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Andrew Mercer @awmercer.bsky.social · 7h

Fantastic show at the 9:30 club tonight! You guys killed it! ✌️

Andrew Mercer @awmercer.bsky.social · 20h

End of an era.

Column | Food critic Tom Sietsema is stepping down — and dropping his anonymity

After a quarter-century of reviewing restaurants, donning disguises and turning down photos, The Post’s food critic is ready for his next course.

www.washingtonpost.com

Andrew Mercer @awmercer.bsky.social · 21h

See, to me it seems pretty harmless. The use cases that baffle me are the ones that could get you sued for malpractice or disbarred if it screws up.

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Andrew Mercer @awmercer.bsky.social · 22h

Oh, see this totally makes sense to me. Presumably they read all the guidebooks and travel websites, and the stakes are generally pretty low if it gives bad suggestions.

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Andrew Mercer @awmercer.bsky.social · 22h

Terrific piece from @gelliottmorris.com this morning.

Whenever you ask if something “might” happen or “may” be necessary, it’s very easy for respondents to think of scenarios where the answer is yes, no matter how unlikely.

Why most polls overstate support for political violence

Misperceptions about the popularity of violence increase public support for it — but you can help change that.

www.gelliottmorris.com

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Andrew Mercer @awmercer.bsky.social · 23h

Depending on how you plan to distribute it, neither would require you to collect anything identifying (like email addresses), although if you are planning to post a public link, there will probably be a lot of spam/bots no matter what.

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Andrew Mercer @awmercer.bsky.social · 23h

SurveyMonkey and Alchemer are both decent with the former being easier but less flexible and the latter costing a bit more. Qualtrics is very expensive unless you work at a university and get it for free.

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John Gramlich @johngramlich.bsky.social · 1d

The US Supreme Court returns today for its new term, two decades after John Roberts became chief justice. As this chart shows, public views of the court are much more negative – and far more politically divided – than 20 years ago. www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...

Line chart showing how public opinion of the U.S. Supreme Court has changed in recent decades, both among Americans overall and among Republicans and Democrats. The chart is based on Pew Research Center surveys of U.S. adults.

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Andrew Mercer @awmercer.bsky.social · 2d

If you must, search for “bigot neuron”, but don’t say you weren’t warned.

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ghost malone ergo propter malone @proptermalone.bsky.social · 2d

we should invent a Discourse that isn’t increasingly furious people talking past each other

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Andrew Mercer @awmercer.bsky.social · 2d

This is 100% correct. At this point I would pay extra to get rid of copilot.

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Andrew Mercer @awmercer.bsky.social · 2d

If you’re lucky, you have either blocked or been blocked by one or more of the relevant parties.

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Andrew Mercer @awmercer.bsky.social · 2d

Oh I meant “deep cut” in the sense that he was referencing an obscure bit of internet lore from 2008 but that works too.

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Andrew Mercer @awmercer.bsky.social · 2d

That’s a pretty deep cut but also yes.

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