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background:
in this week's make it make sense, the @chicagoreader.com's news roundup:
1/ residents, rapid responders, and electeds surrounded federal immigration agents during an hourslong standoff in elgin on saturday.
like many times before, feds used tear gas, flash-bangs, and more during their escape.
1/ residents, rapid responders, and electeds surrounded federal immigration agents during an hourslong standoff in elgin on saturday.
like many times before, feds used tear gas, flash-bangs, and more during their escape.
Make It Make Sense: Feds tear-gas Elgin residents
Plus: Waymo eyes an expansion to Illinois and staff at the Book Cellar are unionizing.
chicagoreader.com
January 6, 2026 at 4:58 PM
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Specifically, US cops will shoot and kill ~80 people every 22 days, *for this entire year*.🤦🏿♂️
The victims will be disproportionately Black. They'll be pursued in a misguided "War on Drugs," even though white people do more drugs and are more likely to be found with contraband in their cars.
🙂🙃
The victims will be disproportionately Black. They'll be pursued in a misguided "War on Drugs," even though white people do more drugs and are more likely to be found with contraband in their cars.
🙂🙃
January 6, 2026 at 7:03 AM
Specifically, US cops will shoot and kill ~80 people every 22 days, *for this entire year*.🤦🏿♂️
The victims will be disproportionately Black. They'll be pursued in a misguided "War on Drugs," even though white people do more drugs and are more likely to be found with contraband in their cars.
🙂🙃
The victims will be disproportionately Black. They'll be pursued in a misguided "War on Drugs," even though white people do more drugs and are more likely to be found with contraband in their cars.
🙂🙃
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I didn't agree to be harmed in this way! if they had asked, I could have made an INFORMED decision about my CONSENT to participate
"sorry you didn't like our study" doesn't cut it — I shouldn't be involved at all. and if you think I'm overreacting, note the ~1K likes/reposts on my OP
"sorry you didn't like our study" doesn't cut it — I shouldn't be involved at all. and if you think I'm overreacting, note the ~1K likes/reposts on my OP
January 6, 2026 at 2:25 PM
I didn't agree to be harmed in this way! if they had asked, I could have made an INFORMED decision about my CONSENT to participate
"sorry you didn't like our study" doesn't cut it — I shouldn't be involved at all. and if you think I'm overreacting, note the ~1K likes/reposts on my OP
"sorry you didn't like our study" doesn't cut it — I shouldn't be involved at all. and if you think I'm overreacting, note the ~1K likes/reposts on my OP
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The left is right when they say that the US set up the rules-based international order overwhelmingly to benefit itself. The game is overwhelmingly rigged in our favor. The crazy part is that the right would ever want to leave it!
January 6, 2026 at 2:29 PM
The left is right when they say that the US set up the rules-based international order overwhelmingly to benefit itself. The game is overwhelmingly rigged in our favor. The crazy part is that the right would ever want to leave it!
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And then there's this video, of officers talking with each other about what they just witnessed.
"We didn't have a chance," one officer said. "[Trump] was still giving his speech, and I just had to leave, because he's basically just telling people to come down here and rip this place down."
"We didn't have a chance," one officer said. "[Trump] was still giving his speech, and I just had to leave, because he's basically just telling people to come down here and rip this place down."
January 6, 2026 at 1:42 PM
And then there's this video, of officers talking with each other about what they just witnessed.
"We didn't have a chance," one officer said. "[Trump] was still giving his speech, and I just had to leave, because he's basically just telling people to come down here and rip this place down."
"We didn't have a chance," one officer said. "[Trump] was still giving his speech, and I just had to leave, because he's basically just telling people to come down here and rip this place down."
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Your experience with university IRB boards must be very limited. They have very strict rules on participation and potential harm.
And feeding their work into a plagiarism machine without consent is pretty clearly harmful.
And feeding their work into a plagiarism machine without consent is pretty clearly harmful.
January 6, 2026 at 1:04 AM
Your experience with university IRB boards must be very limited. They have very strict rules on participation and potential harm.
And feeding their work into a plagiarism machine without consent is pretty clearly harmful.
And feeding their work into a plagiarism machine without consent is pretty clearly harmful.
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for comparison: as part of this paper I ran a survey of a bunch of scientists and music profs. the music profs HATED it. that's OK, not everybody likes all research — but the profs had to OPT IN TO PARTICIPATE as is the norm in 1000% of human subjects research, with a consent form, compensation etc
Universality and diversity in human song
Songs exhibit universal patterns across cultures.
www.science.org
January 5, 2026 at 11:51 PM
for comparison: as part of this paper I ran a survey of a bunch of scientists and music profs. the music profs HATED it. that's OK, not everybody likes all research — but the profs had to OPT IN TO PARTICIPATE as is the norm in 1000% of human subjects research, with a consent form, compensation etc
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to be clear about this: people should do AI research if they want to! that's fine! the issue here is that this is a HUMAN SUBJECTS experiment where data associated with a subject has been pre-analyzed, without their consent. that's called 'harm'
January 5, 2026 at 11:48 PM
to be clear about this: people should do AI research if they want to! that's fine! the issue here is that this is a HUMAN SUBJECTS experiment where data associated with a subject has been pre-analyzed, without their consent. that's called 'harm'
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I've also heard that Moms For Liberty almost exclusively stay at Marriotts.
January 5, 2026 at 10:26 PM
I've also heard that Moms For Liberty almost exclusively stay at Marriotts.
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(the podcast is also useful for thinking about how and why art matters).
How to Hide an Empire by Daniel Immerwahr also gets at this (from a US lens)
How to Hide an Empire by Daniel Immerwahr also gets at this (from a US lens)
How to Hide an Empire
Named one of the ten best books of the year by the Chicago TribuneA Publishers Weekly best book of 2019 | A 2019 NPR Staff PickA pathbreaking history of the ...
us.macmillan.com
January 5, 2026 at 9:43 PM
(the podcast is also useful for thinking about how and why art matters).
How to Hide an Empire by Daniel Immerwahr also gets at this (from a US lens)
How to Hide an Empire by Daniel Immerwahr also gets at this (from a US lens)