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After school Satan club denied

mercredi 27 avril 2022 à 10:20

A school district in Pennsylvania has refused to allow the an extracurricular activities club sponsored by the Satanic Temple. However, it has allowed a similar club sponsored by a Christian church.

This is unconstitutional and is likely to lead to a lawsuit.

The past 10 years of American life have been uniquely stupid

mercredi 27 avril 2022 à 10:20

*Why the Past 10 Years of American Life Have Been Uniquely Stupid.*

Jonathan Haidt puts the blame on the changes that converted social media platforms into antisocial media, almost tailor-made to encourage factional hatred. The article ends with recommendations for reforming these platforms that he argues could correct the problem.

I wish he didn't use the term "consume" in regard to works of authorship. That word's implications are all wrong. To consume food means to break it down into small building blocks and extract what is useful, to build into other things. That is not what we do with text we read.

The word "absorb" is not very good, but it avoids part of what's bad about "consume".

(Satire) The Onion banned on Twitter

mercredi 27 avril 2022 à 10:06

(satire) *Twitter, Enemy Of First Amendment Rights, Permanently Bans The Onion.*

(satire) *Our Intern Is Being Forced Into A Hunger Strike Until Twitter Lifts [Ban on The Onion].*

Rashism

mercredi 27 avril 2022 à 03:36

In Ukrainian, "rashism" means Russian fascism -- except that the joke has additional layers in the Ukrainian context.

Tech companies made religions out of working for them

mercredi 27 avril 2022 à 03:36

Proposing that tech companies have made a religion out of working for the company, and expect/require all employees to be believers.