I'm spending more time on Instagram. I think probably if I had to guess it would be Instagram, well, regain its status and some fashion. People are very addicted to the anger on Twitter. And they're addicted to the movement. There's a reason I put the trans thing up there. Look, the coverage that they have been doing of trans people is over and above the actual problem. So the obsession with this topic, including with Dave Chappelle, he can joke about it, but why an hour and a half? Like a powerful person talking an hour and another about a topic brings attention to it.
Kara and Scott discuss Tesla’s “Master Plan 3,” and TikTok's new time limits. Also, the world of Twitter competitors is growing with Jack Dorsey’s new app Bluesky joining the ranks. Plus, the COVID-19 lab leak theory got a heated boost this week. Friend of Pivot Mehdi Hasan joins to help us definitively decide whether or not Kara’s Chevy Bolt is sexy.
You can find Mehdi on Twitter at @mehdirhasan, and you can find his book “Win Every Argument The Art of Debating, Persuading, and Public Speaking” here.
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