Chiefs fan since the ’90s. Raconteur, troublemaker and general loudmouth who makes adhering to Rule 9 a way of life. AG’s resident Fool on the Hill.
My mind can be changed, but only by proper application of facts and reason. (Hint: If you are internet-arguing, it won’t happen.)
I can be reached by adding (at)Yahoo.com to the end of my screen name. That includes if you want me to edit your fanpost, and I’ll treat it just like any other piece from the regular writers that “crosses my desk”.
Been meaning to mention it, ARS, but every day I see your pixels, I take a moment to appreciate that you’re still with us. Mrs BRAG has another heart procedure coming up, and it’s over to Duluth, roughly 2 hours from here. As bad as staying here alone for a few days of uncertainty will be, staying with her as closely as possible physically would wreck me. If I let that happen, then she’s lost her faithful…handyman.
In short, I get it from my ringside seat POV, so every day you hang in there means something to me.
“Our findings suggest it is misguided to assign blame for misinformation to the political right broadly — indeed, doing so risks increasing polarization. Instead, it would be more productive for researchers, social media platforms, politicians and members of the media to focus their efforts on low-conscientiousness conservatives (LCCs for short) in particular. Yet, our findings also showed that fact-checking was notan effective way to prevent these conservatives from sharing false news stories, meaning other interventions are needed.”
Yep, this is me counting coup, because I’ve advocated for this before, and this was written by the researchers. Maybe someone reads this and gets more reluctant to go with broad-brushing, maybe not, but let’s never forget that under all our disagreements, we are also fellow-citizens.
Been meaning to mention it, ARS, but every day I see your pixels, I take a moment to appreciate that you’re still with us. Mrs BRAG has another heart procedure coming up, and it’s over to Duluth, roughly 2 hours from here. As bad as staying here alone for a few days of uncertainty will be, staying with her as closely as possible physically would wreck me. If I let that happen, then she’s lost her faithful…handyman.
In short, I get it from my ringside seat POV, so every day you hang in there means something to me.
I’ll be back presently, but while I enjoyed tonight’s OT, I need to shift topics for a bit.
“Our findings suggest it is misguided to assign blame for misinformation to the political right broadly — indeed, doing so risks increasing polarization. Instead, it would be more productive for researchers, social media platforms, politicians and members of the media to focus their efforts on low-conscientiousness conservatives (LCCs for short) in particular. Yet, our findings also showed that fact-checking was not an effective way to prevent these conservatives from sharing false news stories, meaning other interventions are needed.”
Yep, this is me counting coup, because I’ve advocated for this before, and this was written by the researchers. Maybe someone reads this and gets more reluctant to go with broad-brushing, maybe not, but let’s never forget that under all our disagreements, we are also fellow-citizens.
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2022/01/14/we-found-the-one-group-of-americans-who-are-most-likely-to-spread-fake-news-526973
https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20220119/18000048319/harrison-greenbaum-latest-trick-having-paul-levy-respond-to-criss-angels-thuggish-legal-threat.shtml
Inept? Don’t care, because stupid or not, it was pre-planned and intentional. They’ll get theirs.
https://reason.com/2022/01/20/the-sedition-indictment-against-11-oath-keepers-describes-a-plot-that-was-pitifully-inept-and-ineffectual/