2023-12-17
Worthy
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Your tastes are a point in space
Everyone seems to blame the internet for our ever-increasing polarization. It would be funny if the true culprit were education and economic growth.
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republicans are not really equally strong power in american democracy as democrats and they are propped up as one only due to intentional retention of very flawed, antique elections system. Basically republican party is allowed by democrats to exists just so they can have mock opposition (supposedly representing half of the people, which it really doesn't) so that they can swap out with them ever n years and it all seems like two party system on the surface.
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Torture - David Friedman’s Substack
The problem with arguments for the use of torture, ancient and modern, is that although one can imagine situations where it would be justified, once legal it is not likely to be limited to such situations.
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Video inside centrifuge shows we don't understand fluid physics
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(Jan 2023) Giving teenage girls life-like baby dolls doubles teenage pregnancy rates
I think we should consider this a promising avenue for fertility programs. This is important because the usual economic policies are pretty ineffective. It appears that the exposure to babies, even if they are really robots made of plastic, primes girls/women to think more of motherhood, and not in a bad way as intended. It is not too surprising as many people can recall the longing looks at babies by girlfriends? “He’s so cute” she says, while looking at you (hint: it means I WANT THIS). So while we might not want to promote teenage pregnancy, we should certainly promote pregnancy among university students. So how about some trials of this? One could mandate (or incentivize with some bonus) infant simulator treatment at the final year of studies for female students to prime them for getting started after finishing their education.
- Or we could let children of mixed ages socialize together; exposing young ladies to real babies could well enrich lives on both sides.
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Oldest known promontory fort: hunter-gatherer diversity in Siberia 8kya
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The Final Speech from The Great Dictator
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(2016) Charlie Chaplin Was a Sadistic Tyrant Who Fucked Teenage Girls
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because the first link couldn't be unanswered, i guess
Horseshit
Rank Propaganda / Thought Policing / World Disordering
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How to Develop Immunity to Nonsense: Lessons From a New Science - Fair Observer
- Ideas are more like microbes than groceries. Bundles of information obey an evolutionary logic: The “fittest” tend to find hosts, survive and reproduce.
- Cognitive immunologists classify relativistic ideas as mental immune disruptors. People employ them to evade accountability norms. This subverts those norms, leading to cognitive dysfunction. You know how we update our antivirus software to protect our computers from the latest digital pathogens? We need to do the same with our brains.
- Even small concessions to willful belief damage the mind’s immune system. By all means, be resolutely hopeful, but renounce willful believing. When mere words trigger a heated response in you, you’re experiencing an unhealthy auto-immune reaction. Immunologists call some immune system overreactions “autoimmunity.” Yes, auto-immune disorders of the mind also exist.
- Critical thinking is mostly a fine thing, but the combative attitude of a culture warrior is corrosive of mental immune health. With cognitive immunology to light the path, each of us just needs to do our part.
- "cognitive immunologists" ...
Musk
Trump / War against the Right / Jan6
Pox / COVID / BioTerror AgitProp
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(Nov 2023) 'Endemic' SARS-CoV-2 and the death of public health
The unofficial alliance between big business and dangerous pathogens that was forged in early 2020 has emerged victorious and greatly strengthened from its battle against public health, and is poised to steamroll whatever meager opposition remains for the remainder of this, and future pandemics. The long-established principles governing how we respond to new infectious diseases have now completely changed – the precedent has been established that dangerous emerging pathogens will no longer be contained, but instead permitted to ‘ease’ into widespread circulation.
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Topol caught COVID A Covid Update
I consider myself extremely lucky compared with the experience of so many other friends, family members, colleagues and patients, particularly those at more advanced ages. Along the long course of the pandemic I had so many people write to me (or post on social media) about its inevitability and that I should just move on in life, stop masking, and don’t worry about it—”you’re not going to die.” I never agreed with that outlook, since we’ve made steady improvements throughout the pandemic in preventing severe Covid and Long Covid, such that the longer an infection can be delayed, the better. Of course, I’d much prefer to never have Covid, but there’s only so much one can do to prevent that from happening. I had received the XBB.1.5 booster in late September, but still got infected 6-7 weeks later. That’s not at all surprising, since the booster doesn’t do much against infection, especially after the first month, and at peak might suppress infection by only 30-40%. But it does markedly amp up neutralizing antibodies (and T cell response) and certainly would be expected to help prevent severe Covid.
Religion / Tribal / Culture War and Re-Segregation
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Progress toward eliminating child marriage in India has stalled, says study.
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Cardinal Becciu: Vatican court convicts former Pope adviser of financial crimes
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Majority of Americans 18-24 think Israel should 'be ended and given to Hamas'
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A Global Movement for Union Solidarity with Palestine Is Underway
Edumacationalizing / Acedemia Nuts
Entertainment / ShowBiz / Advertising
TechSuck / Geek Bait
AI Will (Save | Destroy) The World
Space / Boomy Zoomers / UFO
Economicon / Business / Finance
Gubmint / Poilitcks / Law Making
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Senate Staffer Caught Making Gay Porn Video In Judiciary Hearing Room | ZeroHedge
While stopping short of explicitly admitting he's the one behind the video, Maese-Czeropski took to LinkedIn on Friday evening to say he was going through "a difficult time" as he is "attacked for who I love to pursue a political agenda." He assures readers that he "would never disrespect [his] workplace,"
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RFK Jr. faces steep hurdles and high costs to get on ballot in all 50 states - CBS News
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US Congress pushes warrantless wiretapping decision off until April next year
Law Breaking / Police / Internal Security
External Security / Militaria / Diplomania
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A new Suez crisis threatens the world economy
Since December 15th four of the world’s five largest container-shipping companies, CMA CGM, Hapag-Lloyd, Maersk and MSC have paused or suspended their services in the Red Sea, the route through which traffic from the Suez Canal must pass, as Iran-backed Houthi militants, armed with sophisticated weapons, escalate their attacks on global shipping flows. As one of the world’s major trade arteries suddenly closes, America and its allies are ramping up naval activity in the Middle East, and may even attack the Houthis, in order to re-establish free passage.
World
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Taiwan faces a flood of disinformation from China ahead of crucial election
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Argentina’s new president Javier Milei does away with culture ministry 24 hours after taking office
The Ministry of Social Development, Ministry of Education and Ministry of Labour, Employment and Social Security will be pared down into a newly formed Ministry of Human Capital, headed by the former TV producer Sandra Pettovello. Meanwhile, the Ministries of Public Works, Transportation, Energy, Mining and Communications will merge into a new Ministry of Infrastructure. (It appears that the Ministry of Culture and Ministry of Women, Gender and Diversity will be completely dissolved.)