Daniel Malmer
@malmer.com
PhD student researching media, political communication, and extremism. Software developer turned computational social scientist. This is a Frieren stan account.
California passed a redistricting proposition by 30%. Republican sheriff and gubernatorial candidate seizes ballots to "investigate" right-wing conspiracy crackpottery. Gifted.
Defiant GOP sheriff seizes more election materials as feud over his probe escalates
Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco’s actions are being challenged in multiple courts, with state officials and democracy advocates arguing they’re illegal.
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He is learning in real time that NATO is not an organization of aggression, unlike what Putin and Fox News keep saying.
News Eye@newseye.bsky.social · 8mo agoUPDATE ON THE HORMUZ COALITION (Mon, March 16): 🇫🇷 France: REJECTED 🇬🇧 UK: REJECTED 🇮🇹 Italy: REJECTED 🇪🇸 Spain: REJECTED 🇯🇵 Japan: REJECTED 🇳🇴 Norway: REJECTED 🇨🇦 Canada: REJECTED 🇦🇺 Australia: REJECTED 🇩🇪 Germany: REJECTED 🇨🇳 China: NO RESPONSE 🇳🇱 Netherlands: NO RESPONSE 🇰🇷 South Korea: NO CONFIRMATION
Liberal professors: I’m afraid I or my students may get deported for wrongthink. Conservative professors: we feel more liberated now that other ppl aren’t stating their pronouns. I’m not being glib. It’s another great example of how Harper’s Letter-ed any both-sides take on speech ends up being.
Kathleen Bachynski@bachynski.bsky.social · 7mo ago“Dr. Pilloud said that she felt like she had to present ideas that were not scientifically sound — such as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s new, and widely disputed, guidance about vaccines” I realize I am fortunate, but I genuinely cannot imagine doing this.
Seems bad! - Gamblers trying to win a bet on Polymarket are vowing to kill me if I don’t rewrite an Iran missile story www.timesofisrael.com/gamblers-try...
Gamblers trying to win a bet on Polymarket are vowing to kill me if I don’t rewrite an Iran missile story
Bettors are using death threats to try to get The Times of Israel's military correspondent to change his report on a missile impact in central Israel. This is his alarming account
timesofisrael.com
Watching the New York City morning news and lol at Rosanna Scotto for wishing the Oscars were “less political.”
Are they still going to impose tariffs on the islands where only penguins live?
Zee207702🇨🇦🍁🍃🎃🐈⬛@zee207702.bsky.social · 8mo agoLike I said, they’re trying to rig the tariff game again… www.cbc.ca/news/world/t...
I'm new to event promotion is it bad if you have to give away 85,000 tickets?
Dana White: UFC to issue 85,000 free tickets for White House card
The UFC plans to make 85,000 free tickets available to the public for its unprecedented live event at the White House on June 14, according to CEO Dana White.
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Is there a betting market where I can place a wager that Pete Hegseth will eventually defend his handling of Iran by saying "in my defense, I was really drunk at the time"?
a man with his hands on his face and the word accurate written on the bottom
Alt: Bill Hader as his Stefon character on SNL. Cups his hands and says accurate.
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The Onion@theonion.com · 8mo agoMAGA Voter Claims She Loves High Gas Prices https://theonion.com/maga-voter-claims-she-loves-high-gas-prices/
A flop-sweating Pete Hegseth closing his incoherent Iran briefing with a passage from Scripture. Dude isn't skilled enough to do introductions at a Des Moines Chamber of Commerce meeting.
I haven’t been online a lot, so maybe this has already been thoroughly discussed, but Trump doesn’t expect to win the next Nobel Peace Prize in spite of his attack on Iran, he expects to win because of it.
Another attempt by Trump to return to the early 1970’s, Florsheim’s golden days. You don’t have to be Dr Freud to know his dad wore them.
Dave Itzkoff@ditzkoff.bsky.social · 8mo agoEverything’s fine
Last I checked, Dorsey followed—and I assume still follows—several white nationalists. It's evidently important to him that everyone sees their posts, whether they want to or not.
Lol to the jabronis tone policing people saying Hegseth never literally said this war in Iran was for Jesus, well here you go
Catherine Rampell@crampell.bsky.social · 8mo agoWhat does this imply for those of us who are not Christian, and who labor under the assumption that we're protected by the First Amendment?
Magas love the military, as long as they're just murderbots.
Sherrilyn Ifill@sifill.bsky.social · 8mo agoThe video of a United States Senator joining the violent removal of U.S. marine from a hearing and hideously breaking his arm in a door is an example of what has been unleashed in this country. They’re tapping in to get in on the violence. And then he bragged about it on X later.
She got fired and all she can think about is how much she regrets not doing more violence.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 8mo agoKristi Noem: "It reminded me of the quote that is often attribute to George Orwell that states, 'People sleep peacefully in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf.'"
Jesse going with “people who’ve dedicated their lives to this issue have reached a different conclusion than I have, must be misinformation.”
Erin Reed@erininthemorning.com · 8mo agoJesse Singal now appears to be siding with Ken Paxton on forced mental health conversion therapy for trans youth.
“In order to connect with young men in America, we need to support those systems most effective as taking their money.”
Henry Burke@henryburke.bsky.social · 8mo agoObama Campaign Manager Jim Messina is up on stage as the last event of the day. He cites being anti crypto, anti prediction markets and anti gambling as why Democrats are losing young men. Messina is on the board of Blockchain .com and lobbied for the American Gaming Association
I try to include his name in posts about him for this reason.
Lewis (decrepit fungus)@lewis-fungus.bsky.social · 8mo agoI'm sure I've missed a lot of solid jokes in the past couple years, but immediately muting his name has made this place way more bearable
This is one of the problems with anthropomorphizing institutions. “The New York Times” didn’t decide whether or not something was true. People different perspectives and opinions, and ultimately people in positions of power made a decision.
Jill Filipovic@jillfilipovic.bsky.social · 8mo agoWhat has the New York Times published knowing it was false? They don't always get the story right, and they issue corrections when they're wrong, but that's a pretty weighty claim to make.
It just doesn’t stop with Platner. Lying about a Nazi tattoo; dogwhistling Protocols of Elders of Zion; retweeting a Holocaust denier; and now this. Dont tell me this is converting MAGA. It is MAGA. www.yahoo.com/news/article...
Platner sat for lengthy interview with antisemitic conspiracy theorist, said he was ‘longtime fan’ of his show
Weeks before Graham Platner promoted an antisemitic conspiracy theorist in a now-deleted social media post on Thursday, the controversial Maine Senate candidate appeared on a popular YouTube show whos...
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In case you're wondering how some sectors of the Christian right are seeing Trump's war in Iran, I've just read several articles seeing a prophetic meaning in a coincidence of Trump's strikes, the assassination of Khameni, and a blood moon occurring on Purim (tomorrow).
Talk by @safiyanoble.bsky.social at UNC-CH tonight! Come say hi if you can make it! Data in Society, Not Data As Society Time: 5–7pm Location: Swain Hall
Data In Society, Not Data As Society - Department of Communication
UNCCOMM welcomes Dr. Safiya Noble, UCLA Professor, to Swain Hall on 3/2 at 5pm for a research talk and Q/A session. Her academic research focuses on the internet and its impact on society.
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