You do see, though, that both the statements in that cartoon are true?

Will Stancil

whstancil.bsky.social

25 September 2026 13:03

Over the last few months people who like to say things like “don’t be a chart pervert” have become obsessed with this particular chart, because it looks how they want and they think it supports their narrative. But it’s actually a weird measure that doesn’t really reflect how people are doing.

Will Stancil

whstancil.bsky.social

13 September 2026 19:14

I’ve identified the worst account and worst rhetorical tic on Bluesky

Tom Nichols

radiofreetom.bsky.social

05 September 2026 10:39

In the same way that I sometimes argue here about Reagan not to defend Reagan, but to fix the messed-up history some people believe, I am doing the same thing now. You can believe that the ACA was a good thing, and like it. But Obama *did* lie about it. That's the record.

Will Stancil

whstancil.bsky.social

04 September 2026 22:18

You can try to rationalize it all you want, but the core of anti-data-center politics is a shared belief that data centers are imbued with some kind of [Unspecified Badness] such that no one should want to be around them. People fill in the blank with whatever makes sense to them.