of country music). [via @EllisItems] Seems v-important; rings true 1/x https://t.co/zbZOIf1OJ8
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Dec 8, 2022
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December 08, 2022 at 02:11PM
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Buzzfeed crashing. A nation mourns https://t.co/m7vxuhWr2v
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Dec 8, 2022
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December 08, 2022 at 02:09AM
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