msbellows

fulanigirl , 6 months ago to blackmastodon

#politics #trump #fascism #BlackMastodon #BlackTwitter @blackmastodon
Can you participate in a thought experiment with me? The posts warning about fascism are good, but I'm wondering what you think fascism actually looks like. Give a thought, and list what it looks like. Don't just say "the end of democracy." List what the concrete changes will be and make it local. "In my town/city/county/state the following will happen......" Think about it before replying. Not just for #BlackMastodon .

msbellows , 6 months ago

@fulanigirl @blackmastodon I'll focus on some of the smaller stuff: Environmental and land use laws will be gutted to allow unregulated development. Coastal access laws will be gutted to allow exclusive beachfront mansions. No cops will wear cameras, ever, but Ring doorbells will be mandatory. Masking in public will be prohibited, even for health reasons. Court filling fees will soar. Only country music concerts will be allowed in public venues (really).

seanfobbe , 7 months ago to sociology

🔔 UPDATE January 2024 🔔

6743 German federal laws and regulations now available #OpenAccess as a comprehensive corpus ⬇️

✅ 42 variables
✅ #OpenAccess
✅ #PublicDomain
✅ Structural diagrams for all laws (dendrogram, sunburst, circlepack)
✅ Formats: XML, CSV, PDF, TXT, EPUB, GraphML

Documentation: https://zenodo.org/records/10460056/files/C-DBR_2024-01-07_Codebook.pdf?download=1

All downloads: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3832111

#Law #DigitalHumanities #LawFedi #OpenData #OpenScience #OpenSource #RStats @legaltech @rstats @politicalscience @law @sociology

msbellows , 7 months ago

@luis_in_brief @seanfobbe @legaltech @rstats @politicalscience @law @sociology And what's the idea behind visually diagramming laws, anyway?

josh , 9 months ago to academicchatter

Glad to see my Mastodon essay making an impact. 😂

@academicchatter #academicchatter

msbellows , 9 months ago

@josh @academicchatter Ha! Gonna do it, or nah?