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It’s All about the Algorithm 0
Said algorithm engages those eyeballs and sucks them right down into a vortex of vile.
“Social” media isn’t.
Misdirection Play, Child Prey Dept. 0
At the Portland Press-Herald, Victoria Hugo-Vidal parses the perfidy. Here’s a tiny bit from her article:
(snip)
The Christofascists will not stop at banning health care for transgender children. They are coming for adult care – they’ve said so.
The “Con” in “Conservative” 0
At the Tampa Bay Times, James Unnever makes a compelling case that Lyndon Johnson was right.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Yet another child . . . .
And yet another reminder that “accidental” and “negligent” are not synonyms.
Twits Own Twitter . . . 0
. . . but, at the Las Vegas Sun, Gustavo Arellano offers a ray of hope for twits who are still on Twitter. He prescribed a “Twitter fast” for himself:
The break made me realize how inconsequential Twitter ultimately is.
Read his full confessional at the link.
Disparate Treatment 0
Michael in Norfolk points out that, despite the caterwauling of the GOP, Donald Trump was, indeed, handled with kid gloves. Here’s a bit of his post (emphasis added):
Humpty-Trumpty 0
In Trumpworld, words mean what Trump wants them to mean.
Stray Question 0
How is this headline not about politics?
Sometimes the Freudian Slips . . . . 0
In a related vein . . . .
Aside:
Despite what the Senator wants to believe, it is true that Europeans came up with the concept of race as we know it today in the 16th and 17th centuries so as to justify chattel slavery.
Still Rising Again after All These Years . . . 0
. . . and they want you to know it.
A staff member found the rope hanging from a tree on the school’s property, according to a letter sent to families.
“This has caused some understandable feelings of fear and stress amongst our staff and we’re making you aware because we believe it is important to be transparent with our school community,” the letter reads.
Follow the link for details.
A Viral Infection 0
At the Idaho State Journal, Leonard Hitchcock reveals that, to his horror, he just might be infected with the “woke mind virus.” Here’s one symptom:
As proof, she reminded me that I have expressed concern over the proposed relaxing of child labor laws. Surely that is a “wokeness” symptom when I know that conservatives support such a move. Deceased conservative billionaire David Koch even once pledged to “abolish” child labor laws altogether.
More symptoms at the link.
