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Dec. 7th, 2023 09:02 amThe preview image for Video tributes to George Zingali for his birthday on World AIDS Day is part of the preview image for this video.
The page views for August 2023 passed those of April 2018, making this the month with the most page views in the history of Crazy Eddie's Motie News so far. It passed 100,000 page views during August 2023 between 4:00 and 4:30 P.M. on August 20, 2023. The blog ended the month with 131,244 page views, a new monthly record, and 21 comments, 20 of which were published, on 31 posts during 31 days of August 2023.
( Most read, commented on, pinned, tweeted, and liked entries of last month behind the cut. )
( Most read, commented on, pinned, tweeted, and liked entries of last month behind the cut. )
I suspect it's part of a campaign to discredit expertise in general and scientific and medical expertise in particular.
Impressions 4,155
Total engagements 178
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— Pinku Sensei (@pinkusensei) November 27, 2021This earned:
Impressions 4,155
Total engagements 178
Likes
142
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16
Retweets
9
Replies
6
Profile clicks
5
If this image actually listed the awards, I might have included it in 'The Queen's Gambit' leads limited series at the Creative Arts Emmy Awards, but can it beat 'Mare of Easttown' and 'WandaVision' on the final night?.
'Husavik' at the Oscars
Apr. 27th, 2021 04:35 pmI wrote "I have a feeling it will be the best live performance along with “Husavik” at the actual awards. Too bad the votes will be counted before the artists perform" in Oscar nominated scores and songs for National Film Score Day and repeated it in today's 'Judas and the Black Messiah' wins two Oscars. Here's the Oscar Pre-Show performance of "Husavik," which lived up to my expectations.
I wrote 2020 tied with 2016 for warmest year on record, NASA reports in response to a tweet by Greta Thunberg.
Damn. The blog has had 9.47K page views from Sweden in its entire 10-year history, currently ranking it 11th overall, 12th if one counts "Unknown Region." That means that it had 2.12K page views before this week, which wouldn't have earned it a place in the top 20, as the current holders of that spot, South Korea and Turkmenistan, have 3.25K page views each during the past decade. Anyway, this could be a coincidence, but I doubt it.
I then tweeted the link as a response to her tweet. Beginning the next day, this happened to the page views of Time names Greta Thunberg Person of the Year for 2019, which I linked to in the post I tweeted.This news is neither abstract, far into the future, irrelevant nor hard to understand - which are the usual excuses for not covering the climate emergency.
— Greta Thunberg (@GretaThunberg) January 15, 2021
And yet it's not dominating the news. In fact it barely gets a mention. This is an active choice that sends a clear signal. https://t.co/chZvicsZYo
During the previous three weeks, it had a grand total of 2 page views, so something changed.
That's not all. Here's a map showing where the readers for Crazy Eddie's Motie News as a whole were from during the same week.
Damn. The blog has had 9.47K page views from Sweden in its entire 10-year history, currently ranking it 11th overall, 12th if one counts "Unknown Region." That means that it had 2.12K page views before this week, which wouldn't have earned it a place in the top 20, as the current holders of that spot, South Korea and Turkmenistan, have 3.25K page views each during the past decade. Anyway, this could be a coincidence, but I doubt it.
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A new top tweet for the month
Nov. 23rd, 2020 11:45 amOn Twitter last night, I responded to a tweet quoting King George III singing "They will tear each other to pieces, Jesus Christ this will be fun, Da da da dat da dat da da da dai ya da..." with "Needs the music for full effect."
After only 10 hours, it already has more than 5,000 impressions and 100 interactions. The tweet I featured yesterday has a little over 3,000 impressions and 99 interactions. Sic transit gloria mundi.
I missed blogging here yesterday. That's because, during the time I would have been posting a journal entry, I was in a couple of ops with the squad my wife leads on SWTOR. At the end of the second, I got one of my characters to level 70. I've been playing SWTOR for eight years now, but never got one of my characters that high. That's because my main goal has been to play all eight class stories to completion. Right now, I have seven completed and I'm about to land the last character on Corellia, the last planet in the sequence. I'll probably be done with the my main goal in a week.
I'm now a mod of deathwatch on JournalFen
Mar. 7th, 2019 08:52 amLast year, I wrote that "I plan on posting an obituary a day until I run out, get tired of it, or get told to stop/banned. Any bets on which will happen first?" So far, none of them have happened. In fact, the opposite of the last occurred; I was made a mod of deathwatch. Surprise! That's the first time I've been promoted to mod on any community at JournalFen in either incarnation.
Infidel 753 shared these links today
Feb. 10th, 2019 07:08 pmIn Link round-up for 10 February 2019, Infidel 753 shared these three links from Crazy Eddie's Motie News:
PBS Eons on Pygmy Mammoths
2018 officially the fourth warmest year on record
Colbert, Noah, Meyers, and Bee take on the State of the Union Address
Three consecutive days of share-worthy posts. I'm pleased.
In Best Original Song nominees at the 2019 Golden Globes, I forecast that ""I think 'Shallow' is favored over 'All the Stars.' The Hollywood Foreign Press Association loves Lady Gaga." "Shallow" won last night. To celebrate, here is the song.
Now on to my next prediction, which is that it wins the Grammy.
Oops! A Festivus grievance about myself
Dec. 23rd, 2018 02:51 pmI was so busy yesterday that I didn't realize until now that I had neglected to post here yesterday. If I had, I would have including the following link to Crazy Eddie's Motie News that included some bragging about my powers of prognostication: Stocks and oil crash plus a driving update for Pearl. In it, I included the following.
IThe Dow closed at 22,445.37. That's at the top of the range I predicted it would fall to in The tax bill and the U.S. economy in 2018 and beyond.As for an actual Festivus post at Crazy Eddie's Motie News, I have one of those, too: Feats of animal strength for a Blue Norther on Festivus. Happy Festivus and happy Norther — a double celebration of fake holidays, a "Blue Norther on Festivus!"I expect the Dow Jones Industrials to get above 25,000, struggle to break 26,000, then sink down to between 20,000 and 22,500 over the next couple of years....
Now I can collect on the Dow falling to between 20,000 and 22,500 by the end of 2020 a year early.
I found three videos or sets of videos on topics I like to write about, the Retail Apocalypse, Russian election interference, and climate change. They made for easy blogging.
CBS Sunday Morning examines 'the fall of Sears'
CBS News explains how Russia used disinformation on social media to target voters
COP24 concludes with delegates reaching consensus on how to implement the Paris Climate Agreement
I also found one on the history of the U.S. selling arms to Saudi Arabia. That was work!
Vox explains how Saudi Arabia became the largest buyer of U.S. arms and is using them in Yemen
CBS Sunday Morning examines 'the fall of Sears'
CBS News explains how Russia used disinformation on social media to target voters
COP24 concludes with delegates reaching consensus on how to implement the Paris Climate Agreement
I also found one on the history of the U.S. selling arms to Saudi Arabia. That was work!
Vox explains how Saudi Arabia became the largest buyer of U.S. arms and is using them in Yemen
Before Thanksgiving, I found out one of my students is an actress in the Nain Rouge movie, so I showed her the blog post I wrote about it. The day before yesterday, she asked to take a screenshot of the post to show the director. Of course, I said yes, so she did and texted it to the director. He saw it and responded "OMG, LOL, cute!" That made my evening.
On Crazy Eddie's Motie News in February, I posted 'Get Out,' 'Logan,' and 'The Shape of Water' among nominees for the Ray Bradbury Award for Outstanding Dramatic Presentation and made a prediction.
Based on which the screenwriters have nominated for the WGA Awards as well as the Oscars, the real contenders are "Get Out," which won Best Original Screenplay at the WGA Awards and is nominated for an Oscar, "The Shape of Water," which was nominated for Best Original Screenplay at both the WGA Awards and the Academy Awards, and "Logan," which was nominated for Best Adapted Screenplay at both the WGA Awards and the Academy Awards. If the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America follow the lead of the WGA and the Writers Branch of the Motion Picture Academy, "Get Out" would be the favorite, followed by "Logan" and "The Shape of Water."Earlier today, The Verge reported on the Nebula Award winners, writing "Jordan Peele’s film Get Out won the Ray Bradbury Award for Outstanding Dramatic Presentation...." My prediction came true!
Four posts with John Oliver videos
Feb. 6th, 2018 05:37 amOver at Crazy Eddie's Motie News, I wrote four consecutive entries with John Oliver videos to post at the Join the Coffee Party Movement Facebook page this month. Two of them are now in the all time top ten, they were so popular. Yes, I know my audience; they love John Oliver.
John Oliver on primaries and caucuses for Groundhog Day
Vox on Puerto Rico statehood and John Oliver on territories
John Oliver on stadiums and NFL cheerleaders for Super Bowl Sunday
John Oliver on D.C. Statehood
In case my readers are wondering where the next UCLA Marching Band video post is, it's coming. I just needed a break and I thought my readers did, too.
John Oliver on primaries and caucuses for Groundhog Day
Vox on Puerto Rico statehood and John Oliver on territories
John Oliver on stadiums and NFL cheerleaders for Super Bowl Sunday
John Oliver on D.C. Statehood
In case my readers are wondering where the next UCLA Marching Band video post is, it's coming. I just needed a break and I thought my readers did, too.
