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  1. "Today, however, #populists often lose #elections narrowly and have every reason to contest the outcome: they see themselves as representing half the population—whom they often frame as “the real people”—in highly #polarized #countries." www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/l...

    A New Type of Democratic Trans...

  2. But #UN watchers say that in a deeply #polarized world, with no prospects of ceasefires in #Gaza, #Ukraine & #Sudan, whether the high-level meeting makes any progress remains a big question mark.

    Richard Gowan, UN #InternationalCrisis Group dir, said he is confident 3 topics will dominate – #Trump’s 1st appearance in his 2nd term, the horrific situation in Gaza, & the UN’s major #funding & staff cuts, mainly due to the cutoff in #US payments to its regular & #peacekeeping #budgets.
    #geopolitics

  3. But #UN watchers say that in a deeply #polarized world, with no prospects of ceasefires in #Gaza, #Ukraine & #Sudan, whether the high-level meeting makes any progress remains a big question mark.

    Richard Gowan, UN #InternationalCrisis Group dir, said he is confident 3 topics will dominate – #Trump’s 1st appearance in his 2nd term, the horrific situation in Gaza, & the UN’s major #funding & staff cuts, mainly due to the cutoff in #US payments to its regular & #peacekeeping #budgets.
    #geopolitics

  4. "So it’s okay for a pundit to vow #revenge on supposed political enemies. But not okay for one to point out that, in a #polarized environment, #hateful words can lead to hateful actions."

    margaretsullivan.substack.com/

  5. "So it’s okay for a pundit to vow #revenge on supposed political enemies. But not okay for one to point out that, in a #polarized environment, #hateful words can lead to hateful actions."

    margaretsullivan.substack.com/

  6. No, I didn't solder a very clearly marked polarized electrolytic capacitor backwards across the power rails of my project board tonight, causing it to smell funny, emit a loud POP, and spit its guts across the room.

    Not that you can prove, anyway.

    #electronics #MagicSmoke #electrolytic #polarized #soldering #oops

  7. No, I didn't solder a very clearly marked polarized electrolytic capacitor backwards across the power rails of my project board tonight, causing it to smell funny, emit a loud POP, and spit its guts across the room.

    Not that you can prove, anyway.

    #electronics #MagicSmoke #electrolytic #polarized #soldering #oops

  8. When I get depressed by our #polarized culture, a #SCOTUS term always makes me feel better. Download #SCOTUSblog's stat pack and see how the justices aren't nearly as divided (or in the same ways) as talking heads insist. #Reasonableness IS possible. scotusblog.com/stat-pack-2025/

  9. That blurring contributed to a long-term shift in civilian #LawEnforcement — one that encouraged the adoption of #military - style equipment & tactics, & helped lay the groundwork for the sort of aggressive #police force that is common today.

    What accounted for the #Army’s restraint? Although society was as divided as it is today, #political elites were not yet #polarized & still placed trust in apolitical #expertise.

    #law #Trump #Title10 #PosseComitatusAct #NationalGuard #Marines #autocracy

  10. That blurring contributed to a long-term shift in civilian #LawEnforcement — one that encouraged the adoption of #military - style equipment & tactics, & helped lay the groundwork for the sort of aggressive #police force that is common today.

    What accounted for the #Army’s restraint? Although society was as divided as it is today, #political elites were not yet #polarized & still placed trust in apolitical #expertise.

    #law #Trump #Title10 #PosseComitatusAct #NationalGuard #Marines #autocracy

  11. @Lemonandpeach @randahl

    I don’t agree, the Hunter item was a political setup by GOP demonstrating the revenge politics “getting even” strategy that has become standard in the House and Senate.

    #polarized #disfunctional #uspol

  12. @Lemonandpeach @randahl

    I don’t agree, the Hunter item was a political setup by GOP demonstrating the revenge politics “getting even” strategy that has become standard in the House and Senate.

    #polarized #disfunctional #uspol

  13. #Polarized tauchte zum ersten Mal im Protokoll der 199. Sitzung des 20. Deutschen Bundestages am 13.11.2024 auf. Es wurde im Rahmen der Rede von Olaf Scholz (SPD) gesagt.

    Video: de.openparliament.tv/media/DE-

  14. On Tues, Americans will elect the next #POTUS & hundreds of #Congress members. In doing so, voters will also shape the 3rd branch: the #judiciary.

    Federal #judges — whom the #president picks & the #Senate confirms — have become even more powerful in recent yrs as a #polarized Congress has failed to pass major #laws on many issues. As a result, the judiciary has shaped #policy on #abortion, #immigration, #guns, #VotingRights & more.

    #law #SCOTUS #VoteBlue #HarrisWalz2024
    nytimes.com/2024/10/31/briefin

  15. On Tues, Americans will elect the next #POTUS & hundreds of #Congress members. In doing so, voters will also shape the 3rd branch: the #judiciary.

    Federal #judges — whom the #president picks & the #Senate confirms — have become even more powerful in recent yrs as a #polarized Congress has failed to pass major #laws on many issues. As a result, the judiciary has shaped #policy on #abortion, #immigration, #guns, #VotingRights & more.

    #law #SCOTUS #VoteBlue #HarrisWalz2024
    nytimes.com/2024/10/31/briefin

  16. #JoeLieberman generally voted w/his party (#Democrats), but he sided w/ #Republicans on cutting the capital gains tax, vouchers for parents to send their children to private schools, & placing restrictions on consumer lawsuits against corps, the latter of special interest to #Connecticut’s large #insurance companies.
    His willingness to buck his party put him at odds w/teachers, trial lawyers & other powerful Dem constituencies. But it gave him influence w/in the increasingly #polarized #Senate….

  17. #JoeLieberman generally voted w/his party (#Democrats), but he sided w/ #Republicans on cutting the capital gains tax, vouchers for parents to send their children to private schools, & placing restrictions on consumer lawsuits against corps, the latter of special interest to #Connecticut’s large #insurance companies.
    His willingness to buck his party put him at odds w/teachers, trial lawyers & other powerful Dem constituencies. But it gave him influence w/in the increasingly #polarized #Senate….

  18. Generating bright, circularly #polarized #light has long been a goal of materials science. It is considered exceedingly difficult to achieve a distinct chirality – which describes the rotation of light in a specific direction
    #Physics #MaterialScience #sflorg
    sflorg.com/2023/10/phy10052301

  19. Generating bright, circularly #polarized #light has long been a goal of materials science. It is considered exceedingly difficult to achieve a distinct chirality – which describes the rotation of light in a specific direction
    #Physics #MaterialScience #sflorg
    sflorg.com/2023/10/phy10052301

  20. Some years ago, I invested in #quality #sunglasses. Nice and #dark, #polarized, and included my #progressive #prescription. They even got the progressives right by keeping the close-up reading region super low so I don’t have to tilt my head down while driving.

    Perhaps it’s just laziness, but I have a bad habit of forgetting to switch to the sunglasses when #driving. I need to do better at remembering because they sure do make driving during the day much more #comfortable.

  21. The 2023 #EdelmanTrustBarometer is the firm’s 23rd annual #trust and #credibility survey. The 2023 Edelman Trust Barometer online survey sampled more than 32,000 respondents across 28 countries. A lack of faith in societal institutions triggered by #EconomicAnxiety, #disinformation, mass #ClassDivide and a #failure of #leadership has brought us to where we are today – deeply and dangerously #polarized. edelman.be/sites/g/files/aatus #poverty #ecomony #government #politics #society #media #polarization

  22. The 2023 #EdelmanTrustBarometer is the firm’s 23rd annual #trust and #credibility survey. The 2023 Edelman Trust Barometer online survey sampled more than 32,000 respondents across 28 countries. A lack of faith in societal institutions triggered by #EconomicAnxiety, #disinformation, mass #ClassDivide and a #failure of #leadership has brought us to where we are today – deeply and dangerously #polarized. edelman.be/sites/g/files/aatus #poverty #ecomony #government #politics #society #media #polarization

  23. Which Countries are the Most #Polarized?

    The 2023 Edelman Trust Barometer found that six countries are now considered to be "severely polarized":
    #Argentina, #Colombia, #US, #SouthAfrica, #Spain, and #Sweden

    visualcapitalist.com/polarizat

  24. Last was intriguing talk by Shannon Werntz at #CogSci on modelling #consensus in #polarized groups. This problem is all the rage today, and for good reason. I was relieved that the study presented here replicated a surprising finding that I've seen pop up in these studies lately: having more uninformed individuals in a #network make consensus more likely and faster youtube.com/watch?v=WvwkDz8yHU (5/5)

  25. Last was intriguing talk by Shannon Werntz at #CogSci on modelling #consensus in #polarized groups. This problem is all the rage today, and for good reason. I was relieved that the study presented here replicated a surprising finding that I've seen pop up in these studies lately: having more uninformed individuals in a #network make consensus more likely and faster youtube.com/watch?v=WvwkDz8yHU (5/5)

  26. #Wikipedia and the Wisdom of #Polarized #Crowds - A #lesson in how to break out of #filter bubbles.

    I think Bias, Misinformation, Disinformation, Harassment are one of the most toxic problems these days.

    nautil.us/wikipedia-and-the-wi