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[12hrs into my ice interrogation]
agent: in 2021 you posted “they should call him matt hardcock am i right fellas” can you explain that?
me: do you know who matt hancock is?
a:…
[43mins later]
a: he had his own app? for parkour?
me: no the parkour was a separate issue
agent: in 2021 you posted “they should call him matt hardcock am i right fellas” can you explain that?
me: do you know who matt hancock is?
a:…
[43mins later]
a: he had his own app? for parkour?
me: no the parkour was a separate issue
Want to travel to the US? You might have to give the Trump administration the last five years of your social media history.
US wants five years of some tourists' social media to enter the country
Digital rights advocates say it’s an affront to civil liberties.
www.motherjones.com
December 11, 2025 at 9:23 AM
[12hrs into my ice interrogation]
agent: in 2021 you posted “they should call him matt hardcock am i right fellas” can you explain that?
me: do you know who matt hancock is?
a:…
[43mins later]
a: he had his own app? for parkour?
me: no the parkour was a separate issue
agent: in 2021 you posted “they should call him matt hardcock am i right fellas” can you explain that?
me: do you know who matt hancock is?
a:…
[43mins later]
a: he had his own app? for parkour?
me: no the parkour was a separate issue
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I gave a new talk on AI, cultural hegemony and the importance of the digital survival of "small" languages online this past Tuesday at University of Copenhagen. Notes and partial slides now online: ethanzuckerman.com/2025/12/05/g...
Gramsci's Nightmare: AI, Platform Power and the Automation of Cultural Hegemony - Ethan Zuckerman
Large language models lock values into place, making it hard to challenge the cultural hegemony of a particular form of western culture
ethanzuckerman.com
December 5, 2025 at 11:51 PM
I gave a new talk on AI, cultural hegemony and the importance of the digital survival of "small" languages online this past Tuesday at University of Copenhagen. Notes and partial slides now online: ethanzuckerman.com/2025/12/05/g...
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Yesterday the Welsh indie rock band Los Campesinos! posted a detailed breakdown of its streaming revenue. I admire this transparency, an attempt to educate music streamers about artist compensation so they make more ethical choices loscampesinos.com/heres-how-mu...
December 4, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Yesterday the Welsh indie rock band Los Campesinos! posted a detailed breakdown of its streaming revenue. I admire this transparency, an attempt to educate music streamers about artist compensation so they make more ethical choices loscampesinos.com/heres-how-mu...
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A book from the 19th century that depicts the Rhine Valley by creating an impression of three-dimensionality and spatial distance.
@MasayukiTsuda2 #globalmuseum #books #travel #19thcentury
@MasayukiTsuda2 #globalmuseum #books #travel #19thcentury
December 2, 2025 at 7:02 PM
A book from the 19th century that depicts the Rhine Valley by creating an impression of three-dimensionality and spatial distance.
@MasayukiTsuda2 #globalmuseum #books #travel #19thcentury
@MasayukiTsuda2 #globalmuseum #books #travel #19thcentury
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December 1, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
December 1, 2025 at 11:09 AM
This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
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My dad told an apocryphal story about a PhD defense where someone on the committee went off the rails on questioning and the advisor butted in with “Now is neither the time nor the place to get answers to the questions that have been troubling you all your life.”
November 27, 2025 at 7:07 PM
My dad told an apocryphal story about a PhD defense where someone on the committee went off the rails on questioning and the advisor butted in with “Now is neither the time nor the place to get answers to the questions that have been troubling you all your life.”
This fact is many things, but not sure "fun" is one of them
There are two methods for cranberry harvest- wet method and dry method. Pictured is the ‘wet harvest’ method where the cranberry bog is flooded and the plants are shaken to dislodge the submerged berries, which float. (Fun fact: in a flooded bog the workers become high ground for the spiders.)
November 27, 2025 at 3:13 PM
This fact is many things, but not sure "fun" is one of them
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Children in a traditional minobashi raincoat going to a new year's event. The photograph was taken in Niigata Prefecture, Japan, in 1956 by the photographer Hiroshi Hamaya.
The children are wearing traditional Japanese raincoats made of straw called "mino"
The children are wearing traditional Japanese raincoats made of straw called "mino"
November 22, 2025 at 4:30 AM
Children in a traditional minobashi raincoat going to a new year's event. The photograph was taken in Niigata Prefecture, Japan, in 1956 by the photographer Hiroshi Hamaya.
The children are wearing traditional Japanese raincoats made of straw called "mino"
The children are wearing traditional Japanese raincoats made of straw called "mino"
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If you need me, tap me on the shoulder. I’ll be happily working all day listening to this on a loop.
November 13, 2025 at 1:49 PM
If you need me, tap me on the shoulder. I’ll be happily working all day listening to this on a loop.
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Winter in the Village
Fern Coppedge
Fern Coppedge
November 12, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Winter in the Village
Fern Coppedge
Fern Coppedge
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Every office has an executive tier whose emails are like:
saw on news , , can we replce complianc dept with web 3
and a worker tier whose emails are like:
Dear Jim,
First of all, I *love* this idea! Unfortunately, I spoke with Legal and identified a few issues with this approach. For starters…
saw on news , , can we replce complianc dept with web 3
and a worker tier whose emails are like:
Dear Jim,
First of all, I *love* this idea! Unfortunately, I spoke with Legal and identified a few issues with this approach. For starters…
Well, it's a little clearer now why billionaires are so invested in technology that produces better written emails.
November 13, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Every office has an executive tier whose emails are like:
saw on news , , can we replce complianc dept with web 3
and a worker tier whose emails are like:
Dear Jim,
First of all, I *love* this idea! Unfortunately, I spoke with Legal and identified a few issues with this approach. For starters…
saw on news , , can we replce complianc dept with web 3
and a worker tier whose emails are like:
Dear Jim,
First of all, I *love* this idea! Unfortunately, I spoke with Legal and identified a few issues with this approach. For starters…
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‘Al could end scarcity, end humanity - or boost trend growth by 0.2
percentage points’
Well that’s the best chart of the year in this @johnthornhill.bsky.social column and basically sums up where we are
on.ft.com/4qMMkJd
percentage points’
Well that’s the best chart of the year in this @johnthornhill.bsky.social column and basically sums up where we are
on.ft.com/4qMMkJd
November 7, 2025 at 9:08 PM
‘Al could end scarcity, end humanity - or boost trend growth by 0.2
percentage points’
Well that’s the best chart of the year in this @johnthornhill.bsky.social column and basically sums up where we are
on.ft.com/4qMMkJd
percentage points’
Well that’s the best chart of the year in this @johnthornhill.bsky.social column and basically sums up where we are
on.ft.com/4qMMkJd
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We’re hiring!
Our new resume portal is live, and we’re looking for top talent in NYC to help build this administration and deliver on our affordability agenda.
Could that be you? Apply using the link below.
transition2025.com/apply
Our new resume portal is live, and we’re looking for top talent in NYC to help build this administration and deliver on our affordability agenda.
Could that be you? Apply using the link below.
transition2025.com/apply
November 6, 2025 at 1:36 PM
We’re hiring!
Our new resume portal is live, and we’re looking for top talent in NYC to help build this administration and deliver on our affordability agenda.
Could that be you? Apply using the link below.
transition2025.com/apply
Our new resume portal is live, and we’re looking for top talent in NYC to help build this administration and deliver on our affordability agenda.
Could that be you? Apply using the link below.
transition2025.com/apply
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We did it for you Dick Cheney
November 5, 2025 at 2:32 AM
We did it for you Dick Cheney
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i can’t believe a good thing happened we should do this more often
November 5, 2025 at 2:26 AM
i can’t believe a good thing happened we should do this more often
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Academics in Assyria in the 7th c BC complain that admin is preventing them from doing research and teaching
November 3, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Academics in Assyria in the 7th c BC complain that admin is preventing them from doing research and teaching
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vá em paz, mestre.
November 3, 2025 at 12:50 PM
vá em paz, mestre.
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📣THREAD: It’s surprising to me that so many people were surprised to learn that Signal runs partly on AWS (something we can do because we use encryption to make sure no one but you–not AWS, not Signal, not anyone–can access your comms).
It’s also concerning. 1/
It’s also concerning. 1/
PSA: we're aware that Signal is down for some people. This appears to be related to a major AWS outage. Stand by.
October 27, 2025 at 10:38 AM
📣THREAD: It’s surprising to me that so many people were surprised to learn that Signal runs partly on AWS (something we can do because we use encryption to make sure no one but you–not AWS, not Signal, not anyone–can access your comms).
It’s also concerning. 1/
It’s also concerning. 1/
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October 26, 2025 at 6:28 PM
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What a pride to see Parisine have become the iconic typeface of the Parisian Metro that celebrated its 125th anniversary.
🥳 Parisine 30th anniversary! Thank you RATP.
🥳 Parisine 30th anniversary! Thank you RATP.
July 21, 2025 at 9:02 AM
What a pride to see Parisine have become the iconic typeface of the Parisian Metro that celebrated its 125th anniversary.
🥳 Parisine 30th anniversary! Thank you RATP.
🥳 Parisine 30th anniversary! Thank you RATP.