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🪓 Algorithms do widen the divide: Social media feeds shape political polarization
https://english.elpais.com/technology/2025-11-27/algorithms-do-widen-the-divide-social-media-feeds-shape-political-polarizati…

Algorithms do widen the divide: Social media feeds shape political polarization
A study shows that the order in which platforms like X display content to their users affects their animosity towards other ideological groups

Reddit surpasses TikTok as the fourth most-visited social media service in the UK, likely driven by changes to Google's search algorithms and AI deals (Michael Savage/The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jan/03/re…

Muddled.
'Value' has specific meanings in Marxist political economy.
It isn't the appropriate term for what Boillier is discussing.
'Wealth' is closer but still not right.
It's a matter of standpoint: the abundance of nature isn't purely for human use, so those two terms don't apply well, or at all.
Toward a New Theory of Value (and Meaning): Living Systems as Generative - resilience

Toward a New Theory of Value (and Meaning): Living Systems as Generative
The bounty brought by rainfall, fertile soil, and biodiversity cannot truly be expressed through quantitative proxies, prices, algorithms, or markets because this “wealth” doesn’t exist in static, objectified forms or essentialist identities

Reddit surpasses TikTok as the fourth most-visited social media service in the UK, likely driven by changes to Google's search algorithms and AI deals (Michael Savage/The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jan/03/re…

from my link log —
C chrono-compatible low-level date algorithms.
http://howardhinnant.github.io/date_algorithms.html
saved 2022-10-04 https://<…

Few know the lengths to which the Trump administration is paving the way -- and the part it's playing
-- in deregulating a highly regulated industry
to ensure that AI data centers have the energy they need to shape the future of America and the world
To say the nuclear people are bullish on AI is an understatement.
“I call this not just a partnership but a structural alliance.
Atoms for algorithms. Artificial intelligence is not just powered by nuclear ene…

‘Atoms for Algorithms:’ The Trump Administration’s Top Nuclear Scientists Think AI Can Replace Humans in Power Plants
A presentation at the International Atomic Energy Agency unveiled Big Tech’s vision of an AI and nuclear fueled future.

Kelly Bill would allow Lawsuits over Social Media Algorithms that promote Violence, Extremism
https://www.juancole.com/2025/12/lawsuits-algorithms-extremism.html

50,000 losses monthly – Fedorov’s algorithms drain Russia’s forces: https://benborges.xyz/2026/01/30/losses-monthly-fedorovs-algorithms-drain.html

BRB, rewriting all my graph algorithms https://www.quantamagazine.org/new-method-is-the-fastest-way-to-find-the-best-routes-20250806/

New Method Is the Fastest Way To Find the Best Routes | Quanta Magazine
A canonical problem in computer science is to find the shortest route to every point in a network. A new approach beats the classic algorithm taught in textbooks.

⚗️ Algorithms reveal how propane becomes propylene for everyday products
#chemistry

Algorithms reveal how propane becomes propylene for everyday products
Countless everyday products, from plastic squeeze bottles to outdoor furniture, are derived by first turning propane into propylene.