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Happy holidays, fediverse!

I got you a megathrust earthquake, soil liquefaction, spine-tingling papers about the way our networks confound knowledge, and a PDF in a pear tree. It's my wrap on a year of trying to make sense of how we make sense of what's happening to us.

https://www.wrecka.ge/landslide-a-ghost-story/

I wish I had the words to describe just how valuable @kissane’s latest essay feels to me: https://www.wrecka.ge/landslide-a-ghost-story/

— @kissane, https://www.wrecka.ge/landslide-a-ghost-story/

Happy holidays, fediverse!

I got you a megathrust earthquake, soil liquefaction, spine-tingling papers about the way our networks confound knowledge, and a PDF in a pear tree. It's my wrap on a year of trying to make sense of how we make sense of what's happening to us.

https://www.wrecka.ge/landslide-a-ghost-story/

Happy holidays, fediverse!

I got you a megathrust earthquake, soil liquefaction, spine-tingling papers about the way our networks confound knowledge, and a PDF in a pear tree. It's my wrap on a year of trying to make sense of how we make sense of what's happening to us.

https://www.wrecka.ge/landslide-a-ghost-story/

"The #knowledge substrate of our society has become increasingly loose and disorganized. It’s now composed of an extraordinary variety of highly disparate things that claim to be news, from vivid and skillful investigative reporting to openly partisan propaganda through the distributed op-ed cultures of podcasters, Substackers, and streamers. The substrate is also enmeshed with “#news” organizations devoted to discrediting reporting and with #socialplatforms that deliberately shape the subset of information we see based on our own dumb desires and susceptibility to casino tricks—and on the megaplatforms’ drives toward #profit and #power. It’s an unstable mess, and we all know it.*
https://www.wrecka.ge/landslide-a-ghost-story/

Happy holidays, fediverse!

I got you a megathrust earthquake, soil liquefaction, spine-tingling papers about the way our networks confound knowledge, and a PDF in a pear tree. It's my wrap on a year of trying to make sense of how we make sense of what's happening to us.

https://www.wrecka.ge/landslide-a-ghost-story/

Happy holidays, Bluesky! I got you a megathrust earthquake, soil liquefaction, spine-tingling papers about the way our networks confound knowledge, and a PDF in a pear tree. It's my wrap on a year of trying to make sense of how we make sense of what's happening to us. www.wrecka.ge/landslide-a-...

Landslide; a ghost story

Happy holidays, fediverse!

I got you a megathrust earthquake, soil liquefaction, spine-tingling papers about the way our networks confound knowledge, and a PDF in a pear tree. It's my wrap on a year of trying to make sense of how we make sense of what's happening to us.

https://www.wrecka.ge/landslide-a-ghost-story/

I wish I had the words to describe just how valuable @kissane’s latest essay feels to me: https://www.wrecka.ge/landslide-a-ghost-story/

Women with care duties have very little "pure” leisure to themselves. Often, it is spent w/ kids or those they’re caring for. Early time-use researchers—all men—initially coded child care as leisure. They assumed women were at home having fun with the kids. https://www.thepersistent.com/women-leisure-time-hobbies-taking-back-me-time/

Women with care duties have very little "pure” leisure to themselves. Often, it is spent w/ kids or those they’re caring for. Early time-use researchers—all men—initially coded child care as leisure. They assumed women were at home having fun with the kids. https://www.thepersistent.com/women-leisure-time-hobbies-taking-back-me-time/

Women with care duties have very little "pure” leisure to themselves. Often, it is spent w/ kids or those they’re caring for. Early time-use researchers—all men—initially coded child care as leisure. They assumed women were at home having fun with the kids. https://www.thepersistent.com/women-leisure-time-hobbies-taking-back-me-time/

Women with care duties have very little "pure” leisure to themselves. Often, it is spent w/ kids or those they’re caring for. Early time-use researchers—all men—initially coded child care as leisure. They assumed women were at home having fun with the kids. https://www.thepersistent.com/women-leisure-time-hobbies-taking-back-me-time/

Women with care duties have very little "pure” leisure to themselves. Often, it is spent w/ kids or those they’re caring for. Early time-use researchers—all men—initially coded child care as leisure. They assumed women were at home having fun with the kids. https://www.thepersistent.com/women-leisure-time-hobbies-taking-back-me-time/

Women with care duties have very little "pure” leisure to themselves. Often, it is spent w/ kids or those they’re caring for. Early time-use researchers—all men—initially coded child care as leisure. They assumed women were at home having fun with the kids. https://www.thepersistent.com/women-leisure-time-hobbies-taking-back-me-time/

Women with care duties have very little "pure” leisure to themselves. Often, it is spent w/ kids or those they’re caring for. Early time-use researchers—all men—initially coded child care as leisure. They assumed women were at home having fun with the kids. https://www.thepersistent.com/women-leisure-time-hobbies-taking-back-me-time/

Women with care duties have very little "pure” leisure to themselves. Often, it is spent w/ kids or those they’re caring for. Early time-use researchers—all men—initially coded child care as leisure. They assumed women were at home having fun with the kids. https://www.thepersistent.com/women-leisure-time-hobbies-taking-back-me-time/

Women with care duties have very little "pure” leisure to themselves. Often, it is spent w/ kids or those they’re caring for. Early time-use researchers—all men—initially coded child care as leisure. They assumed women were at home having fun with the kids. https://www.thepersistent.com/women-leisure-time-hobbies-taking-back-me-time/

Women with care duties have very little "pure” leisure to themselves. Often, it is spent w/ kids or those they’re caring for. Early time-use researchers—all men—initially coded child care as leisure. They assumed women were at home having fun with the kids. https://www.thepersistent.com/women-leisure-time-hobbies-taking-back-me-time/

"Artists are tired of tech platforms that pay them virtually nothing, owned by degenerate billionaires that see all human creativity as interchangeable aesthetic wallpaper, valued only for its ability to make numbers go up. Everywhere I go, people are exhausted by the never-ending scroll, desperately wanting to reconnect with something real."

https://www.404media.co/why-i-quit-streaming-and-got-back-into-cassettes/

My reaction to cassette nostalgia is the same as my reaction to typewriter nostalgia: I still remember the giddy thrill I felt when I realized I would never have to use the damn things again

https://www.404media.co/why-i-quit-streaming-and-got-back-into-cassettes/

My reaction to cassette nostalgia is the same as my reaction to typewriter nostalgia: I still remember the giddy thrill I felt when I realized I would never have to use the damn things again

https://www.404media.co/why-i-quit-streaming-and-got-back-into-cassettes/

https://www.404media.co/why-i-quit-streaming-and-got-back-into-cassettes/

In the age of Spotify and AI slop, tapes remind us what we’re missing when we stop taking risks.

https://www.404media.co/why-i-quit-streaming-and-got-back-into-cassettes/

In the age of Spotify and AI slop, tapes remind us what we’re missing when we stop taking risks.

https://www.404media.co/why-i-quit-streaming-and-got-back-into-cassettes/

In the age of Spotify and AI slop, tapes remind us what we’re missing when we stop taking risks.

https://www.404media.co/why-i-quit-streaming-and-got-back-into-cassettes/

Why I Quit Streaming And Got Back Into Cassettes
https://www.404media.co/why-i-quit-streaming-and-got-back-into-cassettes/

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Physical media FTW!

In the age of Spotify and AI slop, tapes remind us what we’re missing when we stop taking risks.

https://www.404media.co/why-i-quit-streaming-and-got-back-into-cassettes/

I loved this article

https://www.404media.co/why-i-quit-streaming-and-got-back-into-cassettes/

The Bear, right on the button on racism, Nigel Farage & ReformUK:

'The question isn’t whether [Farage] was a rancid little racist at sixteen, it’s how he came to build a political brand that so successfully normalises suspicion, resentment and exclusion - and how he is still able to act so terribly wounded (and get away with it) when the people that are attracted to that brand express it too honestly'!

Reform is an infrastructure for racism!

#racism #politics

https://www.bearlypolitics.co.uk/p/reform-uk-doesnt-just-have-a-racism

The Bear, right on the button on racism, Nigel Farage & ReformUK:

'The question isn’t whether [Farage] was a rancid little racist at sixteen, it’s how he came to build a political brand that so successfully normalises suspicion, resentment and exclusion - and how he is still able to act so terribly wounded (and get away with it) when the people that are attracted to that brand express it too honestly'!

Reform is an infrastructure for racism!

#racism #politics

https://www.bearlypolitics.co.uk/p/reform-uk-doesnt-just-have-a-racism

#ReformUK #Farage #UKPolitics #Racism
https://www.bearlypolitics.co.uk/p/reform-uk-doesnt-just-have-a-racism

The Bear, right on the button on racism, Nigel Farage & ReformUK:

'The question isn’t whether [Farage] was a rancid little racist at sixteen, it’s how he came to build a political brand that so successfully normalises suspicion, resentment and exclusion - and how he is still able to act so terribly wounded (and get away with it) when the people that are attracted to that brand express it too honestly'!

Reform is an infrastructure for racism!

#racism #politics

https://www.bearlypolitics.co.uk/p/reform-uk-doesnt-just-have-a-racism

The Bear, right on the button on racism, Nigel Farage & ReformUK:

'The question isn’t whether [Farage] was a rancid little racist at sixteen, it’s how he came to build a political brand that so successfully normalises suspicion, resentment and exclusion - and how he is still able to act so terribly wounded (and get away with it) when the people that are attracted to that brand express it too honestly'!

Reform is an infrastructure for racism!

#racism #politics

https://www.bearlypolitics.co.uk/p/reform-uk-doesnt-just-have-a-racism

The Bear, right on the button on racism, Nigel Farage & ReformUK:

'The question isn’t whether [Farage] was a rancid little racist at sixteen, it’s how he came to build a political brand that so successfully normalises suspicion, resentment and exclusion - and how he is still able to act so terribly wounded (and get away with it) when the people that are attracted to that brand express it too honestly'!

Reform is an infrastructure for racism!

#racism #politics

https://www.bearlypolitics.co.uk/p/reform-uk-doesnt-just-have-a-racism

The Bear, right on the button on racism, Nigel Farage & ReformUK:

'The question isn’t whether [Farage] was a rancid little racist at sixteen, it’s how he came to build a political brand that so successfully normalises suspicion, resentment and exclusion - and how he is still able to act so terribly wounded (and get away with it) when the people that are attracted to that brand express it too honestly'!

Reform is an infrastructure for racism!

#racism #politics

https://www.bearlypolitics.co.uk/p/reform-uk-doesnt-just-have-a-racism

"[Reform's] entire offer now rests on the premise that Britain has been weakened, diluted, betrayed or changed from the glorious nation it once was - and that the people that have done so are always someone else. Immigrants. Minorities. Activists. Liberals. Lefties. The woke. Sometimes obliquely jews. Often Muslims. Black people from time to time. Every now and again it’s all of the above"

Good from the Bear on Farage and Reform.

#ReformUK #Farage #UKPolitics #Racism
https://www.bearlypolitics.co.uk/p/reform-uk-doesnt-just-have-a-racism

The Bear, right on the button on racism, Nigel Farage & ReformUK:

'The question isn’t whether [Farage] was a rancid little racist at sixteen, it’s how he came to build a political brand that so successfully normalises suspicion, resentment and exclusion - and how he is still able to act so terribly wounded (and get away with it) when the people that are attracted to that brand express it too honestly'!

Reform is an infrastructure for racism!

#racism #politics

https://www.bearlypolitics.co.uk/p/reform-uk-doesnt-just-have-a-racism

The Bear, right on the button on racism, Nigel Farage & ReformUK:

'The question isn’t whether [Farage] was a rancid little racist at sixteen, it’s how he came to build a political brand that so successfully normalises suspicion, resentment and exclusion - and how he is still able to act so terribly wounded (and get away with it) when the people that are attracted to that brand express it too honestly'!

Reform is an infrastructure for racism!

#racism #politics

https://www.bearlypolitics.co.uk/p/reform-uk-doesnt-just-have-a-racism

Russia incinerates birthplace of famous Christmas song https://www.counteroffensive.news/p/russia-incinerates-birthplace-of

Good morning to readers; #Kyiv remains in Ukrainian hands.
#Pokrovsk, birthplace of 'Carol of the Bells', is being destroyed by Russian fire.

That’s where Father Oleksandr built his church while working night shifts in the mines. But today, his city, and his church, are in ruins. https://www.counteroffensive.news/p/russia-incinerates-birthplace-of

Good morning to readers; #Kyiv remains in Ukrainian hands.
#Pokrovsk, birthplace of 'Carol of the Bells', is being destroyed by Russian fire.

That’s where Father Oleksandr built his church while working night shifts in the mines. But today, his city, and his church, are in ruins. https://www.counteroffensive.news/p/russia-incinerates-birthplace-of

Good morning to readers; #Kyiv remains in Ukrainian hands.
#Pokrovsk, birthplace of 'Carol of the Bells', is being destroyed by Russian fire.

That’s where Father Oleksandr built his church while working night shifts in the mines. But today, his city, and his church, are in ruins. https://www.counteroffensive.news/p/russia-incinerates-birthplace-of

Good morning to readers; #Kyiv remains in Ukrainian hands.
#Pokrovsk, birthplace of 'Carol of the Bells', is being destroyed by Russian fire.

That’s where Father Oleksandr built his church while working night shifts in the mines. But today, his city, and his church, are in ruins. https://www.counteroffensive.news/p/russia-incinerates-birthplace-of

Good morning to readers; #Kyiv remains in Ukrainian hands.
#Pokrovsk, birthplace of 'Carol of the Bells', is being destroyed by Russian fire.

That’s where Father Oleksandr built his church while working night shifts in the mines. But today, his city, and his church, are in ruins. https://www.counteroffensive.news/p/russia-incinerates-birthplace-of

Good morning to readers; #Kyiv remains in Ukrainian hands.
#Pokrovsk, birthplace of 'Carol of the Bells', is being destroyed by Russian fire.

That’s where Father Oleksandr built his church while working night shifts in the mines. But today, his city, and his church, are in ruins. https://www.counteroffensive.news/p/russia-incinerates-birthplace-of

https://www.counteroffensive.news/p/russia-incinerates-birthplace-of

Good morning to readers; #Kyiv remains in Ukrainian hands.
#Pokrovsk, birthplace of 'Carol of the Bells', is being destroyed by Russian fire.

That’s where Father Oleksandr built his church while working night shifts in the mines. But today, his city, and his church, are in ruins. https://www.counteroffensive.news/p/russia-incinerates-birthplace-of

Good morning to readers; #Kyiv remains in Ukrainian hands.
#Pokrovsk, birthplace of 'Carol of the Bells', is being destroyed by Russian fire.

That’s where Father Oleksandr built his church while working night shifts in the mines. But today, his city, and his church, are in ruins. https://www.counteroffensive.news/p/russia-incinerates-birthplace-of

Hier is ie: https://berthub.eu/articles/posts/the-european-cloud-2025/

So how about Europe's cloud woes? A lot happened in 2025, and things became much clearer. We truly can't continue to wed our governments to 🇺🇸 clouds. While there are encouraging developments, it is incredibly odd that neither cloud buyers nor the European 🇪🇺 software/hosting industry are seeing the urgency to act. But, governments & regulators could forge a useful path towards a solution in 2026:
https://berthub.eu/articles/posts/the-european-cloud-2025/

So how about Europe's cloud woes? A lot happened in 2025, and things became much clearer. We truly can't continue to wed our governments to 🇺🇸 clouds. While there are encouraging developments, it is incredibly odd that neither cloud buyers nor the European 🇪🇺 software/hosting industry are seeing the urgency to act. But, governments & regulators could forge a useful path towards a solution in 2026:
https://berthub.eu/articles/posts/the-european-cloud-2025/

So how about Europe's cloud woes? A lot happened in 2025, and things became much clearer. We truly can't continue to wed our governments to 🇺🇸 clouds. While there are encouraging developments, it is incredibly odd that neither cloud buyers nor the European 🇪🇺 software/hosting industry are seeing the urgency to act. But, governments & regulators could forge a useful path towards a solution in 2026:
https://berthub.eu/articles/posts/the-european-cloud-2025/

Hier is ie: https://berthub.eu/articles/posts/the-european-cloud-2025/

So how about Europe's cloud woes? A lot happened in 2025, and things became much clearer. We truly can't continue to wed our governments to 🇺🇸 clouds. While there are encouraging developments, it is incredibly odd that neither cloud buyers nor the European 🇪🇺 software/hosting industry are seeing the urgency to act. But, governments & regulators could forge a useful path towards a solution in 2026:
https://berthub.eu/articles/posts/the-european-cloud-2025/

So how about Europe's cloud woes? A lot happened in 2025, and things became much clearer. We truly can't continue to wed our governments to 🇺🇸 clouds. While there are encouraging developments, it is incredibly odd that neither cloud buyers nor the European 🇪🇺 software/hosting industry are seeing the urgency to act. But, governments & regulators could forge a useful path towards a solution in 2026:
https://berthub.eu/articles/posts/the-european-cloud-2025/

So how about Europe's cloud woes? A lot happened in 2025, and things became much clearer. We truly can't continue to wed our governments to 🇺🇸 clouds. While there are encouraging developments, it is incredibly odd that neither cloud buyers nor the European 🇪🇺 software/hosting industry are seeing the urgency to act. But, governments & regulators could forge a useful path towards a solution in 2026:
https://berthub.eu/articles/posts/the-european-cloud-2025/

So how about Europe's cloud woes? A lot happened in 2025, and things became much clearer. We truly can't continue to wed our governments to 🇺🇸 clouds. While there are encouraging developments, it is incredibly odd that neither cloud buyers nor the European 🇪🇺 software/hosting industry are seeing the urgency to act. But, governments & regulators could forge a useful path towards a solution in 2026:
https://berthub.eu/articles/posts/the-european-cloud-2025/

So how about Europe's cloud woes? A lot happened in 2025, and things became much clearer. We truly can't continue to wed our governments to 🇺🇸 clouds. While there are encouraging developments, it is incredibly odd that neither cloud buyers nor the European 🇪🇺 software/hosting industry are seeing the urgency to act. But, governments & regulators could forge a useful path towards a solution in 2026:
https://berthub.eu/articles/posts/the-european-cloud-2025/

"The main way the genocide has been actively supported by our democracies is less the flow of weapons and intelligence to Israel, important as these are, than the organised repression and punishment of everyone who dared to call attention to events in Gaza or offer criticism of Israel and its conduct"

#Israel #Gaza #Genocide
Gaza: The Reckoning - by Bruno Maçães - World Builders
https://brunomacaes.substack.com/p/gaza-the-reckoning

"The main way the genocide has been actively supported by our democracies is less the flow of weapons and intelligence to Israel, important as these are, than the organised repression and punishment of everyone who dared to call attention to events in Gaza or offer criticism of Israel and its conduct"

#Israel #Gaza #Genocide
Gaza: The Reckoning - by Bruno Maçães - World Builders
https://brunomacaes.substack.com/p/gaza-the-reckoning

"The main way the genocide has been actively supported by our democracies is less the flow of weapons and intelligence to Israel, important as these are, than the organised repression and punishment of everyone who dared to call attention to events in Gaza or offer criticism of Israel and its conduct"

#Israel #Gaza #Genocide
Gaza: The Reckoning - by Bruno Maçães - World Builders
https://brunomacaes.substack.com/p/gaza-the-reckoning

"The main way the genocide has been actively supported by our democracies is less the flow of weapons and intelligence to Israel, important as these are, than the organised repression and punishment of everyone who dared to call attention to events in Gaza or offer criticism of Israel and its conduct"

#Israel #Gaza #Genocide
Gaza: The Reckoning - by Bruno Maçães - World Builders
https://brunomacaes.substack.com/p/gaza-the-reckoning

#Israel #Gaza #Genocide
Gaza: The Reckoning - by Bruno Maçães - World Builders
https://brunomacaes.substack.com/p/gaza-the-reckoning

"The main way the genocide has been actively supported by our democracies is less the flow of weapons and intelligence to Israel, important as these are, than the organised repression and punishment of everyone who dared to call attention to events in Gaza or offer criticism of Israel and its conduct"

#Israel #Gaza #Genocide
Gaza: The Reckoning - by Bruno Maçães - World Builders
https://brunomacaes.substack.com/p/gaza-the-reckoning

"The main way the genocide has been actively supported by our democracies is less the flow of weapons and intelligence to Israel, important as these are, than the organised repression and punishment of everyone who dared to call attention to events in Gaza or offer criticism of Israel and its conduct"

#Israel #Gaza #Genocide
Gaza: The Reckoning - by Bruno Maçães - World Builders
https://brunomacaes.substack.com/p/gaza-the-reckoning

https://brunomacaes.substack.com/p/gaza-the-reckoning

#EUPol #USPol #UKPol #Gaza #Genocide #Media #Politics #Palestine

"The main way the genocide has been actively supported by our democracies is less the flow of weapons and intelligence to Israel, important as these are, than the organised repression and punishment of everyone who dared to call attention to events in Gaza or offer criticism of Israel and its conduct"

#Israel #Gaza #Genocide
Gaza: The Reckoning - by Bruno Maçães - World Builders
https://brunomacaes.substack.com/p/gaza-the-reckoning

"The main way the genocide has been actively supported by our democracies is less the flow of weapons and intelligence to Israel, important as these are, than the organised repression and punishment of everyone who dared to call attention to events in Gaza or offer criticism of Israel and its conduct"

#Israel #Gaza #Genocide
Gaza: The Reckoning - by Bruno Maçães - World Builders
https://brunomacaes.substack.com/p/gaza-the-reckoning

I started to write a year-end review - but it hasn’t been a normal year. https://werd.io/2025-in-review-an-interesting-year/

I started to write a year-end review - but it hasn’t been a normal year. https://werd.io/2025-in-review-an-interesting-year/

I started to write a year-end review - but it hasn’t been a normal year. https://werd.io/2025-in-review-an-interesting-year/

I broke a personal role in publishing this review of the year. Still, it’s a good reflection of how I’ve been feeling about the confluence of fascism, centralized tech as an instrument of power, attacks on journalism, and the glimmers of light that provide enough hope to hang onto. https://werd.io/2025-in-review-an-interesting-year/

I broke a personal role in publishing this review of the year. Still, it’s a good reflection of how I’ve been feeling about the confluence of fascism, centralized tech as an instrument of power, attacks on journalism, and the glimmers of light that provide enough hope to hang onto. https://werd.io/2025-in-review-an-interesting-year/

I broke a personal role in publishing this review of the year. Still, it’s a good reflection of how I’ve been feeling about the confluence of fascism, centralized tech as an instrument of power, attacks on journalism, and the glimmers of light that provide enough hope to hang onto. https://werd.io/2025-in-review-an-interesting-year/

I broke a personal role in publishing this review of the year. Still, it’s a good reflection of how I’ve been feeling about the confluence of fascism, centralized tech as an instrument of power, attacks on journalism, and the glimmers of light that provide enough hope to hang onto. https://werd.io/2025-in-review-an-interesting-year/

Labour is living in a fool’s paradise if it thinks it has plenty of time to turn Britain around | Larry Elliott
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#EconomicGrowth(gdp)MEWS #EconomicsMEWS #BusinessMEWS #PoliticsMEWS #UkNewsMEWS #LabourMEWS #EconomicPolicyMEWS #MEWS
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Going into 2026, the economy has little forward momentum. And there’s the issue that things may get worse before they get better ...

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/dec/24/labour-british-economy-2026-worse

Labour is living in a fool’s paradise if it thinks it has plenty of time to turn Britain around | Larry Elliott https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/dec/24/labour-british-economy-2026-worse #Economicgrowth(GDP) #Economicpolicy #Economics #Business #Politics #UKnews #Labour

Yet another column on Britain's economic woes from Larry "Lexit" Elliot that manages not to mention the words "Brexit", "Europe", or "EU". Why would that be, Larry?

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/dec/24/labour-british-economy-2026-worse

Yet another column on Britain's economic woes from Larry "Lexit" Elliot that manages not to mention the words "Brexit", "Europe", or "EU". Why would that be, Larry?

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/dec/24/labour-british-economy-2026-worse

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/dec/24/labour-british-economy-2026-worse

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/dec/24/labour-british-economy-2026-worse