This was kinda funny in 2013.

But five years later, McWhorter suggests that bitterness fueled by social media on smartphones has squandered any growth in race & class relations that we might have hoped to enjoy on November 5th, 2008.

And...

And make no mistake, social media has seriously sinister and unanticipated effects, hurtfulness that can't be blamed soley on Zuck or Twitter. Consider five or ten minutes of this Haidt speech, or see any of his internet appearances over the last year or two. (Or read his books.)

I think Bannon is correct that what we presently call populism is changing politics forever. Many of can imagine that enormous change in our approach to government was something that needed to happen, even if the changes underway wouldn't have been our choice.

But it's happening in context of badly miscalibrated interpersonal communication through new media.

Things could go really, really badly. A 70% increase in suicide by teenage girls is a terrible thing, and suggests that grave apprehension is not merely my appropriate indulgence for the start of old age.

BREAKING: Qatar announces it is leaving OPEC, the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, in January.

Qatar is one of only 15 nations that is part of the group.

https://twitter.com/RealSaavedra/status/1069485781394186245

Paris Riots: France burns in worst civil unrest in 50 years; who are the Yellow Vests?

Masked protestors torched buildings, cars, and police posts and even looted shops in Paris. They carried clubs and axes and rampaged through monuments, supermarkets and other buildings. The iconic Arc de Triomphe was among the hundreds of buildings attacked.

https://www.ibtimes.co.in/paris-riots-france-burns-worst-civil-unrest-50-years-who-are-yellow-vests-787000

HIRSCHAUER: Why Feminists Hate 'Baby, It’s Cold Outside' More Than Flagrantly Sexist Rap Music

https://www.dailywire.com/news/38934/hirschauer-why-feminists-hate-baby-its-cold-john-hirschauer

It's Time to Move Corruptible Bureaucrats Out of D.C. and into Flyover Country

https://pjmedia.com/michaelledeen/its-time-to-move-corruptible-washington-bureaucrats-into-flyover-country/

Cute capybaras! Cute capybaras!

Nothing but dadvertising

https://twitter.com/UnusualVideos/status/1068947306911649793

Interesting. At least the USN isn't the only navy incapable of steering their ships so as to avoid collisions.

https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-11-22/gender-politics-and-sinking-knm-helge-ingstad

Cute capybaras!

Alternative headline: Rodents of Unusual Size.

Interesting. At least the USN isn't the only navy incapable of steering their ships so as to avoid collisions. ~ I R A Darth Aggie at December 3, 2018 5:58 AM

Well, we made a president out of an incompetent sailor who steered his boat into the path of an oncoming enemy destroyer, so I guess the Norwegians have a new addition to their pool of potential presidents.

Well.. They're already preachy and the extremist ones love to assault those who don't need such silly beliefs in order to have a life.

Tribunal could protect veganism as though it’s a religious belief

https://twitter.com/i/events/1069544182690107392

Menorasaurus Rex

https://twitter.com/c0nc0rdance/status/1069449252491816960

"we made a president out of an incompetent sailor who steered his boat into the path of an oncoming enemy destroyer"

This is why the internet is bad for you.

Welcome to the future, which is already in progress:

Walmart introduces robotic janitors

Well, we can always go back to the past, Gog, with Wall Street being a good ol' boys club.

Across Wall Street, men are adopting controversial strategies for the #MeToo era and, in the process, making life even harder for women.

Call it the Pence Effect, after U.S. Vice President Mike Pence, who has said he avoids dining alone with any woman other than his wife. In finance, the overarching impact can be, in essence, gender segregation.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-12-03/a-wall-street-rule-for-the-metoo-era-avoid-women-at-all-cost

M. Night Shyamalan movie plot twist: She's taking a selfie.

https://twitter.com/JMcfeels/status/1069486555226501120

The loyalty of sports fans.

Lu Guang’s photos have exposed the sides of China that its government isn’t keen on talking about: drug addicts, HIV patients, environmental problems, and so on. This time, however, the award-winning photographer has himself become the center of a story. His wife Xu Xiaoli claims she hasn’t heard from her husband since the 3rd of November.

https://www.boredpanda.com/award-winning-chinese-photographer-vanished-lu-guang-china-xinjiang/

Ivy League study suggests that Liberals dumb-down their communications if they suspect the audience includes black people.

Conservatives don't.