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There is a simple way to fix the Antisemitism Awareness Act.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/09/opinion/anti-semitism-awareness-act-fix.html?smid=em-share
Author: Jim
****** NYTimes.com: The Happiness Gap Between Left and Right Isn’t Closing
The Happiness Gap Between Left and Right Isn’t Closing
Why is it that a substantial body of social science research finds that conservatives are happier than liberals?
The Politics of Fear Itself
Fear is not what’s driving Americans to support Trump—it is, instead, how many justify their support.
****** The Billion-Dollar Disinformation Campaign to Reelect the President
How new technologies and techniques pioneered by dictators will shape the 2020 election
*** Seeing the University More Clearly By DAVID POZEN
Seeing the University More Clearly By DAVID POZEN
PUBLISHED 05.07.24
https://lpeproject.org/blog/seeing-the-university-more-clearly/
The lessons from colleges that didn’t call the police
Deescalating conflict around protests was possible, but many colleges turned to law enforcement instead.
****** NYTimes.com: The Campus Protests Signal the End of an Era for the Democrats
The Campus Protests Signal the End of an Era for the Democrats
The alliance of the elite establishment and progressives is showing signs of fraying.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/08/opinion/campus-protest-election-gaza-democrats.html?smid=em-share
***** How Facebook Works for Trump
Donald Trump won the presidency by using the social network’s advertising machinery in exactly the way the company wanted. He’s poised to do it again.
****** Facebook Is a Doomsday Machine
The architecture of the modern web poses grave threats to humanity. It’s not too late to save ourselves.
****** Is Facebook Making Us Lonely?
Social media—from Facebook to Twitter—have made us more densely networked than ever. Yet for all this connectivity, new research suggests that we have never been lonelier (or more narcissistic)—and that this loneliness is making us mentally and physically ill. A report on what the epidemic of loneliness is doing to our souls and our society.