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The CW wasn’t ready for this Green Arrow.
February 1, 2024 at 7:17 PM
The CW wasn’t ready for this Green Arrow.
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Very important to understand that its simultaneously true that the SAT
1) is racially biased, discriminatory and advantages rich kids over poor kids
AND
2) is less racially biased, discriminatory and advantageous to rich kids than literally every other admissions criteria being used
1) is racially biased, discriminatory and advantages rich kids over poor kids
AND
2) is less racially biased, discriminatory and advantageous to rich kids than literally every other admissions criteria being used
Dartmouth is reinstating the SAT. They analyzed their data and found 2 key things:
1) Test scores were a better predictor of success than high school grades/essays/recommendations
2) The test-optional policy was harming low-income kids who would have been accepted
www.nytimes.com/2024/02/05/b...
1) Test scores were a better predictor of success than high school grades/essays/recommendations
2) The test-optional policy was harming low-income kids who would have been accepted
www.nytimes.com/2024/02/05/b...
A Top College Reinstates the SAT
Why other schools may follow Dartmouth’s lead.
www.nytimes.com
February 5, 2024 at 7:16 PM
Very important to understand that its simultaneously true that the SAT
1) is racially biased, discriminatory and advantages rich kids over poor kids
AND
2) is less racially biased, discriminatory and advantageous to rich kids than literally every other admissions criteria being used
1) is racially biased, discriminatory and advantages rich kids over poor kids
AND
2) is less racially biased, discriminatory and advantageous to rich kids than literally every other admissions criteria being used
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trying to follow more people on here so one person posting a few times a day does not become like 60% of my feed
February 6, 2024 at 5:22 PM
trying to follow more people on here so one person posting a few times a day does not become like 60% of my feed
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I'm now soliciting pitches for the new International Policy Journal. If you have ideas or know anyone who has ideas about progressive/left/internationalist foreign policy and might want to get paid to write about them, I'm accepting pitches at this link: forms.gle/MU1VsqYnsPdk...
International Policy Journal Contact Form
Interested in pitching the International Policy Journal? Fill our this short form and our Chief Editor will get back to you.
forms.gle
December 1, 2023 at 8:24 PM
I'm now soliciting pitches for the new International Policy Journal. If you have ideas or know anyone who has ideas about progressive/left/internationalist foreign policy and might want to get paid to write about them, I'm accepting pitches at this link: forms.gle/MU1VsqYnsPdk...
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Here, I'll refresh your memory:
How a blind fan watches anime: An interview with TJ Olsen
When I asked TJ Olsen, a music promoter and anime fan, to talk about his experiences watching anime, he was a little surprised that I was at all curious. “I never considered that my experienc…
www.otakujournalist.com
December 1, 2023 at 7:50 PM
Here, I'll refresh your memory:
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20/120 received so far to help get this elderly abandoned dog (who is a girl, we were mistaken previously) a vet visit & make sure she has no major health issues.
she has a lump on her back + isn't eating much. Really want to get a professional to look her over. Exam costs include blood work.
she has a lump on her back + isn't eating much. Really want to get a professional to look her over. Exam costs include blood work.
Just got the pup safely inside. Gonna spend the morning posting photos around to see if i can find his owner.
Also wanna get him over to the vet for a check-up, but definitely do not have the extra funds for that 🥲
he's been sleeping outside in the cold for over a week, even out in the snow 😢
Also wanna get him over to the vet for a check-up, but definitely do not have the extra funds for that 🥲
he's been sleeping outside in the cold for over a week, even out in the snow 😢
December 1, 2023 at 6:45 PM
20/120 received so far to help get this elderly abandoned dog (who is a girl, we were mistaken previously) a vet visit & make sure she has no major health issues.
she has a lump on her back + isn't eating much. Really want to get a professional to look her over. Exam costs include blood work.
she has a lump on her back + isn't eating much. Really want to get a professional to look her over. Exam costs include blood work.
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FINALLY they made isekai for WOMEN (stares in Visions of Escaflowne)
Digital Margaret Shōjo Manga Site Launches 'Isekai Margaret' Label
Shueisha's new label focuses on fantasy, isekai works aimed at women
www.animenewsnetwork.com
December 1, 2023 at 7:20 PM
FINALLY they made isekai for WOMEN (stares in Visions of Escaflowne)
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Citing the union’s history of opposing apartheid and fighting for justice, UAW president Shawn Fain—who represents 400,000 workers across the country and just won a historic strike—has just called for a ceasefire in Israel and Palestine. THIS is what real union leadership looks like.
December 1, 2023 at 7:30 PM
Citing the union’s history of opposing apartheid and fighting for justice, UAW president Shawn Fain—who represents 400,000 workers across the country and just won a historic strike—has just called for a ceasefire in Israel and Palestine. THIS is what real union leadership looks like.
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People are focusing (understandably) on the Israeli military AI targeting system highlighted in this article: www.972mag.com/mass-assassi...
But don't miss:
• That AI system is apparently being used to auto-generate targeting recommendations for *junior militants' family homes.*
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But don't miss:
• That AI system is apparently being used to auto-generate targeting recommendations for *junior militants' family homes.*
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December 1, 2023 at 8:26 AM
People are focusing (understandably) on the Israeli military AI targeting system highlighted in this article: www.972mag.com/mass-assassi...
But don't miss:
• That AI system is apparently being used to auto-generate targeting recommendations for *junior militants' family homes.*
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But don't miss:
• That AI system is apparently being used to auto-generate targeting recommendations for *junior militants' family homes.*
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I wrote about the end of Popular Science the magazine and the vanishing places to read, and publish, science journalism defector.com/popular-scie...
Popular Science Ends And Science Journalism Keeps Shrinking | Defector
In May 2022, Popular Science celebrated 150 years of the magazine: 1,747 issues, alongside a stream of stories and videos published online. The magazine’s staff compiled a special anniversary packag...
defector.com
November 30, 2023 at 5:48 PM
I wrote about the end of Popular Science the magazine and the vanishing places to read, and publish, science journalism defector.com/popular-scie...
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“Kissinger thrived because he operated in a public life of fawning, immunity and grifting that his compatriots allowed to grow around him. Parlaying public office into lucrative consultancy work, even with regimes who violate U.S. interests, is normal practice.” thecritic.co.uk/the-man-who-...
The man who loved power | Patrick Porter | The Critic Magazine
Henry Kissinger is dead. Let us speak ill of him. He was a man who, having studied and practised power, came to love it. From that failure, bad things flowed. We should not only speak ill — his lega...
thecritic.co.uk
November 30, 2023 at 12:52 PM
“Kissinger thrived because he operated in a public life of fawning, immunity and grifting that his compatriots allowed to grow around him. Parlaying public office into lucrative consultancy work, even with regimes who violate U.S. interests, is normal practice.” thecritic.co.uk/the-man-who-...
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“Boba Fett Defends His Prize!”, by Walt Simonson, from the pages of 1981’s Star Wars #44.
November 29, 2023 at 6:59 PM
“Boba Fett Defends His Prize!”, by Walt Simonson, from the pages of 1981’s Star Wars #44.
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the IDF has never landed a strike targeted this well
November 28, 2023 at 6:25 PM
the IDF has never landed a strike targeted this well
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It’s crazy how after all his crimes the thing they finally convicted Al Capone for was saying “Eat lead, coppers!” and wildly firing a tommy gun at some cops while laughing maniacally
November 28, 2023 at 11:24 AM
It’s crazy how after all his crimes the thing they finally convicted Al Capone for was saying “Eat lead, coppers!” and wildly firing a tommy gun at some cops while laughing maniacally
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Mm so they want journalism without journalists, images without artists, books without writers, and performances with no actors. I dunno seems like they just hate everyone and this whole thing is incompatible with humanity and should be dismantled stem to stern I dunno I dunno
November 28, 2023 at 4:05 AM
Mm so they want journalism without journalists, images without artists, books without writers, and performances with no actors. I dunno seems like they just hate everyone and this whole thing is incompatible with humanity and should be dismantled stem to stern I dunno I dunno
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1) Saying "I won't vote for you if you _____" is one of the few tools voters have to influence incumbents. It's often not true anyway.
2) If you spent the 2020 Dem primary saying you'd never vote for Sanders or Warren, you don't get to lecture people about using this tactic.
2) If you spent the 2020 Dem primary saying you'd never vote for Sanders or Warren, you don't get to lecture people about using this tactic.
November 26, 2023 at 3:07 PM
1) Saying "I won't vote for you if you _____" is one of the few tools voters have to influence incumbents. It's often not true anyway.
2) If you spent the 2020 Dem primary saying you'd never vote for Sanders or Warren, you don't get to lecture people about using this tactic.
2) If you spent the 2020 Dem primary saying you'd never vote for Sanders or Warren, you don't get to lecture people about using this tactic.
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The Empire Strikes Back (1980): The Falcon escaping from the Exogorth (space slug), from storyboard to screen
November 28, 2023 at 9:02 AM
The Empire Strikes Back (1980): The Falcon escaping from the Exogorth (space slug), from storyboard to screen
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Hey peeps. You need to contact your Dem Senators TOMORROW and tell them the KOSA bill is trash and that especially includes Connecticut folks because Blumenthal is the chief co-sponsor. Tell them the facts that you read in this post. This bill is so dangerous. buttondown.email/charliejane/...
November 26, 2023 at 10:52 PM
Hey peeps. You need to contact your Dem Senators TOMORROW and tell them the KOSA bill is trash and that especially includes Connecticut folks because Blumenthal is the chief co-sponsor. Tell them the facts that you read in this post. This bill is so dangerous. buttondown.email/charliejane/...
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CEO: We need to cut costs.
Accountant: We pay you $50 million a year. You are being paid $1 million for this meeting.
CEO: I see. Who's that in the hallway?
Accountant: That's Greg. He is the only thing keeping this company together. We pay him in nickels and Grubhub gift cards.
CEO: Fire Greg.
Accountant: We pay you $50 million a year. You are being paid $1 million for this meeting.
CEO: I see. Who's that in the hallway?
Accountant: That's Greg. He is the only thing keeping this company together. We pay him in nickels and Grubhub gift cards.
CEO: Fire Greg.
November 26, 2023 at 10:02 PM
CEO: We need to cut costs.
Accountant: We pay you $50 million a year. You are being paid $1 million for this meeting.
CEO: I see. Who's that in the hallway?
Accountant: That's Greg. He is the only thing keeping this company together. We pay him in nickels and Grubhub gift cards.
CEO: Fire Greg.
Accountant: We pay you $50 million a year. You are being paid $1 million for this meeting.
CEO: I see. Who's that in the hallway?
Accountant: That's Greg. He is the only thing keeping this company together. We pay him in nickels and Grubhub gift cards.
CEO: Fire Greg.
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Sorry but if you’re making fun of this you don’t understand spaceflight. The data that SpaceX collected here will be an invaluable help to their ultimate goal of exploding a dozen astronauts minutes after launch
November 19, 2023 at 1:56 AM
Sorry but if you’re making fun of this you don’t understand spaceflight. The data that SpaceX collected here will be an invaluable help to their ultimate goal of exploding a dozen astronauts minutes after launch
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this also happened with crypto, except that fundamentally many reporters and pundits believed that it *must* be complicated because there was money in it, and didn't take the time to realize that it was both simple and stupid.
My take on this is a lot of reporters assume the underlying technology is unintelligible so they don’t even bother trying to get their heads around it. If they sat down and took a stab at understanding the conceptual framework at least, many would realize it’s often no that complicated
so much of the OpenAI coverage feels light on facts and context (energy demands, massive operations costs) and sometimes indistinguishable from free marketing
www.reuters.com/technology/s...
www.reuters.com/technology/s...
November 24, 2023 at 7:08 PM
this also happened with crypto, except that fundamentally many reporters and pundits believed that it *must* be complicated because there was money in it, and didn't take the time to realize that it was both simple and stupid.
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i have said this on here before but the idea here is that it should be illegal for the state to remedy racial inequality because said inequality is, in their view, a reflection of natural hierarchies
Conservative groups have sued to shut down the Abundant Birth Project, which provides 150 pregnant Black San Franciscans a $1,000 monthly stipend
They allege the project illegally discriminates by giving the stipend only to people of a specific race
They allege the project illegally discriminates by giving the stipend only to people of a specific race
Backlash to affirmative action hits pioneering maternal health program for Black women
Conservative groups have sued to shut down the Abundant Birth Project, part of a national backlash against affirmative action in health care.
t.co
November 24, 2023 at 8:39 PM
i have said this on here before but the idea here is that it should be illegal for the state to remedy racial inequality because said inequality is, in their view, a reflection of natural hierarchies