Why Isn’t Meta Regulated? As a broadcaster, I’ve spent decades working inside regulated media systems.

Are we being trained by social media?
Not just influenced—but conditioned.
If so, why isn’t Meta regulated like a broadcaster?
After what I saw on Facebook this morning I felt compelled to write this. donshafer1.substack.com/p/why-isnt-m...

Archive - Don Shafer Full archive of all the posts from Don Shafer.

I've started a Substack page where I write about language, media, and the fragile work of conversation in a polarized world. I’m interested less in winning arguments than in understanding what keeps conversations alive when they matter most.

donshafer1.substack.com/archive

Andy) Hoffman's newest book was released yesterday, "Business School and the Noble Purpose of the Market: Correcting the Systemic Failures of Shareholder Capitalism." In this episode we talk about why business education needs a reset. I hope you can join us. www.spreaker.com/episode/andr...

Deer Hunting with Jesus Joe Bageant 2007 It isn’t often that I’m bushwhacked by a book, but Joe Bageant’s social analysis Deer Hunting with Jesus: Dispatches from America’s Class War was a real amb…

This is a book I came to late and find it more timely than ever. Particularly if you interested in “difference” in the US as well as Canada. ronbc2.wordpress.com/2012/08/22/d...

Celebrating Betty’s Birthday in the desert.

Buffy Sainte-Marie's Order of Canada terminated by Governor General | CBC News The federal government's official publication posted the notice Friday evening, indicating that Governor General Mary Simon ordered the termination of Sainte-Marie's appointment on Jan. 3.

Actually they did many times: www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

I'm going to post this video every day so we never forget INSURRECTIONIST TRUMP!

Temporary Foreign Workers Report An Amnesty International report finds Canada's temporary foreign workers are underpaid and suffer verbal, physical, sexual and psychological abuse.

This is unsettling and I hope it gets the attention and action it deserves. amnesty.ca/temporary-fo...

I am investing in Canada. #buyCanadian

I took a break from writing today and did a little doom scrolling and can’t believe what’s going on in the US. Is this picture AI?

@powerfulpodcasting.bsky.social so how the heck are you? What’s going on in your world. Write or maybe a Zoom call to catch up?

Hello from the west coast of Canada. My inaugural post of a traumatic day in history. I’ve been off Twitter since Musk bought it and happy to find this alternative thanks to Rachel.
Hoping that Mastodon may prove an alternative to FB to lower my time on Meta platforms and their advertising rates.

For my American family and friends. www.facebook.com/share/r/19jS...