Kent Wakely

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About:Lawyer. Human rights, employment and housing. “…spectacular…” -Mark Bourrie. He/Him. Tweets aren't legal advice (as if).
LocationToronto, Canada
PronounsHe/him They/them
Show threadKent WakelyDec 20, 2022
@deonandan I LOLLed
Kent WakelyDec 20, 2022
Graham SleightDec 20, 2022
Why do we call them “central banks” and not “apex creditors”?
Show threadKent WakelyDec 20, 2022
@Suzyanalyst1 Awesome! Glad to hear it.
Show threadKent WakelyDec 20, 2022
@Suzyanalyst1 https://www.reddit.com/r/Mastodon/comments/yyzuoq/ios_client_that_supports_following_hashtags/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf
iOS Client That Supports Following Hashtags?

I've tried the official Mastodon Client, Metatext and Tooot and none of them seem capable of following hashtag. Anyone found an iOS client that...

reddit
Kent WakelyDec 17, 2022
b_fungDec 16, 2022
Does Twitter blocking Mastodon links constitute anticompetitive behavior against a nascent rival? I asked a couple of legal experts, including Bill Baer, the former antitrust chief at DOJ and FTC in two US administrations. Here's what they say: https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/16/tech/mastodon-twitter-links/index.html
Kent WakelyDec 17, 2022
Jonathan FeldmanDec 17, 2022

Good read by @doctorow @pluralistic “The Causes of and Responses to Today’s Inflation,"…by Nobel-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz and macroeconomist Regmi Ira…compare[s] monetary policy inflation remedies to medieval bloodletting, where "doctors" did "more of the same when their therapy failed until the patient either had a miraculous recovery (for which the bloodletters took credit) or died (which was more likely)."

https://pluralistic.net/2022/12/14/medieval-bloodletters/

Pluralistic: This “inflation” is different (14 Dec 2022) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow

Kent WakelyDec 8, 2022
https://youtu.be/-gfIgA-PYyQ
The Stranglers - No More Heroes (TopPop) (1977) (HD)

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Kent WakelyDec 1, 2022
Show threadChris TrottierNov 28, 2022

Things I often think about regarding the status quo approach to social media:

1. Why do "likes" have to validate the existence of anything?
2. Why can't I share something regardless of whether or not someone likes it?
3. Why do I need to build clout?
4. Why does the act of being social have to be a game?
5. Why not make art simply because it's art?

Show threadKent WakelyDec 1, 2022
@Suzyanalyst1 Generally, I don’t see it as a useful analytic frame.
Kent WakelyDec 1, 2022
Show threadJim ParsonsNov 28, 2022

@parismarx

Run don't walk from Post.

Listening to Sam Harris' recent podcast w/Andreessen was a full blown fascist-valley-TechBro-palooza. Marc's gone full Sith. https://www.samharris.org/podcasts/making-sense-episodes/290-what-went-wrong

Waze remains one of the most egregiously invasive personal behaviour #surveillance services that #Google offers and Noam remains loosey-goosey on #privacy rights.

Post.social = Value Extraction from humans powering Value Creation for founder/VCs.

WSJ 2019:
https://www.wsj.com/articles/waze-ceo-says-privacy-definition-is-moving-target-11558390840

#SurveillanceCapitalism

Sam Harris | #290 - What Went Wrong?

In this episode of the podcast, Sam Harris speaks with Marc Andreessen about the current state of Internet technology and culture.

Sam Harris