Christy Quirk
@cequirk.bsky.social
Opinion research and advocacy/political strategy in declining democracies and emerging autocracies. Don’t ask questions you don’t want the answers to. Nice, FR
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How I spent my afternoon
February 12, 2026 at 2:46 AM
How I spent my afternoon
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We're keeping track of all 4th place finishes at the 2026 Winter Olympics with our Aluminum Medal Table!
After Day 5, the US and Italy are at the top of the board with 4 4th place finishes each.
After Day 5, the US and Italy are at the top of the board with 4 4th place finishes each.
February 11, 2026 at 11:18 PM
We're keeping track of all 4th place finishes at the 2026 Winter Olympics with our Aluminum Medal Table!
After Day 5, the US and Italy are at the top of the board with 4 4th place finishes each.
After Day 5, the US and Italy are at the top of the board with 4 4th place finishes each.
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As I was saying, Ukraine isn't about to violate its constitution and hold elections under Ru bombardment just to please Trump
February 12, 2026 at 12:30 AM
As I was saying, Ukraine isn't about to violate its constitution and hold elections under Ru bombardment just to please Trump
Also Gallup has a lot of business tangentially related to polling/analytics. Probably has nothing to do with this decision. 🙄
i think they’ll lose a bunch of traffic and some if not a lot of political relevance — and I think they know this, and have made their decision anyway because they have other priorities. polls are expensive, esp they way Gallup does it, so the business decision makes some sense to me
What do you think is going to happen WRT Gallup?
February 12, 2026 at 12:54 AM
Also Gallup has a lot of business tangentially related to polling/analytics. Probably has nothing to do with this decision. 🙄
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“We ran out of numbers low enough,” explains Gallup president Giuseppe Gallup.
Gallup will no longer measure presidential approval after 88 years thehill.com/homenews/med...
February 11, 2026 at 8:35 PM
“We ran out of numbers low enough,” explains Gallup president Giuseppe Gallup.
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Oh, so their internal polling is BAD bad
February 9, 2026 at 9:08 PM
Oh, so their internal polling is BAD bad
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After two weeks deep inside the Epstein files, I've come to view his operation as something close to an elder abuse scheme. Pitching old oligarchs on the collapse of the global order as a way to fund his sex trafficking operation.
www.garbageday.email/p/a-singular...
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February 9, 2026 at 8:37 PM
After two weeks deep inside the Epstein files, I've come to view his operation as something close to an elder abuse scheme. Pitching old oligarchs on the collapse of the global order as a way to fund his sex trafficking operation.
www.garbageday.email/p/a-singular...
www.garbageday.email/p/a-singular...
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No exaggeration, we can’t have a republic if this behavior becomes normalized
This is part of a pattern that is impeachable: Trump cuts previously appropriated Congressional funds, but only to states led by Democrats (California, Colorado, Illinois and Minnesota).
The Trump administration plans to rescind $600 million in public health funds from four states led by Democrats because it finds the grants “inconsistent with agency priorities,” according to documents reviewed by the NYT
Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/h...
Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/h...
February 9, 2026 at 11:51 PM
No exaggeration, we can’t have a republic if this behavior becomes normalized
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This diagram is in Polish, but fairly easy to understand.
The upper section is U.S. assistance for Ukraine during the Biden and Trump admin
The lower is russian drone and missile attacks during the same time frame
Tell me more about how Trump's negotiations are working.
The upper section is U.S. assistance for Ukraine during the Biden and Trump admin
The lower is russian drone and missile attacks during the same time frame
Tell me more about how Trump's negotiations are working.
February 9, 2026 at 4:06 PM
This diagram is in Polish, but fairly easy to understand.
The upper section is U.S. assistance for Ukraine during the Biden and Trump admin
The lower is russian drone and missile attacks during the same time frame
Tell me more about how Trump's negotiations are working.
The upper section is U.S. assistance for Ukraine during the Biden and Trump admin
The lower is russian drone and missile attacks during the same time frame
Tell me more about how Trump's negotiations are working.
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The trajectory from, “Trump will give Ukraine to Tomahawks to attack Russia” to “Trump has starved Ukraine of Patriots to help Russia” is the single greatest example of the failure of people to understand what Trump is and has always been.
February 9, 2026 at 4:19 PM
The trajectory from, “Trump will give Ukraine to Tomahawks to attack Russia” to “Trump has starved Ukraine of Patriots to help Russia” is the single greatest example of the failure of people to understand what Trump is and has always been.
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what do you mean the leader of your country will sometimes "resign" just because there's "a scandal"
February 9, 2026 at 12:59 PM
what do you mean the leader of your country will sometimes "resign" just because there's "a scandal"
Confirm!
Terrified Conservatives Lose Ability To Speak English After Exposure To Bad Bunny Performance https://theonion.com/terrified-conservatives-lose-ability-to-speak-english-after-exposure-to-bad-bunny-performance-dios-mio-cry-millions-of-panicking-republicans/
February 9, 2026 at 1:42 AM
Confirm!
Prince was the best halftime show. I will accept no counter argument
February 9, 2026 at 1:41 AM
Prince was the best halftime show. I will accept no counter argument
Watching the superbowl with a bunch of 75+. Waiting for the right moment to start talking about war in Europe.
February 9, 2026 at 12:06 AM
Watching the superbowl with a bunch of 75+. Waiting for the right moment to start talking about war in Europe.
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The current regime took a week to abolish USAID, which is three times as old and was not in the news every day for brutalizing children
“We cannot just abolish ICE!”
Bestie, you are older than ICE.
Bestie, you are older than ICE.
February 8, 2026 at 3:59 PM
The current regime took a week to abolish USAID, which is three times as old and was not in the news every day for brutalizing children
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Burger King Lear.
February 7, 2026 at 10:42 PM
Burger King Lear.
“In his 2025 State of the Union address, Trump cited “$32 million for a left-wing propaganda operation in Moldova” as an example of “appalling waste” in U.S. foreign aid.” Granular look at how USAID DRG funding was used in Moldova and what’s replacing it (LOL) harriman.columbia.edu/usaid-spent-...
USAID Spent More than $1 Billion to Build Democracy in Moldova: What Happens Now?
by Corina Cepoi
harriman.columbia.edu
February 8, 2026 at 1:23 AM
“In his 2025 State of the Union address, Trump cited “$32 million for a left-wing propaganda operation in Moldova” as an example of “appalling waste” in U.S. foreign aid.” Granular look at how USAID DRG funding was used in Moldova and what’s replacing it (LOL) harriman.columbia.edu/usaid-spent-...
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Is anybody ever gonna take a step back and realize the "Russia Russia Russia" people — derided as lunatic wine moms — were actually underplaying the foreign influence stuff, and the loud people who kept insisting it was all fake are now saying Jeffrey Epstein was kind of a cool guy?
NSA detected phone call between foreign intelligence and a person close to Trump
Whistleblower says that Tulsi Gabbard blocked agency from sharing report and delivered it to White House chief of staff
www.theguardian.com
February 7, 2026 at 7:06 PM
Is anybody ever gonna take a step back and realize the "Russia Russia Russia" people — derided as lunatic wine moms — were actually underplaying the foreign influence stuff, and the loud people who kept insisting it was all fake are now saying Jeffrey Epstein was kind of a cool guy?
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Mongolia is shining again in Olympic fashion!🇲🇳✨
"the most stylish delegation in this global capital of fashion was the one wearing a cashmere collection inspired by warriors on horseback, nomads in yurts and the strength of history’s most sprawling empire."
www.wsj.com/sports/olymp...
"the most stylish delegation in this global capital of fashion was the one wearing a cashmere collection inspired by warriors on horseback, nomads in yurts and the strength of history’s most sprawling empire."
www.wsj.com/sports/olymp...
How a Country That’s Never Won a Medal Conquered the Winter Olympics—in Cashmere
Mongolian athletes showed up to the Opening Ceremony wearing outfits inspired by a time when the country was busy raiding the world.
www.wsj.com
February 7, 2026 at 10:10 PM
Mongolia is shining again in Olympic fashion!🇲🇳✨
"the most stylish delegation in this global capital of fashion was the one wearing a cashmere collection inspired by warriors on horseback, nomads in yurts and the strength of history’s most sprawling empire."
www.wsj.com/sports/olymp...
"the most stylish delegation in this global capital of fashion was the one wearing a cashmere collection inspired by warriors on horseback, nomads in yurts and the strength of history’s most sprawling empire."
www.wsj.com/sports/olymp...
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JD Vance loudly booed at the Winter Olympics today.
February 6, 2026 at 9:25 PM
JD Vance loudly booed at the Winter Olympics today.
Only amateurs steal elections in election day
The key takeaway is that straight-up ballot box stuffing is the *last* form of election rigging. Most despots work their way through other methods. Gerrymandering; voter intimidation; using corruption to get a financial bonus to use to bribe; controlling the media; hobbling opposition parties, etc
February 6, 2026 at 7:29 PM
Only amateurs steal elections in election day
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Trumpmenbashi.
Trump wanted Dulles Airport and Penn Station named after him as condition of releasing rail tunnel funds
Trump wanted Dulles Airport and Penn Station named after him as condition of releasing rail tunnel funds
Funding for the Gateway Project has been held up since October.
dlvr.it
February 6, 2026 at 6:15 PM
Trumpmenbashi.
I’m going through boxes of my old stuff at my parents’. Apropos of nothing, this is a list of all the foreign correspondents in Warsaw in 1991.
February 5, 2026 at 10:00 PM
I’m going through boxes of my old stuff at my parents’. Apropos of nothing, this is a list of all the foreign correspondents in Warsaw in 1991.