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The thing is, we all just better learn to use AI or be left behind. You don’t want to be the only one mislabeling countries at a big presentation, do you???
PBS NewsThe State Department said it takes "full responsibility" for "hastily" altering and then presenting a map of Africa at a global AIDS conference that mislabeled every single country it highlighted. An analysis by Reuters found a watermark in the map image that suggests it was made with OpenAI.
The last time the US produced income & wealth inequality at these levels was during the Gilded Age/Roaring 20s. Historians & social scientists identify two commonalities between a century ago & now: the overlapping influences of Christian nationalism & capitalism. kettering.org/economic-ine...
Economic Inequality: How Christian Nationalism Weakens DemocracyKF Research Fellow Andrew L. Whitehead traces the connection between Christian nationalism and growing economic inequality in the US. The implications are more than economic—they can lead to democrati...kettering.orgThe evidence is clear—Christian nationalism cannot abide a pluralistic democratic society. And this post from a fellow expert on CN helps position this topic and other findings in relation to recent claims that ”CN is just a label used to denigrate.”
Robert P. JonesMy latest. On white christian nationalists' love of ICE and concentration camps. open.substack.com/pub/robertpj...
Now figuring out ways to financially benefit from financial crimes.
George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸Essentially, this would be (1) paying Donald Trump to (a) make market-moving statements, and (b) provide inside information about those statements—and hence (2) setting up a market manipulation scheme and giving Trump his cut of it.
Empirical evidence: more traditional gender ideology is strongly associated with a masculine image of God. This masculine image of God is a signal of their gendered conception of reality itself. journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...
Gender Ideology and Religion: Does a Masculine Image of God Matter? - Andrew L. Whitehead, 2012A number of recent studies explore predictors of gender ideology due to its consistent influence on a range of outcomes. Another growing body of research invest...journals.sagepub.comJulie IngersollThis will fly by with little notice but #Hegseth 's announcement of the new testosterone testing policy claimed maintaining high levels of T is a "sacred responsibility." This isn't just rhetoric. His corner of Christianity idolizes masculinity. It's so close to worship.
Congrats to the incredible @ruthbraunstein.bsky.social!
Princeton University PressCongratulations to @ruthbraunstein.bsky.social, whose book My Tax Dollars is the Winner of the Mary Douglas Prize for Best Book, Culture Section, presented by the American Sociological Association! Read a preview of the book here: press.princeton.edu/books/paperb... @asanews.bsky.social
Ditto, reminded of this after helping my daughter study for freshman year world history class.
Tom HumberstoneThe Luddites loved technology. They owned looms at home and would ‘mod’ them to count threads. Their battle was against worker exploitation. The degradation of their rights, safety and wages. They were against a handful of rich businessmen owning the means of production. Sound familiar?