Real? Or Parody?

MTG is out here trying to get Satan cancelled, it’s a sick world fam. pic.twitter.com/acG1SkSbjc

— Jackie Jennings (@ohhijackie) February 6, 2023

Well, as long as her metaphysics are sound...

Asking “Real member of Congress or parody account” with disturbing frequency lately.

— Schooley (@Rschooley) February 6, 2023

Does the difference matter?

Also no tax on snow shovels. https://t.co/cmJvEhcVp1

— Schooley (@Rschooley) February 6, 2023

Someone should float Democrats are looking at banning gas powered snow blowers just to see Ron DeSantis demagogue for the right for every Floridian to own two.

— Schooley (@Rschooley) February 6, 2023

Folks I am laughing pic.twitter.com/NWbZqAUSE3

— Julia Claire (@ohJuliatweets) February 5, 2023

I'm trying to figure out who "Turning Point USA" thinks they're appealing to? Young white girls who look like they just sucked a lemon?

Americans tend to live in denial until it’s too late — just look at the Dobbs decision. In the months leading up to it, there were plenty of theories across news outlets that the Supreme Court would never eviscerate Roe https://t.co/ICPeuc9QWv

— RR Edmonds (@rr_edmonds) February 6, 2023

And I just love tweets like this, mostly because you can't really slip a piece of paper between this argument, and the Turning Points USA argument above. Except the latter actually involves electoral politics, while the former involves court decisions over which our concerns, whatever they may be, have almost no influence at all. There is an electoral process for changing even the minds of the Court (as the Supremes did on FDR's New Deal; or the Warren Court did when it put its finger in the air and tried to make government actions, both police and fair treatment of persons in general, a bit more fair and just.)  But is my concern about the judge in Texas going to make that judge turn away from a decision I don't approve of?  Sure; and for my next trick, I'll change the minds of Thomas and Alito from here at my keyboard.

This, by way of example, is a real problem that real people, or just those concerned, can weigh in on and do something about:

hey @elonmusk, a group of turkish engineers are trying to map earthquake rescue calls on twitter to a geographical map, but they’re hit with an API restriction for specific hashtag queries. is there a way to provide them an exempt API key for the next couple of days?

— sedat kapanoğlu (@esesci) February 6, 2023

According to the author of that tweet, a number of people with "api keys" have responded to help out. There's also a string of replies which simply tag Elmo, trying to get his attention to this. Elmo's response so far: *crickets*. He must be busy rounding up Twitter jokes and memes he can claim as his own:

Elon has a long history of stealing creators' content and trying to pass it off as his own, including memes, which has made many creators very upset: https://t.co/ovK5EBYyHZ https://t.co/SDirS9CSUu

— Taylor Lorenz (@TaylorLorenz) February 6, 2023

Or he's waiting to identify some rescuer in Turkey he can label a "pedophile."

There is something pretty funny about Musk being a joke vampire from the young while also falling for the dumbest hoaxes and disinformation like a MAGA retiree in The Villages.

— Schooley (@Rschooley) February 6, 2023

And news from Florida:

New School Curriculum Just 6 Straight Hours Of Staring Slack-Jawed At American Flag https://t.co/9IppZ1QBWw pic.twitter.com/Uimlwbvja8

— The Onion (@TheOnion) February 6, 2023