Pat Dennis

Pat Dennis

Democratic opposition researcher, builder.

How much of what you see is what other people decide you should see?

There's a lot of selection bias in who gets called a "good" or "bad" campaigner, or public speaker, in politics. That selection bias comes from this: most reporters never really watch, or pay...

So, uh, I've been tweeting 12 identical political attacks a day, every day

I'm an opposition researcher, and for most people, that means digging up dirt. And it does. But anybody who does this job long enough learns a painful lesson: information doesn't do anything by...

Some things to keep in mind when you're in charge

My pinned thread on Twitter is a running list of things I’ve learned about management over the years. I think it’s pretty good! This document is not that – It’s an excerpt of a document I share with...

Why Did I Build This Site?

With all the Elon Musk-inspired Twitter chaos, I've been thinking about a few things: What would I do if Twitter went away? What do I get from Twitter that I would really lose? One of the first...