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Journalist and essayist. Internet and technology burnout... I know too much about the net. I'm a bit like if a trivia board game came to life. In dark times one must carry a candle.
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I'm kind of cooling on bsky atm, because people keep telling me how I should talk/think/live/etc and I keep flying off the handle, and it's really not good for any of us. At least my end of this culture is pretty toxic.

I simply don't buy Murkowski's crocodile tears. Congress can act, and the courts are standing up to Trump regularly-- the weakest branch of government. Unlike protesters or immigrants Congress gets SS details. They can stop Trump if they want to. They just don't. They're complicit fascists.

The Internet of Dead Things

I wrote about this ages ago, but also how this whole thing is likely to lead to another nuclear proliferation age, and kill the NPT. www.emptywheel.net/2024/08/23/u...

Which is worse, putting AI slop in everything like we're doing now, or lead in all the drinks, like the Romans did? They're probably going to be viewed the same in the lens of history.

Well... that's gross.

Ugh, I don't want to do upgrades anymore because I just assume they're pushing slop and slop generators onto my machine, to make it slower and more evil.

A periodic reminder that Congress could stop all of this madness any time they want. Don't buy it that they're upset or scared. They authorized the powers Trump is using and could take them away just as easily.

Has anyone heard anything from Congress recently? They still there?

Bluesky platform continues to restrict accounts and content from Turkey. So far, we identified 63 accounts which were communicated officially to Bluesky and 19 accounts and 5 content items have been restricted. We are happy to talk about this further @jay.bsky.team @pfrazee.com @bluefacts.app

Fellow authors, I love you, and I know it feels like we don’t have a choice, but B&N and Am*zon both scheduled sales this week to preempt Independent Bookstore Day, a hugely vital source of income for indie bookstores. Please don’t promote their sales; please promote your local indie this week.

My weird desire for running cat 5 at home is finally vindicated

functional corporate oversight literally no longer exists in the United States, episode 7000

In Trump America, Kennedys kill you

@elizabethjoh.bsky.social y'all need to get back to podcasting. It's needed ❤️

WOW Good job, society.