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Common Ground

These are Twitter accounts that rank highly in both lenses, meaning these are the people who are likely trusted by both groups and could be useful at neutrally establishing a shared reality. Once they clear a threshold in PageRank score, they are sorted by geometric mean of both Personalized PageRank scores (decreasing).

Summary

  1. Baseline (20)
  2. Foundation Against Intolerance and Racism (18)
  3. Think Tanks (17)
  4. Arnold Kling's Fantasy Intellectual Teams (13)
  5. Populist Libertarians (12)
  6. Heritage Foundation (12)
  7. The Dispatch (11)
  8. Hoover Institution (10)
  9. American Enterprise Institute (10)
  10. National Bureau of Economic Research (10)
  11. Reality-Based Community (9)
  12. Moderate Conservatism (9)
  13. Claremont Institute (8)
  14. The Atlantic (7)
  15. Wall Street Journal (6)
  16. The Daily Beast (5)
  17. The New York Times (4)
  18. Khosla Ventures (4)
  19. Bloomberg Opinion (4)
  20. Founders Fund (3)
  21. A16Z (3)
  22. Founders (3)
  23. Crypto VC (2)
  24. Homebrew (2)
  25. Atlantic Council (2)
  26. The New York Post (2)
  27. Financial Times (2)
  28. Newsmax (2)
  29. Ecomodernists (2)
  30. Cato Institute (2)
  31. Center for American Progress (2)
  32. Rationality (2)
  33. Crypto Angels (1)
  34. Biotech (1)
  35. Sutter Hill Ventures (1)
  36. Council on Foreign Relations (1)
  37. Washington Post (1)
  38. The Los Angeles Times (1)
  39. The Intercept (1)
  40. Techcrunch (1)
  41. Wired (1)
  42. Niskanen Center (1)
  43. Foreign Policy (1)
  44. New Yorker (1)
  45. CNBC (1)
  46. BuzzFeed (1)
  47. VICE (1)
  48. Ars Technica (1)
  49. Recode (1)
  50. Village Global (1)
  51. Black Lives Matter (1)
  52. Brookings (1)
  53. Peterson Institute for International Economics (1)
  54. Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) (1)
  55. Bismark Analysis (1)
  56. Epidemiology Journalism (1)

Common Ground Accounts

Baseline

  1. Inez Stepman ⚪️🔴⚪️ (8.2980909)
  2. Emily Zanotti (8.2384107)
  3. Guy Benson (8.2076491)
  4. Liz Wheeler (8.1718492)
  5. Janice Dean (8.1373296)
  6. Jack Posobiec (8.1239030)
  7. Quentin Sommerville (8.0960108)
  8. Matt Walsh (8.0009775)
  9. Comfortably Smug (8.0000982)
  10. Kalhan (7.9931056)
  11. Mollie (7.9570636)
  12. Ben Shapiro (7.8948173)
  13. Rare and Mild Cernovich (7.8606349)
  14. Christine "Go Donate Blood" Rousselle (7.8537810)
  15. Seth Frantzman (7.8489060)
  16. Alexandra DeSanctis Marr (7.8362202)
  17. Henry Rodgers (7.8278136)
  18. Alex Berenson (7.8273739)
  19. Elisha (7.8205427)
  20. Josh Hammer (7.7822621)

Foundation Against Intolerance and Racism

  1. Emily Zanotti (8.4778173)
  2. Yashar Ali 🐘 (8.3679954)
  3. Janice Dean (8.3595918)
  4. Matt Walsh (8.1336723)
  5. Mollie (8.0097728)
  6. Ben Shapiro (7.9567687)
  7. Jason Howerton (7.9449853)
  8. Joey Jones (7.9250991)
  9. Lyndsey Fifield (7.9122377)
  10. Inez Stepman ⚪️🔴⚪️ (7.8336737)
  11. Comfortably Smug (7.8303536)
  12. Allie Beth Stuckey (7.8147824)
  13. Alexandra DeSanctis Marr (7.8066628)
  14. Rare and Mild Cernovich (7.7944055)
  15. Jack Posobiec (7.7551886)
  16. Christine "Go Donate Blood" Rousselle (7.7524402)
  17. Michael Knowles (7.7204444)
  18. Alex Berenson (7.6900495)

Think Tanks

  1. Liz Wheeler (8.4402520)
  2. Yashar Ali 🐘 (8.3651217)
  3. Emily Zanotti (8.2888820)
  4. Janice Dean (8.2019711)
  5. Josh Hammer (8.0867084)
  6. Allie Beth Stuckey (8.0752159)
  7. Alexandra DeSanctis Marr (8.0515719)
  8. Matt Walsh (8.0338249)
  9. Mollie (8.0039330)
  10. Christine "Go Donate Blood" Rousselle (7.9967684)
  11. Elisha (7.9889326)
  12. Jack Posobiec (7.9078612)
  13. Henry Rodgers (7.8895793)
  14. Seth Frantzman (7.8401096)
  15. Lila Rose (7.8128108)
  16. Neri Zilber (7.7441041)
  17. Abby Johnson (wife/mama) (7.6368803)

Arnold Kling's Fantasy Intellectual Teams

  1. Yashar Ali 🐘 (8.1185550)
  2. Comfortably Smug (7.9607650)
  3. Guy Benson (7.9567949)
  4. Abby Johnson (wife/mama) (7.9106127)
  5. Inez Stepman ⚪️🔴⚪️ (7.9071596)
  6. Janice Dean (7.8377898)
  7. Emily Zanotti (7.8297792)
  8. Matt Walsh (7.8146950)
  9. Ben Shapiro (7.7315244)
  10. Mollie (7.7056220)
  11. Rare and Mild Cernovich (7.6524124)
  12. Jack Posobiec (7.6260621)
  13. Alex Berenson (7.6028799)

Populist Libertarians

  1. Rare and Mild Cernovich (8.0987946)
  2. Matt Walsh (8.0351208)
  3. Jack Posobiec (7.9735374)
  4. Yashar Ali 🐘 (7.9546656)
  5. Allie Beth Stuckey (7.9465701)
  6. Ben Shapiro (7.8334758)
  7. Jason Howerton (7.7717291)
  8. Comfortably Smug (7.7593194)
  9. Michael Knowles (7.7363267)
  10. Guy Benson (7.6942335)
  11. Mollie (7.6572694)
  12. Alex Berenson (7.6434450)

Heritage Foundation

  1. Liz Wheeler (8.5632631)
  2. Emily Zanotti (8.2671787)
  3. Inez Stepman ⚪️🔴⚪️ (8.2523703)
  4. Guy Benson (8.0996238)
  5. Elisha (8.0936014)
  6. Alexandra DeSanctis Marr (8.0691909)
  7. Jack Posobiec (7.9807451)
  8. Mollie (7.8676653)
  9. Ben Shapiro (7.8541287)
  10. Christine "Go Donate Blood" Rousselle (7.8226759)
  11. Janice Dean (7.7738498)
  12. Allie Beth Stuckey (7.7735457)

The Dispatch

  1. Yashar Ali 🐘 (8.2815159)
  2. Guy Benson (8.1855771)
  3. Emily Zanotti (8.1507719)
  4. Janice Dean (7.9241863)
  5. Alexandra DeSanctis Marr (7.8816503)
  6. Comfortably Smug (7.8686077)
  7. Abby Johnson (wife/mama) (7.7661823)
  8. Ben Shapiro (7.7582765)
  9. Christine "Go Donate Blood" Rousselle (7.6907100)
  10. Mollie (7.6819010)
  11. FOX News Radio (7.5281684)

Hoover Institution

  1. Guy Benson (8.0825592)
  2. Emily Zanotti (7.9727022)
  3. Janice Dean (7.9604309)
  4. Yashar Ali 🐘 (7.9409387)
  5. Ben Shapiro (7.8513988)
  6. Mollie (7.8320128)
  7. Inez Stepman ⚪️🔴⚪️ (7.7858171)
  8. Alexandra DeSanctis Marr (7.7111786)
  9. Allie Beth Stuckey (7.6995423)
  10. Comfortably Smug (7.6744962)

American Enterprise Institute

  1. Yashar Ali 🐘 (8.2163683)
  2. Guy Benson (8.1716619)
  3. Emily Zanotti (7.9996919)
  4. Janice Dean (7.9150732)
  5. Comfortably Smug (7.8879656)
  6. Ben Shapiro (7.8219790)
  7. Mollie (7.8037705)
  8. Alexandra DeSanctis Marr (7.7949838)
  9. Abby Johnson (wife/mama) (7.7934004)
  10. Inez Stepman ⚪️🔴⚪️ (7.6883240)

National Bureau of Economic Research

  1. Yashar Ali 🐘 (8.2163683)
  2. Guy Benson (8.1716619)
  3. Emily Zanotti (7.9996919)
  4. Janice Dean (7.9150732)
  5. Comfortably Smug (7.8879656)
  6. Ben Shapiro (7.8219790)
  7. Mollie (7.8037705)
  8. Alexandra DeSanctis Marr (7.7949838)
  9. Abby Johnson (wife/mama) (7.7934004)
  10. Inez Stepman ⚪️🔴⚪️ (7.6883240)

Reality-Based Community

  1. Inez Stepman ⚪️🔴⚪️ (8.2929188)
  2. Emily Zanotti (8.2314013)
  3. Guy Benson (8.2238163)
  4. Jack Posobiec (8.1531510)
  5. Janice Dean (8.1359479)
  6. Quentin Sommerville (8.1173719)
  7. Kalhan (8.0032204)
  8. Mollie (7.9803833)
  9. Ben Shapiro (7.9365509)

Moderate Conservatism

  1. Yashar Ali 🐘 (8.2007252)
  2. Emily Zanotti (8.0945073)
  3. Guy Benson (8.0576676)
  4. Alexandra DeSanctis Marr (8.0477324)
  5. Janice Dean (7.8501265)
  6. Mollie (7.6925179)
  7. Comfortably Smug (7.6460471)
  8. Rare and Mild Cernovich (7.6371392)
  9. Alex Berenson (7.5827132)

Claremont Institute

  1. Janice Dean (8.2675979)
  2. Jack Posobiec (8.1733207)
  3. Rare and Mild Cernovich (8.0836287)
  4. Guy Benson (8.0821499)
  5. Lyndsey Fifield (8.0466454)
  6. Michael Knowles (7.9635313)
  7. Comfortably Smug (7.8669242)
  8. Christine "Go Donate Blood" Rousselle (7.8215009)

The Atlantic

  1. Yashar Ali 🐘 (8.2599984)
  2. Neri Zilber (7.8777517)
  3. Quentin Sommerville (7.7955994)
  4. Comfortably Smug (7.7314227)
  5. Guy Benson (7.7049945)
  6. Abby Johnson (wife/mama) (7.6258141)
  7. Kalhan (7.5537673)

Wall Street Journal

  1. Yashar Ali 🐘 (8.3186843)
  2. Matt Walsh (7.9543490)
  3. Elisha (7.9240168)
  4. Kalhan (7.7337357)
  5. Comfortably Smug (7.7146856)
  6. Ben Shapiro (7.6942804)

The Daily Beast

  1. Yashar Ali 🐘 (8.4280950)
  2. Christine "Go Donate Blood" Rousselle (7.8988752)
  3. Neri Zilber (7.6977803)
  4. Quentin Sommerville (7.6329849)
  5. Kalhan (7.5418648)

The New York Times

  1. Yashar Ali 🐘 (8.4396135)
  2. Ben Shapiro (7.7798517)
  3. Neri Zilber (7.6300172)
  4. Quentin Sommerville (7.6010077)

Khosla Ventures

  1. Alex Berenson (7.8213365)
  2. Comfortably Smug (7.7396864)
  3. Rare and Mild Cernovich (7.6985925)
  4. Ben Shapiro (7.5230373)

Bloomberg Opinion

  1. Yashar Ali 🐘 (8.0354120)
  2. Guy Benson (7.9740768)
  3. Ben Shapiro (7.6885268)
  4. Comfortably Smug (7.6660387)

Founders Fund

  1. Alex Berenson (8.0568261)
  2. Ben Shapiro (7.8308154)
  3. Rare and Mild Cernovich (7.6746368)

A16Z

  1. Alex Berenson (7.9215875)
  2. Rare and Mild Cernovich (7.7206748)
  3. Comfortably Smug (7.6498065)

Founders

  1. Yashar Ali 🐘 (8.0712608)
  2. Alex Berenson (7.7088086)
  3. Mollie (7.6555252)

Crypto VC

  1. Alex Berenson (7.7637677)
  2. Comfortably Smug (7.6816112)

Homebrew

  1. Yashar Ali 🐘 (7.8630704)
  2. Kalhan (7.6049130)

Atlantic Council

  1. Yashar Ali 🐘 (8.1080492)
  2. Seth Frantzman (7.7136347)

The New York Post

  1. Yashar Ali 🐘 (7.9062884)
  2. Comfortably Smug (7.5414493)

Financial Times

  1. Guy Benson (7.6760793)
  2. Quentin Sommerville (7.6544173)

Newsmax

  1. Jack Posobiec (7.8708084)
  2. Rare and Mild Cernovich (7.7094573)

Ecomodernists

  1. Rare and Mild Cernovich (7.7884941)
  2. Jack Posobiec (7.6651562)

Cato Institute

  1. Josh Hammer (7.7642512)
  2. Guy Benson (7.6500179)

Center for American Progress

  1. Yashar Ali 🐘 (8.1618558)
  2. Comfortably Smug (7.6006347)

Rationality

  1. Rare and Mild Cernovich (7.7039186)
  2. Jack Posobiec (7.6648749)

Crypto Angels

  1. Alex Berenson (7.7629887)

Biotech

  1. Yashar Ali 🐘 (8.0966910)

Sutter Hill Ventures

  1. Comfortably Smug (7.5989764)

Council on Foreign Relations

  1. Yashar Ali 🐘 (8.0180965)

Washington Post

  1. Yashar Ali 🐘 (8.1717347)

The Los Angeles Times

  1. Yashar Ali 🐘 (8.0320025)

The Intercept

  1. Yashar Ali 🐘 (8.2306947)

Techcrunch

  1. Kalhan (7.5883523)

Wired

  1. Yashar Ali 🐘 (8.1018568)

Niskanen Center

  1. Comfortably Smug (7.6908259)

Foreign Policy

  1. Comfortably Smug (7.6908259)

New Yorker

  1. Yashar Ali 🐘 (8.1993893)

CNBC

  1. Yashar Ali 🐘 (7.9273515)

BuzzFeed

  1. Yashar Ali 🐘 (8.0161079)

VICE

  1. Yashar Ali 🐘 (8.0503241)

Ars Technica

  1. Kalhan (7.6127347)

Recode

  1. Yashar Ali 🐘 (8.0668264)

Village Global

  1. Comfortably Smug (7.5644052)

Black Lives Matter

  1. Yashar Ali 🐘 (8.0311381)

Brookings

  1. Yashar Ali 🐘 (8.2295335)

Peterson Institute for International Economics

  1. Yashar Ali 🐘 (7.9331845)

Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE)

  1. Jack Posobiec (7.6651267)

Bismark Analysis

  1. Comfortably Smug (7.6586141)

Epidemiology Journalism

  1. Yashar Ali 🐘 (7.9059969)