Laurie Garrett ✓

@Laurie_Garrett · New York, NY · joined 15 May 2011

Member @CFR_org. Recipient of Pulitzer Prize, Polk (3Xs) and Peabody Awards. Author: I Heard theSirensScream, TheComingPlague, Ebola & BetrayalofTrust.

213 544Followers

1 774Following

112 354Posts total

156.1KViews on collected posts

Latest posts

Laurie Garrett ✓@Laurie_Garrett31 Aug

If there weren't ample reason before you posted this 6 days ago, Mr. Musk, I now feel compelled to pronounce you my sworn enemy. You have called for my disenfranchisement. Them's fightin' words, you villainous varmint. https://t.co/UKKPQlf3ue

86.4K views · 1.1K likes · 160 reposts · 241 replies Open on X →

Laurie Garrett ✓@Laurie_Garrett31 Aug

Lettuce not Romaine here any longer 11.1K views · 26 likes · 3 reposts · 22 replies Open on X →

Laurie Garrett ✓@Laurie_Garrett31 Aug

@krassenstein https://t.co/ERKCsZWrVA

12K views · 3 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Laurie Garrett ✓@Laurie_Garrett30 Aug

China's CCTV is running an AI-generated mini-movie about the US v Iran war, depicting and American Eagle versus Persian cats. It's Chinese propaganda reminiscent of a kung-fu film, but there are serious messages that reveal the Xi Jinping POV. https://t.co/YP6tBvWuU1 https://t.c

7.1K views · 31 likes · 11 reposts · 9 replies Open on X →

Laurie Garrett ✓@Laurie_Garrett30 Aug

Think about it. Can you imagine that this man is the President of the United States? I mean, cloning himself many times over as an army of Canadian Geese wearing Donald hair pieces? Can you imagine ANY other POTUS in our nation's history posting or publishing anything like this? 30.6K views · 583 likes · 120 reposts · 55 replies Open on X →

Laurie Garrett ✓@Laurie_Garrett30 Aug

You have got to read this thread. And then the reactions -- two of which were AI generated responses. If this doesn't scare you, you probably don't understand what happened. Reread it -- you'll see. EGADS! 8.9K views · 26 likes · 13 reposts · 7 replies Open on X →

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6 posts from the last 90 days, next to the 100K–1M follower range. shown widely, but few of those viewers react.

Median views11 570this account6 273median for 100K–1M

Reach, %5.42%this account1.68%median for 100K–1M

Engagement, %0.62%this account0.98%median for 100K–1M

Metric	This account	Median for 100K–1M	Ratio
Median views per post	11 570	6 273	1.84×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	5.42%	1.68%	3.23×
Engagement rate	0.62%	0.98%	0.64×

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Growth & engagement

How the posts we collected actually performed: views and reaction rate post by post, what the audience did with them, and where the follower count goes.

Views per post

8.9K30 Aug

30.6K

7.1K

12K31 Aug

11.1K

86.4K

Last 6 collected posts, oldest on the left. The scale is logarithmic: one post can outrun the rest a hundred times over.

Engagement rate per post

0.53%30 Aug

2.50%

0.71%

0.03%31 Aug

0.47%

1.72%

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 100K–1M accounts is 0.98%.

What the audience does

Likes68.1%1 739 in total

Reposts12.0%307 in total

Replies13.1%334 in total

Quotes1.0%25 in total

Bookmarks5.8%148 in total

Share of every reaction we collected for this account. Replies mean argument, reposts mean endorsement, bookmarks mean the post was worth keeping.

The follower curve appears once this account has two daily snapshots — we take one a day, and this one is on its first.

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