This tale from a deeply unreliable, envy-driven narrator is more of a sharp satire of liberal racism than its publishing industry setting. It's at its least compelling when discussing Twitter drama, but there's ample snark just underneath each turn of phrase, and more than enough ratcheting tension to have kept me turning the pages. #Fiction
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Scientists are fleeing X for Mastodon, citing far-right science denialism - and far-right hate in general. I don't exactly know what Musk thinks he's going to be left with after all this. #Technology
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Simon Willison's Datasette now has a SaaS version that saves you having to install or set anything up. This is perfect for smaller newsrooms and orgs that are technically stretched but want to analyze data. I'm excited to see where he goes with it. #Technology
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Genuinely brilliant. StreetPass finds the Mastodon accounts of people whose websites you browse, allowing you to check out their accounts and follow if you're interested. I love it. #Technology
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A great, short guide to writing alt text to support data visualization from Jasmine Mithani. #Technology
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Really, truly: there is no good reason for any media company or publisher to still be posting on X. #Technology
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Always a good sign when a democratic movement wants to win through the will of the people rather than through obstructive election fraud. #Democracy
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This is a worthwhile project, and would be a major win for freedom of expression and freedom from surveillance. I'd love to see more of my higher education friends take part. #Technology
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The NYT's new terms disallow use of its content to develop any new software application, including machine learning and AI systems. It's a shame that this has to be explicit, rather than a blanket right afforded to publishers by default, but it's a sensible clause that many more will be including. #AI
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I've been really enjoying this. It does have the unfortunate effect of reducing the time you spend faffing with slide design and font choices, which means you actually have to write the substance of your presentation. Curses! Still, despite its attempts to thwart my procrastination, it's beautifully designed and perfect for the way I think. #Productivity
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It's truly beautiful to see Threads begin to embrace indieweb and federated social web protocols. This is a first step; true federation is, I've been assured, coming. #Technology
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We’ve seen the United Nations share their biometric registration of Rohingya refugees with the Myanmar government without their consent. A private company that subcontracts services in other countries makes accountability very difficult when there are rights violations.” #Technology
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Smuggling naked bigotry through bills that must pass to keep the government working is a deeply underhanded tactic. It's hard to see the modern Republican Party as anything other than a party of exclusion, catering to the dregs of the twentieth century who desperately don't want to see the world change around them. #Democracy
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