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@JennyTheolin That’s a great tip Jenny, thanks! I should find someone to interview there.
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Looking to put together a reading/reference list (for my blog) on the history of African design. I’m interested in the whole continent though I have special interest in Liberia/Ivory Coast and Tanzania/Kenya. Any tips, links, clues, thoughts are hugely appreciated.
I appreciate this classic quote by Brian Eno: ”The problem with computers is that there is not enough Africa in them.”
grapheine.com/en/graphic-des…
Interview with @Xeunbadejo:
The Future of UX Design in Nigeria: Rooted in History and Culture
builtinafrica.io/blog-post/seun…
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@JontyFairless @CatherineRwork Excellent to hear Jonty! If you feel like experimenting more you may want to have a look at my draft of the next iteration: x.com/axbom/status/1…
1. You may have seen Sweden got its first female prime minister today. In a turmoil of political events this is not strictly true.
~ 10am today parliament voted to accept her as prime minister. 6 hours later parliament voted to accept the budget of the opposition(!) parties.
2. After this the green party (Miljöpartiet) announced they would take leave of the government (which was part of the government base that social democrat leader Magdalena Andersson was running with). Reason: refusal to rule with a right-wing budget.
3. Common practice is to resign and have a new vote for prime minister if the government base changes. Which is what Magdalena Andersson did, just 7 hours after she was voted prime minister(!)
Formally, she never took office as prime minister.
4. In Sweden the prime minister takes office at a cabinet meeting chaired by the head of state, Sweden's king. This is known as "skifteskonselj".
It usually takes place within a few days after the vote.
5. As the speaker of the parliament now again has to prepare for a vote for prime minister, Magdalena Andersson's predecessor Stefan Löfvén continues as prime minister for the transitional government.
6. It seems likely Andersson will be voted prime minister again, this time running on a single-party base, without the green party.
But nothing is set yet, not even when and if such a vote will happen. And given this unbelievable day in Swedish politics, expect the unexpected.
7. What we do know is that whatever happens the budget has passed, so if she is voted prime minister a second time she is still a social democrat running the country on a budget proposal by the right-wing coalition.
What a day. 😮
8. How does this happen you ask? Well that's a longer story, but a contributing factor is 8(!) parties in parliament and an extremely close call between blocks, blocks that are unpredictably shifting in constellation and various parties growing tired of compromising.
9. Pertinent to the big picture: Our general election is next year. This is all going on because Stefan Löfvén resigned before the end of his term.
10. When I say parliament in this thread, this refers to Sweden's Riksdag. Read more about the workings here if you're curious:
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riksdag
11. The whole ordeal is explained well by @TheLocalSweden here:
thelocal.se/20211124/break…
12. Political scientists are agreeing that Magdalena Andersson did not become Sweden's first female prime minister, yet. The meeting with the king was planned for Friday.
Wikipedia has changed overnight and now appears correct. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magdalena…
13. Speaker of the Riksdag, Andreas Norlén, has today again nominated Magdalena Andersson for prime minister. The vote will take place on Monday, November 29.
After having spoken to all party leaders his understanding is that everyone will vote the same way they did yesterday.
14. A minute ago Magdalena Andersson was voted (again) prime minister of Sweden.
15. The plan now is that she will take office tomorrow, November 30, during the "skifteskonselj" with the king of Sweden.
I think this is the first poem in English I've written in 27 years. It can only get better from here😊. It was based on its preceding tweet. x.com/axbom/status/1…
Fourth time I’ve read this thread by Sophie Zhang. It‘s so powerful. twitter.com/szhang_ds/status/14206…
When you've spent long periods of time away from monitors and happen to walk down a street and glance in at all the people in rows staring at screens...
It's just so very, very off.
Obsessed by the Looking-Glass.
↪ Replying to @NateRothstein
@NateRothstein @benthompson Thanks Nate! I think I get it now :)
It's always my worry that if we use language to separate people from their embodiment and space the risk is always greater of treating them as cogs rather than complex beings with complex needs.
@NateRothstein @benthompson I do realise this is not at all what Ben intends (I'm a fan) so I really wanted to explore the premise of the statement as I was seeing it in several places in my feeds.
If you're making it hard to opt out, you don't believe in your own product. If you don't believe in your own product, why should anyone else?
↪ Replying to @benthompson
@benthompson Thanks for responding Ben. I realise the weakness of not having heard the full context of the quote. Not sure I still get it though. From my perspective work _is_ affected by the physical location, and hence often very relevant. Not acknowledging this removes significant info.
The fact that you're at home can matter sooo much. Ergonomics, connection speed, annoyances, solitude, loneliness, getting chores done in breaks. Managing child dropoffs and pickups. Food/transport savings.
Not sure why it's important to de-emphasise "home"? @benthompson x.com/mpv/status/146…
“Rio calls them micro-entrepreneurs. In the most extreme scenario, she’s seen individuals manage as many as 11,000 Facebook accounts on their own.”
Brilliant reporting. Follow the money. x.com/_KarenHao/stat…
Obviously, read the book. But this is also an invaluable thread by Abeba. x.com/Abebab/status/…
↪ Replying to @KeyaArati
@KeyaArati Thanks Keya. I also have a paid subscription to Spotify. My question concerns those who have access to pay a subscription fee for premium podcasts in Spotify.
support.spotify.com/us/article/pod…
Do I know anyone with a paid subscription to a podcast on Spotify who could clarify if this is an opt-in situation in the purchase process? x.com/NiemanLab/stat…
↪ Replying to @lillerik
@lillerik @nikkelin Om man blir betalande prenumerant på en podd, så är det sannolikt i köp-ögonblicket som man får godkänna detta?
Jag missförstod detta först och trodde att bara man följde en podd så delades information. Så verkar inte vara fallet.
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@beantin @NiemanLab So you mean subscriber indicates that it is someone paying for that podcast specifically?
↪ Replying to @DorotheaBaur
@DorotheaBaur I publish on my own website. In fact, I often require the possibility for me to publish "the thing" on my own website after some time. Too much content has a tendency to disappear after a few years. I want that control back.
A bot I’m following. x.com/citizenbrowser…
I’m sometimes asked about the overlap of ethics and accessibility. Simple answer: it’s perfectly possible to make an unethical website accessible.
Ironically, it would be unethical to not make the unethical website accessible.
We all have the same right to be bamboozled.