@inthehands Sadly, words lose semantic content over time, which was my point. So if populism is allowed to mean “popular” or “mass appeal”, then we lose the ability to talk about the specific concept.

@inthehands In the “words mean things” camp, I am forced to point out that populism doesn’t just mean “popular” or “an appeal to the people”, but a specific kind of antiintellectualism that is often a tool of fascism.

@mttaggart "Woopsie, I accidentally committed journalistic malpractice."

@caseyliss You absolutely do butcher the word router.

A router makes routes. A router (US pronunciation) is used for edging woodwork.

The o in hover is a short o, like the first o in borrow. You say it like a u, as if it were spelt “huvver”.