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Mark F***king Zuckerberg Is Not Your Friend (catvalente.substack.com)

submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by distractedcactus to c/technology

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I recently listened to a "tech" podcast host drone on for 45 minutes about the "Elon vs Zuck" cage match and this piece perfectly captures the frothing, screaming stream-of-conciousness in my brain at the thought of seeing another discussion about Twitter vs Threads/Insta/Face/burning-sh*itpile. I felt some small amount of catharsis just from reading.

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[–] audaxdreik@pawb.social 22 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Love Catherynne M. Valente, amazing author. Check out her work if you haven't already; I'm partial to her collection of short stories, The Melancholy of Mechagirl

[–] distractedcactus 11 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I just recently found her Substack and devoured most of the public posts. I haven't gotten any of her books yet, but she's on my list the next time I go into a bookstore. Are there any of her other works that you'd recommend?

[–] audaxdreik@pawb.social 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I'm a sucker for short story compilations so I would also highly recommend The Future Is Blue.

I haven't gotten around to reading it yet, but Space Opera is also sitting on my shelf collecting dust. I've heard it described as "Eurovision in space"

[–] distractedcactus 4 points 2 years ago

I've heard it described as "Eurovision in space"

Ok I'm sold, that's going to the top of the list.

[–] GammaGames 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I enjoyed Deathless!

[–] distractedcactus 2 points 2 years ago

Thank you for the recommendation!

[–] 4bh1j47 9 points 2 years ago

I first saw her post https://catvalente.substack.com/p/stop-talking-to-each-other-and-start linked from the Cory Doctrow "enshittification" piece. It is very well written and worth a read for anyone who grew up with the old internet.