Dysheki

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Logic is dead. Long live the algorithm. Pens, Steelers, vidya games, former dachshund dad 😢, random other shit. ThePeoplesFeral from the app that shall not be named. If you like Frisky Dingo, let's be friends.

The LA mayoral primary’s devolution into conspiracy tropes, Polymarket screenshots, and Grok fact-checks is useful because it shows a script we are going to see again in 2026: viral candidate overperforms in the feed, ordinary ballot-counting reveals a different reality, and the people who conflated engagement with votes decide that there’s something suspicious about the count.

The majority illusion

Network scientists at USC explained it years ago: your social media feed is dominated by the loudest, best-connected nodes. Their opinions can feel like the majority consensus even when it’s not. You might be thinking you’re seeing the population, when you’re really seeing the loudest people. The term they gave for misjudging where prevailing opinion is based on what you see around you is called the majority illusion.

“All models showed New World Screwworm entering the country in 2025; however, thanks to the hard work across the entire Trump administration and our industry, state, and local partners, we were able to buy time for this moment. Protecting our livestock industry is a national security issue of the utmost importance, and USDA is wasting no time in taking action,” said Dudley Hoskins, Under Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs. “USDA invested heavily in the tools needed to eliminate NWS ever since cases started increasing in Central America and Mexico. The United States has defeated this pest before, and we will do it again.”