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Assistant Professor at Syracuse. I study public relations, military esports, video games, and gender theory. Happily š³ļøāš.
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I dunno guys, I cut my teeth 18 years ago on an Army program that recklessly attached civilians to military units and gave them authority, and whatever promise the Human Terrain System had on paper in practice it was unworkable and made units much worse off over all. This is a titanically bad idea.
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You hit confluence park! Awesome. When the Platte is a bit higher they have kayakers there in the morning
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Next: What is Freedom of Speech? Compares how the concept is understood in different countries comprising both legal and socio-normative dimensions.
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He was vile and extremely popular in the 90s and hyped up Newt Gingrichās horribleness!
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Yep. Iām so glad I ended up leaving nonprofit comms before Notebook LLM took over everything
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Every PR executive I talk to says human generated content is going up the value chain (meaning itās being priced as a luxury good) while the cheap clients ā including charities ā will get by with AI.
Itāsā¦ man I just donāt think thatās a good direction for our civilization.
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Many of the top end NYC and Chicago PR firms (for my students) want them to be able to use AI but also put them in offline writing tests to ensure they have the basic skills of the job. But thatās only for some tracks in some industries. I try to focus on that in my writing classes.
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Iām with you. I remember as a kid being with my parents as they cackled along to Rush Limbaugh calling a teenaged Chelsea Clinton names on his radio show, and they rolled their eyes when I asked why they were being so mean to a kid my age.
The idea that this began with Trump is a huge lie.
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It shuts down debate. Yesterday I was with colleagues and they all said, āemployers want people trained on AIā and agreed with all of the downsides I raised but thatās what hiring managers want so thatās how all of higher education is distorting itself to accommodate.
Itās depressing.
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I just donāt get why every AI expert says these systems are unreliable, makes constant mistakes, and canāt be trusted, but then executives want to put it into every single thing we do, as if that wonāt compound these flaws and harm people. Itās like taking up smoking after you know it causes cancer.
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Schools have teaching awards for integrating AI into the classroom. They donāt have awards for teaching remedial reading and writing for students who literally canāt read without a google summary next to them.
Feels bad!
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I wonāt vote for him but thatās a helluva endorsement for a future run
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Thereās a plethora of things to say being issuing statements of concern and demands for amorphous things to happen
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The Critic was a prophetic show
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We do!
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Then, in contrast, I'm like... What does being held accountable mean? Is he going to call for Kristi Noem's impeachment? Give us something, Rep Jeffries!
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Also good, though it's begun to bother me that authoritarianism is spoken in the future tense and not the present tense (I don't know of a more accurate descriptor for what's happening right now). But this is not hard to do: take a forceful stand, and demonstrate to us that you have values and care.
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Oh jeez I forgot about her. No surprise she's silent, too. She seems uninterested in the world, only in her various social commitments.
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Got it, so you do think it's acceptable to speak this gently even though many of her colleagues who did not vote for the DHS secretary lying about her colleague are speaking much more forcefully. We really have different expectations for our leaders.
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I clearly don't think that is sufficient, which is why I posted what I did, but your post suggests you do think the verbal equivalent of a harsh letter is good enough. Would you let me know why?
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I actually think liberals are leading the charge for being angry at Schumer and Jeffries so far! At least they seem to be the ones who are flooding phone lines and comment boxes demanding more action (and why some like Slotkin are only speaking right now: they wouldn't care if it was just lefties).
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These posts are the social media version of a strongly worded letter: an empty gesture that pantomimes action while safeguarding the speaker from ever needing to take action.
Pay attention as the first round of Trump judges go through the Senate. You'll see the same people voting to confirm them.
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What are the answers remaining? We have video where he clearly identifies himself and is tackled and handcuffed by federal agents anyway. The cabinet member they voted for is already lying about it on TV. What else is needed?
They don't want to act. They are incompetent and divisive and need to go.
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There are Democrats who are trying to stick up and rally people to resist the madness, but they are constantly undermined by these milquetoast ninnies who insist on pretending it's business as usual while the White House fills up foreign concentration camps and raids elementary schools.
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You voted to confirm Kristi Noem. Are you going to call for her impeachment, or will you just stick to describing the same videos we can see for ourselves and talking about trends as if that means anything in the face of state-sanctioned violence against your own colleagues?
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Added Andy Kim as well. Fetterman and Hassan, who also voted to confirm Noem, have Bluesky accounts, but they haven't bothered to take a stand on whether or not the woman they voted to confirm has the right to illegally assault and detain their colleague in the chamber.
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You voted to confirm Kristi Noem. Are you going to call for her impeachment or will you stick to telling your tripod you demand "answers" for an illegal act captured on camera from multiple angles?
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You voted to confirm Kristi Noem. Are you going to call for her impeachment, or issue YouTube videos about how you, as a Senator, won't be silenced?