I want better đşđ¸ policy debate; stronger political center. Interests: economy - esp anti-monopoly, healthcare, pro-democracy - đŚ curious. Really appreciate meditation đ§đťââď¸, health, beauty, good đ˝ & đˇ.
I HAVE A DREAM: of healthier iSpaces. Mastodon is part of manifesting that dream. May the citizens of the đşđ¸ rise up and disrupt enshittification.
More about healthy iSpaces - BBC's Rethink: Is the internet getting worse? https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0022z9r
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RE: https://mastodon.social/@tanyatussing/116307518411349143
âThey explore how Twitterâs core featuresâmany invented by usersâreshaped media and politics while also enabling new forms of harassment, misinformation, and attention hijacking.â
All aboard, Trump leads US to the #19thcentury on the #RegressiveExpress - #tarriffs #wars & #worker insecurity
More from @rbreich about the Regressive Express :
https://robertreich.substack.com/p/honestly-now-whos-better-at-the-economy
RE: https://mastodon.social/@tanyatussing/116307518411349143
âThey explore how Twitterâs core featuresâmany invented by usersâreshaped media and politics while also enabling new forms of harassment, misinformation, and attention hijacking.â
"Goldman reflects candidly on the companyâs key inflection pointsâfrom early free-speech-maximalist decisions and underinvestment in trust and safety to Twitterâs role in events like the Arab Spring and the election of Donald Trump. The discussion culminates in Twitterâs Elon Musk era, where its logic of attention has been weaponized more explicitly."
Ultimately, Goldman & colleagues built...
a tool w outsize cultural influence thatâs broken brains & amplified some of societyâs worst impulses."
#CharlieWarzel & #JasonGoldman âŚ
* âtrace the history of Twitter from its hackathon foundings to Muskâs takeover.
* âWhat made Twitter special,
* âits original sin,
* âGoldman and the foundersâ biggest and most costly mistakes, and
* âwhy the platform, 20 years later, is still alive.â
"In this brief, we dissect the housing affordability debate, zeroing in on financing conditions that have largely been missing. We lay out the fundamentals of housing economics, survey the current policy landscape, and explain how popular proposals to loosen regulations may not lower housing costs on their own. And we outline the federal policy levers that would actually make housing more affordable."
"In this brief, we dissect the housing affordability debate, zeroing in on financing conditions that have largely been missing. We lay out the fundamentals of housing economics, survey the current policy landscape, and explain how popular proposals to loosen regulations may not lower housing costs on their own. And we outline the federal policy levers that would actually make housing more affordable."
Full piece with @gregorsemieniuk.bsky.social in
@newstatesman1913.bsky.social
-- no paywall
@isabellamweber.bsky.social: "The world #energy shock is coming â it will deepen #inequality in ways we've seen before."
"without urgent government action, the Strait of #Hormuz crisis will ripple through our economies and rip apart our societies"
"cost shocks don't just pass through markets neutrallyâthey give dominant corporations cover to hike prices, protect margins, and *increase* profits. We called this sellers' inflation."
https://bsky.app/profile/isabellamweber.bsky.social/post/3mhlf23l4ds2r
The world energy shock is coming â it will deepen inequality in ways we've seen before. Our new @newstatesman1913.bsky.social piece argues that without urgent government action, the Strait of Hormuz crisis will ripple through our economies and rip apart our societies. Here's why. 1/
