"From targeted advertising and insurance to education and policing, O'Neil looks at how algorithms and big data are targeting the poor, reinforcing racism and amplifying inequality."

"Denied a job because of a personality test? Too bad -- the algorithm said you wouldn't be a good fit. Charged a higher rate for a loan? Well, people in your zip code tend to be riskier borrowers. Received a harsher prison sentence? Here's the thing: Your friends and family have criminal records too, so you're likely to be a repeat offender. (Spoiler: The people on the receiving end of these messages don't actually get an explanation.)"

It's talking about how math-based algorithms are harmful, particularly to poor communities, which tend to be disproportionately minorities due to the history of heritable wealth

If you've ever taken a course in journalism

or just... any form of course in which you're required to write an essay

You'd know that a grabber goes at the beginning, before you narrow down to an actual topic and discuss it in detail

"Some algorithms have harmful effects on certain communities" sounds a lot more boring than "Math is racist"

The second sounds outrageous, so I'd click on it. The former sounds reasonable and boring.

inb4 "I'd click on the first one, though"

Good for you, you're not the mass public.

@SilverLining too much give TL;DR

tl;dr Read the article, not just the headline, 'cuz clickbait oversimplifies

@Doctor Anon The anarchist is justifying the title by explaining that it's meant to draw attention to the article so people will read the actual issue and the accompanying explanation, and therefore isn't exactly a representation of the content so much as it is an attention grabber.

In other words, she's admitting that journalism is built and fueled by sensationalism, rather than information.

lmao

Trying to justify click-bait when it's to your cause

I'm trying to explain that nobody actually believes the title

And just emphasize how human psychology works

Clickbait's more the result of an overly commercialized culture I'd argue, wherein clicks are treated as money. They're an acceptable form of lies in the current system

I disagree with the usage of clickbait to that degree, but I'm trying to explain why nobody on the left legitimately believes the headline

The right does it too quite a bit, tbf - equally shitty

@Da_Fish stop pinging me commie sucker

This is some old information, but I just added it to my archive and RussiaGate timeline.

“ A veteran spy has given the FBI information alleging a Russian operation to cultivate Donald Trump” by David Corn on Mother Jones

This is one of the articles written with secret leaked information from an FBI investigation. Steele is the leaker. He was fired from the FBI informant program because of these kinds of leaks. He did this on behalf of his other employer Fusion GPS, which was in turn working for Hillary Clinton.
http://archive.today/8QuoO

“ Michael Avenatti arrested for felony domestic violence “ on TMZ

Allegedly Avenatti beat up his wife . Her face was “ swollen and bruised” according to witnesses. He claimed she started the fight. They are currently getting divorced, and he recently kicked her out.

http://archive.today/ZRUO1

“ Betsy Devi’s’s Armed security detail is costing taxpayers nearly $20 million by Alexandra Hutzler on Newsweek

The media and left wing activists attacks Devo for her championing of the rights of the falsely accused. This demonization has lead death threats. Now they criticize her for having armed guards after receiving credible death threats inspired by their work.
http://archive.today/0Dwk0

@Exiled Sentinel I don't even think the Diplomatic Security Service's SoS detail costs that much

“ Democrats won House popular votes by largest midterms margin since Watergate “
By NBC News

Historically the incumbent party loses the Senate and the House by a large margin. The Dems failed to do this. They didn’t take the Senate, and barely took the House.

This attempt to spin it otherwise is a hilarious failure. The “ Popular vote” couldn’t mean less in House races. They’re decided on a local level. This is basic stuff.

http://archive.today/yqzfg

A reminder since this event is in the news again in association with Trump being accused of obstructing Justice by the media.

Trump fired Comey at the recommendation of Attorney General, and Deputy Attorney General, Jeff Sessions and Rod J. Rosenstien for his handling of the conclusion of the investigation into Hillary Clinton’s emails, and his refusal to acknowledge his mistakes.

He “ usurped” the Attorney Generals authority on July 5, 2016 by announcing in his conclusion of the case that it should be closed without prosecution. At this press conference he released derogatory information about the subject of a declined criminal investigation. He also cast his decision as a choice between “ speaking “ or “ concealing “ the Clinton emails incorrectly.

This decision to fire Comey was backed by former Attorney and Deputy Attorney Generals Laurence Silberman, Jamie Gorelick, Micheal Mukasey , Eric Holder , Alberto Gonzales, Larry Thompson, and Donald Ayer.

Below is the memo, read it yourselves.

https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/3711116/White-House-Fires-James-Comey.pdf

“ U.S.-Israeli man sentence to 10 years over anti-Semitic bomb threats “ on NBC News

This Jewish man got ten years for staging over 2,000 anti-Semitic hoaxes in 2016 and 2017. So much for that Nazi narrative huh.
http://archive.today/IKs1F

Lol

WHATCHA DOIN CHOSENITE?

😂😂😂😂😂😂

laughing so hard right now

how do you jew so hard that you make 2000 threats

🔥Comey and Lynch just got subpoenaed by the House!🔥

@iwantfun I know right.

That’s like a full time job

List of 600 assassination threats against Trump on twitter
https://pastebin.com/V9thAvzV

wew

“ It’s not ok to be white. Be a race-traitor and abolish whiteness”
by Jacob Singleton on The Manitoban

University article claims that “ The White race is not founded in biology “ and that “ white people must betray their race” . Going on to explain that whites “ ...must , at long last, die.”

http://archive.today/YGkXf

I smell a bolshevik

And an exceptionally filthy one at that