#2020

In case they're a useful reminder, here are some WaPo charts of contemporaneous polls on civil rights protests. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/04/19/black-lives-matters-and-americas-long-history-of-resisting-civil-r
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Hey #NLProc (and AI folks working on language), can we just ... not?https://www.neowin.net/news/microsofts-ai-model-has-outperformed-humans-in-natural-language-understanding The Microsoft blog post that this links to is slightly less bad, o
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My view of racism isn’t derived from Critical Race Theory. It’s based on what the Bible says about love, hatred, injustice and abuses of power. That biblical frame is applied
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Since an article came out today regarding anime production, I'd like to highlight something I wrote a couple years ago as an introduction to production committees:https://blog.sakugabooru.com/2017/05/02/what-is-an-animes-production-comm
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250,000 #HarrisCounty absentee ballots mailed out. 170,000 ballots returned by mail. 40,000 "mail-in" ballots surrendered at a poll to vote in-person during early vote. Leaving 40,000 absentee ballots outstanding ...
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The second part of our Confederate Reckoning package made the front page of @USATODAY this morning. You can read the overview here: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/education/2020/12/07/southern-history-textbooks-long-history-deception/3
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THREAD: “I think that was a mistake.” After trying to play with percentages to sugarcoat NY's horrific death toll, we pressed the Democrats' star witness from yesterday’s @WaysandMeansGOP hearing. He
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A year ago today, we released a short film abt the situation of Filipino farmers. "Extra Rice!" received more than 40,000 views combined on diff platforms, and we're really thankful
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If you put your faith in Trump’s claim of a presidential election stolen through massive alteration of votes through the use of voting software, and the legal skills of Rudy
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If there is one question people ask me over and over, it is this: Why do evangelicals support Donald Trump? This story, told through devout families in Iowa, is our
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As negotiations heat up over the next recovery package, one thing not being talked about is how the cost of extending emergency paid sick and family leave provided in the
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The coronavirus vaccine is here. Healthcare workers received the first Pfizer COVID-19 shots last week. But is it safe? And when can I get my shot? We're at a new
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#rays have done a nice job building a pitching staff that is designed based on the unusual dynamics of a 2021 season. Not having a solid base of innings from
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The opportunity to engage in research has been a privilege of studying here. In the summer of 2018 I undertook a 12 week UROP placement with Dr Alastair Culham, studying
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Watch what happens with WeChat. Microsoft acquisition of TikTok is not barred and would allow company to avoid issues. Impossible with WeChat, a wholly Chinese company with small U.S. market.https://twitter.com/nytimes/status/12915590676310
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The Pennsylvania Supreme Court rejected one of the main arguments raised by the Trump campaign on observers. The Court found that officials are only required to be in the room
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