"...social media, combined with accretive identity and a strong rhetorical bent, is quite literally inhibiting our ability to think. When everything we say is position-staking and identity construction we become dumber than my bird."
"Before there were blogs we had websites. Beautiful, random websites that felt more like a zine -- one page looking nothing like the one before or after it...I miss those days when content wasn't confined to categories, calendars, and links to vote a piece of content into a popularity contest."
2006
web.archive.org/web/20061006092137/http://www.airbagindustries.com/archives/airbag/boxes.php
“What’s the point of fighting cybercrime if we’re just going to give access for government networks to people with cybercriminal gang affiliations?” says a cybersecurity researcher who tracks cybercriminal groups.
Indeed.
"I’m chasing a through line here with my last two posts and this one, and its been weighing on my mind amongst all of the modern horrors of our current world.
"It’s just one that I can control, and opt-out of."
@nazhamid putting good words to relevant issues and highlighting our agency. I deleted all Meta-connected accounts the day after the election; it is SO EASY and there is NO FOMO following.
I love the moth but the last line of this one is amazing
The Moth -- Annie
themoth.org/stories/annie
I don't have that many books in Kindle relative to other places, but TBH I'm way more concerned about my local library than I am about my Kindle collection.