@Techmeme@techhub.socialLinkedIn debuts its first creator marketplace, in North America, allowing some marketers to search for creators by topic and view "creators cards" with metrics (Krystal Scanlon/Digiday)
https://digiday.com/marketing/linkedin-w…
@cdarwin@c.imThis week, Reform UK leader Nigel Forage set out his plans
to resign as the MP for Clacton and stand again for his seat,
following a scandal over undeclared gifts, including £5m from the cryptocurrency billionaire Christopher Harborne,
which is being investigated by the parliamentary standards commissioner.
His intention, he has said, is to be judged by his constituents rather than “the establishment”,
arguing that he has done no wrong and that the probe is a “p…
@hikingdude@mastodon.social'Wasserfall' #FotoVorschlag 'Waterfall'
Some locations came to my mind when I read the topic this morning and my wife immediately mentioned that location. This is probably one of my best photos.
The water flooded over the stairs on the right, creating a lot of little waterfalls. Luckily I did bring my tripod and a considerable amount of time so that I could tak…
@nelson@tech.lgbtIf you're researching some new topic where do you go first?
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialLinkedIn debuts its first creator marketplace, in North America, allowing some marketers to search for creators by topic and view "creators cards" with metrics (Krystal Scanlon/Digiday)
https://digiday.com/marketing/linkedin-w…
@raiders@darktundra.xyzFernando Mendoza sounds Golden Knights siren before Game 3 of Stanley Cup Final https://www.nhl.com/news/topic/short-shifts/las-vegas-raiders-fernando-mendoza-sounds-siren-game-3-stanley-cup-final
@matzekult@chaos.socialYou can’t escape politics; especially not in #StarTrek. But this also means, that this is a good topic for a #TrekTriviaTuesday question.
As always no googling and no spoiling the answer for others. Please boost after voting! :BoostOK:
Vote will run for 24h, then I will reply with t…
@cosmos4u@scicomm.xyzAs reported by his wife in #AlanHale has passed away yesterday at 68: more in the thread https://groups.io/g/comets-ml/topic/119679184 and https://www.facebook.com/groups/227002358661288/posts/1786784712683037/. In this picture from an astronomy-minded fantastic trip to Iran in 2000 - see https://bsky.app/profile/cosmos4u.bsky.social/post/3lulglljezs2d - Hale ist on the far left (and yours truly in postion 5; it also includes comet personality Charles Morris at position 6 and on the far right astronaut Bruce McCandless II who was capcom on Apollo 11 and made the first untethered spacewalk - both also no longer with us).
@relcfp@mastodon.socialCall for Proposals! The Journal for Cultural and Religious Theory invites conference presentations and subsequent papers for publication on the topic of religion, politics, and cognitive warfare, exploring conspiracy, interpretation, AI, and struggles over truth and reality today. See the full CFP here: jcrt.org/cw/
@gray17@mastodon.social> In a separate experiment, I sampled 1,000 random abstracts from two genetics journals and randomly assigned them authors sampled from gender and ethnicity groups. I then gave all of the data (including gender and ethnicity) to a variety of LLMs and prompted them to conduct a thematic analysis of the abstracts for trends. Every single model reported some type of demographic-topic relationship in this random data!
@kexpmusicbot@mastodonapp.uk🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #MorningShow
Le Tigre:
🎵 Hot Topic
#LeTigre
https://bikinikill.bandcamp.com/track/hot-topic
https://open.spotify.com/track/4otN5ZboeohAAAXaGnLCIH
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialEmployees at Hachette Book Group vote 388 to 130 to unionize; the company joins HarperCollins in the ranks of unionized Big Five publishers (Sam Spratford/Publishers Weekly)
http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-top
@castarco@hachyderm.io
@debellum@ludosphere.fr
@cowboys@darktundra.xyzColts release Kenny Moore on Thursday, Cowboys should call https://insidethestar.com/colts-release-kenny-moore-on-thursday-cowboys-should-call
@adjb@social.lolCall for Proposals! The Journal for Cultural and Religious Theory invites conference presentations and subsequent papers for publication on the topic of religion, politics, and cognitive warfare, exploring conspiracy, interpretation, AI, and struggles over truth and reality today. See the full CFP here: jcrt.org/cw/
@draxil@social.linux.pizzaYT channel I watch talking about old Dr Who annuals.. The annual really is a dead format now? Only one I can think of now is Private Eye.
Seems luxurious to have a book for a particular year on some topic you're interested in!
@grahamperrin@bsd.cafe@… humans still make mistakes that, unless you have at least *some* previously acquired knowledge on said topic, are believable.
FreeBSD-related mistakes such as:
― ZFS is not default
― ZFS uses more space than UFS.
@Tupp_ed@mastodon.ieI write a Gist approximately every two weeks. The idea, really, is to write a readable digest of a particular topic at a particular moment in time.
Sometimes I set out to explain something that is outside the main news cycle, but that I think is significant.
Sometimes I just feel like making jokes at the expense of British politicians.
And sometimes I am giving an opinion, as best I can.
But who knows what might bubble up in the future?
@kubikpixel@chaos.social«Your End-to-End Encrypted Messages:
Aren't As Secure As You Think
Here's what end-to-end encryption protects—and what it doesn't.»
I know, this is not a new topic for most of you here, but you can forward it outside of the Fediverse ;)
💬 https://lifehacker.com/tech/en…
@philip@mastodon.mallegolhansen.com@… Yeah. What I was proposing is: Access to your introduction to the topic, and the code example you given attendants to work. Those are valuable even if one cannot make the sessions.
I’d happily have paid a few bucks for access to those. But if it’s already in YouTube, then fair enough.
@memeorandum@universeodon.comBret Baier said over a year ago that the press had a duty to scrutinize Trump family corruption. He's since given that topic 5 minutes of airtime. (Matt Gertz/Media Matters for America)
https://www.mediamatters.org/fox-news/bret-baier-said-over-year-ago-press-had-duty-scrutinize-trump-family-corruption-hes-given
http://www.memeorandum.com/260604/p43#a260604p43
@vosje62@mastodon.nlTotally off topic, but I kind of like that:
the UK as a black hole in Europe...
😅😅🙃
@cdarwin@c.im“I’m like a cheerleader for geniuses,” Trump started
before almost immediately switching the topic.
“Now there’s a thing called TikTok, have you heard of it?”
Trump recalled a segment he had seen recently on Fox Business’s Mornings With Maria.
“It was announced about two days ago, the new numbers just came out.
Do you know who the number one person on TikTok is by far?
Trump. Me.
“I’m number one.
Like Taylor Swift was number 11.
I’m number…
@gwire@mastodon.social"Net Zero" as an industry, rather than a political topic, is worth £100b to the UK economy. All UK commercial fishing is barely £1b (before preparation).
https://publish.cbi.org.uk/articles/net-gains-the-uks-net-zero-economy-in-2025/
@bourgwick@heads.socialthis week’s grateful deadcast covers a favorite topic: the feral young dead of 1966. we use the new july ’66 fillmore auditorium release to get into the san francisco ballrooms, wild acid parties at rancho olompali, lost owsley tapes, the dead’s 1st single & more. https://www.dead.net/deadcast/independence
@scottmiller42@mstdn.socialOne of my goals on social media is to put myself "on the record" for opinions and predictions.
There's lots of reasons I do this, far too much to explain in 500 words.
One reason is to force myself to examine the beliefs that steer my behavior, both consciously and unconsciously. Another is to gain self-awareness on just how often I'm... wrong.
I have more half-finished thoughts on this topic percolating in my head, but that's enough for one day.
@jae@mastodon.me.ukWhelp, found an anti-trans book while researching a topic. People are so fascinated by trans people. Leave us alone.
@raiders@darktundra.xyzKayshon Boutte Gets Clear on Future Amid Raiders Speculation https://heavy.com/sports/nfl/las-vegas-raiders/patriots-kayshon-boutte-clear-future-speculation/
@sean@scoat.esThe topic of pirate television in Montreal came up, today, and I made this.
For the 8 of you who understand both niche jokes… I think it's pretty good!
@davidaugust@mastodon.online“…this is the first AI film to demonstrate that AI can now sustain character consistency, world coherence, and narrative arc across a complete feature,” is roughly equivalent to “we made a car that actually has wheels and can take you somewhere.”
And it wasn’t in the festival, it just screening in the same town.
🤦♂️
1st quote source:
@cosmos4u@scicomm.xyzThe #comet 220P/McNaught has suffered a major outburst and shines now - in this Rhemann / Jäger image from a few hours ago with a faint plasma tail even - at about 8th magnitude: https://groups.io/g/comets-ml/topic/119599952 = a thread, https://bsky.app/profile/lukemeister.bsky.social/post/3mndaubc3yc2o = the light curve, https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=26645019731865080 and https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10240107345718051 and https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=2951292725202094 and https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=4432053177009520 and https://x.com/kpheider/status/2061792077248360768 = pictures from 2 June.
@NFL@darktundra.xyzRoger Goodell declines to testify before Congress about NFL's broadcast deals https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7333559/2026/06/04/roger-goodell-congress-testify-broadcast-deals/
@bencurthoys@mastodon.socialI saw these on Facebook posted by Sydney Metro and I feel like Mastodon is their natural habitat.
Stop using anti-train language
@brian_gettler@mas.toIt's a good book - well written for the most part and focusing on an important and understudied topic. Hopefully it will inspire others to do similar work.
That's what I want to say in this book review. Now I just need to do it with an addition 772 to 972 words.
@inthehands@hachyderm.ioWe’re not up to the interesting part yet.
My part in Minnebar is helping to create the schedule. We don’t hand-place talks in timeslots, or create “tracks” by topic. Instead, all the attendees vote, indicating •all• the sessions they’d like to see (as many or as few as they want to check off), and we generate a schedule from the votes. The schedule attempts to minimize attendee time conflict regret. That’s it.
(That process is interesting, but it’s not what this thread is about!)
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@YaleDivinitySchool@mstdn.social
@seeingwithsound@mas.toEditorial: Retinitis pigmentosa, macular degeneration and related diseases https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/cellular-neuroscience/articles/10.3389/fncel.2026.1856506/full Yet nothing about retinal implants?
@toxi@mastodon.thi.ngRE: https://cosocial.ca/@rhempel/116650230030112969
For two decades I've been making that same point (below), also specifically for computational/algorithmic art. It's also been a key topic in many of my past workshops. More than just being about performance, …
@elduvelle@neuromatch.socialI know this is not really a Mastodon topic but would anyone recommend an "investment platform" that only invests in ecologically-friendly / ethical companies?
For example #Nutmeg (now part of JP Morgan) has a "socially-responsible investing" pot but it funds companies like Microsoft, Apple and Tesla 🙃
@hikingdude@mastodon.socialI'm so grateful about mastodon filters!
Anything that I don't want to see in this account -> filter
a topic that upsets me -> filter
thangs that annoy me -> filter
politics -> filter
hate -> filter
some sports -> filter
@vrandecic@mas.toPope Leo XIV just published his first encyclical. It is on the topic of AI, and I'll want to take a closer look. But one thing already - the Pope quotes Gandalf from The Lord of the Rings: “It is not our part to master all the tides of the world, but to do what is in us for the succour of those years wherein we are set, uprooting the evil in the fields that we know, so that those who live after may have clean earth to till.”
@mxp@mastodon.acm.orgMembers of the #CentreNucleus met today for the annual journée au vert at the Domaine de la Doges. This year’s topic was the history of #DigitalHumanities in #Lausanne.
The DH2…
@mxp@mastodon.acm.orgMembers of the #CentreNucleus met today for the annual journée au vert at the Domaine de la Doges. This year’s topic was the history of #DigitalHumanities in #Lausanne.
The DH2…
@mxp@mastodon.acm.orgMembers of the #CentreNucleus met today for the annual journée au vert at the Domaine de la Doges. This year’s topic was the history of #DigitalHumanities in #Lausanne.
The DH2…
@fathermcgruder@jorts.horseSpotify automatically found some copyrighted music in this episode and took it down. I think I have fair use on my side because only a portion of the song was used and it was the topic of the discussion. I need to figure out what to do here because talking about music is the whole basis of this podcast.
#spotify #podcast
@debellum@ludosphere.frApp Android : Création de persos Rêve de Dragon - Rêve de Dragon
https://scriptarium.org/forums/topic/3542-app-android-création-de-persos-rêve-de-dragon/#comment-45400
@metacurity@infosec.exchangeCybersecurity is now a burning topic in capitals around the globe, so stay ahead of the curve by checking out today's Metacurity for the most crucial developments, including
--Anthropic watch: Congress scrambles, Europe recoils, and Anthropic's halo grows brighter,
--Leak exposes members of Peter Thiel's secretive power network,
--Cybercrime now accounts for a third of crimes in parts of Asia,
--France picks local rival to replace Palantir at spy agency,
@samueljohn@mastodon.world
@vncresolver@fedi.computernewb.comy'all ain't ever seen fashion in your life
@billbert@mastodon.socialAnd now of course I'm looking up Joan Didion. She has seemed to be a charged topic in the past. I had to ask the Google AI "is it gauche to be into joan didion?" because I couldn't figure out for myself what the right answer was.
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@mela@zusammenkunft.netMela is listening to a podcast: Ep 207 Tear Gas: How can a chemical weapon be “humane”? – This Podcast Will Kill You – Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts - https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/id1299915173
@shriramk@mastodon.socialOur interview on Oxide and Friends is finally online! Enjoy, and flame away. (-:
https://oxide-and-friends.transistor.fm/episodes/ai-in-computer-science-education
@cosmos4u@scicomm.xyzThere was another case Friday of a tiny (probably < 1 meter) #asteroid hitting the Earth and getting discovered a few hours before but no detection of its airburst near Papua New Guinea has been reported so far: https://www.minorplanetcenter.net/mpec/K26/K26JE3.html = the circumstances (with the designation 2026 JN4 for the has-been object), https://groups.io/g/mpml/topic/119328235 and https://groups.io/g/mpml/topic/119328368 = threads and https://bsky.app/profile/tony873004.bsky.social/post/3mlwb7bed3k2p = an animation.
@fanf@mendeddrum.orgfrom my link log —
JavaScript got better while I wasn't looking.
https://eev.ee/blog/2017/10/07/javascript-got-better-while-i-wasnt-looking/
saved 2020-02-02
@inthehands@hachyderm.ioThere are a lot of possible explanations for this:
Maybe the people who aren’t interested in AI also happen to vote for more sessions. (At a quick prod at the data, penalizing votes from people who voted for large numbers of sessions does not seem to change the conclusions above, but I haven’t investigated this thoroughly.)
Maybe AI is a more fragmented topic due to its newness, and interest has not coalesced, leading to a large number of small sessions. (But again, •total• votes for AI, including the whole long tail, were proportionally smaller.)
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@hex@kolektiva.socialOh, here it is (July 2018). It's nice that this report back didn't include any names or initials so I didn't need to sanitize it:
Meeting Notes:
Table-top exercise scenario topic was state and far-right repression.
Responses:
Strong networks require redundancy, so no one person is a social connection, skills, or resource gatekeeper. These people are often targeted by the state, and if they get burned out and leave, it also weakens and jeoprodizes groups.
Ways to strengthen our networks:
Mentoring/sharing responsibility. Creating a culture of mentorship and support so new people learn skills, take on responsibilities, and are introduced to other folks. Reducing burden on a few key people too.
Chaos Monkey exercise: ask central people to step back from communications/organizing to see what happens.
Regular check-ins! & Delegates check-in with new members they sign up
Ask well connected folks to introduce people to build social redundancy.
Gaming (D&D, board games, etc) committee could support a more fun, and socially robust network.
Practical safety tool:
Burner phone. Not everyone needs one, but good to have access to.
TO DO LIST:
Make regular announcements at each meeting for people to check-in with folks they know (especially those they haven’t heard from in awhile!)
Start google doc for disaster preparedness zine
Why you should prepare (ideological argument)
What people should have (the basics)
How to prepare
Frame as questions, so people can find the answer that best suits themselves.
Such as “what are you preparing for?”
Where do you spend most of your time? (home? Office? car?)
Make it as easy as possible for folks to get the basics (list locations for supplies, etc.)
@lukem@hachyderm.ioAfter today's demonstation I'd gladly purge the memory card and never look at those pics again, but some sily off-topic shots happened and that's the only thing that prevents me from doing so.
@mikebabyak@musicians.todayLess than a week left in our funding campaign and we’re still gathering donations every day! Many thanks to our supporters for, well, their support! If you haven’t made a contribution yet, it’s not too late. The link is at the end of the thread.
Today’s topic is “what is Dulcetta and how did you come up with that name and the honey jar logo?”
https://
@izzychambers@vivaldi.net@… I recently read The Deluge. Good book, but very depressing. I guess any book on the topic will be, especially if it continues as far as 2040.
@hikingdude@mastodon.social'Landschaft in Schwarzweiß' #FotoVorschlag
#Landscape in black&white
Yes I have some #winter photos for the topic! I really like this one as it looks like a drawing. I eve…
@ecukier@glammr.usToday I came across my first (I suspect) AI-generated paper in the wild. I was already a little suspicious of it. Any review of a very specialized topic that starts with a 10,000 foot review, like “Cancer is one of the most significant diseases in the world, here’s some basic facts about it…” I immediately find sus for not understanding its target audience’s baseline knowledge level.
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@EclecticLee@digipres.club@Robavince@vmst.io https://social.growyourown.services/@FediTips/116761115364860358
@RenkeSiems@openbiblio.socialImmer schön zu sehen, dass die deutsche Sprache die angemessenen Begriffe auch für andere bereithält. \s
@kexpmusicbot@mastodonapp.uk🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #AfternoonShow
O.C.:
🎵 No Main Topic
#OC
https://open.spotify.com/track/392Z96dfDYEbDa3zbJWMAi
@rene_mobile@infosec.exchangeNew blog post on why I think that GenAI/LLM coding agents use for finding vulnerabilities and generating PoC code to demonstrate exploitability is going to be painful, but most probably a good thing in the mid term: https://www.ins.jku.at/blog/vulnerability-reports-and-llms/…
@frankel@mastodon.topTaming #Maven Version Ranges
https://maveniverse.eu/blog/2026/04/17/taming-maven-version-ranges/
@ginevra@hachyderm.ioAre there any good books (or articles) explaining how neurotypical people think/behave that are intended as explainers for neurodiverse people? I'll ask #ActuallyAutistc
*written material preferred, but if you think a video is the best explainer for this topic, I guess I'll have to watch
@datascience@genomic.socialWant to check the google trends for a topic? Use {gtrendsR} directly from within your favorite language: #googletrends
@mia@hcommons.socialMore countries should have a show like Gruen: "We do the show because we want to give people some agency in the way that they're being manipulated by these multi-billion-dollar industries"
Wil Anderson hates advertising. So why does he host a show about it? - ABC News https://www.
@nerdsitu@datasci.socialTwo new NERDS papers: data storytelling visualization, LLMs for complex information needs
https://nerds.itu.dk/2026/04/16/two-new-nerds-papers-data-storytelling-visualization-llms-for-complex-information-needs/
@Techmeme@techhub.socialX launches Custom Timelines, a Grok-powered feature letting users pin any of over 75 topics to their home tab, in early access to Premium subscribers on iOS (Nikita Bier/@nikitabier)
https://x.com/nikitabier/status/2046736181002645520
@raiders@darktundra.xyzMike Florio Delivers Strong Take on Maxx Crosby’s Raiders Future https://heavy.com/sports/nfl/las-vegas-raiders/mike-florio-strong-take-maxx-crosby-future/
@debellum@ludosphere.frUn fil de forum qui s'étend sur 14 ans ! La vache !
Le jeu de rôles de la Voie du Tigre !
https://scriptarium.org/forums/topic/622-le-jeu-de-rôles-de-la-voie-du-tigre/#comment-45112
@scottmiller42@mstdn.socialHere's a reminder that you can block hashtags on Mastodon. I'm pretty consistent about tagging politics, typically with USpol or ScottPolitics or both, but also topical tags such as IranWar2026 and POTUS47. If you don't want to see those types of toots, then I encourage you to block them.
I don't CW all generic politics posts. This topic too much to fully explain in 500 chars, but short version: I use CW for spoilers and topics that are commonly trauma-triggering.
@bourgwick@heads.socialthe number of times i've seen or been sent the onion's neil young support network story makes me realize precisely how robust my neil young support network is. now let's not talk about this topic again for several decades.
@grahamperrin@bsd.cafe@… thanks, the context at the moment is:
Modernised use of freebsd-update for minor and major upgrades to FreeBSD | BSD Cafe Billboard
https://
@hikingdude@mastodon.socialIs there any situation in life where it is okay to tell somebody extensively your opinion about a topic - unasked - without giving them the chance to respond?
asking for a friend ...
I find it quite hard not to react with a rude "thanks, but did I ask for your monologue?"
@inthehands@hachyderm.ioA thread about this general topic, from the end of Jan:
https://hachyderm.io/@inthehands/115991716008786969
@raiders@darktundra.xyzInsider Reveals Kayshon Boutte News Amid Raiders Speculation https://heavy.com/sports/nfl/las-vegas-raiders/patriots-kayshon-boutte-news-speculation/
@cdarwin@c.imAt Turkey’s showcase diplomatic conference in the Mediterranean resort town of Antalya over the weekend, the United States was rarely the official topic of conversation.
But coursing through the discussions among the thousands of participants
— including dozens of heads of state and other senior officials from Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia
— were questions about how to respond when the United States disregards its allies and the global order it long professed to …
@cosmos4u@scicomm.xyzHuh, #CrepuscularRays as a news story topic: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-20/crepuscular-rays-weather-phenomenon-nt-sunsets-bom/106691518. Not that rare, here are some of mine: https://bonnstern.wordpress.com/tag/krepuskularstrahlen/
@brian_gettler@mas.toI really don't want to write this peer review. The ms is fine, on a topic that interests me and that could use more work. But, meh. I think I'll go for a walk instead, maybe that'll help.
@debellum@ludosphere.frhttps://scriptarium.org/forums/topic/3520-fin-de-chantier-des-miroirs-des-terres-médianes/#findComment-45068
J'aime cette annonce concernant Rêve de Dragon.
@vrandecic@mas.toSerious and honest question, and I'm not trying to diss on a different discipline: I don't have much experience reading papers in economics. And I saw that paper "AI, Human Cognition and Knowledge Collapse", on a topic that I find very interesting, written by Acemoğlu et al. Now, Acemoğlu is a Nobel prize winner and MIT professor, so I would assume that paper is among the best economics would offer on that subject.
@Techmeme@techhub.socialAmazon's Alexa now produces AI-generated "podcasts" on various topics in the US, featuring chats between two AI "co-hosts", using content from media outlets (Todd Spangler/Variety)
https://variety.com/2026/digital/news/amazon-alexa-plu…
@kexpmusicbot@mastodonapp.uk🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #DriveTime
Downtown Science:
🎵 The Topic Drift
#DowntownScience
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialAmazon's Alexa now produces AI-generated "podcasts" on various topics in the US, featuring chats between two AI "co-hosts", using content from media outlets (Todd Spangler/Variety)
https://variety.com/2026/digital/news/amazon-alexa-plu…
@debellum@ludosphere.frSession de dédicace de Roland Barthélémy et Jidus
https://scriptarium.org/forums/topic/3538-scriptarium-se-téléporte-à-octogônes-2026/#comment-45339
@grahamperrin@bsd.cafe@… you're recommending a link that's already on the fourth line of the opening post in Reddit (see my previous post).
I added the link three days ago, I have revisited the topic more than once.
@raiders@darktundra.xyzKirk Cousins cranks Golden Knights pregame siren before Game 5 of Western 2nd Round https://www.nhl.com/news/topic/short-shifts/raiders-kirk-cousins-cranks-vegas-golden-knights-siren-game-5
@hikingdude@mastodon.socialStarting the day with going through the #bergwelten magazine once more. Sometimes I wish I'd knew the focal length of the photos.
Later we did two nice walks near #dietramszell and enjoyed spring and the sun. Wrist is also feeling better.
We saw really a lot of cyclists. But …
@inthehands@hachyderm.ioA link to a previous thread on this topic (start at the top if you want the whole train of thought, but here’s the heart of the argument):
https://hachyderm.io/@inthehands/115375503166473754
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@cdarwin@c.imIn practice, certain people in a capitalist liberal democracy tend to get increasingly rich.
Absent countermeasures, the wealthy gain control of the political apparatus,
thwarting liberal-democratic norms.
This tension between capital and politics is a long-considered topic.
A key early work was, of course, Karl Marx’s Capital (about which more later).
In the current era, Mancur Olson’s book The Rise and Decline of Nations set out how small grou…
@inthehands@hachyderm.ioRE: https://journa.host/@theintercept/116591599491428201
Great podcast episode on this topic: https://trumpconlaw.com/75-comstock-zombies
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialWSJ and Dow Jones plan a new sports vertical that will debut alongside an exclusive, invitation-only sports economy event in New York City this summer (Sara Fischer/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2026/04/15/dow-jones-wsj-sports-vertical
@raiders@darktundra.xyzRaiders Receive Compelling Take on Free Agent Deebo Samuel https://heavy.com/sports/nfl/las-vegas-raiders/compelling-take-free-agent-deebo-samuel/
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialSistrix: health and tech are the topics most vulnerable to losing clicks to Google's AI Overviews; Ipsos iris says Healthline's audience fell 48% YoY in March (Charlotte Tobitt/Press Gazette)
https://pressgazette.co.uk/media-audience-and-bu…
@inthehands@hachyderm.io4. Philosophy of child-rearing aside, cries of “We must protect the children from [large, nebulous social threat]!!!” almost always become Trojan Horses, even if they don’t start out that way. The track record of such movements is just •terrible•. My alarm bells go off at that even if I agree that the topic at hand is in fact a problem.
@raiders@darktundra.xyzRaiders’ Kirk Cousins Echoes 49ers’ George Kittle’s Message Calling Out NFL https://heavy.com/sports/nfl/las-vegas-raiders/kirk-cousins-george-kittle-field-plea/
