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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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Asian American Media Representation, Recommending Feminism
This is a video essay, with a lot of references, bringing together different ideas about representation, race swapping in portrayals, and desirability and gender. It’s pretty good. I can’t evaluate beyond that, because I haven’t studied this too much. Discussion where I found it: https://www.reddit.com/r/aznidentity/comments/1j44s67/representasian_asian_desexualization_race/ Original Post: 2023-03-10 I made a tiktok that recommended feminism…
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What are Lateral Violence and Vertical Violence?
These two terms came up during the discussions about the Monterey Park shooting. It was also raised in the murder of Tyre Nichols, and the mass shooting in Half Moon Bay. The following definitions are from the Canadian Race Relations Foundation:
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Research Sparse about Less Educated Asian American Men in the Labor Market
This article has moved to this niche blog.
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Links to MLK Speeches and Writings
These are the sources for a few memes I created.
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Misunderstanding the Purpose of the Model Minority
People are upset about stereotypes, and often conflate the Model Minority Myth with the stereotype that Asians are good at math. So, to “challenge” the stereotype, an Asian person will say they aren’t good at math. They misunderstand the point of the MMM stereotype.
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Async PHP Libraries and Frameworks
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Selected Facebook Posts from March 2020
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China and Least Developed Countries Free Trade; Cal Gig Worker Law; Running Down the Walls
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January 2018 Links
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Beach Cities IMC
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Taking Over “Public School”
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AOC, Gaza; Disappearing Japantowns; Ilhan Omar and Uncommitted
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The Size of Mayan Civilization Compared to the Size of Los Angeles, CA
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Gone Missing from the Keyboard
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Dead Pages, Alpine, Docker, Cloud
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Libertarians on Immigration
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Racism: NatGeo, Housing, Crossword
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How do I fix the buzzing and electricity sound when recording on my iPhone?
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Mass Narcolepsy
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Selected Posts from Facebook from January 2020
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Magic Folder to Convert DOC and OpenOffice to PDF
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Statement from Montanans for Immigrant Justice and Missoula Rises re: Trump’s Pending Executive Order to Stop Separating Families
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WP-CLI: wp wc product update images
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Long Beach Rent Control Research and Links
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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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Fascism Videos (Explaining It)
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Village Scale Epidemic Management in Japan
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Trump’s ICE War on Los Angeles
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The End of Facebook
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Protected: Who Killed Vincent Chin, Blaming Gascon or any District Attorney, and Lame Politics
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February Links
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WordPress AntiSpam Plugin, Configuring Alpine Linux to Send Mail
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Enshittification for AI Training; Bisan Owda
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Lock File Location for OpenOffice LibreOffice when it says File is Locked for Editing
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I Think There’s Under Counting of Covid-19
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ChatGPT Polemics with Style
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Fantasy Vernacular Architecture
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UK Race Riots and Organizing; Tipping; Masking in Our Community Spaces; Video Channel Links
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Trolling and Gloating: Masks for COVID-19
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Fruit Updates
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Root Shell Called Web Shell by oRb
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Inventing Black and White