Some things I've read lately that I've found interesting:

The Hell it Can’t
During the night the bell sounded. Henry, waking instantly, knew who it was. He heard the concerted clumping of boots, the door hinge, scuffing against the wall. The chain of the hall lamp batted on the shade with a clinking, clear noise. He pulled himself free of the quilt and sat up trembling slightly. As…
The Daily NorthwesternDailyNorthwestern

The above is a story written by Saul Bellow at Northwestern in the 1930s, and republished at the time of his death in 2005.

This on the monetization of meme-wars is very revealing of the work involved in selling things people want to be true or even just truthy.

How X users earn thousands from US election misinformation and AI images
The accounts are part of pro-Trump and pro-Harris networks sharing each other’s content multiple times a day.
BBC News

And this is a very interesting chart of worldwide voter turnout.

Voter turnout of registered voters
Percentage of all registered voters who cast a vote in the national election, according to official results.
Our World in Data

For Americans, go and play the time lapse and watch America light up first.

No moderation in this post in general, but I am not inviting a free pass to bigotry. Again I recommend everyone read the community guidelines even if they think they don't need to. Perhaps especially in those cases. Please flag trolls, please don't flag comments because you disagree with them.

No guarantee I won't delete Trump gifs from the moderation dashboard without checking what post they're in. I mean. I almost certainly will.

There is metric assloads of disinformation out there, largely sourced in Russia so don't get fooled – and it's not okay if it's on your side.