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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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YIMBY is Anti Rent Control; Polio in Gaza; Archive.org Lawsuit Effects; Chol Soo Lee; Sergio Mendez
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Exiting Amazon (Again)
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The Purpose of Antisemitism in White Supremacy
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Selected Posts from Facebook from April 2020
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Gin and Tonic, Imperialism, and COVID-19
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SARS-CoV-2 on a Fishing Boat, Seroprevalence in Spain
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Social Media
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Selected Posts from Facebook from February 2020
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Asian American Media Representation, Recommending Feminism
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AOC, Gaza; Disappearing Japantowns; Ilhan Omar and Uncommitted
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Orientalism: Music, Edward Said, Hello Kitty, US CIA in Japan, 1 Year of the Israel-Gaza War
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Medium Paywall Blocking Posts
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Text of Vladimir Putin’s Speech on Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine, and Text of Zelensky’s Address to the Russian People (all Translated to English)
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Tom Bradley Speech, Draft: The Citizen: Power and/or Powerlessness
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Height Discrimination
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Henry George’s Racist Screed Against Chinese People in California, New York Tribune, May 1, 1869
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DALL-E and Commas that Matter, “young people fighting the war on drugs”, SFW->NSFW
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Kats Kunitsugu in the Kashu Mainichi
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Jimmy Dore Coddles Fascists
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Conservative Hopelessness about Anti-Asian Violence
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(a)political violence; Luigi Mangione’s Manifesto; Propaganda of the Deed
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Indigenous Identity Fraud; Zionist Cultural Theft; Can the subaltern speak?
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First COVID-19 Post
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How to Use the New AI Chatbots, ChatGPT and Bing Chat AI
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Anti-Vaccine Mandate “Debate” Goes Weird Real Quick
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Chili History
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Little Tokyo Urban Renewal 1972, Urban Renewal Researcher from Japan 1968, Gentrification Notes
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My Top Favorite Conspiracy Theories
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Racist Housing Policy Made Your Neighborhood
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Protected: ULA: United to House LA
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The KKK of the 1920s, and Fascism
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Should Prisoners Have the Vote?
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Tech Bazillionaires Paid for Anti-Unhoused Anti-Camping Law in San Francisco in 2016
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Beach Cities IMC
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2024 Election Battlegrounds
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Civil Comment about the Civil War