If there was a #tag for this meeting I'd be putting Science failing to find correlations between social media use & affective polarisation
joanna-bryson.blogspot.com/2022/02/scie... on it. As it is, I need to finish writing my book :-/ #polarisation #disinformation #cybersecurity cf osf.io/x23bj_v1
Science failing to find correl...
#polarisation
This raises some important points
The best way to build genuine support for climate action in rural Australia is by supporting them in times like this, not trying to use their suffering for political gain or throwing "i told you so's", and showing support on this will help build much needed connection on other issues that we need their support on
#grassroots #climate #Australia #farmers #drought #polarisation
Well, forget the idea because it’s quite crazy. 240 characters and more can contribute to explain better and to add nuances in the sentences so a reduction of polarisation can be real. 140 characters means slogans.
#polarisation
Do you think if Twitter go back to 140 characters #polarisation could be decreasing?
Et si on laissait la désinformation gagner ? Les vrais risques de l’inaction
Et si la désinformation n’était pas un accident, mais le cœur du modèle de Facebook ? Dans cet article, j’explore les risques profonds — sociaux, politiques et cognitifs — que nous encourons collectivement si rien ne change.
Article à lire!
Avec le Comté comme point de départ, l'article passe rapidement à décrire l'industrie de la #polarisation et de la #colere artificielle...
Tout est toc dans cette #polemique montée de toutes pièces, et l'article en montre bien la mécanique.
Cela evidemment au mépris des véritables producteurs de Comté, qui recherchent des solutions intelligentes aux défis auxquels ils sont confrontés.
https://basta.media/polemique-Comte-des-producteurs-denoncent-recuperation-par-extreme-droite-RN
Germany reports a surge in extreme-right crime.
Extreme-right crime in Germany surged by nearly 50% last year.
Overall, politically motivated crimes increased by more than 40% last year in comparison to the prior year, reaching 84,172.
Authorities attributed the surge to increasing radicalisation and political polarisation in a year of elections.
#Germany #Politics #FarRight #Extremism #Antisemitism #Radicalisation #Polarisation #Crime
Rapport 2025 sur l’état du #sexisme en #France - A l’heure de la #polarisation
"Deux constats inquiétants :
- une polarisation sociale autour des enjeux d’ #égalité de genre notamment dans les #médias et les discours #politiques.
- Des #inégalités sociales et économiques très nettement persistantes."
Le texte entier ici https://www.haut-conseil-egalite.gouv.fr/stereotypes-et-roles-sociaux/travaux-du-hce/article/rapport-2025-sur-l-etat-du-sexisme-en-france-a-l-heure-de-la-polarisation
I'll write a lot more if it gets accepted somewhere! But it's a short article so if you care about #polarisation (whichever way you spell it) you might want to read it now.
Doing some experiments with #RayTracing #ComputerGraphics using #Bonzomatic #GLSL #shader editor.
I define a 24-cell as the intersection of 24 half-spaces in 4D (with normals all permutations of (±1,±1,0,0)), then slice through constant 4th coordinate to get a 3D object, and simulate it as a glass-like material with reflection and refraction.
Future enhancement ideas:
- handle polarised light properly (currently I ignore polarisation, simply averaging the Fresnel reflection coefficients)
- wavelength-dependent index of refraction and absorption
- anti-aliasing (currently the edges are steppy as there is only 1 sample per pixel in a regular grid)
- improve efficiency (internal ray bounce is O(N^2) where N is the number of surfaces, could probably be O(N) with some extra maths insights)
- do 4D->3D slicing on CPU instead of every ray bounce
- add other 4D shapes
#Polarisation is something I haven't done before, so I'm curious to see how to implement it and how it changes appearance.
The #MultiPoD project: A European Public Space for Citizen Deliberation 🌐
At a time of #polarisation and political biases, can we foster an open and inclusive political deliberation across linguistic and socio-cultural boundaries?
#Decidim is participating in a new EU-funded project, MultiPoD, contributing to the conceptualisation and development of a digital collaborative infrastructure to foster political participation across #Europe.
Read more in our new article: https://decidim.org/blog/2025-04-10-the-multipod-project-a-european-public-space-for-citizen-deliberation/
"Democratic countries are now in the minority, freedom of expression is declining, and high levels of #disinformation and #polarisation fuel democratic backsliding."
New #Democracy Report from the V-Dem Institute:
I'm going to attempt to make the move again. I wonder if anyone here thinks there's more activity on Bluesky? This is a quiet place compared with Twitter! What I'd love is to have a level of debate and discussion on #ecologicalemergency and related topics #climate #biodiversity #polarisation #fragmentation #collapse and how to #mitigate
⚔️🏛️🗳️ "#Polarisation stops political parties from cooperating and poisons relations between individuals."
Political scientist Frederico Ferreira da Silva and his colleagues at UNIL have studied the increase in what he describes as a "threat to #democracy."
⚔️🏛️🗳️ «La #polarisation incite les partis à ne pas coopérer et empoisonne les relations entre individus.»
Le politologue Frederico Ferreira da Silva a étudié avec ses collègues à l’UNIL l’augmentation de ce qu’il qualifie de «menace pour la #démocratie».
Cette étude met en évidence un nouveau clivage idéologique au sein des jeunes générations. Tandis que les jeunes femmes adoptent des positions plus progressistes, notamment sur l’immigration, les minorités et l’égalité des sexes, les jeunes hommes s’orientent davantage vers des idées conservatrices.
L’écart grandissant entre jeunes femmes et jeunes hommes en matière de satisfaction de vie et de confiance envers autrui éclaire les raisons profondes de ce fossé grandissant. Tandis que la satisfaction des jeunes femmes diminue, portée par une prise de conscience accrue des discriminations et inégalités depuis #MeToo, la méfiance interpersonnelle s’intensifie chez les jeunes hommes, ce qui favorise leur basculement vers des valeurs plus conservatrices.
Ce clivage générationnel et genré pose un enjeu politique et social majeur : comment reconstruire un dialogue dans une jeunesse dont les trajectoires idéologiques et les votes semblent de plus en plus opposés ?
»#Polarisation and #CollectiveAction: The #EU at a Crossroads.« https://www.e-ir.info/2025/03/19/opinion-polarisation-and-collective-action-the-eu-at-a-crossroads/ ?Populist.in #FactsCrisis #Populism #Populist #Movement
#OpenSsource implementation of #polarisation-resolved single-shot differential #phase contrast #microscopy (#pDPC) on a modular #openFrame-based #microscope:
-cost: ∼£2.5 k
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ohx.2024.e00622
#DIYbio #lab #instruments #QPI #imaging #fluorescence #infrared
"If you tolerate too much, you can allow forces of intolerance to become manifested." Check out the new issue of Research for the World Magazine for an interview with Professor J. McKenzie Alexander. 💬 Read here: www.lse.ac.uk/research/res... #KarlPopper #OpenSociety #Philosophy #Polarisation
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