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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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Civil Rights Unionism
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Quick Installer for Woocommerce
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Replacing the Washers in an Old 1960s Price Pfister Two-Faucet Shower
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Selected Facebook Posts from March 2020
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The Independent Progressive Party
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Historic Palestinian Documents at the Lady Izdihar Archive
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AI Machine Learning and Bias Articles
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Good Summary on Bastard Urbanism
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Protected: Getting Up in AI Models
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Protected: What the Heck is Wrong?
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Eviction of Seniors to a COVID-19 Impacted Facility
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January 2018 Links
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L.A. History: A Mexican Perspective
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The KKK of the 1920s, and Fascism
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Reading Up on Gang Stalking
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Gone Missing from the Keyboard
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Problems Importing CSV into Google Contacts
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Debian and Ubuntu Networking Configuration /etc/network/interfaces with a Static IP Address
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Protected: RIP Mark
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Copyright, “Copyleft”, Creative Commons, Public Domain, Anti-Copyright
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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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My Top Favorite Conspiracy Theories
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DIY Dustpan or Daspan
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December 18, 2018 Update
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CalCare, AB1400, Single Payer Insurance Readings
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DALL-E as Cheese Hegemon and Destroyer of Words: Hamburgers and Pizzas with Mandatory Cheese, and Erasure of Pigs in Blankets
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Linux Nautilus Trash Folder Stopped Working
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History of the annoying PC “beep”. It’s called a “bell”.
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Ghost Kitchens and Food Marketing
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Los Angeles Typographical Union ITU 174 at Angelus Rosedale Cemetery
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Fixing a Broken Rattan Chair
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ChatGPT on Nationalism
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Get in Touch
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Fruit Updates
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Get an Oauth2 Token in a Command Line Program
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Run a Shiny Server with the rocker/shiny and Docker-Compose on Debian or Ubuntu
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ChatGPT: who writes about late 20th century neoliberalism and the national question