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One of the more shameless tricks in media is publishing a headline that says so-and-so, particularly someone controversial, has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize. It's almost always empty clickbait of some variety, and people tend to take it way too seriously. Let me explain... The Nobel Peace Prize doesn't have a limited number of nominees. There are no announced finalists. Anyone can be nominated. Last year, there were 351 nominations submitted. All of them, regardless of merit, were automatically considered candidates for the Nobel Peace Prize. Why were there so many? Because there are literally tens of thousands of people across numerous categories who are eligible to nominate a candidate. For example, any member of a national assembly in any country is an eligible nominator. Thus, every Member of Congress is eligible to nominate someone. Marjorie Taylor-Greene can submit a nomination, and it will be accepted. That goes for every country. Any given Putin stooge in the Russian Federal Assembly? Any Kim Jong-un lackey in the North Korean Supreme People's Assembly? All are eligible to submit a nomination. That's not even the biggest category. Every professor or associate professor in history, social sciences, philosophy, law, and theology in the entire world is an eligible nominator. The only real barrier stopping frivolous and nonsensical nominations is the risk of public shame, and even then, it's not much of a barrier. Because nothing about any given year's nominations (aside from reporting the total number of nominations each year) is revealed by the Norwegian Nobel Committee for at least 50 years. Now, the Committee does put together an internal shortlist of nominees, but again, that will not be revealed for at least 50 years. Thus, we don't really know until that time who was considered a serious contender by the Committee in any given year. Moreover, the only way we know a specific nomination has been made is because a nominator reveals their nominee to the public, usually for political reasons. Again: there are no actual qualifications to be nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize, and if you can convince (or bribe) one of the tens of thousands of eligible nominators to put forward your name, you'll officially be a candidate. So, when you see a lazy-ass headline about someone having been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize, take a breath and remember that there's an excellent chance it's clickbait.

Allison's life was nearly cut short when she was in a car that rolled 14 times down a mountain. Now, after months of physical therapy, she's almost ready to set on the trip of a lifetime before it becomes too difficult.

Powerful oped by the Melbourne Grammar School Captain: "Jesus did not condemn the adulterers, did not avoid the pariahs, and surely would not deem some more capable of Christian living than others because of the details of their sexuality." smh.com.au/national/i-m-m…

im sure i will be corrected by many parents but if someone tells me “it’s hot on the bottom” i will take that information in and brace for heat if i was also told “so grab it by the handles” then id do that no need to scream at your child then post about it

also, as someone who has studied teaching, at uni it was pushed to us that the latest research shows improper use is bad but outright banning phones is holding back all students but especially ND students who might need their phone on them to help focus.

@tom_tanuki @ExposingNV There's something odd about the text, especially at the folds - doesn't behave as you would expect text on a fold would look. Paper edge too looks strange.

“Sovereign citizens”/pseudo law adherents doing letter box drops! 😂

Move over Hollywood. Japanese anime and manga are experiencing an 'explosion of growth' abc.net.au/news/2023-02-0…

I’ve spent a chunk of the week laughing at the hysteria that followed ⁦@JEChalmers⁩ essay. Really ridiculous. But it is a reminder for a government that’s enjoyed a honeymoon - change is hard. Here’s the column #auspol theguardian.com/australia-news…

Qld political parties continue to compete over who is the biggest, baddest & toughest on youth crime. This media release comes after 50+ experts & organisations released an open letter begging politicians to stop politicising this issue & saying punitive approaches don't work

This isn't about people's opinion but about their identity. People who oppose LGBTQ+ inclusion are literally saying these people shouldn't exist. Where is the 'respect' in that?

@joshgnosis I put the pitch in to the MidJourney AI image generation tool and asked it to come up with a promo poster for the show. It created these. At this rate we should have it on the air next month.

No further questions #ChatGPT

We really shouldn't gloss over the fact that Musk personally helped fan the fires of election denial in Brazil.

Hmmm. I just had a bizarre experience, involving a global news organisation and a trillion dollar corporation. (I got caught in the middle, so... owch.) It’s not the sort of experience the people involved usually talk about in public… so I think I’ll talk about it in public. 🧵

Happy New Year folks - remember, as is the new tradition of our civilisation, each proceeding year will be worse than the last. Good luck Comrades!

'Knee-jerk' reaction to mother's fatal stabbing risks creating 'better criminals', advocate warns abc.net.au/news/2022-12-2…

Musk's goal is to make it look like more people are active on Twitter than we think. View count is misleading metric, and highlighting it is a manipulative use of crappy data.

@NeilMcMahon They used to - trends had a little description. But the guy that did them either got fired or left with everyone else, I remember reading lol.

26. More reporting from Gizmodo that Musk’s entire justification for the suspension of journalists is BS