This is extraordinary. But also not.

Local authorities with “delayed” local plans are overwhelmingly likely to have Conservative MPs.

#urbanism #housing #politics

We (researchers at University of Colorado Boulder, including @bkeegan ) are conducting a research study about social media platform migration. Right now we are looking for help *piloting* a survey about experiences with joining Mastodon and/or leaving (or choosing not to leave) Twitter.

If you would be willing to help with a pilot by filling out a most open-answer questionnaire, let me know and I will DM more details!

Stop thinking of Twitter, TikTok, IG, (et al) as social media sites.

They are **Content Refineries.**

Like processed food manufacturers they take user content & extract the most addicting/engaging content. Brains eat it up but in an unhealthy “devour the whole bag of chips” way.

They make hyper-processed social media junk food.

Mastodon is more like a potluck. We're all bringing dishes. It's a mess. Kids are running all over. But we are, at least, real people sharing real things.

Hey OpenAI: Write a 500 word story about a school classroom that meets Seymour Papert's vision of education.

Crazy.

Seriously, time for a serious rethink about a lot of stuff.