Turns out these superficially-outdated practices (cursive, memorization, etc.) weren't just funzies to make #Boomers miserable, they served critical #developmentalneeds: capacity for #attentionspan, #boredom-tolerance #delayedgratification #mood-regulation, all the stuff we forgot how to do.
The @archive.org is the line between an #authoritarian #rewritinghistory, a community forgetting its #past b/c it got busy, and poverty of mind for those already in poverty. #AI #slop won't get less #sloppy because of the Archive, but I can tell you what blocking it will do. #stoptheblock
Imagine a newspaper publisher refusing to let libraries keep copies of its paper. That’s effectively what’s starting online, as big publishers block the Internet Archive from preserving news sites. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
This is not good. We are literally instituting the Brave New World/1984 IN REAL TIME all because parents won't install parental control software on their kids phones. This is crazy. Please share. www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMiV...
#ageverification #onlinesafety #censorship #dystopia #democracy #truth
"Reports that say that something hasn't happened are always interesting to me." Seems relevant for some reason these days. A refresher, folks: www.youtube.com/watch?v=REWe...
This is exactly right. Modern crime coverage does not serve us well anymore. How often do you see someone shanked as soon as you open your door to go to work? You don't? Well, Janet from Oklahoma thinks because she sees it more now in her social media feed, it's rampant. It's not.
It means we hear the sad music when he does the numbers.
We're going to hear the "wa wa" trombones later, aren't we?
The @archive.org seems to be going down quite often these days. I sincerely doubt electricity production is keeping pace with the skyrocketing demands posed by power-hungry AI data centers. I used to love dystopian fiction, before it became so lifelike. www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco...
Super excited!
Change my mind: the Internet Archive is our species most important institution. It has all the knowledge necessary for our species to return to our current level of advancement should something apocalypse-y happen. The fact every state government does not have a mirror/backup is reckless.