Naomi Novik's Scholomance trilogy
I think people have picked up "enshittification" to mean basically anything they don't like, anything that maybe inconveniences them, and it dulls the meaning of the word. For example I think paywalls are a societal problem, but not enshittification—they're a reaction to a broken economic structure
On Twitter, the questions are “is climate change real?” And not “how do we stop it?” In Twitter it’s “how many trans people really mean it and deserve to live as themselves?” Here it’s “how do we protect people being targeted by a clear pogrom.” They are admittedly different, but better, questions.
Forgive me for engaging here, but I think what you’re experiencing is a place that has just evolved past the last 15 years of Debate Me culture. Twitter, to me, is a place where people are still debating whether The Problems are real, as to not do anything about it, stuck in a spiral forever.
"(They) didn’t quit when he mocked school shooting survivors and rape victims, or when he called LGBTQ+ people ‘filth’ and fantasized about returning to a time when women couldn’t vote. They knew who he was. They’re resigning now because everyone knows who he is”-Zach Finley, prez NC Young Democrats
In his first public appearance since Thursday’s CNN report, Robinson spent several minutes Saturday evening speaking and leading a prayer at the Fayetteville Motor Speedway.
"free speech means we hear everything in the marketplace of ideas!" what if the market place of ideas decides that nazi ideas are bad?
Her argument is *literally* that there is not enough vile racism here.
"Twitter is not back, it's just a Bluesky loyalty test"
