"I will never again devote my energies to building up an audience on a platform whose management can sever my relationship to that audience at will"
Strongly agree with @pluralistic and same for me: pluralistic.net/2024/11/02/uly…
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Bluesky and enshittification: No one is the enshittifier of their own story
Cory Doctorow @pluralistic:
"I will never again devote my energies to building up an audience on a platform whose management can sever my relationship to that audience at will."
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"Bluesky lacks the one federated feature that is absolutely necessary for me to trust it: the ability to leave Bluesky and go to another host and continue to ... mitchw.blog/2024/11/02/bluesky…
Aldous Huxley (1894-1963) was an English writer and philosopher known for his novels, including 'Brave New World', and wide-ranging essays.
"Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored." #stoicism #life #philosophy
"Whenever you take a measure during a moment of strength that guards against your own future self's weakness, you enter into a Ulysses Pact – think throwing away the Oreos when you start your diet."
@pluralistic pluralistic.net/2024/11/02/uly…
#wordoftheday #motdujour
#OTD eight years ago, I awoke in Sydney long before sunrise, heavily jet-lagged after flying from Europe via Singapore 😴
Meaning this picture could be taken 🙂
The next fortnight included stops in several packed Aussie stadiums & the prime minister’s office in the company of a rather famous man, a volcanic hike in New Zealand & consoling distraught Americans, & a drive across the Atacama desert in Chile between three epic observatory sites 🔭
More memories to follow … ✌️
#Photography 📷
"it's a real problem but we should just let people die from it" is a weirdly honest position from these people
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You Say You Want A Evolution... | The revolution you seek begins in the mirror. Don't be a fascist.
Glenn Greenwald on X: "Trump is saying what every liberal pundit and DNC operative I know was saying for 15 years -- from 2001 until 2016 -- about the Cheneys, neocons, and warmongering. But now that liberals are aligned with those people, they claim it's a threat of execution to say it:👇" / X
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Recap of the past week via #WeekNotes
I apparently didn't read any books this week, but watched more classic Disney Halloween movies from my childhood to wrap up LC's favorite time of the year.
In 1980, the world successfully eradicated smallpox using vaccines.
Today, we're on the verge of eliminating a second disease -- Guinea worm -- because of the efforts of Jimmy Carter and the Carter Center.
In 1980 there were 36,000 cases of Guinea worm disease. In 2023, there were 14.
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Average October 2024 #Arctic sea ice extent was the 4th lowest on record...
This was 2,410,000 km² below the 1981-2010 average. October ice extent is decreasing at about 9.52% per decade.
Data: nsidc.org/data/seaice_index
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We need one more Biden misstep calling Republicans Drag Queens. He's so close he doesn't even realize his power.
#MAGA #MAGAGarbage #USPol #Trump #KamalaHarris #Biden #Harris
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