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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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L.A. History: A Mexican Perspective
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NSFW Perplexity AI
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Israel General Strike; IDF Shoots FilAm “Amado Sison”; Labor Zionism and South African white workers
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The Size of Mayan Civilization Compared to the Size of Los Angeles, CA
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Protected: What the Heck is Wrong?
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Political Nerdmaxing: Q: Why Are Asians so Right Wing?
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Changing Emails is Hard
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w32tm reports the computer did not resync because no time data was available
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UK Race Riots and Organizing; Tipping; Masking in Our Community Spaces; Video Channel Links
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Ghost Kitchens and Food Marketing
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Facebook 2009, Part 1
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Quick Installer for Woocommerce
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Online Editors with Compilers for Different Computer Languages
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Exiting Amazon (Again)
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Update for June 18, 2019
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The Murder of Ee Lee
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Machine Learning Notes
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COVID-19 Vaccination Inequality
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Treasure Chest, Robert Louis Stevenson Jr. High School Yearbook, 1939
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Good Summary on Bastard Urbanism
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ChatGPT: compare and contrast the different forms of slavery in the different regions
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Mass Narcolepsy
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WordPress Custom HTML Block Strips the LINK and SCRIPT Tags; Workaround with WP-Coder
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Lifehacks Here
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Links to MLK Speeches and Writings
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The Western Gender Binary
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That “A cluster randomised trial of cloth masks compared with medical masks in healthcare workers” Article the Anti-Mask People are Passing Around, and Getting it Wrong
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Misunderstanding the Purpose of the Model Minority
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DIY Dustpan or Daspan
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ChatGPT Rewrites with Style
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Making a Graduated Cylinder Measuring Cup from a Jar
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Opening a Dozen Email Boxes? Use Mozilla Thunderbird (and Donate)
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Erasing Racism with Revisionist History about Ichimatsu Dolls
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Trump, Hydroxychloroquine, Zinc, Quercetin, ECGC Catechins, AYCE KBBQ
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History of the annoying PC “beep”. It’s called a “bell”.
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Protected: ULA: United to House LA
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