Brian Klaas

Brian Klaas

Mastodon @brianklaas@journa.host
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Followers
11.4K
Account age
3 yrs

📊 Post engagement

112
Avg engagement / post
1%
Engagement vs followers
Nov 2022
On Mastodon since

🔥 Top post: In big news, the anti-vaccine conspiracy theorist presidential c · 700 likes + reposts

📊 Activity & format

Posting cadence
1.4 / week
A lower-frequency account — each post lands with more weight.
Content mix
Mostly text
Recent: 12 text · 0 image · 0 video.
Follower / following
57×
Follows 199 back. A strong ratio — an audience that follows them, not a follow-for-follow network.

Recent posts

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🔥 Top post In big news, the anti-vaccine conspiracy theorist presidential candidate who dumped a bear cub carcass in Central Park and had part of his brain eaten by a worm has endorsed a convicted felon fraudster who incited a violent mob in a failed attempt to steal an election. ★ 700
A lot of very smart people are trying to get polling right. Here's why they might still be wrong (read on if you want a deep dive on polling, forecasting, and probability). Plus: I offer my foolhardy prediction for the winner of the US pre… ★ 15 “Our attention is finite, and the more we divert it to sensationalist lies, the more that we aid and abet actual conspiracies and corruption that warrant harsh public scrutiny. If we aren’t careful, we’ll meme ourselves straight into dysto… ★ 65 I wrote about Elon Musk’s latest innovation: a revolutionary technology—a perfect disinformation machine—which turns money into lies and lies into money. https://www.forkingpaths.co/p/elon-musks-perfect-disinformation ★ 51 The authoritarian felon who already tried to steal an election by inciting a violent mob to illegally stay in power is now saying he wants to get rid of “vermin” with “bad genes.” ★ 35 In 2028, a 6’5” narcoleptic scientist with a bushy white beard could resurrect the first woolly mammoth in 4,000 years. That mammoth may soon be lumbering, in all its hairy glory, across the frozen plains of North Dakota. But is de-extinct… ★ 21 It’s the 20 year anniversary of parkrun, an extraordinary event that now counts nearly 10 million participants. I wrote about parkrun—and how the volunteering ethos of its supercitizens can teach us how to live more fulfilling lives. https… ★ 17 Jimmy Carter is 100 today. Many people don’t know about some of his most important achievements—the hidden legacy that will save countless lives for decades to come. I wrote about it here: https://www.forkingpaths.co/p/jimmy-carters-hidden… ★ 242 New artificial intelligence tools can make “griefbots” that are scarily good at mimicking deceased loved ones. In this article, I explore whether they should be allowed to exist: https://www.forkingpaths.co/p/griefbots-and-the-ethics-of-di… ★ 21 It is clearly plausible that the US state of Missouri may have just executed an innocent man, even after prosecutors tried to stop the execution. I wrote about his case, about capital punishment, and about the last words that inmates say b… ★ 35 Call me old fashioned but shouldn’t it be a bigger story that the GOP nominee for president took a 9/11 truther conspiracy theorist to a 9/11 event? Or that his guest of honor to remember the victims of 9/11 is a deranged self-proclaimed w… ★ 103 This essay - about raves, escapism, the drudgery of late capitalism, and the playfulness that makes us human - is one of my favorite pieces I’ve written. “An Anthropologist Goes to Boomtown” https://www.forkingpaths.co/p/an-anthropologist-… ★ 35

🐘 Community & instance

Home server
journa.host
A journalists server — its members and audience skew toward that niche, so expect a community-aligned, engaged following.
On Mastodon since
Nov 2022
Joined in the Twitter-exodus wave of late 2022 — part of the migration that made Mastodon a real destination.

💡 Facts

🗓️Joined Mastodon in 2022 — 3 years ago.
👁️Averages 112 views per post.
📤Posts about 1.4× per week.
🏅Earned the 10K Followers for passing 10K followers.

🛡️ Audience credibility

66/100 Good
  • Est. 79% real, active audience · Medium fake-follower risk.
  • Content engagement (~1.0% of followers) is around typical for Mastodon.
  • Established account (3+ years old).
Est. authentic audience
79%
Fake-follower risk
Medium

Heuristic estimate from view-through, engagement vs size and recent growth — a screening signal, not a guarantee.

About

Associate Professor of Global Politics at University College London. The Atlantic. Author of five books, most recently: "FLUKE/ Chance, Chaos, and Why Everything We Do Matters.” Host: Power Corrupts podcast. Writing on Substack: www.forkingpaths.co

🔀 Audience overlap

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Estimated shared audience with similar creators — useful for avoiding overlap (or doubling down) when planning a campaign.

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