If you’re a Hachette author you should be talking to your editors and teams about this. If they’re using AI to counter AI, it’s still AI. And it may also be giving your work to the machine, serving it up on a contractual platter.
ICYMI, I wrote my story of disability acceptance -- this story took years of processing to write!
Getting #ME/CFS or #LongCovid is a Kafkaesque nightmare, but there's a path forward towards a happy ending. Even if you're turned into a giant invisible sloth.
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As @celestepewter.bsky.social likes to say, a protest vote makes you feel good for a moment in time, a strategic vote is a long-term investment in achieving change, even if it's step by step.
😆 I appreciate this. I feel increasingly like I've become that Abe Simpson meme, and wanted to acknowledge that!
Okay, I think I'm just cranky today.
But you know what would be awesome? If celebrities used their clout to pressure Congress for AI regulations, instead of... this.
Reese especially should care about this, given the prominence of her book club.
Good.
Oh, I agree with you entirely. I think this is more about trying to meet people where they are, especially as people are increasingly getting news/being influenced from those sources.
- to take for offices, etc. to learn how to adapt sooner in these spaces, especially as comms/digital media keeps evolving and in many cases, decentralizing.
This was a lot easier when everyone was on Twitter and Facebook only.
Internally, that's what comms staffers are for! :)
Externally, I AM hearing more and more offices wanting to learn how to work better with political influencers, so they are learning how to pivot more to this space.
It's just going to take time, and there's a question of what is it going
Right! I'm definitely glad we have time, and we're definitely on the same side. :) I'm more calling out the framing of the piece.
There's definitely been a consolidation in pushing him since Swalwell has dropped out, but he wasn't polling well before then.
I'm also not saying he comes off badly - I'm saying people haven't been paying attention, because we prioritize name recognition over work history.
That's the bigger question that needs to be asked right now, imho.
That, and how we retrain a new generation of comms staffers to get how to convey effective policy AND get digital... but ymmv.
I'm seeing this over and over online:
Once people actually pause and take a moment to understand everything that Becerra has done, they realize oh: they do like him, and agree with his policies.
But that means competing with how we consume in politics in the first place, 30 second clips.
With respect to the Bulwark crew, this misses the bigger question in many ways:
Why we have created political systems where genuine workhorses (Becerra) don't have the resources or party support to compete in a media/name recognition heavy environment.
What needs to change to make that happen?
CA voters, I BEG you to do the most basic of research.
Don’t vote based on what someone else tells you. I know it’s more work but even just a few minutes looking around at someone’s record will tell you if they’re even remotely capable of the job.
No, same - I think that's part of why I keep talking about it?
There's something about how the posts are presented and how the algorithm tailors the content, that hooks people/makes people more susceptible.
Genuinely curious if anyone's studied it from an academic perspective.
I mean… wouldn’t put it past Zuckerberg.
I’m really glad people are paying attention to him.
I'm not surprised. I'd love to see the numbers for voters over 45, since we're the ones who tend to show up.
If y'all want Abdul to win, sign up for GOTV efforts. Here's the Washtenaw County League of Women Voters website:
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Places like Threads will say a lot of things... most of them wrong, hah.
But you CAN do your homework and make sure that you're voting for the best possible candidate, and not just whatever the Internet is saying.
Vet your sources, basically.
Does the candidate in question have the capacity to negotiate our current reality AND bring the state forward?
These are all questions to think about before you consider a candidate. I have my personal favorite - Becerra - but I'm asking everyone to do their homework.
You can't really learn on the job when you're governor. Look for candidates who have that type of experience.
3. Look at what's happening with our current budget - e.g. read @calmatters.org or @ppicnotes.bsky.social, and gauge the challenges facing the state right now.
E.g.
DOES the candidate in question of the ability and experience to do that, especially in the face of an emergency?
E.g. What if another pandemic pops up - does the candidate have the relationships, background and ability to handle a large scale situation like that?
Being CA governor means not only:
- Dealing with the Legislature
- But dealing with the heads of different departments across the state
- Plus having the leadership experience of working with other governors and the federal government,
Especially with CA's economy.
Candidly: I'm not a fan of Katie's, because I know and am friends with staffers she treated badly. So, I'm a little biased in this respect.
BUT. Putting my personal biases aside, it's important that you actually think about what's required of the job + if the candidate has the experience.
2. There seems to be a serious problem - and I mean this in the least snarky way possible - where people are assuming name recognition => ability to do the job.
Someone like Katie Porter has name recognition, because she went viral a lot in Congress for her white board.
"Whatever Group Supports XYZ Candidate!"
Please know that anyone can pay to get on a slate mailer; these aren't official endorsements with specific criteria/voting, like say, a labor union.
People pay to get slate mailers for visibility.
MISinformation - since the majority of them don't seem to understand they're spreading bad information, vs. deliberate actors.
So, a couple of random thoughts based on what I saw:
1. You're probably going to start getting slate mailers soon.
These are the type of mailers that say -
I think most of you know my disdain for Threads, hah.
<Cue old man yelling at clouds GIF here>
But in all seriousness, fellow Californians: please don't get your information on the governor's race from Threads. I just spent a minute on there, and saw at least five misinformation posts.
