Mastodawn

DebLindenas Feb 8, 2023

Jon Worth Feb 8, 2023

The ‘Enshittification’ of TikTok
Or how, exactly, platforms die - by @doctorow https://www.wired.com/story/tiktok-platforms-cory-doctorow/

If you've been struggling with Musk's takeover of Twitter, Amazon not working for you, and a Facebook feed full of rubbish, this might help explain what is going on...

The ‘Enshittification’ of TikTok

Or how, exactly, platforms die.

WIRED

DebLindenas Feb 8, 2023

Richard Murphy Feb 8, 2023

Fascism reaches the UK’s courts https://www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2023/02/08/fascism-reaches-the-uks-courts/. When a person is denied the right to discuss the motives for their protest in court, and is imprisoned for doing so, we have moved beyond authoritarianism and reached fascism, in my opinion.

The stock market is failing according to the CBI. So why don’t we just let it go?

I posted this on Twitter this morning: https://twitter.com/RichardJMurphy/status/1942861045426516103 My point is serious. The CBI is saying that the situation with regard to the UK stock exchange is getting desperate, because it is losing out to overseas markets and not attracting sufficient business. The question that needs to be asked is, why is that?...

Funding the Future

DebLindenas Jan 8, 2023

Plague Poems Jan 7, 2023

My resolution for the year
is the same as it was
for 2022
and 2021
and 2020 before that:
survive this year of plague,
and I am pleased to report
I have successfully stuck with
that resolution thus far
so now I have
only fifty-one more weeks to go.

DebLindenas Jan 8, 2023

Nili Kaplan-Myrth, MD PhD Jan 8, 2023

No TRIGGER WARNING for those of us on the receiving end of this. What is Canada going to do about the barrage of antisemitic, misogynist hate and bigotry? Sent by gmail. Reported to police and @[email protected]. Nothing is done. @[email protected] @[email protected] @[email protected] @[email protected]

DebLindenas Dec 25, 2022

@Merlin I haven’t stopped wearing an N95 since we were first advised to upgrade. I think I will always mask up indoors indefinitely & certainly every winter going forward. I quite like not getting sick.

DebLindenas Dec 25, 2022

@Merlin Yikes!

DebLindenas Dec 25, 2022

@Merlin It’s been awhile since I’ve seen your cute pup! Happy Holidays!

DebLindenas Dec 25, 2022

Taylor Lorenz Dec 24, 2022

Elon Musk orders removal of Twitter suicide prevention feature https://www.reuters.com/technology/elon-musk-orders-removal-twitter-suicide-prevention-feature-sources-say-2022-12-23/ #twitter #twitterexodus #twittermigration

Exclusive: Twitter removes suicide prevention feature, says it's under revamp

Twitter Inc removed a feature in the past few days that promoted suicide prevention hotlines and other safety resources to users looking up certain content, according to two people familiar with the matter who said it was ordered by new owner Elon Musk.

Reuters

DebLindenas Dec 25, 2022

Robert Reich Dec 24, 2022

Happy Holidays.

Trickle-down economics is a cruel hoax designed to enrich the wealthy and corporations while draining money for the middle class and the poor.

Pass it on to a conservative family member near you.

DebLindenas Dec 23, 2022

Mark Copelovitch Dec 23, 2022

Heavens no. $15 <billion> out of $1.7 <trillion>

“Pet projects”

“Stuffed”

Leave it to the NYT to make “pork” the story, rather than “we’re here b/c the far right authoritarian party won’t participate in basic governance anymore.”

Once again, journalists are under absolutely no obligation to always use right-wing frames & pejoratives (“entitlements,” “court packing,” “tax relief”). It’s an intentional choice

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/21/us/politics/congress-earmarks-spending-bill.html

Lawmakers Earmark More Than $15 Billion in Spending Bill

The $1.7 trillion spending bill moving through Congress contains more than 7,200 earmarks for projects in lawmakers’ home states and districts.