Eden09
Re:A map of 5000 midterm ads
on Wednesday November 04, 2026 @08:44AM (#50365418)
Thank you! That was my initial plan: an archive of past elections. I was especially interested in more local and obscure campaigns for judges, sheriffs, etc. I'll probably add more years and more elections down the line.
Re:A map of 5000 midterm ads
on Wednesday November 04, 2026 @08:38AM (#50365354)
Thank you very much! Google publishes a bundle of its political ad records (https://adstransparency.google.com/), but without video links. So I had a script browse each advertiser's public page in Google's Ads Transparency Center and pick up the YouTube video behind each ad.
As for the anonymity, no real reason behind it, just thought it would be a really nice personal project, especially for a European fascinated with the American political culture.
Re:A map of 5000 midterm ads
on Wednesday November 04, 2026 @07:56AM (#50364898)
Thanks! The ranges are the number of videos per race, not percentages.
Show HN: An interactive map of midterm ads
I thought that US political ads can be a very interesting cultural artifact and built this interactive map to be able to explore some of them.
Re:Amazon to buy satellite firm Globalstar in $11.57B deal
on Wednesday October 28, 2026 @08:39AM (#50272640)
Previous discussion about the deal on HN (119 comments): https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47775183