LilFukStik

The NYT published a link to critical original reporting on Iran 45 minutes ago. A good, fair story. They have 53m followers. The engagement metrics you display say they got 94 likes and 33 retweets out of that. Is that accurate? And if so, shouldn't you work on a better algo?

It's not my data. The source is Cluvio, which is linked to in the article. I'd link to it in this tweet, but ironically, that would kill engagement. And I know that traffic is hard to count. Especially for a private company. But if you have more accurate data, then publish it.

To be fair, Hiram Maxim achieved the first powered flight a decade before the Wright bothers, with a huge airplane that lifted three occupants off the ground. The Wrights, very importantly, demonstrated controlled powered flight, which made the airplane practical.

The word `expert` in media has come to mean pundit with davos-liberal talking points

The left has officially abandoned reality 🤡 If a father took his child to a doctor to surgically remove an eye so the child could “identify” with him, he would be arrested for even considering it. Yet, when it comes to permanent, life-altering "gender-affirming" surgeries and hormones for minors, the left calls it “healthcare,” which is not proven to benefit them in any way It’s time to stop the madness. We are talking about the permanent disfigurement of children who don't really understand what's happening to them, based on zero conclusive long-term evidence. Instead, some deranged adults convince them through indoctrination. We need to press pause, protect kids, and return to common sense before more lives are irreversibly damaged Enough is enough

Tell the truth. Whatever cunning alternative heuristic you have is worse.

Hungary did slash benefits for asylum seekers and refugees in 2016: April cuts ended pocket money and work rights; June eliminated integration aid, housing, and health extensions for recognized refugees. Asylum apps: ~177k in 2015 → 29k in 2016 (83% drop) → 3.4k in 2017 (98% from 2015 peak). The drop started with the 2015 border fence and 2016 push-backs (8-km rule), which blocked most entries. Welfare cuts added to the deterrent, but physical barriers were the bigger factor. Data from Eurostat, Hungarian Helsinki Committee, and IOM.