I found this page while looking for new examples to use in Intro Soc.

It's the lists of similar questions that get me. I forget that people believe the things Trump says.

(Bonus, several answer snips effectively establish that 'nice' and 'polite' are stereotypes about Canadians, not descriptions.)

I was hoping to find a thoughtful engagement with the contradictions between anti-racist goals and dominant aesthetic norms among plastic surgeons, from that industry's perspective.

I might have been expecting too much.

(Link is to a paper showing a social scientist perspective.)

Found a plastic surgeon so anti-racist that his page on cultural sensitivity in African American rhinoplasty—to preserve unique ethnic features—describes making wide flared nostrils look more elegant and proportionate, raising bridges for more pleasing profiles, and creating more refined nose tips.

No wonder First Amendment rights get so little respect. The FBI seems to see it as an enabler:

“The threat of domestic terrorism also remains persistent overall, with actors crossing the line from exercising First Amendment-protected rights to committing crimes in furtherance of violent agendas.”

If you define domestic terrorism broadly enough, I guess anything is a DHS issue.

(FBI: Violent, criminal acts committed by individuals and/or groups to further ideological goals stemming from domestic influences, such as those of a political, religious, social, racial, or environmental nature.)

"[DHS] is responsible for keeping it safe…. I have the responsibility for making sure that everybody [who] goes to the Super Bowl [can] enjoy it and leave. And that's what America is about…. people should not be coming to the Super Bowl unless they're law-abiding Americans who love this country.”

*A Republican lawmaker objected to reference to Charlie Kirk holding “often racist and controversial views” in local Alaska news
*The corporate owner took down the story and edited it
*The journalists resigned

This feels like more and more of our media now.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/03/u...

Please join me in congratulating Woman on her appointment

The Compact says "Signatories commit... to transforming or abolishing institutional units that purposefully punish, belittle, and even spark violence against conservative ideas."

What does this mean for units teaching evolution, history, or climate change?
www.washingtonexaminer.com/wp-content/u...

And here I thought it was a reference to Jennifer Armintrout.

The "Why Democrats Are Shutting Down the Government" headline rivals news about UK royalty for use of biased framing.
[Brit paper: Prince Harry says tea with father was bad.
His spokesperson: The quotes are invented.
NBC take: "Public feud… Accusations from Harry's camp… King will be disappointed…"]

“… it takes courage for them to speak out against this administration, and they did and they deserve credit for it…” (6:10)

A) This is not a surprise. It is what they are designed to do.

B) ‘Nine out of 10 major evaluation [systems] use binary grading that penalize “I don’t know” responses while rewarding incorrect but confident answers.’

Also, not surprising.

I really cannot believe the country of The Handmaid’s Tale — the book I read in my teens, the warning so chilling that it seemed allegorical — suddenly seems possible.

Rather than seeing this as proof that sex is not strictly binary and immutable, they will instead use it to further push their claims that trans people are infiltrating and infecting decent society. It’s all so dystopian 😔

Lemme spell it out. Trump's only leverage over Jimmy Kimmel and ABC came from FCC regulation. His direct power over H1-B visas gives him similar leverage over tech, higher ed, and others.

Medical misogyny & racism – but automated

"The findings by researchers at leading US and UK universities suggest that medical AI tools powered by LLMs have a tendency to not reflect the severity of symptoms among female patients, while also displaying less 'empathy' towards Black and Asian ones."

(And my knowledge about it is pretty much limited to what I just wrote.)

I do wonder about zoning & taxes. I think of business that have said they closed because their property taxes were based on the value of the tall building that could be instead of the short building that was.

(This seems more about how property taxes are assigned than their overall levels, though.)

2) What about non-“luxury” high rises? Do they exist? (It is hard to find a 2bed-1bath condo.)

Questions: 1) Does any high-rise zoning include guidance or mandates for unit square footage or number of bedrooms (or both)? Speaking broadly, new high-rise development seems to be full of studio/1 bed and small 2bed-2bath units, with some extra-luxury >1000sf units and a few penthouse 3 beds.

The Department of Justice has removed a study showing that white supremacist and far-right violence “continues to outpace all other types of terrorism and domestic violent extremism” in the United States.

🔗 www.404media.co/doj-deletes-...