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I've been getting some 1:1 management training (oh don't ask) it's all very corporate and sincere. In the first session, he talked about leadership.
him: "Winston Churchill was a great leader, but there's something about him that most people don't know"
me: "That he was a massive racist and committed genocicde in India?"
him: ".... no that he had depression"
me: "oh yeah, everyone knows that"
"Seven weeks on X's For You feed shifted political views 4.7 percentage points towards the Republican party"
For those of you still there, your presence on #Twitter isn't helping.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10098-2
#algorithms #disinformation #misinformation #feed #QuitTwitter #QuitX #socialmedia

Among users initially on a chronological feed, 7 weeks of exposure to X’s algorithmic feed in 2023 shifted political attitudes and account-following behaviour in a more conservative direction compared with those remaining on a chronological feed, whereas switching the feed setting in the opposite direction, from algorithmic to chronological, had no effect.
Websites have a new way to spy on visitors: analyzing their SSD activity
Telltale SSD activity can be measured in the browser using simple JavaScript.
https://arstechnica.com/security/2026/05/websites-have-a-new-way-to-spy-on-visitors-analyzing-their-ssd-activity/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social
It's time to get on the bandwagon!
One boost = one tidbit about a classic woman science fiction writer who *isn't* Mary Shelley, Ursula K. Le Guin, Octavia Butler, or James Tiptree Jr. (great as they are!)