@jackie-wesson.bsky.social
A remarkable discussion about how policy failures can be death knells for communities.
1. The conventional explanation for food deserts—that these places are too poor or too rural to generate enough spending on groceries, or too Black to overcome racist corporate redlining — fail to grapple with a key fact: food deserts didn’t used to exist. My new piece in The Atlantic.
The Mystery of Food Deserts
They didn’t materialize around the country for no reason. Something happened.
www.theatlantic.com
December 1, 2024 at 4:08 PM
A remarkable discussion about how policy failures can be death knells for communities.
Good morning from Yuzu! #fosterkittens
November 27, 2024 at 4:42 PM
Good morning from Yuzu! #fosterkittens
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This is the most pathetic thing I’ve ever read, a bunch of whiny conservative judges invited Steve Vladeck to a federalist society panel so they could dogpile him bitching about his (accurate) writing about right wing judge shopping in the federal courts substack.com/app-link/pos...
109. Things Fall Apart
Some reflections on my disheartening exchange with Judge Jones at last Thursday's Federalist Society convention—and its ominous implications for the future of legal debate
substack.com
November 18, 2024 at 1:17 PM
This is the most pathetic thing I’ve ever read, a bunch of whiny conservative judges invited Steve Vladeck to a federalist society panel so they could dogpile him bitching about his (accurate) writing about right wing judge shopping in the federal courts substack.com/app-link/pos...
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BRENNAN: Do you think experience is necessary?
JIM HIMES: How far we have come that on a major news show the question we're examining is, 'is experience necessary for one of the most powerful positions in the land?' Of course it's necessary!...how is this what we're focusing on?
JIM HIMES: How far we have come that on a major news show the question we're examining is, 'is experience necessary for one of the most powerful positions in the land?' Of course it's necessary!...how is this what we're focusing on?
November 17, 2024 at 4:12 PM
BRENNAN: Do you think experience is necessary?
JIM HIMES: How far we have come that on a major news show the question we're examining is, 'is experience necessary for one of the most powerful positions in the land?' Of course it's necessary!...how is this what we're focusing on?
JIM HIMES: How far we have come that on a major news show the question we're examining is, 'is experience necessary for one of the most powerful positions in the land?' Of course it's necessary!...how is this what we're focusing on?
Monty. From feral to snuggle bug. A stately and handsome fellow.
November 17, 2024 at 5:09 PM
Monty. From feral to snuggle bug. A stately and handsome fellow.
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There is now some hard evidence that X boosted the Trump campaign and suppressed the Harris campaign. What's to stop Musk from doing the same in other countries?
www.threads.net/@profsander....
www.threads.net/@profsander....
Sander van der Linden (@profsander.vanderlinden) on Threads
New computational analyses from the University of Queensland on algorithmic bias suggest that the X algorithm substantially boosted Republican accounts right after Elon Musk's endorsement of Donald Tr...
www.threads.net
November 17, 2024 at 6:13 AM
There is now some hard evidence that X boosted the Trump campaign and suppressed the Harris campaign. What's to stop Musk from doing the same in other countries?
www.threads.net/@profsander....
www.threads.net/@profsander....
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It was obvious to anyone paying attention that Musk's algo was heavily boosting him and other right-wing accounts.
But it's good to see the data backing up what we could see with our own eyes.
But it's good to see the data backing up what we could see with our own eyes.
1/ X's algorithm was changed in mid-July 2024 to systematically boost Republican-leaning accounts and Elon Musk's own account following his endorsement of Donald Trump, according to a newly released computational study of engagement from the Queensland University of Technology.⬇️
November 16, 2024 at 10:02 PM
It was obvious to anyone paying attention that Musk's algo was heavily boosting him and other right-wing accounts.
But it's good to see the data backing up what we could see with our own eyes.
But it's good to see the data backing up what we could see with our own eyes.
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Elon Musk spent $45 million to target Black, Jewish, Muslim voters and others with disinformation ads. The ads had lies tailored to target citizens by race and religion to demotivate thems from voting and turn them against Kamala Harris.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
November 16, 2024 at 1:34 PM
Elon Musk spent $45 million to target Black, Jewish, Muslim voters and others with disinformation ads. The ads had lies tailored to target citizens by race and religion to demotivate thems from voting and turn them against Kamala Harris.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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Do yourself a favor and read this from Fox News contributor Ben Domenech.
I’d like to report a murder
I’d like to report a murder
November 15, 2024 at 1:53 AM
Do yourself a favor and read this from Fox News contributor Ben Domenech.
I’d like to report a murder
I’d like to report a murder
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November 14, 2024 at 4:24 AM
I feel like my whole Bluesky feed needs a “Not The Onion” disclaimer.
November 13, 2024 at 10:20 PM
I feel like my whole Bluesky feed needs a “Not The Onion” disclaimer.