Michael Shellenberger

CBR Chair of Politics, Censorship, and Free Speech @UAustinOrg :: Dao Prize Winner :: Author, "The Left's War On Reality," "San Fransicko," "Apocalypse Never"

[Michael Shellenberger @shellenberger]

Few comprehend the sheer dimwittedness of the new DSA mayor of LA, as it’s been overshadowed by the actions & inactions of the mayor she defeated, which led directly to large swaths of LA burning down. Below she boasts of getting a crosswalk painted. It took her 9 months.

[Councilmember Nithya Raman @cd4losangeles]

The Los Feliz Neighborhood Council alerted our office in late 2025 to the need for a crosswalk at Sunset Dr. and Bates St., which has just been completed!

Thank you to our incredible CD4 Field Team for continuing to problem-solve, push for solutions, and make our streets safer.

[Michael Shellenberger @shellenberger]

@EFischberger @mgurri .@nikitabier did good work on this. I know the goal is transparency so finding a technical fix is good. FWIW, I think it’s a bigger concern when governments eg @AlboMP demand the ability to run offensive sock puppets campaigns .

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The evidence is overwhelming that it’s really hard to change anyone’s opinion. Not that you need a book to know that. The idea that Americans are gullible and helpless before foreigners posting on web sites is inaccurate and is used around the world to demand censorship of X, which has proven to be he freest speech platform particularly for heavily censored people in Germany, France, Brazil, Australia etc

https://t.co/HH3MVaKYDA

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@EFischberger @mgurri What’s the evidence it skews what people think? That’s the same argument people made to claim Russian bots got Trump elected

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@WScottGordon @EFischberger @mgurri

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@WScottGordon @EFischberger @mgurri X did a good job in allowing you to see where people are posting from

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@goneil99 @JLMelenchon 🎯

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@MallardLKing @jayvanbavel Censoring emotions is a bad idea

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@EFischberger .@mgurri points out that the CIA used to translate Pravda into English and distribute it. The idea that Americans can’t handle foreigners communicating on X is dumb and has been used to justify censorship for over a decade

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@EFischberger Who cares?

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@tomdabassman @jreichelt @benungeskriptet It was a way for the PMC to control unruly populists

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@SandyXiaotong COP has always been a grift

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@thejefflutz @elonmusk 🎯

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@ggreenwald @DougHenwood So true. These were the same people who monitored who you sat with in the middle school lunchroom

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@JoelWBerry Terrible

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@StasJenV It’s amazing how thorough the anti-civilization Left is in attacking every single inherited tradition.

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@EFischberger 🧐

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@nikitabier @SenatorHeinrich 😂

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@MrAndyNgo Wow

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@nikitabier @RepSaraJacobs 😂