puntyyoke

Are y'all not seeing more protests, and bigger protests than you were in 2020? The only difference here is that I haven't seen violence or property damage. Otherwise the protests are bigger and more frequent.

There have been multiple protests every week in my city for months. I see virtually no coverage of it in the news.

I think we need a better strategy.

https://youtu.be/AVVO3Yat_Bw

RRR

I don't think Columbus was the origin of the word "colony"

https://www.etymonline.com/word/colony#etymonline_v_15843

Reasonable advice, but I'd note that I pay for premium and patreon specifically because I can only afford patreon for a few creators. I'd rather pay everyone I watch. While YouTube isn't perfect, I like the service enough that I don't mind paying for it.

It would make a difference to the people living there who are too poor to leave.

While I endorse the change, I believe it's being made to avoid arbitration being weaponized by class action plaintiffs, which can be more costly than a class action lawsuit

Eg: https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/mass-arbitration-aaa-looks-to-reign-in-4534306/#:~:text=In%20one%20example%2C%20Uber%20was,at%20the%20outset%20of%20cases.

The federal government tracks all student loans, they know very explicitly how many people qualify.

If you're making income based payments, and you have low income, the debt grows over time because the payments aren't even enough to cover interest on the debt.

2.5 million people qualified for this plan, one of 5 that were put in place.

The plan was largely targeting dropouts, because they tend to be most trapped by loans. They don't get any income benefit from a college degree, and tend to have lower paying jobs. If you're doing income based repayment at minimum wage, it's possible for your loan principle to grow continuously.

I'm not saying it's perfect, but it definitely would have helped people.

Not to mention that women are consistently sexually harassed in games, and leaving the mic off allows them to remain gender ambiguous

I don't use Instagram or tiktok, but I'm a longtime consumer of YouTube educational content, and my shorts feed mostly matches. I suspect that the presence of extremely high quality educational video on youtube allows many creators to use shorts as a gateway into their longer form videos.

In short, I think they're all only as good as you've trained the algorithm to make them. Without algorithmic training, I'm sure they're the same.

Just as a couple examples

Jdraper has some great shorts on London history

Magnify has some nice shorts on etymology

Etymology nerd has some good shorts on linguistics

None of these creators are flawless, and you may not love their presentation style, but I discovered them all through shorts, and they have all taught me new things.

Great to see Greenwald continuing to platform grifters that spread disinformation.