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Emy Sok @emysok.bsky.social · Dec 20

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Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · Dec 12

NEW: Where the teens are
YouTube 90%
TikTok 63%
Instagram 61%
Snapchat 55%
Facebook 32% (down from 71%)
WhatsApp 23%
X 17% (down from 33%)
Reddit 14%
Threads 6%
report: www.pewresearch.org/internet/202...

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Emy Sok @emysok.bsky.social · Dec 4

Fascinating! I wonder how far the drop off is from percentage English/Spanish is to the third language.

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drewtoothpaste @drewtoothpaste.bsky.social · Sep 11

companies programmed us to refer to art, music, video, and writing as "content" to make it seem like it comes from the website and not from a person who had to think of it and make it

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Emy Sok @emysok.bsky.social · Aug 21

Morning boop!

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Craig Newmark @craignewmark.bsky.social · Aug 18

Privacy policies have gotten longer, vaguer, and harder to parse — @themarkup is here to help you claw back some privacy.

Here's how you to read privacy policies (and read between the lines) in 2023

How to Quickly Get to the Important Truth Inside Any Privacy Policy – The Markup

An investigative data journalist and a former tech lawyer teach you how to spot tricks and hidden disclosures within these interminable documents—and even how to claw back some privacy

themarkup.org

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Hoarse Whisperer @therealhoarse.bsky.social · Jul 24

People fleeing a social media platform after a dopey rebrand is called an Xodus.

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Emy Sok @emysok.bsky.social · Jul 19

Gm gm!

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Emy Sok @emysok.bsky.social · Jul 12

Wow! A beautiful image on the 1 year anniversary of the JWST.

Nora's Guide to the Galaxy @ngttg.bsky.social · Jul 12

Happy one year of science to JWST! Love this anniversary photo of the Rho Ophiuchi stellar nursery 🤩🤩

🛰️🧪

Image: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Klaus Pontoppidan (STScI)

An image of a colorful nebula and stars.

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Emy Sok @emysok.bsky.social · Jul 12

Welcome Antonietta!

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Emy Sok @emysok.bsky.social · Jul 7

Welcome! Good to have you here. 🙌

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Max Berger @maxberger.bsky.social · Jul 7

It’s only been two days, but it seems clear to me that Bluesky missed its moment to be the Twitter replacement.

It feels like Threads is going to eat Twitter’s lunch, and Bluesky will be a cute niche site. Hope I’m wrong, but feels inevitable already.

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Hedonium Shockwave @hedoniumshockwave.bsky.social · Jul 6

As a member of #GenerationX, I feel somehow divinely rejuvenated after reading this article 👨🏼‍🎤

I am curious, what are you thoughts on this statement❓

#GenX #AI #artificialIntelligence #softSkills

https://www.businessinsider.com/how-prepare-for-ai-boom-future-tools-soft-skills-2023-7

Older generations have an advantage in the AI boom: people skills and experience that can't be autom...

An Oxford economist argues that experienced workers who can "make their presence felt in a room" will thrive at work in the age of AI.

www.businessinsider.com

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Paul Frazee @pfrazee.com · Jul 6

genuinely the best of luck to threads, mastodon, nostr, and every other project in this space. these projects are darn tough and I know a lot of passionate & talented people are involved.

no matter how it ends, I think there's a lot of reason to hope for good outcomes for people

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Emy Sok @emysok.bsky.social · Jul 5

Gm gm

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Emy Sok @emysok.bsky.social · Jul 5

Gm gm

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Emy Sok @emysok.bsky.social · Jul 5

Gm Colin!

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Jamie Schler @lifesafeast.bsky.social · Jul 5

Just a fun little post on my Substack today while I develop & test recipes.

Enjoy! And if you think food history is as fun as I do, please subscribe!

https://jamieschler.substack.com/p/boeuf-cuit-presse-de-boeuf-or-cornd

Boeuf cuit, Pressé de boeuf, or corn’d-beef

Not spam

jamieschler.substack.com

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Emy Sok @emysok.bsky.social · Jul 5

Nice! Knowing the history of your favorite foods just adds another layer of enjoyment. I love corned beef but only have it once a year at the in-laws for our annual corned beef and potato feast. Going to share this tidbit at the next gathering.

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · Jul 5

I'll repeat a tip I used to find people when I got here: find one person you know (usually the person who invited you) and go through their following list because there are probably mutuals there. Repeat with those mutuals. Soon you'll have a nice timeline of familiar folks. But find new folks too!