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Stef "inclusion is a human right" Christensen @wikisteff.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Looks like online activity around AfD was... causally linked to Russian data centers, via @angrystaffer.bsky.social

Stef "inclusion is a human right" Christensen @wikisteff.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Graph of the traffic from AS13238, associated with Yandex, hit earlier by Ukraine. It dropped by about half following a reported strike on a Yandex data center.

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Stef "inclusion is a human right" Christensen @wikisteff.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

To me, the most interesting thing is that only 88% of registered voters are saying that they will vote for the Republicans. That's a significant loss of support from the most-supportive community. Note that these are people who at the time of survey identified as MAGA, not the set from 2024.

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Stef "inclusion is a human right" Christensen @wikisteff.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Just tried it on an image description task and yeah, that's a lot better.

**Title:** "Mentions in *New York Times* from Democratic Convention to Election Day"

**Y-axis labels:** 0, 200, 400, 600, 800

**Legend:**
- 🔵 Clinton's emails
- 🟡 Presidential debates
- 🔴 Trump's tax returns
- ⬜ Trump University fraud litigation
- 🟢 Access Hollywood tape
- 🟠 Muslim ban
- 🟣 Vice presidential debate

# Description of the Chart

This is a bar chart comparing media coverage of various 2016 U.S. presidential election topics in the *New York Times*.

**Right bar (blue):** A single solid blue bar representing **Clinton's emails**, reaching approximately **725 mentions**.

**Left bar (stacked):** A stacked bar totaling roughly **660 mentions**, composed of six topics stacked from bottom to top:
1. **Access Hollywood tape** (green) — ~50 mentions
2. **Presidential debates** (yellow) — ~300 mentions (the largest segment)
3. **Muslim ban** (orange) — a thin sliver, ~10 mentions
4. **Trump's tax returns** (red) — ~220 mentions
5. **Vice presidential debate** (purple) — ~35 mentions
6. **Trump University fraud litigation** (gray) — ~45 mentions

# Key Takeaway

The chart's main point is that **Clinton's emails alone received more mentions than all six other topics combined**, highlighting a perceived imbalance in media coverage during the 2016 election cycle.

# Chart: "Mentions in *New York Times* from Democratic Convention to Election Day"
**What it measures:** How many times the *New York Times* mentioned seven major 2016 election stories during the final stretch of the campaign — roughly late July 2016 (Democratic Convention) through November 8 (Election Day).

## The numbers (approximate, read from bar heights)
| Rank | Topic | Color | Mentions |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Clinton's emails | 🔵 | ~725 |
| 2 | Presidential debates | 🟡 | ~300 |
| 3 | Trump's tax returns | 🔴 | ~220 |
| 4 | Access Hollywood tape | 🟢 | ~50 |
| 5 | Trump University fraud litigation | ⬜ | ~45 |
| 6 | Vice presidential debate | 🟣 | ~40 |
| 7 | Muslim ban | 🟠 | ~10 |

## How the chart is built
Two bars on a y-axis running from 0 to 800:

- **Right bar** — a single solid blue column: **Clinton's emails alone** (~725).
- **Left bar** — a six-segment stack totaling ~660, from bottom to top: green (Access Hollywood) → yellow (debates) → a thin orange sliver (Muslim ban) → red (tax returns) → purple (VP debate) → gray cap (Trump University)

## The headline
**One story outweighed six.** Clinton's emails received *more* mentions than all the other topics combined — roughly 10% more — and accounted for about **half of all mentions** across the seven topics

The starkest contrast: the **Access Hollywood tape**, an October bombshell that roiled the Trump campaign, drew roughly **50 mentions — about 7% as much coverage** as the email story

## Why this chart gets cited
It's a classic exhibit in debates over 2016 media coverage (similar to the Shorenstein Center's campaign studies): the argument is that the press fixated on the email story — amplified by FBI Director James Comey's July announcement and October letter — while other consequential stories received comparatively little attention

**One caveat:** the chart counts *mentions*, not tone, page placement, or prominence — so it measures the sheer volume of attention, not how stories were covered

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Stef "inclusion is a human right" Christensen @wikisteff.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Clinton's emails were mentioned more than twice as much as either the Presidential debates or Trump's tax returns. Images with alt text.

This image is a stacked bar chart with the following text and content:

Title: "Mentions in New York Times from Democratic Convention to Election Day"

The y-axis ranges from 0 to 800, with gridlines at 200, 400, 600, and 800. The x-axis has two unlabeled bars.

The left bar is stacked and multicolored, totaling roughly 660 mentions, broken into segments from bottom to top: green (Access Hollywood tape) at about 50, yellow (Presidential debates) at about 295, which is the largest segment, orange (Muslim ban) as a thin sliver at about 15, red (Trump's tax returns) at about 215, purple (Vice presidential debate) at about 40, and gray (Trump University fraud litigation) at about 45.

The right bar is solid blue and reaches approximately 720, representing Clinton's emails alone. This single topic received more mentions than all other topics combined.

The legend shows the following colors: blue for Clinton's emails, yellow for Presidential debates, red for Trump's tax returns, gray for Trump University fraud litigation, green for Access Hollywood tape, orange for Muslim ban, and purple for Vice presidential debate.

Key takeaway: The chart illustrates that during the 2016 U.S. presidential campaign period, New York Times coverage of Clinton's emails (the blue bar) exceeded the combined coverage of all other major campaign stories, including the presidential debates, Trump's tax returns, the Access Hollywood tape, the Muslim ban, the vice presidential debate, and Trump University litigation.

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Stef "inclusion is a human right" Christensen @wikisteff.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Huzzah! The UN will adopt the Equal Earth projection for its maps! Coincidentally, we just put up an Equal Earth projection world map on the wall for my youngest.

A picture of an Equal Earth world map with little flag push pins for several of the countries.

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Stef "inclusion is a human right" Christensen @wikisteff.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

My tool subscription shows where his money comes from, Mikhail.

Screen capture of the original conversation, indicating Senator Adam Schiff takes money from AIPAC, Democratic fundraising, Lawyers and law firms, Retired donors, the University of California, and Walt Disney Company.

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Stef "inclusion is a human right" Christensen @wikisteff.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

With alt text. I was shocked that he owns the Zorro Ranch in real life. Not a good look, Lefty.

The image is a screenshot of a Threads post by user **mermaidlotus** (located in Texas, posted 16 hours earlier). The text reads:

> "These are the candidates running for Texas Comptroller:
>
> Don Huffines (R): net worth $40 million, current owner of Zorro Ranch in New Mexico where girls were abused, tortured, and impregnated, looks like an actual hobgoblin.
>
> Sarah Eckhardt (D): vows to audit the wildly unpopular $1 billion school voucher program, doesn't look like a sleep paralysis demon."

## Description of the photos

Below the text are two side-by-side portrait photos:

- **Left photo:** An older man with short, wavy gray-blond hair, smiling broadly and showing his teeth. He's wearing a dark suit jacket, white dress shirt, and an orange-red patterned tie, photographed against a warm tan/brown background.

- **Right photo:** A woman with short, cropped gray-blonde hair, giving a slight closed-mouth smile. She's wearing a red top, a delicate necklace, and a dangling earring, photographed against a gray studio backdrop. There's a faint watermark reading "TXRuralVoices" on her image.

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Stef "inclusion is a human right" Christensen @wikisteff.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

The mug in the office of the German AfD politician says "АРМИЯ РОССИИ", which is "Russian Army" written in Cyrillic in Russian. Image reposted with alt text.

The image is a close-up indoor photograph featuring a black ceramic mug in sharp focus against a blurred background.

A glossy black coffee mug sits on a dark surface. It features the official modern emblem of the Russian Armed Forces: a stylized five-pointed star colored red and outlined in white. Below the star, the words "АРМИЯ РОССИИ" (Russian Army) are printed in bold, white Cyrillic capital letters.

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Stef "inclusion is a human right" Christensen @wikisteff.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

This is awful. Google is not a Federal agency covered by the Presidential order, and New York State is on record saying that it won't change the maps. In Ontario, it remains Lake Ontario as of this morning.

A screen capture of Lake Ontario on the mobile Google Maps app from an account whose home address is in Ontario, morning of 30 August 2026. It shows the entire lake as Lake Ontario.

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Stef "inclusion is a human right" Christensen @wikisteff.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

In celebration of your gayness, I bequeath you this very special picture I took with this very phone.

A building flying a Canada with a giant rainbow touching down just behind.

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Stef "inclusion is a human right" Christensen @wikisteff.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

This is excellent. Do not make these assumptions about names in your code.

People have exactly one canonical full name.
People have exactly one full name which they go by.
People have, at this point in time, exactly one canonical full name.
People have, at this point in time, one full name which they go by.
People have exactly N names, for any value of N.
People’s names fit within a certain defined amount of space.
People’s names do not change.
People’s names change, but only at a certain enumerated set of events.
People’s names are written in ASCII.
People’s names are written in any single character set.
People’s names are all mapped in Unicode code points.
People’s names are case sensitive.
People’s names are case insensitive.
People’s names sometimes have prefixes or suffixes, but you can safely ignore those.

People’s names do not contain numbers.
People’s names are not written in ALL CAPS.
People’s names are not written in all lower case letters.
People’s names have an order to them. Picking any ordering scheme will automatically result in consistent ordering among all systems, as long as both use the same ordering scheme for the same name.
People’s first names and last names are, by necessity, different.
People have last names, family names, or anything else which is shared by folks recognized as their relatives.
People’s names are globally unique.
People’s names are almost globally unique.
Alright alright but surely people’s names are diverse enough such that no million people share the same name.
My system will never have to deal with names from China.
Or Japan.
Or Korea.
Or Ireland, the United Kingdom, the United States, Spain, Mexico, Brazil, Peru, Russia, Sweden, Botswana, South Africa, Trinidad, Haiti, France, or the Klingon Empire, all of which have “weird” naming schemes in common use.

Or Ireland, the United Kingdom, the United States, Spain, Mexico, Brazil, Peru, Russia, Sweden, Botswana, South Africa, Trinidad, Haiti, France, or the Klingon Empire, all of which have “weird” naming schemes in common use.
That Klingon Empire thing was a joke, right?
Confound your cultural relativism! People in my society, at least, agree on one commonly accepted standard for names.
There exists an algorithm which transforms names and can be reversed losslessly. (Yes, yes, you can do it if your algorithm returns the input. You get a gold star.)
I can safely assume that this dictionary of bad words contains no people’s names in it.
People’s names are assigned at birth.
OK, maybe not at birth, but at least pretty close to birth.
Alright, alright, within a year or so of birth.
Five years?
You’re kidding me, right?
Two different systems containing data about the same person will use the same name for that person.
Two different data entry operators, given a person’s name, will by necessity enter bitwise equivalent strings on any single system, if the system is well-designed.
People whose names break my system are weird outliers. They should have had solid, acceptable names, like 田中太郎.
People have names.

I can safely assume that this dictionary of bad words contains no people’s names in it.
People’s names are assigned at birth.
OK, maybe not at birth, but at least pretty close to birth.
Alright, alright, within a year or so of birth.
Five years?
You’re kidding me, right?
Two different systems containing data about the same person will use the same name for that person.
Two different data entry operators, given a person’s name, will by necessity enter bitwise equivalent strings on any single system, if the system is well-designed.
People whose names break my system are weird outliers. They should have had solid, acceptable names, like 田中太郎.
People have names.

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Stef "inclusion is a human right" Christensen @wikisteff.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2007 16:14:35 To: dersh@law.harvard.edu Dear Alan, I found it was just as easy to put my analysis in a letter as in an email, so I’ve attached it. I hope it helps – I agree that your interpretation is the only natural one. Let me know if there’s anything else I can do. Best, Steve

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Stef "inclusion is a human right" Christensen @wikisteff.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Nope. If it did, Greenland would have wayyy more political power than Denmark in the Folketing, and yet...

A section of the Wikipedia entry on Denmark's Folketing, the unicameral legislature of the Danish Realm. The sentences, "The Folketing consists of 179 members all elected for a four-year term or until the prime minister (via the King-in-council) calls for elections, whichever comes first. 175 members are elected in Denmark proper, while Greenland and the Faroe Islands each elect two members in separate constituencies," are highlighted.

A to-scale composite from Google Maps showing Greenland, Denmark, and the Faroe Islands. Greenland (2,166,086 km²) is about 50 times as large as Denmark (43,094 km²).

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Stef "inclusion is a human right" Christensen @wikisteff.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Trans having a pretty good history of use in English actually.

Time series line chart of the use of "trans" by English authors, showing that it is not rare going back to 1810.
Data from Google nGram.

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Stef "inclusion is a human right" Christensen @wikisteff.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Sure, but back in the ZIRP days, money was free and P:Es were high. Facebook lost something like 600 billion dollars in market cap, dropping from $350 to $100/share when it stopped growing users.

10-year performance chart of META / FB. Shows more or less steady growth to 2022 above 350/share, a huge fall in 2023 to 100/share, then a reboot to around 600/share today due to AI.

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Stef "inclusion is a human right" Christensen @wikisteff.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Fun fact: he does not. He is not even **worth** $1 trillion. But I am a fan of your "lead from the front" strategy here.

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Stef "inclusion is a human right" Christensen @wikisteff.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Reverse wealth transfer: "Once all of the law’s major provisions are fully phased in, Congressional Budget Office estimates show, the poorest households will end up with roughly $1,200 less each year on average, while the wealthiest Americans will gain about $13,600."

“I don't think it could be much clearer,” said Sharon Parrott, president of the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, a think tank that analyzes federal budget and tax policy. “They extended tax cuts for very wealthy people, they expanded tax cuts for very large estates, they put in new tax cuts for quite profitable businesses, and they did that in the same bill that they made millions of people lose food assistance and health coverage.”

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Stef "inclusion is a human right" Christensen @wikisteff.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

These are my alerts on my phone. The first one is about to expire.

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Stef "inclusion is a human right" Christensen @wikisteff.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

My eldest bought 10 oz of A5 Wagyu striploin for CAD $23 at a faire today here in Ottawa and my youngest lost his mind at how cheap that was. "10 out of 10" he says. "It's A5 Wagyu, Dad. Of course it's ten out of ten!"

Wagyu, raw, frying in a pan in its own juices. A meat thermometer is stuck in the center. Marbling is visible on the cut.

Eight slices of Wagyu, seared, on a leaf plate.

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Stef "inclusion is a human right" Christensen @wikisteff.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Iran bribe deal looking real shaky (reposted with Alt-text)

Brian Allen [Verified Badge] @allenanalysis

BREAKING: Iran Suspends Entire 60-Day Negotiation Process With the U.S.

Iran has halted its entire 60-day negotiation framework with the United States
after accusing Washington of violating the very first clause of the recently
signed MOU.

According to Fars and Al-Mayadeen, Iranian officials argue Israeli strikes in
southern Lebanon less than 24 hours after the agreement was electronically
signed constituted a direct breach of U.S. obligations under the deal.

Iran’s delegation was reportedly preparing to depart for Switzerland for the
first round of talks when Tehran abruptly canceled the trip. Iranian officials
now say they will not fulfill their own commitments until they are fully assured
Israeli attacks on Lebanon have stopped and the U.S. has adhered to the
agreement’s first-clause requirements.

The first round of U.S.-Iran talks is now effectively off the table.

Follow @AllenAnalysis to stay ahead of the curve.

6:01 PM · Jun 18, 2026 · 650.8K Views

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Stef "inclusion is a human right" Christensen @wikisteff.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

My "favourite" genre of AI conversation in mid-2026 is the "No, you fucking machine all this really happened goddamn it, now stop gaslighting me!"

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Stef "inclusion is a human right" Christensen @wikisteff.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

You see, you can always tell who won the war by who is paying reparations to whom.

This image is a screenshot of a Wikipedia article titled **"2026 Iran War."** It describes a conflict between the United States and Israel against Iran and its regional allies.

The main text describes the war as lasting from February 28 to June 17, 2026, beginning with U.S.-Israeli airstrikes that resulted in the assassination of Iranian officials, including Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. It mentions Iranian retaliation, a global fuel crisis, and a domestic crackdown on protesters in Iran. The text also references preceding events, such as a "Twelve-Day War" in June 2025.

On the right is an infobox featuring:
* **A map of the Middle East** heavily marked with strike locations. Red circles indicate strikes by Iran, Hezbollah, the Houthis, and PMF, primarily concentrated in Israel, Saudi Arabia, and the Persian Gulf. Dark purple crosses indicate strikes by the United States and Israel, concentrated within Iran.
* **Summary details:** It lists the duration as 3 months and 3 weeks, the location as West Asia and the Indian Ocean, and the result as an Iranian victory.
* **Belligerents:** Listed as the United States, Israel, and Saudi Arabia on one side, against Iran and the "Axis of Resistance" (including Hezbollah and others) on the other.

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Stef "inclusion is a human right" Christensen @wikisteff.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

I hadn't seen the transgender porn by political disposition search correlation charts yet.

A graphic titled "Search Volume by Politics" featuring three scatter plots that
compare political leaning with search volume for three terms: "Shemale,"
"Tranny," and "Femboy."

The horizontal axis of each chart represents a political spectrum, ranging from "More Democratic" on the left (shaded dark blue) to "More Republican" on the right (shaded dark red). The vertical axis measures search volume from 0 to 80K.

In all three plots, there is a visible upward-sloping grey trendline, indicating a positive correlation between a region being more Republican and having a higher search volume for these terms. While there is a cluster of data points at
the bottom for both sides, the highest search volume outliers (the dots at the
top of the graphs) are predominantly located on the right side of the charts,
colored in pink and red.

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