Arthur Temporal

@temporalventura
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I study digital labor in the scientific field at the University of Guadalajara, Mexico.
Bloghttps://distopiatropical.com

Yes, the enthusiasm for NFTs has cratered, but we shouldn't use junk analysis to make that point. Too many news outlets uncritically reprinted a bad "study", and the resulting eye-catching headline was widely shared.

https://newsletter.mollywhite.net/p/news-flash-95-of-nfts-have-always

News flash: 95% of NFTs have ALWAYS been worthless

Be skeptical of catchy headlines and junk data, even when they affirm your prior opinions.

Molly White
It's Hard Fork Friday! This week — escape from Burning Man! We talked to a tech CEO who hitchhiked his way out of the mud. Then, the ADL's Jonathan Greenblatt joins to talk about being targeted by Elon https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/08/podcasts/hard-fork-burning-man-musk-adl.html
Escape From Burning Man + Musk vs. the A.D.L. + Listener Questions

“We’re better behind keyboards, not behind wrenches.”

The New York Times
Curiosity's spark ignites,
In labs and books, through endless nights, Seeking answers in starry heights,
Hunger for knowledge takes its flights.
Everyone: Let's use this worldwide communication network to download all the movies and TV show we could ever want.
Hollywood Execs: But that would be piracy!
Everyone: So what?
Hollywood: If you pirate these movies, the people that make them won't get paid for doing so.
Everyone: So if we get the movies through you, they will get paid?
Hollywood:
Hollywood: I never said that.
Former Military Officials Testify Before US Congress About Extraterrestrials, Alien Craft

Lawmakers promise to pressure Pentagon for more transparency about 'UAP,' or unidentified anomalous phenomena

Voice of America (VOA News)
just finished my first campaigne in #eu4. what a ride!

#Threads is not federating with #Mastodon. Not anytime soon, maybe not ever.

In case you missed the #Meta inside information from the Verge's Alex Heath: "Re: ActivityPub integration, it's still a priority for Threads but a "long" way out." https://mastodon.social/@alexeheath/110713788758597963

This whole federating with Threads thing has never made any sense and now we see it is very likely they have just been playing us the whole time. Let's stop falling for this nonsense and get back to building great open social media.

Labor or starve #mondaymotivation

Latest comic: Pick your social network!

#socialmedia #internet #tech #authoritarianism