This is the first paper I have written in 15 years. Anyone brave enough to read it (it's a bit on the long side) feel free to send me some feedback. "Tools, Methods and Political Games in the Age of Musk" https://tinyurl.com/AgeOfMusk As a reminder, we have launched TrustDefender.net, which is free for research and teaching. If you need a specialized Twitter dataset from the last 12 months, I can help you get it. I have done more than 1,000 hours of free software training sessions for individuals, groups, and classes since 2010. Who wants to be next? https://calendly.com/discovertext The feedback I get, especially at the just completed conference "Decrypting Digital Authoritarianism" hosted by the EUI is "why don't more people use these free tools?" I have some hunches, but my best guess is that the dominant definition of "data science" in social science means learning to use spreadsheets, R & Python to crunch numbers and words within a framework of hypothesis testing. My probably unwanted, slightly "jet-lagged in an airport" advice is that people stop saying the phrase "data science" as a stand-in for using spreadsheets, R & Python. First, there is no science without data, so the term data science is meaningless. Apologies to any professors of data science on the list. Second, science is about the methods used to reach defensible inferences. It is not about adopting specific programming languages or certain techniques. Third, our web-based collaborative tools utilizing a graphical user interface were developed after eight years of NSF funding where building and using scientific instruments for basic and applied scientific research was woven into the goals of our team. Finally, if you have spent weeks or months to become an intermediate user of R & Python, perhaps take 30-60 minutes to become an intermediate user of our built, tested, reliable, and free platform, or a day or two to become an expert. You can still use R & Python to extend and expand the options for data manipulation, but you can also use built software that shortens the time it takes to initiate and complete research. Stu -- Dr. Stuart W. Shulman Founder and CEO, Texifter Editor Emeritus, *Journal of Information Technology & Politics*