WHAT'S HAPPENING
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Elon Musk’s bid for Twitter & the future of the platform
~ 5 minutes read
The divide: Some celebrate Musk’s potential purchase as a victory for free speech, and others mourn it as a loss in the fight against misinformation ...
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Symbolism in speech: Grooming
~ 9 minutes read
While words have strict dictionary definitions, they often take on additional symbolic meanings in everyday use, specific to certain contexts or cultu ...
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Perspectives on the Keystone XL pipeline and rising gas prices
~ 3 minutes read
The bottom line: We’re more likely to believe information that confirms our existing worldview and dismiss information that doesn’t, so different ...
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Why can’t we agree about why gas prices are so high?
~ 5 minutes read
As news pundits yell amongst themselves about who’s to blame, we took a look at what Twitter users are talking about when it comes to gas prices. Be ...
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Ideas about violence in the wake of Will Smith slapping Chris Rock
~ 4 minutes read
The bottom line: Our ideas about when violence is acceptable and what counts as violence in the first place affect whether we see Smith, Rock, or both ...
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Perspectives on Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Supreme Court Confirmation Hearings: Days 2-4
~ 6 minutes read
The bottom line: Our brains are primed to pay attention to and remember information that confirms our worldview going into Judge Jackson’s hearings, ...
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Why we see Florida’s Parental Rights in Education/“Don’t Say Gay” bill so differently
~ 8 minutes read
The bottom line: Views and coverage of the bill vary because we have different beliefs around what constitutes appropriate classroom conversation for ...
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Reactions to Ketanji Brown Jackson’s first day of SCOTUS confirmation hearings
~ 5 minutes read
The bottom line: The divide on Supreme court nominees emerges because we want the next Supreme Court justice to reflect our values and beliefs, but ou ...
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Why can’t we agree on the (non)existence of biolabs in Ukraine?
~ 6 minutes read
The bottom line: To some, any lab that studies dangerous viruses either is or could easily be turned into a biological weapons lab. To others, studyin ...
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Views on the US banning Russian energy imports
~ 7 minutes read
The bottom line: Some people support Biden’s decision because it shows a strong commitment to supporting the Ukrainian people in a time of crisis. O ...
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The State(s) of the Union
~ 6 minutes read
Yesterday, President Joe Biden held his State of the Union address. Since 1966, the opposing party has also provided a response to the State of the Un ...
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Conversations around harm reduction and crack pipes
~ 7 minutes read
The bottom line: People to the left largely support the program because it can reduce the spread of infectious disease. People on the right largely op ...