Republican Thought Police 0
Why educate when you can indoctrinate?
The Blame Gamers 0
Farron points the many ways in which the self-proclaimed “party of personal responsibility” isn’t.
The Litterbug 0
He deals in deals out space junk.
Dis Coarse Discourse 0
At Psychology Today Blogs, Rita Watson explores why calling something “fake news” when in fact it is real factual news pollutes dis coarse discourse and, conversely, why persons fall for “news” that is actually fake. She points out that
(a)s a political strategy, replying ‘fake news’ to questions undermines the truth.
Follow the link for her suggestions as to how distinguish reality from propaganda.
The Outers of the Outed 0
At El Reg, Brandon Vigliarolo, using the recent incident at a Coldplay concert as a springboard, argues that we are living a a surveillance state of our own creation. A snippet:
One more time, “social” media isn’t.
It’s All about the Algorithm 0
In a longer article looking at how hate metastasizes, Steven Stosny includes this fascinating and not at all surprising tidbit:
The common thread in most of the cultural and political posts sent to me by algorithms has been, you guessed it, hate.
Follow the link for context.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Self-politeness is the politest kind:
Aside:
Methinks someone needs to look up the meaning of “misfire” in his Merriam-Webster. It does not mean what the writer thinks it means.
Suffer the Children 0
Once again, that’s not scripture. That’s Republican policy.