Mike Mathews @[email protected]

A thread for today & even more for tomorrow

@IAmPoliticsGirl Few steps are effective & practical. Checking "Lists I'm On" is one step, but you're likely targeted by disinformation agencies using legit accounts to track & filter posts w/proprietary tools to send botnet responses. Best to move to alt response channels for dedicated convos.

I’m not tech savvy enough to understand how every post I make immediately has 100+ comments from “people” (with often less than 1K followers) who just HATE me. I’m clearly on some bot or MAGA alert list, but how do I get off? Sincere question.

After an incident of mass violence, the first question we often ask is why? Our latest piece seeks to help us better understand what we should be thinking about when trying to answer this question. Unfortunately the reason is usually never simple.

The assassination attempt on Trump at a rally this wknd is the latest example of a larger ongoing trend of violence against public officials & politicians amid growing political polarization in the US. @KatKeneally talks to @NBCNews about it. isdglobal.org/isd-in-the-new…

We want to thank @NicolaMathieso3, @KatKeneally, @jacob_p_davey, @MoustafaAyad, @TheARConsortium, @ICSR_Centre, and the other anonymous contributors who lent their valuable expertise to this project. To learn more about GNET, please visit our website: gnet-research.org/#

@skyvistaphoto @TamithaSkov @AuroraNotify @spacewxwatch @spaceyliz @NWSSWPC Beautiful! I'm hoping for views tonight from the north side of Mt Hood

It took a while but #Aurora finally appeared in northcentral #Oregon over the harvested wheat fields near Wasco 4:15 am PDT. Pre-dawn Auroras are some of my faves, crescent moon up also. #northernlights #Auroraborealis @TamithaSkov @AuroraNotify @spacewxwatch @spaceyliz @NWSSWPC

Snowing in Cedar Hills #pdxtst

It's not often that you see an event with three black men under 40 who've won Pulitzer Prizes in conversation with one another. Come join us at @BKBF Oct 1. Excited to be sharing the stage with @ToluseO and @WesleyLowery. Deets here: brooklynbookfestival.org/event/from-mis…

In defense of YouTube’s 1/10 feature… I think it’s supposed to help you only compare to your own personal best… Vs judging your content against the whole of YouTube. I think it’s easy for smaller YouTubers to get caught up in keeping up with the Jones’s when it comes to the channels they watch, Vs the channel they are building…

@jennyhKOIN He was one of the reasons I went to J-school

A look at Mike’s career… he covered quite a lot in his 40+ years at KOIN koin.com/news/mike-dona…

A general lack of understanding the subject answers all 3 questions. A lack of deeply understanding the core business answers the difference between A & B.

Can relate. Use a password manager.

Thoughts? Is this just new platform excitement or true engagement? businessinsider.com/threads-outper…

@SethCotlar Gee, another PR move by DS, cue another discussion on government regulating speech

Remembering our first Earth Day in 1970, kinda feeling "told you so!"🤨

@elonmusk I fart 5m pv a month, where's my paycheck? I cannot afford to pay for twitter blue I'm in poverty

'Tis a sad day in West Coast brewing culture

@ChristopOConnor No quibble on the 1896 start or 1st Craft Brewery moniker, but Portland's Blitz-Weinhard Brewing began in 1856. OTOH, my dad, a 1940s printer's devil & ink runner, recalled fetching ink pitchers of Anchor Steam on Friday's for HS Crocker press crew. RIP memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/map_it…

"Anchor was established in San Francisco in 1896 and was the country's first craft brewery" abc7news.com/anchor-steam-b…

@ZakirSpeaks Thanks for correcting that, but I'm not sure it makes much difference in the FTC's blinded eyes.

Republican AGs read "1984" this summer & decided it is a manual to follow instead of a warning on fascism cbsnews.com/news/republica…