#inauguration

It was threatening to rain in DC today. It was grey. It was just as cold as it was yesterday.

Don’t let Donald and Co. convince you that it was the weather or anything else.

Hundreds of thousands - at least half a million - people got to DC this weekend. At least half a million people were willing to stand out in the cold and damp on the National Mall.

Just not for him.

Just to be clear:

I was in DC on inauguration day in 2009

I was in DC on Inauguration day in 2017

DC on January 20th 2017 was a relative ghost town

Remember:
- A reporter on the scene said it was possible to walk down Pennsylvania Avenue with both arms out yesterday
- There was empty space all along the parade route
- There are pictures and video of DC yesterday and they show that it was not crowded

There is NO WAY there were a million and a half people at Trump’s inauguration.

Don’t let the Trump administration assert lies as fact. Don’t let the Trump administration gaslight you. Don’t let them gaslight us.

There were not a million and a half people in DC for Trump’s inauguration yesterday. Fact.

marvelsmostwanted:

Bernie’s cozy mittens are killing me but also he’s from Vermont and the only one correctly dressed for the weather

Congratulations President Biden and Vice President Harris Congratulations America!

Anyone who can make it to the Women’s March on Washington tomorrow, please come make your voice heard.

All information can be found at www.womensmarch.com
List of sister marches if you can’t make it to DC
Mission Statement

guerrillatech:

Am I too late? He really did turn up and say

To all of those who have asked, I will not be going to the Inauguration on January 20th.

-President Donald J. Trump

Our Analysis

There is a 57% chance that Donald Trump wrote this tweet himself.

Word probabilities: 50/49 (Trump/Staff)
Time probabilities: 46/53 (Trump/Staff)
Metadata probabilities: 65/34 (Trump/Staff)
Posted at: Fri Jan 8 10:44:28 2021 EST [Link]
Tweet Source: Twitter for iPhone

The most informative terms in this tweet were:
asked (Trump, 5.2:1), going (Trump, 1.2:1), inauguration (Trump, 5.2:1), january (Trump, 3.1:1), 20th (Trump, 2.2:1)

A computer sees the following emotions in this tweet (NRC):
{‘anticipation’: 1, 'joy’: 1, 'positive’: 1, 'trust’: 1}

Grade level of this tweet (Flesch-Kincaid): 8.0

Hey, you. You’re finally awake.

I’m seeing a ton of people posting this copy-and-paste update about boycotting the inauguration by SWITCHING YOUR TELEVISION TO A DIFFERENT CHANNEL. It’s a nice thought and a nice gesture, but that WON’T WORK.

I’m not putting those things in all caps to yell at you, I just want to make sure you see it.

How TV Ratings Work:
Viewership is measured through Nielsen ratings. Unless you’re a “Nielsen family,” you don’t really count. Nielsen Family data is recorded through their Nielsen boxes, and then that data is gathered on a value curve to represent a larger audience.

Basically, no Nielsen box = no count.

Ratings are an estimate. It’s super archaic. But so is cable. That’s why viewer data is ALSO gathered through internet clicks and posts, interaction with online videos and social feeds, and streaming data.

How to REALLY Boycott the Inauguration:
Avoid online content. Avoid clicking on videos, avoid linking articles and tweets, avoid social feeds, avoid recaps. Even hate-watching a video or posting a link to add the comment, “An oil spill in the Pacific Ocean is better for humanity than this administration,” still counts toward viewer data. Your hate-click is still an added view, and it doesn’t come with a little asterisk next to it that says, “But this person loathed it and weeps for the future.”

So changing your channel is chill, and I recommend it! There is so much beautiful, amazing television! It’s a Golden Age of scripted content! But for god’s sake, don’t then go and negate your boycott by opening your Facebook and putting angry faces on a bunch of Trump videos.