Former public relations & current digital content at a small Michigan college. Ex editor, @RealClearPolicy. Opinions my own. Sorry! Social media was a mistake.
I don’t get to write often enough & I’m very proud of this extremely personal piece in @amconmag. It’s about motorcycles, mayhem, and my relationship with my dad. https://t.co/BD7VivAXUY
According to ESPN Analytics, in the 4 games the Spurs lost in the NBA Finals, they had a...
— 91.6% chance of winning Game 1 up 13 points midway thru the 3rd
— 72.8% chance of winning Game 2 up 2 points with 1 minute left in the 4th
— 99.6% chance of winning Game 4 up 20 points with 9:33 left in the 4th
— 95.4% chance of winning Game 5 up 10 points with 7:54 left in the 4th
@Sipowicz1042@guypbenson And surely he will win his seat. But when you have some of the associations and ideas he allegedly has, people will have sharp criticisms.
@Metallic_Link@CarveSomeFun@cggrabo@CollinRugg I found an old thread of him flipping out on Grok because it said that given his repetition of simple words and phrases, he likely has an 85-90 IQ.
@shitotaur@DavidLeavitt@DanFriedman81 I’ve had this philosophy lately of not wanting to make fun of older people too hard for falling for AI, because the day will come very soon when I fall for it. Sooner than I think. This is a reminder of that in some way.
This deep dive into @DavidLeavitt is a cautionary tale for the Information Age. I remember these controversies but I always assumed he was a working journalist, as he claimed to be. Thanks for covering this, @DanFriedman81.
Here’s the story you might have heard: In 2020, “journalist” David Leavitt found a $90 Oral B electric toothbrush hanging on a display peg with a $0.01 price tag on it.
He told the store manager she had to honor the price under Massachusetts law. When she refused, he took a picture of her and posted it to his 300,000 followers and called the cops.
The Internet did not take his side, and the incident ended with a ratio for the ages and a GoFundMe campaign to send the store manager on a vacation.
What you might not know about is all the other stuff this guy has done over the years. This is the story of the worst account on Twitter.
@Metallic_Link@CarveSomeFun@cggrabo@CollinRugg It’s sad because if this is a real person, he walks among us. It would be easy to say this is just a leech on society, but he is a human being. Unclear how we can redeem people like this.
@Metallic_Link@CarveSomeFun@cggrabo@CollinRugg Yeah, I’m guessing the account is a regular person who is very poorly educated. The stuff about other people having a low IQ is like a self-justification for this person. I wouldn’t be surprised if they’ve committed horrible crimes based on the other accusations.