Social media controls the world

Burn Facebook to the ground.

Loyalty to an influencer definitely justifies a riot.

I thought for sure that was an article from The Onion.

YouiTube gangs. Just what we needed.

The dumbest timeline.

Next stop, the USA.

We are so hardwired for tribalism. We even form identities around which freaking youtubers we prefer, then resort to violence against out-groups.

Read Homo Sapiens.

Yes we are tribalistic. Very much so.

UK publishes white paper on regulating online platforms.

Interesting read on how to regulate platforms in the wake of the UK proposals, the copyright directive and Australia’s response to Christchurch. I have to say, while there’s some merit to his taxonomy, I think the ship has already sailed in most of the world. Content-based regulation of ISPs is in place in many jurisdictions and as far as I can see is here to stay, and probably become even more intrusive as in Austrlia.

Is Jack the prime example of failing upwards or just of how luck matters more than anything else in this world?

Yes.


The life of this woman is about, or probably already is… getting very hard.

the mom who hosted demanded that all the young party guests give the stuffed animals they made to her daughter

What? Wow, that’s an amazingly bad call by the mother.

I hope no one takes it out on the daughter.

#mybeartoo (sorry)

It makes me uneasy when Reddit comments get run as news stories on TV.

I was listening to some NPR show today, and the reporter was trying to describe memes posted to twitter about the Muller report. On the radio. wtf is wrong with this world?

Reminds me of Brandt the physical cartoonist from The Day Today.