Itās telling that Walz is āredefiningā American masculinity. The guyās a stereotypical macho manāveteran, hunter and football coachābut the fact that heās also a nice dude makes it a paradigm shift. He isnāt known for his knitting skills. Weāve just come to associate masculinity with being a dick.
I think the most amusing part of this is Elon Musk feeling the need to call his own company Twitter so people know what building he's talking about.
Yet another article laundering far-right into "economic anxiety." The author never considers whether men support Trump because they like his policies on immigration or queer people. She just lets them cast their preferences in the most sympathetic light possible. www.nytimes.com/2024/08/24/u...
Men under 30 are much more likely to support Donald Trump than women their age. Itās a far bigger gender gap than in older generations.
The Proud Boys' Reliance on Telegram Didn't Save Them, But It Thwarted Preventing the Attack www.emptywheel.net/2024/08/26/t...
The Proud Boys' sedition trial and the prosecution of Enrique Tarrio's DC cop buddy, Shane Lamond show that Telegram can be absolutely central to a successful prosecution. Where it may provide crimina...
Holy shit this is bad
Yet another way that LLMs are making our world terrible. Allowing police officers to submit LLM-written reports reveals a remarkable misunderstanding of what LLMs do, a profound indifference to the notion of integrity in the communications of law enforcement with the justice system, or both.
Police officers are starting to use artificial intelligence to help write crime reports. Pulling from the sounds of an officer's body camera, an AI tool based on the same technology as ChatGPT can chu...
From the weekend: The Q isn't whether Kamala is running as an incumbent or not (truth is she's owning Joe's record). It's how ignoring Trump's continued power obscures his fascist threat. www.emptywheel.net/2024/08/24/a...
Contrary to a common interpretation of the DNC, Kamala Harris is not eschewing the incumbency she has Vice President. She is running on a continuation and expansion of Joe Biden's successful policies....
Wait WHEN
An Arizona judge has set a trial date of January 5, 2026, for allies of former President Donald Trump charged for a criminal conspiracy to overturn the 2020 election.
An Arizona judge has set a trial date of January 5, 2026, for allies of former President Donald Trump charged for a criminal conspiracy to overturn the 2020 election.
Every Black woman - every Black person - knows whatās coming. If you, non-Black person, plan on seeing this through, listen to me: the seething, raw & disgusting hatred on its way needs to be *drowned out.* Not rationalized, not pontificated, not reacted to, not entertained. Hear me now.
Media can report this, or point it out for what it is: An aging candidate fearful of a more capable opponent capable of calling him to account will pretend she does not deserve to be in the room with him.
