Aug 31, 2020🇺🇸 Fellow patriots 🇺🇸🇺🇸 Fellow patriots 🇺🇸 Let’s be clear. The #trump #maga #kag #gop can’t win a fair fight. The trumpist gop record The republican party published no platform for 2020, so we can infer one from their actions over the past 4 years. …2 min read2 min read
Mar 17, 2020covid-19 — keeping you & your loved ones safe — 2020 March 16Modified from an email thread with my long running bookclub. Subject line, which I wish I’d thought of: “Book Clubs in the Time of Coronavirus” TL;DR: All this is based on ongoing research so may change as scientists figure more stuff out. It’s estimated anywhere from 20% to 60% of…Coronavirus5 min readCoronavirus5 min read
Mar 15, 2020covid-19 links list — 2020 March 15By no means comprehensive. TRACKERS JHU: JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY — TRACKER https://gisanddata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/opsdashboard/index.html#/bda7594740fd40299423467b48e9ecf6 JOURNALISTS’ COVID TEST TRACKING PROJECT https://covidtracking.com/ OUR WORLD IN DATA — COVID TESTING https://ourworldindata.org/covid-testingSunday 2020 March 15 ~~~ #WashYourDamnHands :) If You Can Score 5/8 On This Handwashing Quiz, You're Cleaner Than Most Do you actually know how to wash your hands?www.buzzfeed.comCoronavirus2 min readCoronavirus2 min read
Feb 20, 2020propaganda reading list — 2020 FebBerit Anderson. (2017 february 12). “The Rise of the Weaponized AI Propaganda Machine: There’s a new automated propaganda machine driving global politics. How it works and what it will mean for the future of democracy.” Medium > Scout: Science Fiction + Journalism. https://medium.com/join-scout/the-rise-of-the-weaponized-ai-propaganda-machine-86dac61668b Kurt Andersen. (2017 September issue). “How America…2 min read2 min read
Feb 1, 2020resist “manufactured nihilism” Read. Learn. Vote. Win.From Vox (which I can’t find a channel for on Medium, but lots of individual Vox folks on Medium, & Vox also now runs The Coral Project) From https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2020/1/16/20991816/impeachment-trial-trump-bannon-misinformation “As Sabrina Tavernise and Aidan Gardiner put it in a New York Times piece, “people are numb and disoriented, struggling to…Elections2 min readElections2 min read
Aug 25, 2018Washington Post “op-ed” propaganda from Megan McCardleI was so enraged by this that I posted my comment to Washington Post too early, before the full flower of my rage had settled. So I only hit 90% pure rage before my editing window had expired. Here’s a better version. In response to: https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/imagine-a-world-without-mandatory-college-diplomas/2018/08/24/6ac9bcac-a726-11e8-8fac-12e98c13528d_story.html *** Does the Post…Education2 min readEducation2 min read
Jun 30, 2018the #trumpist #gop cheatsthe #trumpist #gop cheats #gop #trump want to stay in power forever. They cannot win on the issues, so they cheat: * voter suppression and intimidation * racially motivated gerrymandering * voter id laws * shortening early voting periods * ending Sunday voting (to prevent African American congregations from going to the polls as a group) #republicans are cheating their way into office and taking (not winning) seats even when — OFTEN when — they get fewer votes than Democrats.Politics1 min readPolitics1 min read
Jun 16, 2018The gop wants me dead.The gop wants me dead. It’s Friday, June 15, 2018. If you support #trump #gop at this point, then I assume you want me dead, too. Though I have employer insurance, the #republican attack on protections for the ~ half of “nonelderly” Americans with #preexistingconditions is an attack on my…Healthcare2 min readHealthcare2 min read
