Okay the best political ad of the year is here from LA-DSA

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Sure, "I only read it for the articles". I think a lot of folks justify it to themselves that way. Which is why I focus on the key point of why *that doesn't matter*. It is not salient that the child rapist does a good job of shining your shoes or whatever.

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I just think it's dishonest to say that the politics are unavoidable on other platforms, but they are on X. Its *point* is its politics; you're just saying they exist at a level you find palatable. The guys who doxed my family aren't on the other platforms; they're followed by staff members on X.

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More to the point — people who stayed on the platform don't realize how inured to extremism they've become. They regularly get exposed to trending topics, and amplified content from verified accounts, that they would have recoiled from just a few years ago. I don't miss anything *not* being there.

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The library features open access materials and is entirely open source, a huge thank you to @moorefound.bsky.social for funding the development work that made this possible! library.opensciencehardware.org

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