Emmie ⚔️

You can completely uninstall/disable copilot on Windows. Your system and local search will run faster afterward. www.howtogeek.com/how-to-rip-o...

Article: The political effects of X’s feed algorithm Abstract: Feed algorithms are widely suspected to influence political attitudes. However, previous evidence from switching off the algorithm on Meta platforms found no political effects1. Here we present results from a 2023 field experiment on Elon Musk’s platform X shedding light on this puzzle. We assigned active US-based users randomly to either an algorithmic or a chronological feed for 7 weeks, measuring political attitudes and online behaviour. Switching from a chronological to an algorithmic feed increased engagement and shifted political opinion towards more conservative positions, particularly regarding policy priorities, perceptions of criminal investigations into Donald Trump and views on the war in Ukraine. In contrast, switching from the algorithmic to the chronological feed had no comparable effects. Neither switching the algorithm on nor switching it off significantly affected affective polarization or self-reported partisanship. To investigate the mechanism, we analysed users’ feed content and behaviour. We found that the algorithm promotes conservative content and demotes posts by traditional media. Exposure to algorithmic content leads users to follow conservative political activist accounts, which they continue to follow even after switching off the algorithm, helping explain the asymmetry in effects. These results suggest that initial exposure to X’s algorithm has persistent effects on users’ current political attitudes and account-following behaviour, even in the absence of a detectable effect on partisanship.

Figure 2. ITT estimates of feed-setting changes on engagement and political attitudes. ITT effect estimates of switching the algorithm on and off (in s.d.). Left, effect of moving from the chronological to the algorithmic feed for users initially on the chronological feed. Right, effect of moving in the opposite direction for users initially on the algorithmic feed. For each outcome, the results of two specifications are reported. Blue, unconditional estimates with robust s.e., controlling only for the initial feed setting and, where applicable, pre-treatment outcome levels. Orange: conditional estimates, controlling for pre-treatment covariates using GRFs; 90% and 95% CIs are reported. Numerical effect sizes and P values correspond to the conditional estimates (all tests are two-sided). The unit of observation is respondent. From top to bottom, sample sizes are n = 4,965, n = 3,337, n = 4,965, n = 4,965, n = 4,596, n = 4,596 and n = 4,850. Tests are described in Methods. Supplementary Information Table 2.16 reports the exact numerical point estimates, s.e., CIs and sample sizes for every specification. All outcomes are standardized. Additional results are presented in Supplementary Information section 2. PCA, first principal component from principal component analysis.

X's algorithm is in fact doing what you think it's doing. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

I keep hearing that the Epstein files are so big if we held everyone accountable everything would collapse. And no it wouldn’t. These rich guys don’t do any actual work. They aren’t actually important or useful they are just rich.

Her music videos are really fun and Taste is probably one of my favorites for sure!

You right, you right. I suppose the correct way for me to say that is that I personally would never approach relationships like that or put up with that kind of bullshit just to be with a dude, but some women certainly do and some definitely play mind games for sure.

A lot of her songs aren't really pro feminism, but dammit they are catchy. Like Good Graces is super fucked up from a healthy relationship standpoint, but it's so fun to sing along!

Yesterday morning kids were sent running from their bus stop in panic because ICE showed up. This guy at today’s ICE Out of Lindenwold protest is a must watch 😭. @maddow.bsky.social

Photo of person giving two thumbs up with a shirt with text 'Library Joy!!'

In celebration of Black History Month we're highlighting the lives & legacies of great Black Americans. Today we celebrate librarian, author, literacy advocate, and the new host of Reading Rainbow, Mychal Threets. Also, Happy Birthday Mychal! 🥳 www.ala.org/news/2025/12... @mychal3ts.bsky.social 📖💕

I NEED EVERYONE TO STOP HOLDING THEIR BODY IMAGE TO A STANDARD SET BY MEN WHO ARE ATTRACTED TO TEENAGERS.

I’ve literally been saying this since I was a teenager:

we live in the ruins of a greater civilization

yooooo let's gooooo

Man do I miss Mom right now.

this happened to me too 😆

AAA executives:
“If this game doesn’t sell 12,000,000,0000,000 copies in 7 seconds everyone is fired”

Indie developers:
“I have sold 30 copies of the game, this means I can finally afford cheese”

Remember if you watch this show or buy this merch, no trans person will like or trust you ever again. Sorry but those are the rules.

Age verification? My first website was built on GeoCities (for free).

In this household we will be replacing Discord with Polycom VSX Video Coneference Phones running over 512K worth of ISDN connections.

Let me send you my new username via morse code.

find your pfp icon and click on the gear/wheel to open settings

Nitro subscriptions underneath billing settings

to cancel nitro if you use your phone - log in to discord on mobile web page. they make this so stupidly difficult.

once you are logged in find the gear/wheel to open your settings and there you will find your nitro/subscriptions

discord.com/login

Time to start canceling nitro and shouting from the rooftops how we won't stand for this. @discord.com is collecting our information and censoring our communications and claiming its for our safety.

Don't let them get away with this.

Please please please please please please please please please please

cancel your Discord Nitro subscriptions
do not boost servers
do not pass Go

It's the best way to eat it

y'all did it

GGs @shindarkshadow.bsky.social!

#BTB26 // gdq.gg

I may delete this because it’s a bit spicy but it shouldn’t be lost on us that games being turned into TV is essentially harvesting the stories written by those who don’t have union representation or healthcare with WGA by those that do. Our stories are good enough for TV but the writers aren’t?

"Your support for us helps build a future where all of our communities can thrive"

-Cedric F Brown, Digital Communications Manager for @raceforward.org

La belle dame sans merci by Frank Bernard Dicksee version of Hans and Henry from Kingdom Come Deliverance

Henry and hans from kcd2, henry is kneeling in front of hans who sits in front of a window

Henry and hans, back to back.

Henry and Hans version of "godspeed!" by Edmund Leighton

can't believe kcd2 came out a year ago

and since then I made so much fanart it's insane (for me)

The Washington Post, which is owned by Jeff Bezos, announced that they're shutting down their books section. We'd say "ironic," but...

Keep supporting indie bookstores and public libraries over the mega retailer, aka the institutions that actually care about storytelling 💓

share your most unrealistic expectations for the Nintendo Direct

The Yetee is proud to team up with @blackinaflash.bsky.social & @gamesdonequick.com to create official merch for this weekend's Back to Black speedrunning event! Joy and the GDQ crew are all here in the new collection, with a portion from each sale going to @raceforward.org! theyetee.com/backtoblack