Clay Stark

just to get this straight: > elon buys twitter > axes the ministry of truth and the thought police > ppl start saying what they actually think > legacy blue-checks horrified, “this is a nazi platform now” > likes go private > users start liking what they actually like, finally honest signals, preferences align > more moderate takes get traction > instant cries of “algorithm rigged” > the “open-minded” liberals start fleeing the platform, “saving democracy” by silencing themselves > election rolls around, public opinion reflected in real-time > turns out the average user isn’t a zealot, just wants normalcy and X is the signal, not the noise > libs panic, label X a far-right echo chamber & bail (shoutout cuban, yann, lemon) >... > profit??? like, what's their point? as soon as ppl’s real opinions come out, these “liberals” want out. true liberals should want the ideological battleground, right? they’d be ready to debate, to test their ideas in the arena. instead, it’s clear that the only freedom they ever wanted was the freedom to control others. real liberalism is openness to disagreement pure authoritarian impulse masquerading as tolerance.

Told my team after a huge rival road win that I don’t want them to go to class next week to lock in on the MAC Tournament! Most of them got excited and were like REALLY?!? I said yes. I’m dead serious. They were excited until a few of them said… “it’s Spring break next week”

Shohei Ohtani announces he is signing with the Dodgers.