Month: January 2024

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School voucher paradoxes

2024-01-19

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Red Flags for Disruption Perpetual brainstorming Sessions that do not lead to any specific goal or next step. Strategy meetings that merely function as historic type critiques in the contemporary. Lots of “first date” type meetings with people, not a lot of follow-ups. Investing time & energy in actions at the wrong level or directed at inappropriate targets Sending comments to an agency or civil servant, outside a comment period or recognized process. Suggestions to contact elected representatives in a state you don’t live in. Boosting and promoting items and activities that are incongruent with the group’s current goals. Engaging in “food fight” controversy that goes nowhere and may serve to boost opposition framing. Disruptors or chaos agents Ingratiate themselves with leaders, key people, or governing committee members. Disrespectful exchanges with others, including overt verbal abuse or more subtle belittling Engages in gaslighting or tone policing. Disparages the already agreed upon projects of the group or criticizes activism generally. Remains mysterious in relevant ways that raise questions. References grandiose plans or extremely unrealistic goals. Talks of violence

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Red Flags for Disruption

2024-01-19

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Yes, Paxlovid is recommended for covid and the science says it works pretty well.

2024-01-16

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letters to reps Your representative’s office receives your letter and considers your position and interest in the issue as representative of some number of constituents who feel the same as you do, but did not have the inclination to write at present. They often keep tallies in spreadsheets and track issues. So it’s not just your lonely voice, each person who writes really makes a larger difference than you might expect from one person. chloehumbert.com/letters-to-reps

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Corporation’s pitches land daily in the inboxes of YOUR elected representatives

2024-01-15

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Image is the meme of the little girl in the car seat looking skeptical and disgusted and the caption reads so it’s ok if I catch covid because there’s room at children’s hospital?

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Pandemic patient displacements

2024-01-14

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CDC made medical guidelines please Delta Airlines, and now lots of people work sick and contagious in every industry - Image is the letter from Delta Airlines to the CDC Director asking for shortened guidelines because of the impact on their business caused by 10 day isolation.

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CDC made medical guidelines please Delta Airlines, and now lots of people work sick and contagious in every industry

2024-01-10

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The promotion of more privatization of water in Pennsylvania is unacceptable

2024-01-08

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Sedevacantism, and naming “progressives” as “the enemy”

2024-01-06

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Public Health Debt

2024-01-05

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Manufacturing doubt on the physical harms of alcohol with a tepid promotion of one month off for “psychological” reasons.

2024-01-04

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The image is the deep fried meme of Garfield the cartoon cat’s head and underneath it is the caption You are not immune to propaganda.

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Don’t miss the message because social media incentivizes us to prioritize rage over action and change.

2024-01-03

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Drawing in watercolor of 4 polaroid instant camera prints and from left to right they are labeled Mere Exposure Effect exclamation point. In the photos, it’s a poo emoji that gradually morphs into a heart emoji. An owl is sitting nearby looking concerned with his one wing bent up to his beak like a hand. The caption reads, After repeated exposure to something it becomes familiar, and even if it’s false or bad, it can come to be viewed as true or acceptable - even favorable, simply because it feels familiar. reiteration effect, illusion of truth effect, validity effect, illusory truth effect, and the truth effect. Those in the know regularly capitalize on this influential advertising trick to promote products, services, people, actions, agendas, politics, beliefs, ideas & attitudes — you name it. Signed by Chloe 2022, watermelonpunch.com

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Mere Exposure Effect

2024-01-01

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