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This is outrageous. These Iranian Christians will be killed if they go back. Nothing the govt does is compassionate or individualized. Some countries need priority asylum. Iran is one.
I’m choked up seeing this—it’s shameful.
Iranian refugees got snatched by “immigration agents” dressed like bounty hunters in West LA’s Sawtelle neighborhood.
We’re really about to send them back to a country we just bombed? A regime known for jailing, torturing, and killing its own people?
Iranian refugees got snatched by “immigration agents” dressed like bounty hunters in West LA’s Sawtelle neighborhood.
We’re really about to send them back to a country we just bombed? A regime known for jailing, torturing, and killing its own people?
July 7, 2025 at 9:16 PM
This is outrageous. These Iranian Christians will be killed if they go back. Nothing the govt does is compassionate or individualized. Some countries need priority asylum. Iran is one.
Looks like Bsky is deflating like a balloon leaking air. Turns out, echo chambers are boring. It needs a diversity of viewpoints to stay energized. bsky.jazco.dev/stats
June 29, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Looks like Bsky is deflating like a balloon leaking air. Turns out, echo chambers are boring. It needs a diversity of viewpoints to stay energized. bsky.jazco.dev/stats
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I can’t help but feel that Bluesky has been terrible for the Left. With a large number of liberals leaving X, they’ve simply conceded a good chunk of their cultural influence. They simply don’t have much ability to mobilize opinion. It’s almost as if they’ve disappeared.
January 27, 2025 at 5:57 PM
I can’t help but feel that Bluesky has been terrible for the Left. With a large number of liberals leaving X, they’ve simply conceded a good chunk of their cultural influence. They simply don’t have much ability to mobilize opinion. It’s almost as if they’ve disappeared.
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As the profile notes, I caught up with journalist Freddie Hayward at a book launch event moderated by @shadihamid.bsky.social at the D.C. bookstore
Politics & Prose.
The conversation between Shadi and I is also available online: youtube.com/watch?v=VPuT...
Politics & Prose.
The conversation between Shadi and I is also available online: youtube.com/watch?v=VPuT...
November 27, 2024 at 9:38 PM
As the profile notes, I caught up with journalist Freddie Hayward at a book launch event moderated by @shadihamid.bsky.social at the D.C. bookstore
Politics & Prose.
The conversation between Shadi and I is also available online: youtube.com/watch?v=VPuT...
Politics & Prose.
The conversation between Shadi and I is also available online: youtube.com/watch?v=VPuT...
Bluesky stats:
bsky.jazco.dev/stats
bsky.jazco.dev/stats
Atlas - Engagement-Based Social Graph for Bluesky by Jaz (jaz.bsky.social)
bsky.jazco.dev
February 6, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Bluesky stats:
bsky.jazco.dev/stats
bsky.jazco.dev/stats
"The way to defeat bad ideas is by exposure, argument, and persuasion, not by trying to silence or wish them away."
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Is cancel culture silencing open debate? There are risks to shutting down opinions we disagree with
Yes, it is important to censure harmful and offensive speech. But there are ethical costs to widening the scope of our moral outrage to viewpoints that merely differ from our own.
theconversation.com
November 24, 2024 at 7:44 AM
"The way to defeat bad ideas is by exposure, argument, and persuasion, not by trying to silence or wish them away."
theconversation.com/is-cancel-cu...
theconversation.com/is-cancel-cu...
As contempt for cancel culture and self-censorship on college campuses continues to drive a political divide across the country, Jon Wertheim reports on a new start-up university, the University of Austin. Sunday on 60 Minutes ⏱️
November 24, 2024 at 7:29 AM
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Maybe because echo chambers are dangerous: "..both influence and coercion mathematically reduce the value of a consensus. Using Bayes’ theorem, the researchers found that, without freedom to dissent, an expert consensus can easily form around a false idea." mindmatters.ai/2021/05/cons...
Consensus Gives Us Information Only If We Are Free to Doubt
Using Bayes’ theorem, the researchers found that, real without freedom to dissent, an expert consensus can easily form around a false idea.
mindmatters.ai
November 21, 2024 at 3:35 AM
Maybe because echo chambers are dangerous: "..both influence and coercion mathematically reduce the value of a consensus. Using Bayes’ theorem, the researchers found that, without freedom to dissent, an expert consensus can easily form around a false idea." mindmatters.ai/2021/05/cons...