Mostly flat. I’ve become a pretty slow and lazy runner.Uphill or downhill?
On this other topic, upon some self-analysis (while running), I’m being at least partly disingenuous here. I am absolutely against banning Trump or anyone, personally, unless the banning is necessary and I don’t think it was necessary here. I’m just personally enjoying seeing Trump have to suffer a little. It’s petty of me, to be totally truthful.
At the same time, I’m not worried that the banning portends anything more nefarious. I definitely could be wrong.
I also feel confident that Twitter isn’t a state actor subject to first amendment scrutiny, particularly in the way people seem to sometimes think. (On a side note, and I’m sure I’ll regret giving away this part of my private life, I gave a talk to 800+ students on the first amendment the other day (early December, actually), and I boned up on current case law before giving the talk. I’m not a lecturer, and I was especially worried about getting burned by some gunner asking questions, so I studied up hard. I say all this only to point out that I hit this specific area hard, reading cases and some scholarly articles. Not saying I’m an authority or an expert, but I feel pretty caught up on this area of first amendment law.)