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It takes you 20 paragraphs to get to the part of the article where they admit that Mamdani isn't paying the influencers and the reason they are posting videos of the stuff Mamdani is doing is because people are interested in watching it.

The mayor’s office says that it does not pay the influencers. Still, their proximity and access to a figure as popular as Mr. Mamdani can help increase their own social media following and, by extension, potentially put them in a position to attract paid content sponsorships from commercial brands. Some influencers said that when they feature Mr. Mamdani, the videos get more likes and viewers watch longer.
Justin Hendrix@justinhendrix.bsky.social · 4d ago

"Mr. Mamdani is a master of new media... But as mayor, he has also been able to use taxpayer funds to create a sprawling network of hundreds of friendly influencers to boost his priorities, provide positive depictions of his administration and enhance his popularity."

all the DC folks on my timeline are freaking out about "near 70 mph" gusts... i'm very torn between "stay safe out there" and "y'all are such babies"

SDPB news article excerpt:

"That day we had a first strong wave of southwesterly winds between 50 and 70 miles an hour," said Woodward.

"So that got everything loosened up and pushed in a direction that's not typical for our high winds," he continued. "So everything that was used to getting hit by strong northwest winds was now all of a sudden getting hit by these strong southwesterly winds."

Woodward said overnight the winds shifted back to the northwest with record-breaking gusts in the 60-90 mph range lasting for four to eight hours – longer than a typical windstorm in the region. Near downtown Rapid City, a 101 mph wind gust was recorded at 3:12 a.m. on Dec. 18.

i've really been struggling with S3 of Silo: wooden dialogue, baffling character decisions, and glacial pacing. deeply, deeply unfortunate that they absolutely nailed the last 2 episodes of the season, because now I'm locked in for S4. worst possible outcome imo

military general: we must keep our powder dry me (was hoping i’d be offered some matcha): ah yeah no for sure. kinda late anyway general (thinks i'm saying it's too dark to fight): agreed me (confirming): we'll drink matcha tomorrow general (thinks i'm doing a "dine in hell" thing): that we will

people ask me if i listen to bieber and i smile simply and say simply yes. Then I show them this and they lose their fucking shit

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