Extremely relevant to the “Is Bluesky Dying” debate.
"To put it bluntly, an X post today receives less than 3% of the views a single tweet delivered seven years ago."
If you think it is necessary to be on Twitter to communicate your fact-based worldview, the reality is that worldview is being smothered.
This is a great read. I wish the article was more explicit in what prompts they used since they acknowledged it gave different results. Beyond showing the methods, it would be helpful for media literacy.
don't really know if the millenials attempting to rise to meet the moment will actually get to take control before the boomer irreversibly blow up the entire planet, but i'm grateful for all of us who appear to actually grasp what's at stake and are acting accordingly
I appreciated this reflection. I keep trying to just journal my thoughts and exchanges with friends this week, but attempts are constantly interrupted by responsibilities that feel trite in this moment.
Is social media dying? How much did Twitter change as it became X? Which party now dominates the conversation?
Using nationally representative ANES data from 2020 & 2024, I map how the U.S. social media landscape has changed
Here are the key take-aways 🧵
Full paper out now in in JQD:DM!
In essence, and this is really important to understand, Trump and Israel's war has ended up delivering Iran de facto sanctions relief.
This means that Iran is all the less incentivized to end the war, unless the agreement provides Iran with formal sanctions relief.
Terrifying, genocidal threats. How long can allies continue to treat the US as anything but criminal?
Organised workers are the greatest threat to big tech.
If workers organise, they can prove that tech companies aren’t all-powerful monoliths floating above the real economy.
Like all corporations, they need labour to survive.
And labour can fight back.
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One year after our original Guardian essay, Naomi Klein and I are excited to reveal the North American cover of our forthcoming book END TIMES FASCISM - and the Fight for the Living World. It will be on bookshelves on September 15th and is available for pre-order. More details below. bit.ly/4cbLfEr
