Kevin Koehler
@kev097
Just trying to leave this place a little bit better than I found it. Work in Trust & Safety for tech.
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Please follow my talented and brave colleagues who are out their risking their biscuits to witness and report this sad, violent, disgusting day
A team of Post journalists have been reporting all day on the ground. You can follow them here:
I still think about this at least once a day.
Every intro to cognitive psychology course has at least one chapter where we ask how people know that dogs are dogs - after all, they look so different from each other. This research one-ups our question and asks: HOW DO DOGS KNOW THAT OTHER DOGS ARE DOGS??
One of the core attractions of algorithms is that they allow the powerful to blame a black box for politically unattractive outcomes for which they would otherwise be responsible (e.g., predictive policing, mortgage redlining, biased hiring).
Facing angry doctors, Stanford official tries to explain why vaccine went to others instead. The algorithm “clearly didn’t work,” he says, as doctors boo + accuse him of lying. “Algorithms suck!” shouts one protester. “Fuck the algorithm,” says another. (video via tipster)
Today at 1:00 PM EST I'm going to do another accessibility open office hours. If you want to come hangout and talk about accessibility, inclusive design, or something else unrealted send me a DM for the link and I will send it out right beforehand. Please RT.
If you're looking for a smaller main course for your smaller Thanksgiving, instead of turkey, have you considered raccoon? smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/rac…
One in 441 Americans tested positive for covid-19 *last week alone*. Dear god. nytimes.com/2020/11/08/us/…
Every other political science sub-specialty: “what we study is much more consequential than you think it is!” Misinformation scholars: “what we study is much less consequential than you think it is!”
New @PostEverything: Five myths about misinformation washingtonpost.com/outlook/five-m… Full of science-based real talk about echo chambers (overstated), fake news (little read) and its effects on 2016 (unproven), backfire effects (very rare), and "post-truth" (ahistorical). Please read!
In my corner of DC — typically quiet, emotionally detached, frankly a little boring — there are shouts out windows, car horns honking, cheering in the streets, fireworks, and a full on parade (!) headed down towards the Mall.
Looking for trustworthy updates on election results? Check out local newspapers!!! Some suggestions: - Georgia @AJC - Nevada @reviewjournal - Arizona @azcentral - Pennsylvania @PhillyInquirer - Wisconsin @journalsentinel - Michigan @freep - North Carolina @newsobserver
look, we've all been there, I get it
Georgia secretary of state says some counties have forgotten to click the “upload” button, so they’ve sent a reminder out
I’m from California. I’ve heard, time and time again, folks complain their vote doesn’t matter. But that’s simply not true. Your vote always matters. Your vote is an act of faith that speaks democracy into existence.
Democracy is performative, in the best sense. That is, by performing democracy—by engaging in democratic discourse, by voting, by exercising our political rights—we make democracy happen. We speak democracy into existence.
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