Marc Burgauer
@somesheep.bsky.social
No straight paths, many fires/Constraint regimes/The Present of Work / Change Mapping
#socialpracticetheory #pluralism & Croissant-maker
#socialpracticetheory #pluralism & Croissant-maker
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Marc Burgauer
@somesheep.bsky.social
· Nov 7
Complexity is a device used by societies to solve problems, and they ratchet up effort and sophistication until the marginal return slopes down over time.
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JA Tainter
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I keep saying this but no one is connecting the dots. The war is to satisfy legal preconditions for mass removal *domestically* of Latinos (i.e., suddenly a lot of people are going to be “Venezuelan” for purposes of removal). This is 100% Stephen Miller…oil claim is to make grandpa go along
There is no national security logic that would impel the US to want to do regime change in Venezuela. It's simply not that important. I'm not even sure wag the dog is the right metaphor for what's happening here. Seems like an insane misallocation of US national security assets and attention.
Trump: "Venezuela is completely surrounded by the largest Armada ever assembled ... It will only get bigger, and the shock to them will be like nothing they have ever seen before — Until such time as they return to the USA all of the Oil, Land, and other Assets that they previously stole from us."
December 17, 2025 at 12:47 AM
I keep saying this but no one is connecting the dots. The war is to satisfy legal preconditions for mass removal *domestically* of Latinos (i.e., suddenly a lot of people are going to be “Venezuelan” for purposes of removal). This is 100% Stephen Miller…oil claim is to make grandpa go along
The bigoted entitlement in the replies.. and I know such comparisons are fraught, but it is frightening to witness directly the first signs of what, last time around, allowed a world to be lead into, in one part to commit a holocaust, but also in many parts turn away and enable its scale.
I'll say it again: if any other ethnic or religious minority said "please don't use this particular term or chant, you might not have bad intentions but it is deeply racist and threatening to us", the reaction would be mortified apology.
And that's without a mass terror event four days ago
And that's without a mass terror event four days ago
December 19, 2025 at 1:46 PM
The bigoted entitlement in the replies.. and I know such comparisons are fraught, but it is frightening to witness directly the first signs of what, last time around, allowed a world to be lead into, in one part to commit a holocaust, but also in many parts turn away and enable its scale.
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I'll say it again: if any other ethnic or religious minority said "please don't use this particular term or chant, you might not have bad intentions but it is deeply racist and threatening to us", the reaction would be mortified apology.
And that's without a mass terror event four days ago
And that's without a mass terror event four days ago
December 18, 2025 at 9:15 AM
I'll say it again: if any other ethnic or religious minority said "please don't use this particular term or chant, you might not have bad intentions but it is deeply racist and threatening to us", the reaction would be mortified apology.
And that's without a mass terror event four days ago
And that's without a mass terror event four days ago
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It's exhausting.
I never thought I'd say this but feeling so bleak this morning, part of me wishes they'd cut the smokescreen and just admit they don't like Jews - in Israel or anywhere else. Embrace the racism. Stop pretending they're the good guys on the side of progressive values. Be honest.
I never thought I'd say this but feeling so bleak this morning, part of me wishes they'd cut the smokescreen and just admit they don't like Jews - in Israel or anywhere else. Embrace the racism. Stop pretending they're the good guys on the side of progressive values. Be honest.
December 18, 2025 at 9:21 AM
It's exhausting.
I never thought I'd say this but feeling so bleak this morning, part of me wishes they'd cut the smokescreen and just admit they don't like Jews - in Israel or anywhere else. Embrace the racism. Stop pretending they're the good guys on the side of progressive values. Be honest.
I never thought I'd say this but feeling so bleak this morning, part of me wishes they'd cut the smokescreen and just admit they don't like Jews - in Israel or anywhere else. Embrace the racism. Stop pretending they're the good guys on the side of progressive values. Be honest.
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At a certain point I think we have to move beyond saying things are "sociotechnical" and defining the actual socio- that we mean
December 14, 2025 at 4:37 PM
At a certain point I think we have to move beyond saying things are "sociotechnical" and defining the actual socio- that we mean
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sorry Leibniz, best of all possible worlds is any world as experienced by cats
mas é óbvio que ele iria se arriscar pra ir tirar um cochilo no melhor lugar
December 9, 2025 at 5:44 AM
sorry Leibniz, best of all possible worlds is any world as experienced by cats
@bsky.app Appears from today on iOS, the font size selection no longer works. I get the same tiny font whichever setting I am using. Please fix.
December 8, 2025 at 9:09 PM
@bsky.app Appears from today on iOS, the font size selection no longer works. I get the same tiny font whichever setting I am using. Please fix.
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my great-grandparents arrived in the UK in the 1890s with nothing.
they sold pickles from the front room window, took in laundry, worked as tailors.
their children were nurses, teachers, salesmen.
their grandchildren were professors, designers, opticians, doctors, magistrates, entrepreneurs.
they sold pickles from the front room window, took in laundry, worked as tailors.
their children were nurses, teachers, salesmen.
their grandchildren were professors, designers, opticians, doctors, magistrates, entrepreneurs.
December 7, 2025 at 8:59 AM
my great-grandparents arrived in the UK in the 1890s with nothing.
they sold pickles from the front room window, took in laundry, worked as tailors.
their children were nurses, teachers, salesmen.
their grandchildren were professors, designers, opticians, doctors, magistrates, entrepreneurs.
they sold pickles from the front room window, took in laundry, worked as tailors.
their children were nurses, teachers, salesmen.
their grandchildren were professors, designers, opticians, doctors, magistrates, entrepreneurs.
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December 6, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Peace Dealing: the practice of engaging in endlessly negotiating a peace deal in order not to be punished for continuing the conflict, also creates opportunities for bystanders to find exploits to enriching themselves.
November 28, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Peace Dealing: the practice of engaging in endlessly negotiating a peace deal in order not to be punished for continuing the conflict, also creates opportunities for bystanders to find exploits to enriching themselves.
Complexity thinking is not a thing
November 22, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Complexity thinking is not a thing
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Who is agile 201 @somesheep.bsky.social : wants to be a different person at work
www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2Ii...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2Ii...
Who is agile: Marc Burgauer wants to be a different person at work (then at home) #WIa201
YouTube video by YvesHanoulle
www.youtube.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:28 AM
Who is agile 201 @somesheep.bsky.social : wants to be a different person at work
www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2Ii...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2Ii...
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A designer posted this and all I can see is the pile of short-life things people put on the kerb on household bulky waste clean-up day. A career in landfill.
November 19, 2025 at 6:42 AM
A designer posted this and all I can see is the pile of short-life things people put on the kerb on household bulky waste clean-up day. A career in landfill.
TFW confronted with journalists who have happily skewed the truth for their purposes now appealing to the public to care for preserving the BBC for its authenticity? Gaslight.
November 13, 2025 at 2:46 PM
TFW confronted with journalists who have happily skewed the truth for their purposes now appealing to the public to care for preserving the BBC for its authenticity? Gaslight.
@jonahg.bsky.social feedback: “discovered” you on Call me back. Subscribed to your podcast after listening to the Henry George episode: excellent!
November 10, 2025 at 7:24 AM
@jonahg.bsky.social feedback: “discovered” you on Call me back. Subscribed to your podcast after listening to the Henry George episode: excellent!
Is there a meme one could use on people who have a burning need to be seen as the smartest person in the room? Asking for a friend.
November 7, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Is there a meme one could use on people who have a burning need to be seen as the smartest person in the room? Asking for a friend.
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Exactly. They are the same project.
The long-running ideological war on libraries, education, and government workers is not separate from AI boosterism. It is the same ideological war on human knowledge and expertise. In some cases AI is being used to directly supercharge this effort:
www.404media.co/ai-is-superc...
www.404media.co/ai-is-superc...
AI Is Supercharging the War on Libraries, Education, and Human Knowledge
"Fascism and AI, whether or not they have the same goals, they sure are working to accelerate one another."
www.404media.co
November 6, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Exactly. They are the same project.
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Vital piece of investigative reporting from Sky. They've uncovered the X algorithm which feeds users extremist right wing material from the moment they join the site. It is a far-right radicalisation engine, by design.
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
news.sky.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Vital piece of investigative reporting from Sky. They've uncovered the X algorithm which feeds users extremist right wing material from the moment they join the site. It is a far-right radicalisation engine, by design.
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
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So... we have a former prince but not a former Royal Society fellow, despite involvement in the same case and multiple current instances of improper behaviour, such as political interventionism, incitation to violence, etc.
One can only wonder why, right?
One can only wonder why, right?
October 31, 2025 at 2:44 PM
So... we have a former prince but not a former Royal Society fellow, despite involvement in the same case and multiple current instances of improper behaviour, such as political interventionism, incitation to violence, etc.
One can only wonder why, right?
One can only wonder why, right?
There was a phase in the late 70s and into the 80s where a lot of good music (composition and songwriting) was “enhanced” with “new” synth sounds or effects. Most of it just sounds crap today, cheap, show-offy and arbitrary. Makes the music annoying! That’s the stage we’re at with using AI.
November 3, 2025 at 9:43 AM
There was a phase in the late 70s and into the 80s where a lot of good music (composition and songwriting) was “enhanced” with “new” synth sounds or effects. Most of it just sounds crap today, cheap, show-offy and arbitrary. Makes the music annoying! That’s the stage we’re at with using AI.
How can we make the walls of your bubble that silently polarises you thicker?
Ah, Bluesky wants to make itself an even more comfortable place for users.
Great for people who don’t want to hear anything they disagree with. Bad if you occasionally have views that don’t please the majority.
Great for people who don’t want to hear anything they disagree with. Bad if you occasionally have views that don’t please the majority.
November 1, 2025 at 12:49 PM
How can we make the walls of your bubble that silently polarises you thicker?
Expect Robert Jenrick to copy this joyousness in his social media pieces next. (No, only fools think this is authentic from Mamdani either.)
This was joyous. Just a mad ray of sunshine in an otherwise desolate landscape
Juntos vamos a construir la ciudad que merecemos!
Y con tu ayuda, voy a seguir aprendiendo español 😉
Y con tu ayuda, voy a seguir aprendiendo español 😉
October 30, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Expect Robert Jenrick to copy this joyousness in his social media pieces next. (No, only fools think this is authentic from Mamdani either.)
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Well, guess I have a new favorite movie...
October 28, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Well, guess I have a new favorite movie...
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Hard to find a better illustration of why you should ignore everything before the 'but':
October 27, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Hard to find a better illustration of why you should ignore everything before the 'but':
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In case you needed another reason to sign the letter by @olivia.science and @irisvanrooij.bsky.social against "uncritical adoption of AI in academia"...
openletter.earth/open-letter-...
openletter.earth/open-letter-...
Open Letter: Stop the Uncritical Adoption of AI Technologies in Academia
openletter.earth
October 24, 2025 at 7:12 AM
In case you needed another reason to sign the letter by @olivia.science and @irisvanrooij.bsky.social against "uncritical adoption of AI in academia"...
openletter.earth/open-letter-...
openletter.earth/open-letter-...