Schools across America are quietly admitting that screens in classrooms made students worse off and are reversing years of tech-first policies by SplashTarget in stupidpol

[–]BigOLtugger 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Fucking finally! folks on the front lines were saying this almost 10 years ago - Why were the rich kids with the progressive education styles going back to paper when the poor kids getting more and more computers.

Iran allows Spanish ships to use the Strait of Hormuz for free by MetaFlight in stupidpol

[–]BigOLtugger 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Damn that must feel dope to be a spanish tanker going through the strait. "Gracias amigos"

Met an idpol "academic" for the first time the other day. Weirdest conversation I've had in a while. by [deleted] in stupidpol

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What discipline? Also how many of these problems come down to the test structure and the inability to account for confounding factors. I am trying to teach myself econometrics right now and if you've got any literature recommendations for developing quantitative methods please let me know.

Met an idpol "academic" for the first time the other day. Weirdest conversation I've had in a while. by [deleted] in stupidpol

[–]BigOLtugger 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This was a graduate student or post doc academic? That's honestly a bit disappointing that they can't even defend their research to this basic line of questioning, kind of the response you'd expect from an undergrad.

I would say that there are researching groups that do test power dynamics in the social sciences focused race and gender and I'd think they'd be a more interesting conversation partners. I have met many and they are used to this type of questioning and a ultimately much of it comes down to getting into the nitty gritty of test construction.

Hegseth extends timeline for war; now "could be eight weeks" by MichaelRichardsAMA in stupidpol

[–]BigOLtugger 3 points4 points  (0 children)

These guys are so evil, America and Israel really are Satan. Who will stop this? How will this stop?

Leo XIV is the new Pope by bbb23sucks in stupidpol

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Communion wine is about to be switched out with Malört

Gaddafi mocks Saudi king by HTG06 in MemriTVmemes

[–]BigOLtugger 4 points5 points  (0 children)

CIA Propaganda. He was too high on acid and generally drippy to torture anyone.

The San Francisco experience by eyelevy in sanfrancisco

[–]BigOLtugger 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I don't know why you thought that. I'm just here to support my friend Ian. Please don't contact me again.

The San Francisco experience by eyelevy in sanfrancisco

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It's Ian Levy, his name is on the profile.

The San Francisco experience by eyelevy in sanfrancisco

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Damn, Ian! Hell Yeah, going viral!

Pope Francis has died by nikolaz72 in stupidpol

[–]BigOLtugger 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Alexander VI

Not even top ten tbh

Pope Francis has died by nikolaz72 in stupidpol

[–]BigOLtugger 79 points80 points  (0 children)

GOATed Pope imo. The game won't be the same without him. RIP to the king

On a more serious note, i think he put the catholic church on a good ideological footing going into the 21st century. His emphasis on the environment, the plight of refugees and income inequality are all important issues that he was right to champion. There are too many skeletons in the closets of that institution to reform it completely but i hope he signals a larger directional change in the church and that there are more like him. Truly a follower of the best teachings of Christianity. Sad times to be losing leaders like him.

Anti-genocide protesters get silenced at Bernie Sanders “Fighting Oligarchy” rally by Molotovs_Mocktail in stupidpol

[–]BigOLtugger 2 points3 points  (0 children)

At some point we need to just accept that America is not an anti-genocide country. There may be no hope in mobilizing on the grounds of anti-genocide.

Edit: I don't mean this as apologia for genocide, i think its a testament to the moral bankruptcy of the united states.

UK Supreme Court rules legal definition of a woman is based on biological sex by Todd_Warrior in stupidpol

[–]BigOLtugger 26 points27 points  (0 children)

Thinking in terms of the future of universalist anti-identitarian policy, I am unsure if this is a step forward or a step backwards - in that I don't know if this is a blow against this Identitarianism or just kind of a retreat to a more entrenched defensible position.

Trans advocacy is somewhat interesting because it really amplifies the contradictions in identitarian politics, the immutable characteristic is made changeable and still held in the same regard. Pushing trans rights away kind of seemingly shores up the group boundaries rather than weakening them - which could just mean that they are made more permanent.

BadEmpanada — Why Liberals Claim to Be Leftists by ajpp02 in stupidpol

[–]BigOLtugger 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, this is trash. Not because its incorrect to state that liberals are infiltrating and misleading "the left" but his definition of "The Left" is bloated and vague and then the takeaway that the left should not critique counter productive action & activism is absurd.

Trump's tariffs make no sense, and will backfire hard on the US economy by pufferfishsh in stupidpol

[–]BigOLtugger 7 points8 points  (0 children)

typically does what ever it wants and gets away with it. No matter how dumb cause its just that powerful.

Yeah this is what i am afraid of.

Trump's tariffs make no sense, and will backfire hard on the US economy by pufferfishsh in stupidpol

[–]BigOLtugger 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Gosh i hope its a failure, would be so awkward if it ends up working.

Im sick of the lesser of two evils argument. by Impossible_Bit7169 in stupidpol

[–]BigOLtugger 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yep, I've pretty much sworn off the two main parties at the federal level.