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An Argument for the Abolition of the Electoral College
Why does a candidate sometimes win the popular vote, but lose the Electoral College vote? There are some misconceptions floating around about this. I’ll note them in parentheses in my explanation below: The people’s votes do not directly choose the president. The Electoral College (EC) makes the final decision, following its own rules and the…
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Study Page for Feasibility and Strategy
I went down a rabbit hole after I needed to learn about feasibility; so this is a self-education page about that, organizing, and strategy. Since I don’t have expertise in this, I’m just listing some things I’ve found, or recalled. I’m including business and community and political organizing resources. If you aren’t up for reading,…
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How to Use the New AI Chatbots, ChatGPT and Bing Chat AI
This is a beginner guide to learning these new tools. What are these, and why would we want to know or use these technologies? AI chatbots are computer programs that generate text based on prompts, which are text you type into the chat dialogue.
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Turn out for #JusticeForRoques May 1
It’s one day after the hearing, and I’m still mad. The arraignment is on May 1. Show up. The organization I’m with, PANA, is preparing a statement, but I’ll share my online links below. Before that, I will share several videos from my stories. They had similarities: working class people of color suffering violence. All…
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ChatGPT: Discovers a “Memory Hole” or makes up sources
This was weird. I asked ChatGPT to do this: compare the reddit groups r/asianamerican to r/aznidentity It did, and wrote a few paragraphs. Then I asked it: what are your sources for the last answer? and got this: What the hell were those headlines about?! I just found out about these porn subs this past…
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ChatGPT on Nationalism
I asked ChatGPT to write briefs on how different groups view nationalism. By nationalism, I mean what Marxists would call bourgeois nationalism or chauvinism – that is basically what liberal Americans think of when we say “nationalism”.
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ChatGPT: who writes about late 20th century neoliberalism and the national question
The material below was written by the ChatGPT program. Do not take it at face value. ChatGPT often writes something that’s incorrect, but sounds convincing. This is because the AI model is being used to generate semi-random text that conforms to patterns in existing texts. It also appears to have a level of conceptual abstraction…
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Wong Kim Ark in Smithsonian
Smithsonian Magazine has a good article about Wong Kim Ark, who fought to assure birthright citizenship for all Americans. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/how-the-fight-for-birthright-citizenship-reshaped-asian-american-families-180981866/
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Copyright, “Copyleft”, Creative Commons, Public Domain, Anti-Copyright
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California Proposition 1, 2018
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I Think There’s Under Counting of Covid-19
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Nationalist Right-Wing anti-Imperialism, Curry, Kare, Colonization
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Links to MLK Speeches and Writings
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My Top Favorite Conspiracy Theories
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A simple refutation of the “Supply and Demand” argument about how new apartment construction will lower rents.
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Changing Emails is Hard
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Justice for the Roques
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2010s Gentrification, Protests, Boyle Heights, Arts District
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Historic Palestinian Documents at the Lady Izdihar Archive
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AOC, Gaza; Disappearing Japantowns; Ilhan Omar and Uncommitted
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CalCare, AB1400, Single Payer Insurance Readings
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Protected: Who Killed Vincent Chin, Blaming Gascon or any District Attorney, and Lame Politics
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Misunderstanding the Purpose of the Model Minority
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The End of Facebook
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On the Precipice of Another Great Depression
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Instagram Censorship Algorithm Failure
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Conservative Hopelessness about Anti-Asian Violence
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Professions in Decline, and Some Growing
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Civil Comment about the Civil War
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The Current Effort to Deny Citizenship to Undocumented Immigrants or Spouses Has a Precedent
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Jimmy Dore Coddles Fascists
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Alice Johnson is Out, but what about Street Dealers?
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Chili History
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Erasing Racism with Revisionist History about Ichimatsu Dolls
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Henry George’s Racist Screed Against Chinese People in California, New York Tribune, May 1, 1869
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1959
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Wong Kim Ark in Smithsonian
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Taking Over “Public School”
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The Lotto and Voting Machine Meme is Bugging Me
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Selected Facebook Posts from March 2020
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ChatGPT: Discovers a “Memory Hole” or makes up sources
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The Anti Nazi Parade – history of anti-fascism in Los Angeles (and some fascism)
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Everyone Hates ICE
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Selected Posts from Facebook from April 2020