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@fiberghost Thanks for the feedback Ahmed! Means a lot. And good to know the RSS feed works :)
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@fiberghost Hi Ahmed! Wow you were quick in noticing this post. Just minutes after I published I received word that another publisher wished to publish on their platform, giving me more viewers. So I unpublished. It's out Monday and I will redirect this link to that page. 🙏 Thank you.
Following upon the experienced relief of leaving Facebook, my next step is leaving Instagram. I know I will feel as much relief as leaving FB, but it's still emotionally taxing. Human brains are weird.
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@jakobper Thinking of how Facebook works as well, yes. But just to be clear, while there are several schools that have banned the book, it is still on the curriculum of most schools and a regular recommended read during #BannedBooksWeek
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@Mochievous Love this. When I started experimenting with text-to-speech on my blog I realised how much it revealed about lapses in tempo and punctuation.
Having the text read aloud helped me improve the text. I gather I could really benefit from reading aloud _during_ as well.
Thanks!
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@Acuity_Design And choosing red letters would allude to the dripping of blood. But they chose white...
I want to believe that everything in this poster ad was on purpose, and a nod to Sweden...
Non-Marvel people: Knull is a villain and deity responsible for the destruction and corruption of entire civilizations across the universe.
villains.fandom.com/wiki/Knull x.com/axbom/status/1…
We've got @TheLocalSweden coming to the rescue and explaining the Swedish word "knull".
thelocal.se/20200702/swedi…
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@Acuity_Design This poster ad, complete with the word choice and the font choice, really made me do a double-take. 😂
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@jakobper When it comes to the US, references to masturbation, profanity and drugs is often enough. There are apparently several scenes referencing masturbation, his artist neighbor walks around naked and the word ”fuck” is used.
The novel Flowers for Algernon had a profound impact on me when I read it in school, more than 30 years ago. It gave me important perspectives on ableism and prejudice. It nurtured my compassion. Made me cry.
I was sadly unaware of how many US schools have banned it.
Flowers for Algernon was number 43 on the American Library Association's list of the 100 Most Frequently Challenged Books of 1990-1999.
I found this upsetting. But it reminded me to talk about the book more. And make a note to re-read it.
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@Augmentedrobot @JesperBylund I can truly recommend @TheEconomist. I also support @The_Corres.
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@Scott_Matter Good call. This definitely works better. I'll have to reflect a bit on it.
Great conversation with Jesper about 'fact-based reporting' this morning. I'm glad he called it out. x.com/JesperBylund/s…
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@JesperBylund @snopes Agree about separating facts and morals. In that wording I meant that 'fact-based' _sounds_ like the moral path.
I like your reference to perspective-based. I'm closing in on connotations like honest, transparent and reflective. These make more sense.
@JesperBylund @snopes Also, this conversation reminds me why I fell in love with social media back in the day. The possibility for conversation around posts.
I feel like the conversations are drowning but I should be more intent on nurturing them.
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@JesperBylund @snopes Yes. And I really see what you mean. 'Fact-based reporting' is a term that sounds grounded in morality but lacks the nuances we've just discussed.
The question is, is there a better term for what I'm after, or is everything misinformation to a lesser or greater degree? 😁
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@JesperBylund @snopes Agree. This is a good thing. As an example, advertisers pulling out of FB for some reason:
* They are acting on moral values.
* They found a perfect time for "ethics-washing" because nobody is buying anything now and ads make no sense.
* Peer pressure.
These are the narratives.
@JesperBylund @snopes For me then, fact-based reporting would be based on the fact that advertisers are pulling out, but also be open to the many reasons this is happening. Or at least reporting company statements as narratives and not as truth. I see different journos do this better or worse.
@JesperBylund @snopes But yes, stating any of the narratives as fact would be wrong. As would be not following up on whether they actually do pull out.
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@JesperBylund When I say 'fact-based reporting' I am referring to reporting of events that actually happened, in contrast to purposely misleading info. This is why services like @snopes play a role.
I of course agree that everything is a narrative :)
”These tools give those controlling and co-ordinating millions or even billions of computers the monopolistic power to analyse or shape communities or countries, or even to change individual behaviour — without any individual’s data leaving their phone.” theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
First imagine how easy it would be for misinformation to spread without FB and Twitter.
Then imagine how easy it would be for fact-based reporting to spread without FB and Twitter.
It's of course not as easy as that, but I found it an interesting thought experiment.
My reflections around this always end up in reasonings around friction.
We need friction. Friction makes us think. Friction helps us question our choices, so that we may make better ones.
But right now many are drowning in passivity, egotism, and pleasure. In a sea of irrelevance.
Huxley likely had it more right than Orwell.
But no, we're not all the way there yet.
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