@EricRWeinstein Vaccines have never been (and can’t be) 100% safe; legally classified as “unavoidably unsafe” because of the net benefits. VICP has statistics for others. The conversation on this needs to include explanations of risks and benefits without sensationalism.
@EricRWeinstein @nypost The headlines on this, particularly from the Post, have consistently miscast the vaccine as the cause and then undermined that premise within the article as they list the circumstances of the death.
@jonathanstray I don’t either.
@karlhigley Let me read more through your pinned threads
@karlhigley Three years later there are now some topical (relatively narrowly tailored) and some behavioral rules (does the group start brigades? Is an account muted on its first interaction with someone?) that are new.
@karlhigley They are now. They weren’t when it was written; Q content for example was being recommended very frequently then.
@karlhigley I was on Clubhouse last night and got a prompt to straight-up list my interests - check a bunch of things I want to get suggestions for. I liked that and am curious to see how it impacts the rooms they push me.
@karlhigley I agree; I wrote this several years ago to try to make suggestions (in the frame of that time) and you may feel it’s still not specific enough. 🙂 I think this issue has only gotten more important https://www.wired.com/story/creating-ethical-recommendation-engines/
@gahlord Thanks. This one gets at it https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/03/internet-conspiracies-are-coming-inside-country/607645/
The twin problems of broken curation (engagement determining what we see; bad reco engines) and📢 effortless creation and amplification 📢 (leading to a glut of content and need for curation) have transformed the information ecosystem in deeply harmful ways. It’s a system problem
It doesn’t matter what the specifics of the narrative are, as long as it’s engaging. The combination of highly active audiences (who themselves want to participate), and the affordances of social platforms, propel these claims. There is real demand for them.
The examples in here illustrate one of the key dynamics of the day: the extent to which *participatory action*, ordinary people feeling themselves part of a team, sharing for community feedback, drives the spread of narratives today. Age of the Influencer.
New: We mapped one part of an online phenomenon, which is when people go from normal poster to radical influencer almost overnight. this is a story about attention. how it's acquired/directed/weaponized. and the incredible costs. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/14/opinion/facebook-far-right.html
This is so great.
vaccine wellerman let’s gooooo #seashantytok
@conspirator0 nice find.
there have also been some interesting accounts alleging they were injured by the SputnikV vaccine, pulling images of rashes from other places on the web.
The situation in LA is dire. Every minute, 10 people test positive for Covid-19. Every 8 minutes, someone dies. Ambulances circle for hours, unable to find ERs that can accept patients. Hospitals are running out of oxygen. ICU capacity is at zero. https://www.statnews.com/2021/01/15/los-angeles-ambulances-circle-for-hours-icus-full-is-this-what-covid19-has-in-store-for-rest-of-the-country/
@evelynisaacks @hannahwanebo @TaylorLorenz I think with pumping it was worse, maybe because with the baby actually there the eye contact and general “adorable baby experience” meant there was at least some distraction.
@evelynisaacks @hannahwanebo @TaylorLorenz Yeah, in 2013 there was almost no info about it. It was hard to put into words to google for. I would search for things like “biological sadness” bc there was never anything *wrong*, I was generally so happy, and it would pass so quickly. Amazing spectrum of nursing experiences.
@hannahwanebo @evelynisaacks @TaylorLorenz “Mom Internet” is such a crap shoot. I made a great IRL friend from that mom board, but also....so many of the spaces are toxic-absolutist battlegrounds for people with nothing better to do.
@hannahwanebo @evelynisaacks @TaylorLorenz Nursed #1 for 15mo despite DMER (which — it took me 6 mo to figure out what was even happening there, I could not get my head around why people liked nursing; now there are articles about it!) 2nd, also DMER, 50% formula. 3rd, pandemic baby, no DMER and mercifully no pumping.
@JoeSlacker5 says the guy hiding behind an AI generated profile pic.
@Rothbard1776 I gave you ten minutes to respond. You proved you're a bad-faith bullshit artist, and bad faith bullshit artists get blocked. 🙂
@Rothbard1776 quote the part where i said that, strawman.
@harryh this is the balloon dog koons sued over so that should get 2 points https://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/article/Jeff-Koons-balloon-dog-claim-ends-with-a-whimper-2461103.php
@SeanNStJohn @ratemyskyperoom Yeah. THE book to read on contemporary art market “eccentricity” (scams) is this one 😉
@JanellThe @ratemyskyperoom I love pineapples but only have them on clothes atm. Good to know.
@pinkbunnyr @ratemyskyperoom Kidrobot.
Ahhh! Feedback. I will improve.
Lego moon lander.
Ballon art. Leaning books. Is that Moon lander? Pull back slightly. Widen shot. 8/10 @noUpside
Since Newsmax and OAN are trending... my article from just after the election on the danger of echo chambers and the challenge of content moderation seems relevant again
New from me, on the post-election content rifts between Fox and Newsmax/OANN, the moderation divides between Big Tech and spaces Parler, and the impact of digital secession https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/11/right-wing-social-media-finalizes-its-divorce-reality/617177/
Challenges include not being able to plan ahead for incoming doses. County health departments say they can’t begin mass outreach campaigns, schedule appointments or plan community vaccination clinics until they have a sense of what’s coming down the pipe. https://www.capradio.org/articles/2021/01/14/california-counties-lawmakers-call-for-more-organized-better-funded-covid-19-vaccine-rollout-as-cases-continue-to-climb/
@1KatieOrr Be safe and thank you for your work.
@skarlamangla Wonderful! Hooray for science!
@TaylorLorenz there were BATTLES over this in the pregnancy birth month group thing I joined while pregnant with my first (skipped that sh*t with the other two). before the babies were even on the outside.
@TaylorLorenz @janamal my husband, apparently listening behind me: "her child will never be fully self-actualized since it didn't have a lotus birth. bed won't help."
@johnwlockwoodiv @Sharkyl @rsg @holdingthebag Ah man. I was working and didn't see any messages about it. Would have been interested to hear it.
I caught the very end of the Chesa one when he had the exchange w/Balaji & Nancy. I'm glad leaders are stepping up to have unscripted chats w/the public.
@DellDurant4 @chesaboudin @SFDAOffice @SFVictimService @DeanPreston noticed none of them would say it.
@johnwlockwoodiv @holdingthebag @rsg were they all in the same room?
@conor64 “more speech” broke down on that front in the echo chamber too
@garrytan @LondonBreed I see @DeanPreston is working hard from home, in his Alamo Square mansion.
@andreamatranga @antoniogm Yeah I think the bass arrangements are a novel draw. Also the asynchronicity- I did a cappella choir in HS (Catholic all girls no bass) and watch thinking about how awesome this kind of freeform remix would have been back then.
@umanagineer i am certainly surprised. 🙂
@altryne How/to whom did you appeal?
Besides patients & families, no one is feeling the pain of this catastrophe more than health care workers. The onslaught has exhausted them, and they have grown angry at people for skirting safety rules because they know much of the suffering is avoidable. https://www.kqed.org/news/11855199/exhausted-health-care-workers-feel-betrayed-by-those-who-ignore-covid-rules
So if you have a late-in-year baby be aware that this kind of stupid bureaucratic BS apparently is a thing. Elections for that "life event" can still be reset a week later.
Since I'm not having another baby this year, the only option is to wait it out till next year. 😑
Post-natal story cautionary tale: I made changes to healthcare elections while filing papers to return to work after maternity leave in late September.
Turns out "open enrollment" was two wks later and they all reverted. I "missed" the deadline to elect and now, too bad.
This is a really great recap of a nuanced and important conversation on moderation tradeoffs generally, and Donald Trump specifically.
(We were in the "other" Clubhouse room that didn't have an unexpected visit from a sitting SF politician.)
I asked 6 moderation experts to debate the tradeoffs of deplatforming Trump.
The conclusion? Banishing him to fringe apps makes his extremist followers tougher to track
But the bigger threat is on Fb & Twitter, he could radicalize mainstream users.
Here’s a🧵of takeaways. 1/
@RebeccaCoelius @conor64 did it also blame the shrew wife unfairly? feels like the "overbearing wife ruining the fun of salt-of-the-earth men" was a not-uncommon literary trope in the early 1900s
I really hated the book enough that I am not going to personally revisit this myself 🙂
“We want to allow people to express whatever opinions they want to express, but when they actually engage in actual threats, we have to take them seriously.“ @DrPanMD @CapRadioNews https://www.capradio.org/articles/2021/01/15/california-lawmakers-threatened-by-anti-vaccine-activists-during-public-hearing/
there's been a fair bit of this recently in the form of organized truther groups showing up to legislative sessions to scream conspiracies and harangue representatives debating COVID protocols etc, livestreaming it so a virtual mob can get riled up in the comments.
The number of ppl at the Capitol doing Lives and documenting exactly what they'd done was crazy. Dopamine hits from that flood of 💕🙂 streamers get keeps some posting outrageous, dangerous, confrontational & illegal behavior. Extreme antics grow the audience & ⬆️clout.
Baked Alaska’s plan to livestream his crimes is not going great https://twitter.com/SeamusHughes/status/1350497638324588545
@CNNPolitics How much has Trump’s refusal to concede cost American taxpayers in security costs?
