Stuart Mackenzie

@[email protected]
24 Followers
70 Following
79 Posts
PhD: radical constructivism, Scottish diaspora in Australia. Interests: existentialism, critical theory, German and Austrian language culture and history. Living in Bendigo on Dja Dja Warnung country, Australia.
Show threadStuart MackenzieJul 6, 2023
@jon Here’s another take…
https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2023/07/meta-threads-social-media-platform-death-rebirth/674638/
Meta’s Threads Proves That Social Media Cannot Die

Instagram’s Threads proves that social media is fated to repeat a cycle of life and death.

The Atlantic
Show threadStuart MackenzieDec 3, 2022
@Blockadeaustralia Don’t get angry or disheartened. Every civic protest movement in history has felt the violence of the reactionary establishment. The important thing is to keep the cause in the headlines.
Show threadStuart MackenzieNov 29, 2022
@UBahnBerlin Welcome and I look forward to going back to the beginning with you.
Stuart MackenzieNov 24, 2022
@johnsmith @rachelrwithers This seems to confirm it 😡 https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/nov/24/daniel-andrews-on-the-defensive-as-80-of-local-victorian-election-promises-benefit-labor-electorates
Daniel Andrews on the defensive as 80% of local Victorian election promises benefit Labor electorates

Guardian analysis of promises targeting single seats shows Labor sandbagging home turf while opponents spend big on marginals

The Guardian
Show threadStuart MackenzieNov 24, 2022
@johnsmith @rachelrwithers I think we’re losing sight of the fact that all three parties who have been in government recently engage in the practice for political advantage and none of them wants that ability significantly curtailed.
Stuart MackenzieNov 22, 2022
Mädler Passage, Leipzig in 2019.
Show threadStuart MackenzieNov 22, 2022
@JonesHowdareyou 😱
Stuart MackenzieNov 22, 2022
Jenny Frecklington-JonesNov 22, 2022

Shocked, I am. So very SHOCKED I tells ya.

(You can read about this at The Guardian.) #auspol

Show threadStuart MackenzieNov 22, 2022
@vermisstpfarrer @anlomedad @astro @annettedittert
Sure - this is from Fedi.Tips https://fedi.tips
Just use Twitter as the keyword.
Fedi.Tips – An Unofficial Guide to Mastodon and the Fediverse

An unofficial guide to using Mastodon and the Fediverse

Stuart MackenzieNov 22, 2022
Eddy JokovichNov 22, 2022
FIFA said giving the #WorldCup2022 to Qatar would promote inclusion, peace and social change in an area that needs it. If everything that promotes inclusion, peace and social change has been banned, what was the point? It’s just a promotion for a dictatorship, just like 1936.