#Politics

Dan Hirschman

asociologist

Much like credit scoring, the history of job evaluation systems seems super relevant for contemporary discussions of algorithmic bias. (From a 1980 EEOC hearing on job segregation and wage discrimination.)

James Lindsay, increasingly relevant

ConceptualJames

A lot of Very Smart blue checks are still busy accusing me of anti-Semitism when, in fact, I was pointing out that this particular narrative is rapidly growing right now.

Jeet Heer

HeerJeet

1. Since some people aren't aware of why the name L. Brent Bozell IV is so resonate, it's worth underscoring that the Bozells, intertwined with the Buckleys, have been a

Jonathan Blanks

BlanksSlate

This Black History Month, I want to tell a story--small part confession, mostly biography and reflection--about how BHM started me on the path to be the person and writer I

David Pepper

DavidPepper

THREAD on Trump's Ohio Panic (and how you can help)Trump is angry. He's frustrated.Yes, he’s always that way. But he’s really angry & frustrated nowBecause he’s burning through $18M just

Secret Gamer Girl

SecretGamerGrrl

So, as "deradicalization" is a topic of the day, hello. I'm pretty damn well versed, studied up, and active in the field when it comes to far right groups, their

abolitionism = spicy reformism

no_slave_coasts

TIL there was a guerrilla struggle based in Guadeloupe in the 1980s!!! Alliance révolutionnaire caraïbe (Caribbean Revolutionary Alliance)pic is former leader of ARC who's still an independence activist today, Luc

Thomas Lecaque

tlecaque

I'm going to read that 1776 Commission Report.And live tweet it? Maybe?https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/The-Presidents-Advisory-1776-Commission-Final-Report.pdf It opens "In the course of human events there hav

As things fall apart, remember how we got here.

solarbirdy

Holy christ there is so much to talk about here. Where do I even start?THREAD, with links to _other_ threads.FIRST: Everything I said yesterday. In particular, the parts about the

Lara Adams-Miller

LaraAdamsMille1

A very incomplete list of wealthy, socially powerful men who now identify as women (and thus have a strong interest in keeping the transgender snowball growing): Laurel Hubbard, the “women’s”

Good Guy Pete 🌽

GoodGuyPete2024

A THREAD! Lots of new people have discovered GGP and #TeamPete this week. Thanks to our guy, and, well, our online community. So, if you are here because you are

_Kevin_🍀

_kevin_dela

How viruses doesn’t exist! SIMPLIFIED (Thread) Am gonna explain how-Viruses don’t exist-What a “virus” really is-Why a “virus” is not contagious -Why your own body creates a “virus”- First, you

Bloomberg CityLab

CityLab

For Citylab, @Richard_Florida analyzed how metro areas voted in 2020: Republicans drew support from White, working-class regions of the country Democrats drew from smaller and denser, more affluent, highly-educated coastal

dikgaj

dikgaj

Tech-Lash will in the first place return to bite the tech giants who started it. Not an immediate threat from the end-user consumer but from sharks in the game of

Chris

namelessism

On the Road Ahead and where we go from here—what to do with the Trump’s and the permanent damage they’ve caused for our Democracy and our Nation, I call on

Peter Montgomery

petemont

President Donald Trump asked about deploying the military to oversee a new election in a White House meeting on Friday, according to the NYT.https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/19/us/politics/trump-sidney-powell-voter-fraud.html#click=https://t

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