Ryan Burge notes that there's strong empirical evidence (as in polling) that Gen Z men, who broke for Trump in the last election, are moving in a right-wing, often religion-based trend against women's and LGBTQ rights — in contrast to Gen Z women. He says,

"The last 5-10 years has seen a dramatic movement toward acceptance of the LGBT+ community. But there’s a backlash happening and it’s among younger men."

#gender #GenZ #men #women #LGBTQ #religion
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https://www.graphsaboutreligion.com/p/how-social-issues-are-driving-a-wedge

This whole ICE nonsense quota based racist policing is so useful for illustrating so many Black civil rights concepts that people have been confused about for decades.

People used to ask me, "Why do Black folk cheer when they see a man successfully run from the cops? He's a criminal!"🤡

No.

You don't cheer for the gestapo when they chase Jewish people.

You don't cheer for ICE when they chase brown people.

You don't cheer for US cops when they chase Black people.

Yes there are *some* Jewish, brown, and Black criminals.

But *most* Jewish, brown, and Black people chased, are innocent.

https://www.tiktok.com/@canal33tijuana/video/7555364327562300692

"Monday marks the start of a week of planned chaos. Trump is panicking, running from the Epstein files and his cratering approval ratings. His answer is to incite chaos, sow confusion, and offer distraction to the easily distracted press."

~ Robert B. Hubbell

#Trump #fascism #authoritarianism #Epstein #military #PoliticsofDistraction #PoliticsofTheater #ApprovalRating
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https://roberthubbell.substack.com/p/be-the-anchor-in-the-storm

Trump's stolen a lot of workers' wages over the years, but this week, he has become history's greatest thief of wages, having directed his FTC to stop enforcing its ban on noncompetes "agreements," a move that will cost American workers $400 billion over the next ten years:

https://prospect.org/labor/2025-09-09-trump-lets-bosses-grab-400-billion-worker-pay-noncompete-agreements/

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If you'd like an essay-formatted version of this thread to read or share, here's a link to it on pluralistic.net, my surveillance-free, ad-free, tracker-free blog:

https://pluralistic.net/2025/09/09/germanium-valley/#i-cant-quit-you

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"Claude’s update relies on a striking pop-up with a large, black "Accept" button. The data sharing toggle is tucked away, switched on by default, and framed positively ("You can help..."). A faint "Not now" button and hard-to-find instructions on changing the setting later complete the manipulative design.

These interface tricks, known as dark patterns, are considered unlawful under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and by the European Court of Justice when used to obtain consent for data processing. Pre-checked boxes do not count as valid consent under these rules.

The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) has also stressed in its guidelines on deceptive design patterns that consent must be freely given, informed, and unambiguous. Claude’s current design clearly fails to meet these standards, making it likely that Anthropic will soon draw the attention of privacy regulators."

https://the-decoder.com/anthropic-uses-a-questionable-dark-pattern-to-obtain-user-consent-for-ai-data-use-in-claude/

#EU #AI #GenerativeAI #Anthropic #LLMs #Chatbots #Claude #DarkPatterns #Privacy #DataProtection