#Polarization

Coming soon: some thoughts on PA regions & voting trends (mumbled about this earlier with @4st8 but it's really happening now: New Regions) In part I wanted to work with
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All right: A THREAD. A long thread. I had a thought I wanted to add to this piece, but it was a bit of a wonky diversion, so I left
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The meme that “platforms algorithmically amplify polarizing content because engagement drives ad revenue” has gotten seriously out of hand. Someone needed to burst that bubble. It’s such a bummer that
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In light of yesterday's Mueller testimony, let's reflect on American Democracy. More specifically, how democratic is the US? "City on the Hill" or "Overinflated Sense of Self"?Ultimately, this is a
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This is a thread about conservatism and higher ed. It's about a development in the town where I live, but I have a feeling it will be representative of a
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Well this is my first long thread and boy is it a hard pill to swallow! this came about while doing research into spirituality with:@Chameelia @America1stGal @the_start_line @Woke_Qanadian and help
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1. I said Tuesday I thought the Republicans would wait until the lame-duck period of the 116th Congress to follow through with confirming a new US Supreme Court justice. I
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THREAD: For Part 5 of our Catching up with Coddling series, we’re taking a look at 3 books on parenting that offer important food for thought on how we’ve gotten
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1/ Here is a scary and dangerously realistic scenario for how America breaks down and enters a new civil war within the next few election cycles. THREAD. 2/ As Critical
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1/This is a must read article comparing the rise of Hitler in 1930s Weimar Germany to the take over of our Constitutional Republic by the Trump/GOP. Absolutely chilling. And much
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Favorite ideas & quotes from Eric Weinstein's interviews:"The middle finger is the secret of how America will continue to outcompete& the ppl good w/ middle fingers need to be in
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You want to know something about how bullshit insane our brains are?OK, so there's a physical problem with our eyes: We move them in short fast bursts called "saccades", right?
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My intro course has been working all semester on the problem of disinformation in our media environments. Taking an ecological approach, we studied the business of media, platform histories, modes
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Huge political + legal event in Colombia tomorrow: senator + former president (2002–10) Álvaro Uribe Vélez will appear before Supreme Court preliminary inquest on paramilitarism-related charges. https://www.semana.com/nacion/articulo/in
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Packed house for Decolonial Methods: Changing Anthropological Climates Through Methodological Disruptions in CCWest Rm 211. #AAACASCA2019 So excited for the second half of this ongoing dialogue on anti-colonial and anti-imperial
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When you treat Americans like enemies, eventually Americans start reciprocating, which is exactly what the president and the GOP cannot see coming at the moment. They are too blinded by
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