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Doug Schuler
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GOP Making America Grotesque Again!
December 18, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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This aligns w/ recent research showing how Twitter (just prior to becoming X in early 2023) gave outsized visibility to content (via algorithmic recommendations) from politically right-leaning influencers. Influencers influence. And the right is algorithmically advantaged. arxiv.org/abs/2512.06129
Rabble-Rousers in the New King's Court: Algorithmic Effects on Account Visibility in Pre-X Twitter
Algorithmic effects on social media platforms have come under recent scrutiny, with several works reporting that right-leaning accounts tend to receive more exposure. In this paper, we expand upon thi...
arxiv.org
December 18, 2025 at 9:52 PM
There was an article a few years ago in the @newrepublic.com about how young & not young activists needed to work together. I.e "putting one's faith in the younger generation"— proclaimed then and proclaimed now—is not so wise. The article was brilliant and I'm looking for it.. thoughts?
November 30, 2025 at 2:50 AM
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Was poking around the Epstein emails and found one from Soon Yi Previn re: a Trump-related dog video.

From: soon yi previn
Sent: 6/30/2017 2:23:16 AM
To: soon yi previn
Subject: Funny dog video of a dog gnawing at Donald Trump's hair.
Attachments: IMG_0642.MP4.mov; ATT00001.txt
Importance: High
November 15, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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The Hand Magazine Issue 50 contributing artist, Annette Golaz, "Take A Step Back 4, Cyanotype, 7.8" x 7.8"

Visit Annette's website: www.agolaz.ch

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October 6, 2025 at 10:13 PM
what if it's just shitty software behaving like "AI" ??
November 5, 2025 at 1:29 AM
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Karoline Leavitt officially announced the "Launch of a large-scale investigation to find the people behind 'No Kings.'"

I've saved her some time.
October 29, 2025 at 4:54 AM
with @brr.bsky.social on this one. LISTENING, yes.
I hope Zohran listens to everybody from moderates to leftists, who voted for him in the primary and the general
November 3, 2025 at 2:13 AM
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my husband could attest that i literally broke down in tears the other night because Zohran is campaigning the way i have been begging candidates to for the last twenty years.

almost all of them have been too afraid.
Zohran Mamdani campaigned a lot and appears not to hate the voters whose support he's seeking. Here's what other Democrats can learn from his unorthodox strategy.
November 2, 2025 at 10:14 PM
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As many in the federal government seemingly align themselves with tech executives, the Federal Trade Commission is removing blog posts about potential risks to consumers from the rapid spread of commercial AI tools. @wired.com

www.wired.com/story/ftc-re...
The FTC Is Disappearing Blog Posts About AI Published During Lina Khan’s Tenure
The Federal Trade Commission removed several blog posts in recent months about open source and potential risks to consumers from the rapid spread of commercial AI tools.
www.wired.com
October 30, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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Exclusive: The Trump administration has used misleading footage to promote its immigration agenda in at least six videos in the last three months.

Some videos that purported to show chaos in Trump-targeted cities had footage from completely different states.
Trump administration uses misleading videos to portray chaos, push deportations
Official videos purporting to show the triumph of recent immigration operations used footage that was months old or recorded thousands of miles away, a Washington Post analysis found.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 29, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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Join Tesla's Halloween party at the diner!

#teslatakedown #indivisible #musk #doge #coup @teslatakedown.com #tesla
October 27, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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Though logged into #SiriusXM on web already, I had to tell rep my name, as if my account didn't have that, and card I used for billing. I'M ALREADY LOGGED IN. How identified do I need to be???

The #FTC #ClickTToCancel rule was created for nonsense like this. Courts need to let it go into effect.
August 26, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Once you get down on your knees it's hard to get up!
UPDATE: Looks like Amazon is backing off their plan to list tariff costs after a call from Trump 🤔
April 29, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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The Presidents of each of the 8 Ivy League Universities signed this statement, with the exception of Neville Columbia and Dartmouth Chamberlain
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/22/u...
More Than 220 Academic Leaders Condemn Trump’s ‘Overreach’
The statement came a day after Harvard University sued the administration over its decision to freeze billions of dollars in federal funding, following the school’s refusal to submit to a list of dema...
www.nytimes.com
April 24, 2025 at 3:43 AM
Excellent!!!!
Each course profile page includes — either above or below the course description — a link to the course website, which includes all readings (and links to all public domain materials), all assignments, all my slide decks, and showcases of student work
April 20, 2025 at 4:47 PM
There's that...
April 18, 2025 at 12:28 AM
These partisan weenies helped create the more-or-less All-powerful Oligarch. Wonder how they would have ruled four years ago.
April 18, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Another Jellyfish University gets failing grades in Democracy and Integrity 101
🚨 “Vanderbilt University Medical Center is eliminating all DEI programs and is fully complying with Executive Actions on DEI."

VUMC capitulates to Sen. Marsha Blackburn's demands to eliminate all diversity, equity and inclusion programs.

www.wsmv.com/2025/04/16/v...
Vanderbilt University Medical Center eliminating all DEI programs
“VUMC will continue to comply with federal mandates and directives.”
www.wsmv.com
April 18, 2025 at 12:24 AM
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Marth Stewart went to prison for insider trading on *one* stock.

Marjorie Taylor Greene bought *17* stocks just before Donald Trump declared his "pause" in tariffs that caused those stocks to rise in value.

How many others were tipped off? How many stocks did Donald buy? Ivanka? Mike Johnson?
April 11, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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So if Senator Rafael Edward Cruz were a student in Florida and he asked the teacher to call him by his woke chosen name "Ted," and the teacher did, the teacher could get fired?
April 11, 2025 at 4:53 PM
I had missed this cheesy, dictatorial, outrage. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/09/u... It's what happens if you stop watching the trumphascist coup for a second or two.
Trump Signs Orders Punishing Those Who Opposed His 2020 Election Lies
The president targeted two officials from his first administration and an elite law firm as part of his campaign for retribution.
www.nytimes.com
April 12, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Why just screw up the US in every way possible when the rest of the world should also suffer for your diseased mind?
Re-upping this because it seems even more relevant than when I wrote it, which was a few hours ago...
The Trump experiment: let's make the world more dangerous in every possible way and see what happens! www.ft.com/content/1a7c...
March 24, 2025 at 10:36 PM