Kicking off Season 5 of the Dumbest Guy in the Room, with the great @mcuban.bsky.social, where we simultaneously fix healthcare and advertising, while making an indisputable case for the deliciousness of ketchup on eggs. www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQCV... open.spotify.com/episode/1s1S...

There are a few reasons (and one primary one) why so many companies are pulling back their DEI initiatives, but consumer sentiment is definitely not one of them. Support for companies engaging in DEI is up 5 percentage points YoY (per CivicScience)

And just like that, Republicans are globalists again.

There are a lot of reasons to be cynical about American exceptionalism, but our ubiquitous air conditioning is not one of them.

They should teach engineering and logistics classes about LAX as an example of how not to do absolutely everything.

I’d be strongly inclined to support whichever political candidate vows to end the unwarranted discrimination against laptops during takeoff and landing.

“Some people” are concerned? Like, not “all people?”

Though still far less than other groups, tariff concerns among Republicans have risen steeply over the past month, per CivicScience.

How long until they ban people from the platform for continuing to refer to it as Twitter?

With all the higher-ed loathing from the right in recent years, has there been a single Trump appointee that doesn't have a college degree, or even a non-prestigious one? It's as if Trump believes a college education is essential to being "the best and brightest."

You cant say you’re only hiring the best and brightest while stacking govt with your political supporters. There are 100M Blacks & Hispanics in the U.S. 78M voted for Trump. You’d have better odds finding a qualified candidate if you only hired minorities than if you only hired Trump supporters.

Daughter: Dad, what do they do when Punxsutawney Phil dies? Me: They get a Re-Phil.

In related news, here’s a 2022 GMC Yukon Mt. McKinley.

Few if any National Anthems will ever hold up against Chris Stapleton’s at the Super Bowl, especially since he played and sang it live, but Coco Jones just did an all-time prerecorded rendition at the National Championship game.

Wait, doesn’t Donald Trump work remote?

Of all the endless slights, Gen X being completely ignored in today’s Strands puzzle is a new low.

How is it possible that I still haven't found an effective synonym for the verb "trump" over the past ten years? It's editorial torture.

It would be cool to have at least one close game this weekend.

Maybe the Steelers are merely a textbook example of the Third Generation Principle of family-owned businesses and why they fail. There's some "Innovator's Dilemma" in there too. All-in-all, a classic case of organizational decline most business school grads could diagnose.

This is kind of a self-own. If you believe that strongly about it, quit using them altogether. Otherwise, acknowledge that you’re willing to completely sell out your principles because you’re addicted to using a social media app. Or just admit that you’re not all that pissed off in the first place.

Pittsburgh-area residents, fairly decisively, seem to oppose the sale of U.S. Steel to Nippon Steel, per CivicScience.

And so our adversarial trade policies with our European allies begin...

It's also worth noting that a plurality of Americans, including a large percentage of Democrats, lack confidence in our ability to combat climate change - with little sign of change over time. The growing "lack of concern" might reflect a degree of emotional surrender.

Time will tell if the current catastrophe in California moves the needle, but the harsh reality is that Americans have become precipitously less concerned about climate change and the environment in recent years, per CivicScience.

While people who cited dieting or alcohol/smoking cessation declined among New Year’s resolutions this year, improved financial management jumped significantly (so did exercise), per CivicScience. civicscience.com/new-years-re...

Somebody should do a study on the demise of high school reunions and why it was perpetrated by Gen Xers who are to exhausted to plan them.

One of the best things about Bluesky vs Threads is you don’t get bludgeoned with a million posts from fitness gurus about the evils of alcohol. Seriously, get off my back.

Interesting CivicScience research on the psychographic differences between Bluesky and Threads users. civicscience.com/infographic-...

Just over 1 in 3 Americans believe Die Hard is a Christmas movie - but they’re generally happier people. Maybe a lesson in there. civicscience.com/is-die-hard-...

Some of the comments I’m seeing on here about Brian Thompson’s murder are as repugnant as anything I left Twitter for.

Call me old-fashioned, but the bar for reveling in the death of another human being should be extremely, extremely high.

Year 8 of “Fantasy Christmas Songs,” where, from 12/1-25, our family of 4 listens only to Holiday Traditions on Sirius, scoring points every time they play songs we draft. Drop/Adds after every 5-day head-to-head. Then playoffs and finals. Winner keeps the trophy all year.

The Yacht Rock Dockumentary is one of the cooler things you can watch right now. So much I didn’t know.

Solid reporting here, with a little CivicScience cameo. www.seattletimes.com/business/onc...

Happy Thanksgiving to all my new Bluesky friends. Enjoy the day, as we celebrate natural born residents of our nation charitably welcoming and aiding immigrants.

The precipitous decline in Tesla sentiment among Dems isn't countered by a commensurate rise in sentiment among Rs - even though Rs views of Elon Musk have improved (chart in the comments). It would suggest that negative views of EVs among Rs trump Musk's membership in their tribe. Pun intended.

Fun Fact: Last night I posted a mundane comment about Monday Night Football on Twitter and quickly got 1.2K views despite no RTs. Today I posted the Tesla data I shared here on Twitter- and got two quick RTs. 4hrs later only 190 views. Probly a coincidence #freespeech.

Overall, those with an unfavorable view of Tesla climbed from 26% in January to 38% this week. That's an increase of 46% for the stats geeks out there.

Among Democrats, the percentage who have an "unfavorable" view of Tesla is up 68% since the beginning of this year and over 3X since early 2022.(Per CivicScience)

When Bill Belichick is on the Manning Cast, it’s like sitting through football class. It’s excellent.

Democrats and Republicans have even shifted their QSR dining behaviors since the election.

Confirming what everyone here already knows: Democrats are switching - and even more are considering switching - social networks in the wake of the election.

Harris voters consumed more content across nearly every platform during the election - with a few exceptions like podcasts, radio, and - yes - Twitter. civicscience.com/press-releas...