Dave Fenichel

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Any press coverage of the 'People's #Commencement' at #Harvard?

The story today is "stochastic terrorism." Not "increasingly caustic and personal attacks" as the New York Times frames the issue.

What is stochastic violence?

How Stochastic Terrorism Uses Disgust to Incite Violence >>> https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-stochastic-terrorism-uses-disgust-to-incite-violence/

"Dehumanizing and vilifying a person or group of people can provoke... stochastic terrorism, in which ideologically driven hate speech increases the likelihood that people will violently and unpredictably attack the targets..."

#StochasticViolence

How Stochastic Terrorism Uses Disgust to Incite Violence

Pundits are weaponizing disgust to fuel violence, and it’s affecting our humanity

Scientific American

Journalism may never again make money. So it should focus on mission. - The Washington Post

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/01/27/new-journalism-mission-save-america-make-money/

Journalism may never again make money. So it should focus on mission.

The news media should focus squarely on America’s crises, both to help the country and give itself a mission that could make it more financially viable.

The Washington Post

Tens of thousands of people took to the streets in Germany this weekend, to protests against the extreme right and to expose the AfD for what hey really are.

#AfD #extremeright #racism #Germany

A lot of people have covid right now.

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FACT: This week's ruling by the Colorado Supreme Court against Trump was a result of a lawsuit filed, not by any Democrats – but by 2 Independents and 4 Republicans.

If you feel like it's impossible to understand what's actually going on in Gaza right now, well.

That's not an accident.

More than a "culture war": Who is new House Speaker Mike Johnson?

Salon.com
Surprised the far right snowflakes aren’t offended by Black Friday and demanding all Fridays matter