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Will Jennings📉🗳️
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I research and write about politics, public policy, public opinion, polls, elections, geography, place, trust. I run on espresso.

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Will Jennings📉🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · May 12

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Gavin Kelly @gavin-kelly.bsky.social · 1h
Want to use evidence (and your judgment) to improve society? Come and be a trustee of @nuffieldfoundation.org. Exciting times ahead.

www.saxbam.com/appointment/...
Nuffield Foundation
The Nuffield Foundation seeks a new member of its Board of Trustees. The Nuffield Foundation tackles the UK’s biggest social challenges by funding
www.saxbam.com

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Sharon @sharonk.bsky.social · 7h
man if they can't sell CNN on this...
The video evidence also appears to undermine elements of the government’s narrative of what happened. CNN’s analysis found that while the Department of Homeland Security claims that Good was “blocking” ICE agents, multiple cars – including one driven by Ross – were able to drive around Good’s vehicle before the shooting.

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Better Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 8h
The people of Minnesota are sending their tax money to the federal government and in turn the federal government has cut them off from funding and sent armed goons to terrorize their cities. I'm not sure what else to call this

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8h
We evacuated our kids out of Minneapolis this weekend and my spouse reports that as she drove them out of town she saw "multiple freeway exits where people are being pulled over." It feels like the Twin Cities is being subjugated by a hostile occupying force.

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Matt DeLong @mattdelong.bsky.social · 9h
Not an exaggeration at all to say that the feeling in Minneapolis is that the entire metro area is being treated as occupied territory by federal agents. Impossible to overstate how overwhelmingly people here do not like it. This does not feel sustainable.

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Will Jennings📉🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · 10h
The average daily X user is on the platform for 6 minutes a day.
sundersays.bsky.social Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 11h
Daily users on X

May 2023: 9.5m
May 2024: 8.6m (-0.9m)
May 2025: 6.9m (-1.7m)

This msy go below 6m by Spring 2026, though LinkedIn around 5m, so would need a year as bad as 2024-25

But down 30% in 24 months, 2023-25, while Reddit doubled to 7m/day and 29.4m per month (10m ahead of Twitter!)

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Eric Holthaus @ericholthaus.com · 11h
Welcome to Minnesota, fuckers. Also this is super disturbing because the ICE agent's assault rifle appears to fire as he falls down.

This was filmed by a friend near Chicago and Lake last night.

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Rex Huppke @rexhuppke.bsky.social · 11h
1/ Worth noting, I think, is that Trump/Vance/right-wing-chorus response to the murder of Renee Nicole Good is INTENTIONALLY cruel. It is a choice. A decision. I don't think anything can justify the ICE agent's actions. But, the administration could stand by the agent and make its self-defense...

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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 11h
Daily users on X

May 2023: 9.5m
May 2024: 8.6m (-0.9m)
May 2025: 6.9m (-1.7m)

This msy go below 6m by Spring 2026, though LinkedIn around 5m, so would need a year as bad as 2024-25

But down 30% in 24 months, 2023-25, while Reddit doubled to 7m/day and 29.4m per month (10m ahead of Twitter!)

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Will Jennings📉🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · 11h
This is users, not engagement, too.

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Will Jennings📉🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · 11h
X is dying.
sundersays.bsky.social Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 11h
Monthly users on X
May 2023: 24.3m
May 2024: 22.1m (-2.1m)
May 2025: 18.9m (-1.8m)

On this trajectory, the monthly X users in the UK could easily dip below 18m now & so may fall behind surprisingly high monthly users of LinkedIn (18.4m in 2025) by May 2026!

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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 11h
Monthly users on X
May 2023: 24.3m
May 2024: 22.1m (-2.1m)
May 2025: 18.9m (-1.8m)

On this trajectory, the monthly X users in the UK could easily dip below 18m now & so may fall behind surprisingly high monthly users of LinkedIn (18.4m in 2025) by May 2026!

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Will Jennings📉🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · 11h
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MPR News @mprnews.org · 13h
Federal immigration officers are pulling out of a Louisiana crackdown and heading to Minneapolis in an abrupt pivot from an operation that drew protests around New Orleans and aimed to make thousands of arrests, according to documents obtained by The Associated Press.
Federal officers are leaving Louisiana immigration crackdown for Minneapolis, documents show
Documents obtained by The Associated Press show that federal border agents are pulling out of a Louisiana immigration crackdown and heading to Minneapolis.
www.mprnews.org

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 13h
Trump talks about Denmark and Greenland just now: "The fact that they landed a boat there 500 years ago doesn't mean that they own the land."

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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 14h
Road report:

-I haven't done anything on Xitter since Nov 2024.

-Via someone's account, recently trawled through the main news feed.

It actually is shocking. Between the Grok-generated sexploitation, and white-supremacist cheerleading, that's most of the feed.

No "real" org should be there.

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Emily Farris @emayfarris.bsky.social · 15h
Calling someone a "fucking bitch" and denying them medical attention after shooting them sure seems like what someone would do if they wanted to murder them.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 15h
i just watched this video and the fact that they believe this to be exculpatory is genuinely insane

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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 15h
In the video that the shooter took, which I believe was leaked to be exculpatory, he appears to yell “fucking bitch” after he shoots Renee Good.

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Fucking Bitch Hat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 15h
/7 Prosecuting a cop for misconduct, let alone murder, is the hardest prosecution you can do in America. Thanks to America’s culture it’s like trying to convict a fucking kitten for high treason. It’s like trying to convict Jesus. You just cannot rush over confidently into that.

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Skye @simplyskye.bsky.social · 15h
AOC: “I understand that VP Vance believes shooting a young mother of three in the face three times is an acceptable America that he wants to live in, & I do not — That is a fundamental difference between VP Vance & I — I do not believe the American people should be assassinated in the street”

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Anthony Painter @anthonypainter.bsky.social · 16h
The DG of the BBC said this week that it remains on X because it has to reach a worldwide audience.

40m followers....

40k views and 92 likes.

A local Facebook group has more reach.
88C NEWS WORLD BBC News (World) 008 @BBCWorld Follow Owner of Swiss ski resort held in custody after deadly New Year's Eve fire BREAKING bbc.com.NEWS 3:11 PM 09 Jan 26 41.3K Views 27 Reposts 5 Quotes 92 Likes 4 Bookmarks

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Will Jennings📉🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · 16h
Musk's behaviour in no way is consistent with the mission of the Royal Society.

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Will Jennings📉🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · 17h
"The Royal Society’s fundamental purpose, reflected in its founding Charters of the 1660s, is to recognise, promote and support excellence in science and to encourage the development and use of science for the benefit of humanity." Using AI for mass production and distribution of CSAM does not fit.

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Will Jennings📉🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · 17h
What prey tell *is* the Royal Society for?

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Will Jennings📉🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · 17h
If your fear of the powerful leads you to abandon any sense of moral virtue, you should not be in public life.

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Will Jennings📉🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · 17h
A reminder that Elon Musk did not in fact design Teslas or space rockets. He is a glorified PR man.

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Will Jennings📉🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · 17h
"Well, it's obviously bad that a Royal Society fellow designed mass extermination machines that enabled genocide but we really don't like to make judgements about the character and intent of the scientific genius of the inventor"

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Will Jennings📉🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · 17h
This is just embarrassing. If the Royal Society is not going to make a stand on CSAM, what would it ever take a stand on?
duncanrobertson.bsky.social Dr Duncan Robertson @duncanrobertson.bsky.social · 17h
So image manipulation in science papers is now OK, I take it.

Elon Musk should keep UK Royal Society membership, says president - www.ft.com/content/088b...
via @FT

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Dr Duncan Robertson @duncanrobertson.bsky.social · 17h
So image manipulation in science papers is now OK, I take it.

Elon Musk should keep UK Royal Society membership, says president - www.ft.com/content/088b...
via @FT