You would never guess from my posts, but I spend too much time on Twitter. It’s bad for my mental health, but impossible to live without for my job.
There is a reason for both of these facts: the world is insane, and if you want to know how insane no place is better than Twitter to see that.
My wife will often text me some article to tip me off to something. I refrain from telling her, but I saw it hours before she did. If it happened, someone on Twitter posted about it.
It’s 2024. Elon Musk Rules X. And the Political World Is Still Addicted.
On Twitter’s continued influence, with @EvanMcS https://t.co/r1PTnHzII5
— Alex Roarty (@Alex_Roarty) June 7, 2024
That was true when Twitter fist hit the scene, and became less so during the Trump administration, especially once COVID hit.
The left always dominated the discourse on Twitter because the left owns the creative class, and…