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2/5 Feed manipulation is using addictive algorithms in social media. Embedding addictiveness to these algorithms should be banned ⬇️
Absolutely fascinating prog explaining that cardio exercise, whilst vital for all sorts of reasons, doesn’t help us lose weight: the trick is to change our diet
"Avoid pronouncing the phrases everyone else does. Think up your own way of speaking, even if only to convey that thing you think everyone is saying."
One of 20 excellent pieces of advice by Timothy Snyder on avoiding (quite possibly imminent) tyranny
“Bluesky is in a dangerous place: not because it is backed by VCs, not because it is a for-profit entity, but because it has captive users and no constraints. It's a great party in a sealed building with no fire exits”
Bluesky vs Mastodon vs mainstream social media by @pluralistic https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/113861208533472641
Attached: 1 image Today's threads (a thread) Inside: Enshittification isn't caused by venture capital; and more! Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2025/01/20/capitalist-unrealism/ #Pluralistic 1/
Do anyone else’s toes curl at the use of the word “unleash”?
President #JimmyCarter created this message to travel on Voyager 1. It's still out there traveling at 40,000 mph, looking for a cosmic community to catch it and play the media.
Some thoughts in response to the left/right framing of political argy-bargy
The need for "closing the loop " is explainable in terms of complexity.
Complexity being a thing. That we swim in. But are mostly unaware of.
We should know more about how it works.
"We have to be able to close the loop between policy and implementation" - @pahlkadot
Yes! In complexity it's utterly, glaringly obvious that progress is otherwise impossible
https://www.statecraft.pub/p/what-can-the-brits-teach-us-about 1/2
More than you might think.
When Alistair Campbell and Rory Stewart interviewed Kate Raworth just over a year ago, they seemed to accept that the growth dogma was leading us down a blind ally;
https://alastaircampbell.org/2023/06/22-kate-raworth-doughnut-economics-and-thriving-in-balance/
A year later, they're right back to singing the 'growth is good' song, in their discussion of UK Labour's attempts not to look like the centrist lame duck it is;
https://alastaircampbell.org/2024/12/346-the-battle-for-syria/
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In the 21st century, the impact of financial and environmental crises can be felt by all. But how do we marry the nature of the economy with the ever depleting means of the planet? Rory and Alastair discuss the radical doughnut economic model with economist Kate Raworth to unpick how it could work politically, and […]
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