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Independent research and writing that apply neuroscience and AI/ LLMs to hypothesizing about how long exposure to dehumanizing discourse may pre-consciously encode concepts of targets as not human or not conspecifics, which may impede empathy for them.
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Krugman says the editors at the Times editorial page were increasingly trying to water down his columns and arguments www.cjr.org/analysis/pau...

The Department of Justice has just DELETED its four-year-old webpage on the US Capitol riot investigations.

NYT: An unpaid group of billionaires, tech executives and some disciples of Peter Thiel, a powerful Republican donor, are preparing to take up unofficial positions in the U.S. government in the name of cost-cutting. Zero public disclosure so far about the work. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/12/u...

It may seem strange to folks outside of academia, but there has been a line of prominent research within it arguing that misinformation isn't a problem. This paper pushes back, noting how those arguments often rely on poor definitions & operationalizations of what misinformation is & how it works.

This is a far more accurate headline than you’re going to read in any major media outlet today.

No women will lead a House committee for the first time in two decades. No people of color either. Exactly how does this make America great again?

i feel like in all the hubbub this week probably not enough people saw this piece, it's very distressing! www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Senator Charlie Brown

Happy Thanksgiving, a blend of politics around the family table.

"You are an abuser of women": The searing email that Pete Hegseth's own mother sent him in 2018 accusing him of sleeping around, cheating on his wife and debasing and belittling women. www.nytimes.com/2024/11/29/u...

This, full stop, this. Why does the GOP want to kill everybody.