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My personality defects were made in Texas.

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No. Why would you ask?

26.02.2026 02:33 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

How would you approach reversing Citizens United?

26.02.2026 02:02 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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We Analyzed 300 Texas Accounts on a White Supremacist Dating Site. The Data Explains a Lot About Politics Right Now. About the state of extremism in the U.S.

We analyzed the data leak from White Date, a white supremacist dating site, with an eye for what it could tell us about Texas politics. We found that Texas users included multiple neo-fascist activists, as well as former and active duty military members, and more.

thebarbedwire.com/2026/02/24/3...

24.02.2026 14:18 β€” πŸ‘ 518    πŸ” 228    πŸ’¬ 17    πŸ“Œ 19

Their PR is developed through the same process as SNL comedy, but instead of funny they optimize performative cruelty to reinforce authoritarianism.

24.02.2026 14:31 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Canadian tribes have the answer to Christian Nationalism.

24.02.2026 14:27 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It's a kind of pandering. Duh.

24.02.2026 14:24 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Performative narrative confabulation

24.02.2026 14:24 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Linguists Tested 191 Universal Grammar Rules. Only One-Third Survived A new study finds that one-third of proposed grammatical β€œuniversals” hold up under rigorous testing.

Why LLM AI seems so magical. TL;DR: it's not as hard as it looks.

scitechdaily.com/linguists-te...

24.02.2026 14:21 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

At first read it looks like an attempt to herd a can of worms advancing in all directions of Philosophy of Science, Social Psychology, Moral Psychology, History and away from Biology. Can you help direct me to a particular argument in the paper? There are more than a few salient takes.

23.02.2026 17:39 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Stop teasing. Unmask the elephant in the room. Insinuating is so so tired.

23.02.2026 15:25 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I see that, and I raise you a game theory. Some cultures are value dead ends. Maybe study and create a chimp history, but there is no moral imperative to preserve the expression of any particular animals' particular culture between living creatures.
www.cs.upc.edu/~ia/nash51.pdf

23.02.2026 15:21 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Bitcoin is on life support. US10Y yields are rising. Gold is getting more expensive. Mag7 are down. Markets are trading against Trump bluster. Add that to his popularity problem and think about it wrt Citizens United and money flows.

23.02.2026 15:12 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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21.02.2026 17:36 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I'm here to say that "liking" this post and reposting is not enough amplification.

21.02.2026 17:35 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It's more like Spirited Away than Looney Tunes. Escape the bubble.

21.02.2026 17:33 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Carl Sagan's 9 timeless lessons for detecting baloney Carl Sagan's baloney detection kit taught us how to separate good science from the work of charlatans. In 2026, that matters more than ever.

bigthink.com/starts-with-...

12.02.2026 14:04 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Stephen Miller is to blame

10.02.2026 21:04 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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What a new Gallup poll shows about the depth of Americans' gloom A new Gallup poll reveals that Americans' optimism about their future is at a low. Only 59% of U.S. adults rate their future life satisfaction highly, which is the lowest measure since Gallup began as...

Polling shows American Latinos finding out even fascist Latinos are not American/white enough to avoid MAGAs' bullying.
apnews.com/article/poll...

10.02.2026 16:13 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

They are not weak. They are INVOLVED.

10.02.2026 15:25 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Rasmussen???

10.02.2026 15:24 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Republican House bill guts laws protecting US consumers from toxic chemicals Bill limits type of science used to determine health risks and gives industry major role in chemical review process

Does anyone remember "chemtrails?"

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

10.02.2026 15:22 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Who are you arguing with, hypothetically, if this post were part of an actual disagreement? Is there anyone left on the fence?

09.02.2026 19:55 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Mapping The Anti-Rights Movement From The US To The UK with Chiara Capraro, Amnesty International UK. Bellingcat Stage Talk, Thursday 12/2, 5pm CET/11am EST discord.com/invite/bellingcat

Mapping The Anti-Rights Movement From The US To The UK with Chiara Capraro, Amnesty International UK. Bellingcat Stage Talk, Thursday 12/2, 5pm CET/11am EST discord.com/invite/bellingcat

From trans healthcare to abortion politics - the same actors keep appearing. On Thursday 5pm CET/11am EST we'll be live with @amnestyuk.bsky.social 's Chiara Capraro in Discord talking on their research tracing the political alliances shaping today’s anti-rights movement. discord.gg/bellingcat?e...

09.02.2026 18:42 β€” πŸ‘ 244    πŸ” 85    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 4

For the reluctant: try happy hour Spanish. Repeat after me.

"Dose sare vay-sahs pour fa vore, eee don-day est al ban-yo?"

Congratulations! You're included! That didn't hurt did it?

09.02.2026 19:44 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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How Political Corruption Paved the Way for Rising Authoritarianism Today there's a National Shutdown to protest ICE.

In 2025, Members of Congress traded at least $6.8 million in a range of companies' stock that are contracted by ICE.

It's never been a better time to ban congressional stock trading.

09.02.2026 19:35 β€” πŸ‘ 120    πŸ” 38    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 3

It's conditioning for high-control cult membership. The veganism to alt right pipeline.

09.02.2026 19:37 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

That sounds alt-right. Anti-intellectualism populist propaganda. Tell us from where we should draw our moral principles as we apply them to AI?

09.02.2026 19:35 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

For quantities of "These people" including Stephen Miller...

Stop chasing the choir when you could go after the stage manager who's pulling all the strings.

09.02.2026 19:20 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Stephen Miller: The aide driving Donald Trump's most controversial policies The high-velocity start to 2026 by the Trump administration has cemented Stephen Miller's position as one of its most powerful figures.

Concern yourself with this.

www.bbc.com/news/article...

youtu.be/60psYSeQoK8

www.fox9.com/news/trump-a...

09.02.2026 19:16 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

🀣

09.02.2026 13:52 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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