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There is also a Hawkwind album based on this story. Now I wouldn't say it's great album but it's a neat bit of trivia and a fun listen if you proggy space rock

The article has it right i think. if they had something to show us, they would have already.

Is that Aftermath? I just started reading it today.

I'm also a fan of 404 media, started by motherboard defectors.

I worry about subscription fatigue setting in, but I do think it's exciting that breakway independent media is seemingly having a moment right now

As has been said I'm sure without Yahtzee the site is basically over.

Which is too bad I really enjoyed extra punctuation and the Slightly Something Else podcast. The whole point of having a subscriber model is that you're not beholden to advertising or the algorithm or nebulous corporate goals, as the hosts have aid many times.

I guess it goes to show getting acquired by a corp only ever benefits the corp

I believe that that "cancel culture" is really just "consequence culture." At one point users could hold powerful entities to account. The flattening of the public sphere twitter provided was a feature.

Absolutely there have been people who got targeted who did not deserve it - regular folks who posted a shit take that caught the mobs attention. But I think one of the motivations for Elon acquiring twitter and threads' non-chronological feed is to clamp down on this kind of of organizing and centralize power.

As for hate speech, the problem that is that any solution at scale means AI and that reveals the biases of those who wrote it. These solutions can't serve everyone.

And outrage fuels engagement - these companies are incentived to allow that.

So basically I think large networks can't solve the problem. What's needed is a decentralized approach with small interoperable communities vetting their members. Even if you get a hate filled instance it can be locked off so it can't spread. Hate-motivated jerks have always existed, they just had no real access to the discourse until the internet. I really think the answer is the fediverse of tomorrow - if we make it that far.

404 media in particular do great work. They're all defectors from Motherboard (vice) and I think supporting them is both worthwhile and worth it.

Oh yeah, Doro is classic. She rules the ruins!

"Interesting."

This is what I do, with one more category - I tip 22 or more to small, local businesses I use. Box stores or large franchises, not so much.

During covid, when I did order takeout we kept it to our favorite two places, hoping they'd survive, which they did. When we went back to in person it turns out I was known - it was a funny way to become a regular. So I feel like it must have made a difference.

Anyway. The landscape is increasingly complicated and I think we've got to choose the one or two things that are important.

I'm waiting for all 4 to drop so I can binge them. I mostly don't want to hear about him - need to be in the right angry mood, like shortly after he does something monumentally stupid.

While I don't think he's doing some kinda 4 dimensional chess, I think he is trying to stay talked about, like Trump does.

It's a great podcast though. Been listening for awhile.

Thrill me.

there's a conspiracy theory - use the fee as a way to normalize paying X for things and then pivot to paying through X for things until it's the fascist super app of elon's sweaty fever dreams.