Stella Rouse
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Stella Rouse
@stellarouse.bsky.social

Political scientist and director of the Hispanic Research Center at Arizona State University. I study how identities inform political attitudes. policy preferences, and institutional outcomes. Opinions are obviously my own. www.stellarouse.com .. more

Political science 47%
Sociology 18%

I did not have Rush Hour 4 as a political cudgel on my bingo card.
I teased this last night in What I’m Hearing but now confirmed: Paramount WILL release Rush Hour 4 after prodding from Trump on behalf of Brett Ratner. Distribution deal. Producer Tarak Ben Ammar is lining up financing. Get ready for the dumbest possible state-controlled media.

U.S. at risk of losing its measles elimination status.

Another accomplishment by Trump and RFK Jr.

abcnews.go.com/Health/us-ri...
Is the US at risk of losing its measles elimination status?
As measles continues to spread across the U.S., questions have emerged about whether the country will retain its measles elimination status.
abcnews.go.com

I hear gold-plated artifacts give those near them a slender look.
I teased this last night in What I’m Hearing but now confirmed: Paramount WILL release Rush Hour 4 after prodding from Trump on behalf of Brett Ratner. Distribution deal. Producer Tarak Ben Ammar is lining up financing. Get ready for the dumbest possible state-controlled media.

Great book. TLDR takeaway: White people love to cut off their nose to spite their face.

H/T Democratic Socialists

This. Is. Exactly. The. Existential. Fight.

Just when she found traces of sanity.

"[participants] were randomly assigned to do so by using either an LLM like ChatGPT or the “old-fashioned way,” by navigating links using a standard Google search."

Lol on "old-fashioned way" being Google searches.
Relying on ChatGPT to teach you about a topic leaves you with shallower knowledge than Googling and reading about it, according to new research that compared what more than 10,000 people knew after using one method or the other.

Shared by @gizmodo.com: buff.ly/yAAHtHq
Relying on ChatGPT to teach you about a topic leaves you with shallower knowledge than Googling and reading about it, according to new research that compared what more than 10,000 people knew after using one method or the other.

Shared by @gizmodo.com: buff.ly/yAAHtHq

A fascinating analysis would be examining the recitivism rate of those pardoned by Trump, compared to all other presidential pardons.
A Fraudster Pardoned by Trump Gets 37 Years for Running Ponzi Scheme
www.nytimes.com

Positive result, but herein lies the weakness of American democracy. The only remedy/guardrail for a rogue administration takes weeks if not months (and sometimes years)-- long after much damage has been done.
BREAKING: Judge Cobb rules that the Pentagon's National Guard deployment into D.C. was illegal.

However, she has stayed the effect of her order until Dec. 11 to prevent disorder while the matter is under appeal.

ecf.dcd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/show...

Palate clensing story.
BREAKING: Judge Cobb rules that the Pentagon's National Guard deployment into D.C. was illegal.

However, she has stayed the effect of her order until Dec. 11 to prevent disorder while the matter is under appeal.

ecf.dcd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/show...

Make America Hate Again.
“I want their morale as low as possible because a team with low morale is ineffective.”

Meet the veteran who chases ICE on a scooter
Meet the veteran who chases ICE on a scooter
Clifford “Buzz” Grambo patrols the streets of Baltimore to keep his neighbors safe—and make federal agents uncomfortable.
www.motherjones.com

"Sit this one out" has never been more appropriate.

"it is LITERALLY possible nobody had ever thought of this as a thing that could happen" sums up the Trump administration, in general, and Trump DOJ, more specifically, pretty well.
Sure. "The Grand Jury did not see the operative indictment" is the kind of fuckup where lawyers literally don't actually know what happens next because it SO fundamental a thing that it is LITERALLY possible nobody had even thought of this as a thing that could happen.
Translate for us non-law-talkers...?
Sure. "The Grand Jury did not see the operative indictment" is the kind of fuckup where lawyers literally don't actually know what happens next because it SO fundamental a thing that it is LITERALLY possible nobody had even thought of this as a thing that could happen.
Translate for us non-law-talkers...?

Stop threatening me with a good time.
AI advocates have warned that if every author in the class action filed a claim, it would "financially ruin" the entire industry.
Authors celebrate “historic” settlement coming soon in Anthropic class action
Advocates fear such settlements will “financially ruin” the AI industry.
arstechnica.com

Stop threatening me with a good time.

Translation: "the House GOP caucus ran over me, let me kick it to my counterpart in the Senate to see what he can do to change this from its original intent (to release all files)."
Mike Johnson says he's talked to Thune & he's "very confident that when this moves forward in the process - if & when it is processed in the Senate, which is no certainty - they will take the time methodically to do what we have not been allowed to do in the House. To amend this discharge petition."

Who's going to teach them handwriting?

New age of surveillance and risk assessment. This will only get worse and guardrails won't keep up.
AI-powered balloons have been photographing Arizona homes for insurance risk assessments
AI balloons over Arizona capture home images for insurance with Near Space Labs technology raising privacy concerns
azmirror.com

Please don't embarrass my friend, who will be lining my pockets, by reminding him that he is a ruthless dictator who kills those that criticize him. The reporter had it coming.

**We are broke as a country**
Trump suggests Khashoggi had it coming: "You're mentioning someone that was extremely controversial. A lot of people didn't like that gentleman that you're talking about. Whether you like him or didn't like him, things happen. But he knew nothing about it. You don't have to embarrass our guest."
Trump suggests Khashoggi had it coming: "You're mentioning someone that was extremely controversial. A lot of people didn't like that gentleman that you're talking about. Whether you like him or didn't like him, things happen. But he knew nothing about it. You don't have to embarrass our guest."
Mike Johnson says he's talked to Thune & he's "very confident that when this moves forward in the process - if & when it is processed in the Senate, which is no certainty - they will take the time methodically to do what we have not been allowed to do in the House. To amend this discharge petition."

Current vibe on campus.
If an attractive young woman a third my age didn't want to date me, then why did she ask me for feedback on an economics paper?

by Larry Summers

I can't imagine what it is like for career DOJ officials, former or current, who spent years protecting the integrity and independence of such an important part of the federal justice system to see it lit like a dumpster fire in a matter of months.
Judge Says Justice Dept. May Have Committed ‘Misconduct’ in Comey Case
www.nytimes.com