Next week I'll be giving a talk at the University of Michigan, geared to the general public, entitled "The crisis of human collective decision-making in a social media world".
https://lsa.umich.edu/cscs/news-events/all-events.detail.html/103361-21807096.html
The talk, at 4 PM EST on Tuesday Jan 31st, will be live-streamed and is open to anyone who wants to watch. You do need to register, at this link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfdGjaDv-ijYfoO6FdOSG6QiRjQFlpEPo9Ri7gx8wxscTMsMg/viewform
With literally millions of books to choose from. Open Library does not replace a physical space of safety and refuge for readers and citizens, but it augments a place where those things are being hunted down to destroy them.
How do you make a thread on Mastodon?
Pretty much the same way as on Twitter, with one difference. You compose the first post, publish it, then reply to it, then reply to it again, and so on. But there's one difference. If the first post is Public, you can make all the others Unlisted. This way, people can follow the thread by clicking on the first post, but their timeline isn't clogged up with all of the other posts.
[A short thread]
RT @mandatemasksus
This is a great catch! @CDCgov masks webpage now says that "At All COVID-19 Community Levels.. Masks are recommended in indoor public transportation settings"
#MandateMasks #BringBackMasks #MaskTransit
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/prevent-getting-sick/about-face-coverings.html https://twitter.com/DellaLuna/status/1610596476954247170
“Forget inspiration. Habit is more dependable. Habit will sustain you whether you’re inspired or not. Habit will help you finish and polish your stories. Inspiration won’t. Habit is persistence in practice.” — Octavia Butler
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