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Eric Geller @ericgeller
This episode continues the show's stellar tradition of making everyone feel like real people. Beehaz has a family life, and a few lines of dialogue tell us everything we need to know about how he interacts with his wife and treats his son. It's humanizing, in a weird way. — PolitiTweet.org
Eric Geller @ericgeller
The portrayal of the Dhanis as beleaguered but proud is excellent. They represent all local populations who struggle to maintain traditions amid escalating oppression. The leader is even brave enough to try to insult Beehaz. When you're that angry, speaking up feels imperative. — PolitiTweet.org
Eric Geller @ericgeller
I love how we're seeing Imperial rule on the verge of a change in relations with natives. They still have to trade fur for land leases. But that'll end soon. Beehaz references "old ones causing all the problems" — the proud elders resist because they remember earlier times. — PolitiTweet.org
Eric Geller @ericgeller
Beehaz is the perfect avatar for Imperial oppression. His initial speech about the Dhanis highlights Imperial disdain for and manipulation of natives. Tactic of subtly whittling down pilgrims' #s is so cruel. Metaphor for how gradual erosion of rights is harder to fight. — PolitiTweet.org
Eric Geller @ericgeller
One of this episode's most impressive accomplishments is how well it handles exposition on the nature of Imperial oppression. On the one side, the haughty Commandant Beehaz. On the other, the Dhani pilgrims, for whom merely existing there is resisting. — PolitiTweet.org
Eric Geller @ericgeller
(Fitting for the team as a whole, not for Nemik. For Nemik it's bitterly ironic.) — PolitiTweet.org
Eric Geller @ericgeller
The deaths: * Gorn goes quickly and ignominiously; wasn't expecting that. * Brutal to see Taramyn fall down dead in front of Vel. * Nemik was a dead man as soon as we met him. The idealists never last. Fitting that his fate is sealed when a money crate slams into him. — PolitiTweet.org
Eric Geller @ericgeller
@BioTurboNick If he'd stuck around to see the plan through to completion, I'd agree with you. But he bolted. I don't think he cared much about them. — PolitiTweet.org
Eric Geller @ericgeller
Like in the previous episode with her family life, you really feel for Mon as you watch everyone in the Senate ignore her. That scene does such a great job of showing how little respect and support she has. All she can do is keep speaking. There's a grounded feel to it. — PolitiTweet.org
Eric Geller @ericgeller
Mon Mothma: LOVE seeing the Senate! Stilted, formal dialogue (huge contrast w/ Luthen scene) shows how her senator persona really is something she has to consciously perform. Call for a fact-finding commission for Ghorman echoes the equally impotent Republic Senate w/ Naboo. — PolitiTweet.org
Eric Geller @ericgeller
Vel has two very different but important moments: * “We win or everyone dies.” She'll embrace absolutism to get the job done. But... * “You’ll kill us anyway.” “‘Cause that’s what you’d do, right?” She may be cold, but she’s not cruel. She's proud to not be like the Empire. — PolitiTweet.org
Eric Geller @ericgeller
Two small things on Nemik: * He's a great example of how even the most principled rebels come around to embracing mercenary allies as a means to an end. * I like that he got off at least one difficult shot to to show that he was actually pretty good with a blaster! — PolitiTweet.org
Eric Geller @ericgeller
"I’m a rebel — it’s just me against everybody else." Apart from just being a great line, it's also this nice reminder that the nascent Rebellion really does have to rely on people like Skeen whose motivations are hazy and whose commitment to the cause is suspect. Huge risk. — PolitiTweet.org
Eric Geller @ericgeller
So, speaking of Skeen, his whole thing at the end is great. At first, when he argues for saving Nemik, we're pleasantly surprised to learn that he has a heart. Then he tries to rope Cassian into stealing the money and reveals that he's been lying for a while. What a wily SOB. — PolitiTweet.org
Eric Geller @ericgeller
Some other nice characterization choices for Cassian: * Reassuring Nemik about his nerves — shows how he already has deep experience with dangerous operations * Taking Nemik's manifesto at the end — despite everything, there's already a glimmer of ... something in there — PolitiTweet.org
Eric Geller @ericgeller
Not quite sure why Cassian felt the need to take his cut like that, though. Why not just go with Vel and meet Luthen to get his money? Does he not trust that he’d get paid? Or did he just feel an overwhelming urge to get back to a solitary life as soon as possible? — PolitiTweet.org
Eric Geller @ericgeller
Skeen said Cassian was just like him, and that pretty shocking ending proved that, at least for now, he was right. It's still hard to get used to seeing Cassian like this, but the show is doing it in a way that makes sense. — PolitiTweet.org
Eric Geller @ericgeller
Let’s start with Cassian. I absolutely did not expect him to kill Skeen. Yes, we’ve seen him in cold blood before, but I thought he'd bonded too much with Skeen for that. Also didn't expect him to take his cut of the job this way, even though we knew he was a mercenary. — PolitiTweet.org
Eric Geller @ericgeller
Truly incredible #Andor episode this week. Not just the adrenaline rush of the heist, but also the exquisite characterization and exposition packed in alongside the main event. I continue to be impressed by how effectively they're serving so many people and storylines. — PolitiTweet.org
Eric Geller @ericgeller
@chrismvasq Congratulations Christian!! Excited to follow your work there. — PolitiTweet.org
Eric Geller @ericgeller
"You’re counting on a bunch of infrastructure to deliver data back and forth, and it’s well within the capabilities of nation-state hackers to break into that infrastructure." – @danwallach on modems in voting machines My new story on an overlooked risk: https://t.co/F8qNw0PQtJ — PolitiTweet.org
Eric Geller @ericgeller
@darth @timstarks sorry darth and tim but it is every person for themselves out here — PolitiTweet.org
Eric Geller @ericgeller
@darth @timstarks I can't be everywhere darth there is just so much candy corn news — PolitiTweet.org
Eric Geller @ericgeller
Read my new story about the risks of cellular modems in voting machines: https://t.co/F8qNw0yf59 As @mattblaze told me, “We now have to worry about anybody getting access to a communication network that is fundamentally open." — PolitiTweet.org
Eric Geller @ericgeller
More here from Noah expanding on the quotes I tweeted earlier. (Also: One thing I should have said in paraphrasing him earlier is that he's describing his own conclusion about modems, not calling anyone else out.) https://t.co/VumV9UeAYN — PolitiTweet.org
Noah Praetz @noah_praetz
@ericgeller Modems are not now and were never a single point of failure, and elections officials have procedures in… https://t.co/XQmrxOM8qt
Eric Geller @ericgeller
In the meantime, almost every election official I spoke to said they'll keep using modems. "I’ve been at this job now 10 years, and we’ve used modems as far as I can remember," said Johnson County, IA, election supervisor Travis Weipert, "and we’ve never ever had an issue." — PolitiTweet.org
Eric Geller @ericgeller
The @EACgov's 2021 voting system guidelines update bans networking connectivity in voting machines, but (1) states don't have to adopt those voluntary recs for their certification rules and (2) it'll be years before new voting systems are certified to those guidelines and sold. — PolitiTweet.org
Eric Geller @ericgeller
There are scattered signs that modems' popularity is waning. Michigan, where 5 counties used modems in the primary, is getting rid of them following experts' recommendations. One Florida county told me it won't use modems this year following voters' concerns. — PolitiTweet.org
Eric Geller @ericgeller
Paper ballots and post-election audits can ensure that official results are correct even if hackers breach modems or the devices using them. But there are still paperless machines out there, and audits aren't mandatory everywhere. — PolitiTweet.org
Eric Geller @ericgeller
Why are modems so popular? Because we want instant election results, and some jurisdictions are big. Many election officials told me that modems save them from long drives that could delay initial results by hours. And right-wing disinformation exploited those delays in 2020. https://t.co/6TGYBxHBC4 — PolitiTweet.org
