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I was preparing to pitch an op-ed on the nationwide protests calling for President Yoon's resignation, aiming to provide global context amid the limited international coverage.
Given the urgency, I’m sharing it now. I didn’t expect events to escalate this quickly. #SouthKorea #Democracy
Given the urgency, I’m sharing it now. I didn’t expect events to escalate this quickly. #SouthKorea #Democracy
South Korea Is Fighting for Democracy Again—And the World Needs to Know
Last updated December 3, 10:09 AM South Korea Is Fighting for Democracy Again—And the World Needs to Know Heesoo Jang Assistant Professor of Media Law and Ethics Journalism Department, University of...
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December 3, 2024 at 3:11 PM
I was preparing to pitch an op-ed on the nationwide protests calling for President Yoon's resignation, aiming to provide global context amid the limited international coverage.
Given the urgency, I’m sharing it now. I didn’t expect events to escalate this quickly. #SouthKorea #Democracy
Given the urgency, I’m sharing it now. I didn’t expect events to escalate this quickly. #SouthKorea #Democracy
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Denver gave people experiencing homelessness $1k/month. A year later, nearly half had housing.
They also had fewer ER visits, nights spent in a hospital, and jail stays.
The report estimates that this reduction in public service use SAVED the city $589k.
www.businessinsider.com/denver-basic...
They also had fewer ER visits, nights spent in a hospital, and jail stays.
The report estimates that this reduction in public service use SAVED the city $589k.
www.businessinsider.com/denver-basic...
Denver gave people experiencing homelessness $1,000 a month. A year later, nearly half of participants said they had housing.
Participants in Denver's basic-income program reported having more-secure housing, though results were similar in the trial and control groups.
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November 26, 2024 at 12:47 AM
Denver gave people experiencing homelessness $1k/month. A year later, nearly half had housing.
They also had fewer ER visits, nights spent in a hospital, and jail stays.
The report estimates that this reduction in public service use SAVED the city $589k.
www.businessinsider.com/denver-basic...
They also had fewer ER visits, nights spent in a hospital, and jail stays.
The report estimates that this reduction in public service use SAVED the city $589k.
www.businessinsider.com/denver-basic...
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“Sometimes it still stops me in my tracks that because I believe insulin should be free, workers should be paid justly, we should house the homeless and not cage families, and that all people should be free to pursue education as they wish, and for that we are treated as radical & dangerous.”
— AOC
— AOC
November 26, 2024 at 8:31 AM
“Sometimes it still stops me in my tracks that because I believe insulin should be free, workers should be paid justly, we should house the homeless and not cage families, and that all people should be free to pursue education as they wish, and for that we are treated as radical & dangerous.”
— AOC
— AOC
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Ukrainian boxing legend (and brother of Kyiv's mayor) Wladimir Klitschko responds to Joe Rogan...
November 25, 2024 at 5:43 AM
Ukrainian boxing legend (and brother of Kyiv's mayor) Wladimir Klitschko responds to Joe Rogan...
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Losing your mind over being blocked could be an entire sociology textbook. It took less than ten years to rewire certain human brains into believing they were entitled to full and constant access to every other person on the planet. A species that, a hundred years ago, would know a hundred people.
November 23, 2024 at 9:47 PM
Losing your mind over being blocked could be an entire sociology textbook. It took less than ten years to rewire certain human brains into believing they were entitled to full and constant access to every other person on the planet. A species that, a hundred years ago, would know a hundred people.
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This new article is an exemplary piece of scholarship. It breaks new ground in showing the childcare market is driving income inequality. Better than anything I’ve seen, it demonstrates how critical childcare is as social infrastructure for the public good.Terrific piece of work!
Saying hi to this new site by sharing my last ASR pub, w amazing colab @imarinescu.bsky.social! We show that privatized childcare services play a direct role creating family income inequality in the US, bc unaffordable childcare hurts lower income families most doi.org/10.1177/0003...
November 23, 2024 at 6:50 PM
This new article is an exemplary piece of scholarship. It breaks new ground in showing the childcare market is driving income inequality. Better than anything I’ve seen, it demonstrates how critical childcare is as social infrastructure for the public good.Terrific piece of work!
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That's why there's an aggressive effort now to blame "identity politics," it's a retcon because Harris ran exactly the campaign centrists wanted, catering to conservatives, never criticizing Netanyahu, never blaming billionaires or big corporations, the works—just to lose to Old Man Yells at Cloud.
I agree on the centrist point and frankly there are a lot of people out there who are just saying what they need to say to cover their ass and cash a check. It sucks.
The Cheney thing is a clear example of a bad idea that the people who pushed it won’t take responsibility for. They need to
The Cheney thing is a clear example of a bad idea that the people who pushed it won’t take responsibility for. They need to
November 23, 2024 at 8:59 PM
That's why there's an aggressive effort now to blame "identity politics," it's a retcon because Harris ran exactly the campaign centrists wanted, catering to conservatives, never criticizing Netanyahu, never blaming billionaires or big corporations, the works—just to lose to Old Man Yells at Cloud.
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"Elon Musk, whose companies have received nearly $8 billion in government funding through an assortment of federal grants, tax breaks, government subsidies and contracts, proposed today that senior citizens need to 'tighten their belt' to help balance the national budget."
See? It's not hard.
See? It's not hard.
Here one of Elon Musk's lickspittles explains their plan: Persuade regular Americans to accept huge cuts to Social Security and Medicare so that billionaires can get gigantic tax cuts. I don't think they'll be able to pull it off, but we'll see.
November 23, 2024 at 8:07 PM
"Elon Musk, whose companies have received nearly $8 billion in government funding through an assortment of federal grants, tax breaks, government subsidies and contracts, proposed today that senior citizens need to 'tighten their belt' to help balance the national budget."
See? It's not hard.
See? It's not hard.
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NYPost continues conflating academic research on disinformation with “government censorship.” (It also bears repeating that government activity on disinformation =/= censorship)
That this continues to be a drumbeat for conservative media and the Trump transition is extremely concerning.
That this continues to be a drumbeat for conservative media and the Trump transition is extremely concerning.
November 23, 2024 at 10:16 PM
NYPost continues conflating academic research on disinformation with “government censorship.” (It also bears repeating that government activity on disinformation =/= censorship)
That this continues to be a drumbeat for conservative media and the Trump transition is extremely concerning.
That this continues to be a drumbeat for conservative media and the Trump transition is extremely concerning.
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Just one strange cognitive bias?!?
It's called: disinformation.
It's called: disinformation.
“In 2022, YouGov asked “What percentage of Americans do you think are ___?”
The results were hilarious.
Trans: 21%
Muslim: 27%
Jewish: 30%
Black: 41%
Live in NYC: 30%
Gay or lesbian: 30%
The errors are off by orders of magnitude. The trans estimation by 2,000%.”
www.thebulwark.com/p/americans-...
The results were hilarious.
Trans: 21%
Muslim: 27%
Jewish: 30%
Black: 41%
Live in NYC: 30%
Gay or lesbian: 30%
The errors are off by orders of magnitude. The trans estimation by 2,000%.”
www.thebulwark.com/p/americans-...
Americans Have One Very Strange Cognitive Bias
Or: How I learned to stop worrying and love The People.
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November 23, 2024 at 1:58 PM
Just one strange cognitive bias?!?
It's called: disinformation.
It's called: disinformation.
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This is one of those videos that you could work on forever, but suddenly it felt very important to make it, so I finally did: www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8Pn...
Populism, Media Revolutions, and Our Terrible Moment
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November 22, 2024 at 7:59 PM
This is one of those videos that you could work on forever, but suddenly it felt very important to make it, so I finally did: www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8Pn...
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Move!
"The magnitude of the association between physical activity & mortality risk remains mainly consistent across the adult lifespan..."
"...promotion of physical activity is essential at all stages of adult life."
Physical Activity & All-Cause Mortality: jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
"The magnitude of the association between physical activity & mortality risk remains mainly consistent across the adult lifespan..."
"...promotion of physical activity is essential at all stages of adult life."
Physical Activity & All-Cause Mortality: jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Physical Activity and All-Cause Mortality by Age in 4 Multinational Megacohorts
This cohort study examines whether there is an age-dependent association between physical activity and all-cause mortality at all stages of adult life.
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November 22, 2024 at 8:46 PM
Move!
"The magnitude of the association between physical activity & mortality risk remains mainly consistent across the adult lifespan..."
"...promotion of physical activity is essential at all stages of adult life."
Physical Activity & All-Cause Mortality: jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
"The magnitude of the association between physical activity & mortality risk remains mainly consistent across the adult lifespan..."
"...promotion of physical activity is essential at all stages of adult life."
Physical Activity & All-Cause Mortality: jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
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1. It's impossible to control whether GOP Senators rubberstamp Trump's nominees
But it is possible to make more people aware of exactly who Trump is trying to install in these powerful positions
Here are 13 things everyone should know about Pete Hegseth, Trump's nominee for Secretary of Defense
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But it is possible to make more people aware of exactly who Trump is trying to install in these powerful positions
Here are 13 things everyone should know about Pete Hegseth, Trump's nominee for Secretary of Defense
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November 18, 2024 at 12:07 PM
1. It's impossible to control whether GOP Senators rubberstamp Trump's nominees
But it is possible to make more people aware of exactly who Trump is trying to install in these powerful positions
Here are 13 things everyone should know about Pete Hegseth, Trump's nominee for Secretary of Defense
🧵
But it is possible to make more people aware of exactly who Trump is trying to install in these powerful positions
Here are 13 things everyone should know about Pete Hegseth, Trump's nominee for Secretary of Defense
🧵
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This is the best 'theory of the case' extant for Oz, Gaetz, Hegseth, Kennedy and just about every cabinet pick short of Rubio - and even then there's a strong case for Rubio.
No crazy assumptions needed, no conspiracy theories revealed, no "the other liberals are WRONG!" axes ground
It just works
No crazy assumptions needed, no conspiracy theories revealed, no "the other liberals are WRONG!" axes ground
It just works
November 19, 2024 at 9:59 PM
This is the best 'theory of the case' extant for Oz, Gaetz, Hegseth, Kennedy and just about every cabinet pick short of Rubio - and even then there's a strong case for Rubio.
No crazy assumptions needed, no conspiracy theories revealed, no "the other liberals are WRONG!" axes ground
It just works
No crazy assumptions needed, no conspiracy theories revealed, no "the other liberals are WRONG!" axes ground
It just works
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Imma need some of you to think about thriving out of spite. I had big plans for 2025 and I’m definitely not gonna pre-derail them for likes of Elin and Tromp. I’m getting more involved. Loving harder. Writing hornier. Having more fun. I’m gonna be so kind to my neighbors, bitch.
November 19, 2024 at 1:22 AM
Imma need some of you to think about thriving out of spite. I had big plans for 2025 and I’m definitely not gonna pre-derail them for likes of Elin and Tromp. I’m getting more involved. Loving harder. Writing hornier. Having more fun. I’m gonna be so kind to my neighbors, bitch.
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When I said "reality-based community" initially I meant it as a kind of slight, a contrast against the politics of the intentionally, perversely unreal (the 'irreal').
When Stacey Abrams & Heather Cox Richardson discuss the concept though it goes MUCH further.
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/p...
When Stacey Abrams & Heather Cox Richardson discuss the concept though it goes MUCH further.
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/p...
Plotting Our Way Forward by Looking Back at History (with Heather Cox Richardson)
Podcast Episode · Assembly Required with Stacey Abrams · 11/14/2024 · 51m
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November 21, 2024 at 5:26 PM
When I said "reality-based community" initially I meant it as a kind of slight, a contrast against the politics of the intentionally, perversely unreal (the 'irreal').
When Stacey Abrams & Heather Cox Richardson discuss the concept though it goes MUCH further.
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/p...
When Stacey Abrams & Heather Cox Richardson discuss the concept though it goes MUCH further.
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/p...
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I don’t think it will all fit in there.
November 20, 2024 at 2:10 PM
I don’t think it will all fit in there.
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Brilliant observation by @maxkennerly.bsky.social to a whole pot-full of parboiled frogs.
November 21, 2024 at 1:37 AM
Brilliant observation by @maxkennerly.bsky.social to a whole pot-full of parboiled frogs.