Date: June 09, 2019
01) Milo Yiannopolous Named Grand Marshall Of Straight Pride Parade??!
Milo Yiannopolous Named Grand Marshall Of Straight Pride Parade??!…
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We are beset by—and immersed in—apps and devices that are quietly reducing the amount of meaningful interaction we have with each other…
Date: June 09, 2019
01) Eliminating the Human
“I have a theory that much recent tech development and innovation over the last decade or so has an unspoken overarching agenda. It has been about creating the possibility of a world with less human interaction. This tendency is, I suspect, not a bug—it’s a feature. We might think Amazon was about making books available to us that we couldn’t find locally—and it was, and what a brilliant idea—but maybe it was also just as much about eliminating human contact.”
Making Sense with Sam Harris #159 – Conscious (with Annaka Harris)…
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Date: June 08, 2019
“In this episode of the podcast, Sam Harris speaks with his wife, Annaka Harris, about her new book, CONSCIOUS: A Brief Guide to the Fundamental Mystery of the Mind. Annaka Harris is the author of CONSCIOUS: A Brief Guide to the Fundamental Mystery of the Mind. She is an editor and consultant for science writers, specializing in neuroscience and physics, and her work has appeared in The New York Times. Annaka is the author of the children’s book I Wonder, a collaborator on the Mindful Games Activity Cards, by Susan Kaiser Greenland, and a volunteer mindfulness teacher for the Inner Kids organization. All of her guided meditations and lessons for children are available on the Waking Up app.” |
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BJS fuels myths about sex offense recidivism, contradicting its own new data…
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Date: June 08, 2019
“A new government report reinforces harmful misconceptions about people convicted of sex offenses. Here’s our take on how to parse the data. A new report released by the Bureau of Justice Statistics should put an end to this misconception: The report, Recidivism of Sex Offenders Released from State Prison: A 9-Year Follow-Up (2005-2014), shows that people convicted of sex offenses are actually much less likely than people convicted of other offenses to be rearrested or to go back to prison. But you wouldn’t know this by looking at the report’s press release and certain parts of the report itself, which reinforce inaccurate and harmful depictions of people convicted of sex offenses as uniquely dangerous career criminals. The press release and report both emphasize what appears to be the central finding: “Released sex offenders were three times as likely as other released prisoners to be re-arrested for a sex offense.” That was the headline of the press release. The report itself re-states this finding three different ways, using similar mathematical comparisons, in a single paragraph. What the report doesn’t say is that the same comparisons can be made for the other offense categories: People released from sentences for homicide were more than twice as likely to be rearrested for a homicide; those who served sentences for robbery were more than twice as likely to be rearrested for robbery; and those who served time for assault, property crimes, or drug offenses were also more likely (by 1.3-1.4 times) to be rearrested for similar offenses. And with the exception of homicide, those who served sentences for these other offense types were much more likely to be rearrested at all. … Unfortunately, this BJS report is a good example of how our perception of sex offenders is distorted by alarmist framing, which in turn contributes to bad policy.” The government is one of the biggest propagandists out there, where it comes to “sex crimes”. They contradict their own findings, as a matter of regular course. |
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The Impact of “Extremist” Speech Regulations on Human Rights Content…
Date: June 08, 2019
01) The Impact of “Extremist” Speech Regulations on Human Rights Content
“Today, EFF is publishing a new white paper, “Caught in the Net: The Impact of ‘Extremist’ Speech Regulations on Human Rights Content.” The paper is a joint effort of EFF, Syrian Archive, and Witness and was written in response to the Christchurch Call to Action. This paper analyzes the impact of platform rules and content moderation practices related to “extremist” speech on human rights defenders.
The key audiences for this paper are governments and companies, particularly those that endorsed the Christchurch Call. As we wrote last month, the Call contains several important ideas, but also advocates for measures that would undoubtedly have a negative impact on freedom of expression online. The paper details several concrete instances in which content moderation has resulted in the removal of content under anti-extremism provisions, including speech advocating for Chechen and Kurdish self-determination; satirical speech about a key Hezbollah figure; and documentation of the ongoing conflicts in Syria, Yemen, and Ukraine. We also hope that our allies will find these examples useful for their ongoing advocacy.
As more governments move to impose regulatory measures that would require the removal of extremist speech or privatize enforcement of existing laws, it’s imperative that they consider the potential for collateral damage that such censorship imposes, and consider more holistic measures to combat extremism.
Caught in the Net: The Impact of Extremist Speech Regulations on Human Rights Content
Mall of America attacker Emmanuel Aranda gets 19 years in prison…
Date: June 08, 2019
01) Mall of America attacker Emmanuel Aranda gets 19 years in prison
“Emmanuel Aranda, 24, was sentenced to 19 years in prison on Monday for throwing five-year-old Landen Hoffmann off of a third-floor balcony at the Mall of America in Minnesota in April. Aranda showed little emotion at his sentencing in Minneapolis. He pleaded guilty last month to attempted premeditated first-degree murder in the April 12 attack. Authorities say Aranda told investigators he went to the mall ‘looking for someone to kill’ and he threw little Landen off a 40-foot-high balcony at the shopping center.”
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Rogan And Pakman Address Sam Seder’s Treatment Of Dave Rubin…
Date: June 08, 2019
01) Rogan And Pakman Address Sam Seder’s Treatment Of Dave Rubin
“Joe Rogan and David Pakman touched upon Sam Seder’s treatment of Dave Rubin during a recent edition of The Joe Rogan Experience. Sam and the Majority Report crew discuss this.”
Bernie Sanders Takes on Walmart While Other Candidates Bow to Wall Street…
Date: June 08, 2019
01) Bernie Sanders Takes on Walmart While Other Candidates Bow to Wall Street
“Jordan Chariton reports on Bernie Sanders attending Walmart’s shareholders meeting—where he called for the biggest company in America to raise their minimum wage to $15 an hour.”
Regarding Men Episode 16 – Misandrist Busses…
Date: June 08, 2019
01) Regarding Men Episode 16 – Misandrist Busses
Vox’s Carlos Maza v Steven Crowder – Adpocalypse 3.0 & YouTube’s New Crackdown…
Date: June 08, 2019
01) Vox’s Carlos Maza v Steven Crowder – Adpocalypse 3.0 & YouTube’s New Crackdown
Does anyone else remember when YouTube was just a really awesome website you could go to, in order to watch and share neat, interesting videos?
Today, it’s infested with drama, money grubbing “creators” and train wrecks galore…
…I really wish they’d have never started the partner program.
