Facebook’s algorithm was problematic because it treated expressions of hatred for whites and men same as for other groups. It therefore had a “disparate impact” against minorities, which it should’ve revealed to “civil rights leaders.” washingtonpost.com/technology/202…
Facebook rejected a plan to treat speech directed against people who were “Black, Jewish, LGBTQ, Muslim or of multiple races” more harshly, another sign of their “racism.” They finally agreed though to stop automatically taking down criticisms of whites, Americans and men.
It’s clear here that Facebook was taking into account conservative considerations, but was being pushed by the media and civil rights orgs. Focusing on big tech and woke capital are a mistake, they’re all being pushed by the same people in the same direction.
Conservatives feel more comfortable attacking rich white tech executives than black activists. Thus they talk about “woke capital” and “big tech” all the time but not “civil rights,” except when they’re claiming they invented the concept.
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“They’re not inclined to let politics order their daily life, and certainly not their lifestyles or personal aspirations.” Inside the “Let’s Go Brandon” fest. politico.com/news/magazine/…
Indications they’re now naming everything in their life Brandon.
Journalist puts on Detroit Tigers hat to fit in with the Brandons.
I remember @jneeley78 made the joke that this would happen after the vaccine was available, and I thought it was funny but an exaggeration. Nice job, anti-vaxxers, I didn’t think you could pull this off, you’ve been a uniquely “effective” movement. wsj.com/articles/u-s-c…
Finally an intellectually coherent case for being anti-vax.
CNN analyst saying he had a strong self-defense case. MSNBC has a black reporter on very angry. Going to Jacob Blake’s uncle for some reason. Because he goes around trying to convict all white people now?
Finally reading The Afghanistan Papers, by Craig Whitlock. Attempts to train Afghan forces sound like something out of science fiction, where modern people travel back in time and meet medieval peasants. Afghans didn't know their colors and mistook urinals for drinking fountains.
Children thought the color on a black soldier's skin would come off.
US Army Major: “I hate to say it, but there was a lot of inbreeding. The district chief had three thumbs."
"US troops referred to the practice as 'man-love Thursday'... Maj. Randy James... recalled a tense encounter in 2003 when an Afghan man approached a baby-faced male American soldier in his unit and declared, 'You’re my wife.'"
Xi's anti-corruption drive seems to be like what Charles Murray describes with all the money flowing into Washington, but in reverse. danwang.co/2020-letter/
News bureaus are highly concentrated in Beijing... As a result, the bulk of journalists are based in the part of China that has the most politics and the least sense of growth."
President of Tanzania calls COVID a satanic myth, rejects vaccines and foreign aid, dies of COVID, along with six other senior politicians and several generals. wsj.com/amp/articles/c…
He had declared the country COVID free in spring 2020, dissolved his Covid response team, and invited citizens to a “corona festival” with dancing and cocktails.
Having rejected vaccines, the government started pushing steam rooms and quack cures. Disturbingly familiar…