Inattentional Blindness: The Invisible Gorilla TestThe Global Pandemic Of Not Paying Attention https://theicarian.substack.com/p/inattentional-blindness-the-invisible
The term “inattentional blindness” was coined by researchers Arien Mack and Irvin Rock in 1992. It became the title of their book of the same name, published by MIT Press in 1998. Interestingly, the phenomenon was identified just as new technologies such as cell phones and the Internet began to dominate modern life.
14 March 2024 @ 6:15 pm
“How Come Everything the Republican Party Stands for Involves Other People Dying?”
According to a popular meme, comedian Noel Casler (the guy who worked on The Apprenticeand outed Trump’s drug abuse and diaper wearing) asks, “How come everything the Republican Party stands for involves other people dying?”
He then goes on to note GOP support for assault weapons, opposition to masks, vaccines, saving the environment, and war on Obamacare and Medicare-for-All. https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/3/13/2229203/--How-Come-Everything-the-Republican-Party-Stands-for-Involves-Other-People-Dying
14 March 2024 @ 5:34 pm
California sheriff releases bodycam video of killing of boy, 15, holding gardening tool
Outrage over killing of Ryan Gainer, shot three times on Saturday, as sheriff denounced for defending deputies’ use of lethal force https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/mar/13/california-sheriff-bodycam-footage-police-killing-ryan-gainer
14 March 2024 @ 4:15 am
Kimmel also touched on his decision to read Donald Trump’s Truth Social post criticizing his hosting on stage at the end of the show. “He wrote this because he was upset I didn’t mention him on the show, and no one mentioned him on the show,” he explained. “He wasn’t getting any attention and he couldn’t stand it, and then the Adderall McFlurry kicked in and he went right on.” https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2024/mar/12/jimmy-kimmel-oscars-trump-late-night-tv
12 March 2024 @ 6:38 pm
The Big Q&A With Matthew SheffieldIn our Big Q&A, former right-wing online activist Matthew Sheffield breaks down the authoritarian roots of Trump's MAGA movement and explains why you can't reason with his most die-hard fans. https://thinkbigpicture.substack.com/p/big-questions-matthew-sheffield-trump
12 March 2024 @ 6:16 pm
Don't Be A Sucker -- yet we have so many and there's one more born every nanosecond. https://youtu.be/8K6-cEAJZlE?si=e5w5j4Po0fG8iFXN
8 March 2024 @ 6:38 pm
The GQP sent several powerful messages this week proclaiming "we can do whatever we want and no one can stop us."On Tue. in CA disgraced former baseball player and political nonentity Steve Garvey won a senate seat for GQP without a campaign and without a single campaign ad. Proven criminal George Santos was displayed at the STOU. He'll run again. Katie Britt responded to the STOU from a kitchen, symbolic of where the GQP think women belong.
This is America. https://youtu.be/VYOjWnS4cMY?si=PyEkKMeSbZdokQCh
8 March 2024 @ 5:51 pm
The digital revolution has failed
The benefits of the internet are eroding. The AI boom is only accelerating their demise. https://disconnect.blog/the-digital-revolution-has-failed/?ref=disconnect-newsletter
8 March 2024 @ 5:44 pm
This quote originated with a message posted by the "Werner Twertzog" Twitter account. This Twitter account is not owned, operated, or affiliated with the German film director. Rather, it is run by William Pannapacker, a professor of American literature at Hope College in Holland, Michigan. But it sounds like something Werner could have said. lol
8 March 2024 @ 5:30 pm