#BrianKlaas:
“Democracy provides a mechanism to forge compromise based on the informed consent of the governed. That becomes impossible…when partisan identity becomes a dystopian ‘choose your own reality’ world of splintered politics & when voters aren’t disagreeing on normative opinions of how the world should be, but rather are divided over basic facts abt how the world is.”
https://open.substack.com/pub/brianklaas/p/the-funhouse-mirror-of-trumpistan?r=1k4nht&utm_medium=ios&utm_campaign=post

"Too many journalists still wrongly believe their goal should be “balance.” It shouldn’t. It should be objectivity. If something is untrue, the press needs to say so, in clear language, even if one partisan group wrongly believes the lie to be true."
#journalism #Republicans #BrianKlaas
https://www.forkingpaths.co/p/the-funhouse-mirror-of-trumpistan

Ikke alene korrumperer magt, det er også de korrupte, der tiltager sig magten.
#BrianKlaas #dkPol #magt #samfund https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/politik/amerikansk-stjerneforsker-vi-vaelger-de-helt-forkerte-ledere

Hello Fellow Mastodonians!

Bluetooth — Ever wonder where that name came from?

The origin story of the name "Bluetooth" and the logo used for that technology is a fascinating tale that connects Viking history, the English civil war, and a curious saga of scattered bones.

ICYMI — author Brian Klaas, Associate Prof. in Global Politics at UCL. Author: CORRUPTIBLE: Who Gets Power & How it Changes Us. Contributing writer at The Atlantic. Host of the PowerCorrupts podcast.

It’s a fun and fascinating dive into the origin story of the ubiquitous connectivity protocol named after a long-forgotten Viking king.

You can subscribe to Brian’s substack and read the article here:
https://substack.com/profile/2719594-brian-klaas

And here's a fun video explanation from Tom Scott, "Harald Bluetooth and Your Phone":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdmQp9M9jUo

@brianklaas
#Bluetooth
#BrianKlaas
#TomScott

@brianklaas @jeffjarvis #PowerCorrupts #BrianKlaas

@brianklaas Done!

Might seem a bit egotistical, but you could try tagging your posts with #BrianKlaas for a while, since folks might search for your username and then your posts would show up. (search only works on hashtags)

Hello Fellow Mastodonians!

Bluetooth — Ever wonder where that name came from?

The origin story of the name "Bluetooth" and the logo used for that technology is a fascinating tale that connects Viking history, the English civil war, and a curious saga of scattered bones.

ICYMI — author Brian Klaas, Associate Prof. in Global Politics at UCL. Author: CORRUPTIBLE: Who Gets Power & How it Changes Us. Contributing writer at The Atlantic. Host of the PowrCorrupts podcast.

It’s a fun and fascinating dive into the origin story of the ubiquitous connectivity protocol named after a long-forgotten Viking king.

You can subscribe to Brian’s substack and read the article here:
https://substack.com/profile/2719594-brian-klaas

@brianklaas
#Bluetooth
#BrianKlaas

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