Links from my bookmarks - October 2020
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dreamer_easyhttps://www.psypost.org/2020/10/trump-voters-were-significantly-less-likely-to-evacuate-before-hurricane-irma-devastated-florida-58144 (PsyPost, 3 October 2020) The psychology and sociology around this stuff is endlessly fascinating; it's like all the weirdnesses of the human mind writ large. Safety is belonging to a group, and showing that you belong, even when that puts you in danger -- especially when that puts you in danger, because how better to prove you belong?
If You're Happy President Trump Tested Positive for COVID-19, You're Just as Bad as He Is (The Root, 2 October 2020) Presented without comment.
Australian ministers increasingly bypassing parliament to create laws, study finds (Guardian, 28 September 2020).
Coronavirus Sweden: 200 doctors, scientists challenge Sweden’s official version of events (news.com.au, 17 September 2020)
New research shows how to make effective political arguments, Stanford sociologist says (2015 press release)
Carbon emissions of richest 1 percent more than double the emissions of the poorest half of humanity (Oxfam press release, 21 September 2020)
No, Animals Do Not Have Genders (Nautilus, 26 August 2020) A short but very clear piece on what and why gender is.
Not sure what can and can't be recycled? Here's how it works (SMH, 19 December 2019). At least as of that date, Sydney was actively recycling plastics rather than storing or burying them.
Study Warns Radicalized Right-Wingers Uniting Online—Many Inspired by Trump—Threaten Australian Democracy (Common Dreams, 9 October 2020)
Trump support is less important than ethnic antagonism in explaining anti-democratic views among Republicans (PsyPost, 10 October 2020) White supremacy is also at the root of Australia's crop of fascists.
Are Americans Just Stupid? (Psychology Today, 4 October 2020). Points out the difference between intelligence and critical thinking, and the importance of factors such as poor quality news media and intense financial stress. Interestingly also talks about "strong religious beliefs" which "reject well-established scientific facts that conflict with theological doctrine", which makes the unintentional point that religion and science need not be at loggerheads -- in fact, IMHO, that narrative was created by fundamentalists for political ends.
'We want our money. We deserve our money': Aboriginal elders sue for compensation for stolen wages (Guardian, 24 October 2020)
Why Hatred and 'Othering' of Political Foes Has Spiked to Extreme Levels (Scientific American, 29 October 2020). "The three key components: The first one is what we call “othering”—[labeling] these people as so different from us that they’re almost incomprehensible. The second part we call “aversion”—this idea that they’re not just different, but they’re dislikable. The third part is this “moralization,” where they’re morally bankrupt."
If You're Happy President Trump Tested Positive for COVID-19, You're Just as Bad as He Is (The Root, 2 October 2020) Presented without comment.
Australian ministers increasingly bypassing parliament to create laws, study finds (Guardian, 28 September 2020).
Coronavirus Sweden: 200 doctors, scientists challenge Sweden’s official version of events (news.com.au, 17 September 2020)
New research shows how to make effective political arguments, Stanford sociologist says (2015 press release)
Carbon emissions of richest 1 percent more than double the emissions of the poorest half of humanity (Oxfam press release, 21 September 2020)
No, Animals Do Not Have Genders (Nautilus, 26 August 2020) A short but very clear piece on what and why gender is.
Not sure what can and can't be recycled? Here's how it works (SMH, 19 December 2019). At least as of that date, Sydney was actively recycling plastics rather than storing or burying them.
Study Warns Radicalized Right-Wingers Uniting Online—Many Inspired by Trump—Threaten Australian Democracy (Common Dreams, 9 October 2020)
Trump support is less important than ethnic antagonism in explaining anti-democratic views among Republicans (PsyPost, 10 October 2020) White supremacy is also at the root of Australia's crop of fascists.
Are Americans Just Stupid? (Psychology Today, 4 October 2020). Points out the difference between intelligence and critical thinking, and the importance of factors such as poor quality news media and intense financial stress. Interestingly also talks about "strong religious beliefs" which "reject well-established scientific facts that conflict with theological doctrine", which makes the unintentional point that religion and science need not be at loggerheads -- in fact, IMHO, that narrative was created by fundamentalists for political ends.
'We want our money. We deserve our money': Aboriginal elders sue for compensation for stolen wages (Guardian, 24 October 2020)
Why Hatred and 'Othering' of Political Foes Has Spiked to Extreme Levels (Scientific American, 29 October 2020). "The three key components: The first one is what we call “othering”—[labeling] these people as so different from us that they’re almost incomprehensible. The second part we call “aversion”—this idea that they’re not just different, but they’re dislikable. The third part is this “moralization,” where they’re morally bankrupt."
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Date: 2020-10-08 07:26 am (UTC)Do I want Trump dead? Not until after he loses the election (I hope). Then whatever he does, live or die, is likely to be of lesser consequence.
As to the trend of bypassing scrutiny... this current mob are so effing unoriginal. They have no vision Rupert hasn't told them to have. It's depressing.
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Date: 2020-10-08 08:03 am (UTC)(I've been avoiding Australian politics until recently. US politics are of course unavoidable.)