This is a very interesting read, and far more than just an average anti-tech rant (not like there's anything wrong with anti-tech rants, we need more of those, too). www.gurwinder.blog/p/how-social...

When we talk about "real life" in rural areas, what does the word "real" actually mean? Check out our chapter in this great new volume edited by @estherpeeren.bsky.social and Tjalling Valdés Olmos! brill.com/display/titl... @soc-muni.bsky.social

Oida. www.der-postillon.com/2025/06/bezo...

Nebývalé. Takže ono je možné na systémové problémy hledat systémová řešení? Měl by přijít nějaký český mluvka a vysvětlit těm Dánům, že tohle je socialismus, a že v online světě si má poradit každý sám. www.idnes.cz/zpravy/zahra...

"Zločinci se mohou spolčit, nikoliv však spřátelit." (Goya)

Data centers are the new sacrifice zones

An interesting take on the monotone of the story structure. Some interesting points (franchises as a destruction of stories) and some clichés, too (the story is patriarchal), but a great read overall! aeon.co/essays/why-d...

This, from Timothy Snyder, is definitive, on Greenland open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...

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"The most effective countermeasure is simple: tariffs for oligarchs. Countries should tie market access for foreign multinationals and billionaires to fair taxation," says @gabrielzucman.bsky.social in his latest op-ed. 👉 Read more: www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/o...

"Take his pet president, who cosplays as a business genius but who has succeeded in life largely by discovering that, first, if you are rich and white and repeat a lie long enough then people believe it and it no longer matters if it is true or not" Treat yourself here: www.the-reframe.com/the/

Může existovat veřejnoprávní sociální síť? Musí. Můj komentář v Deníku N.

„Lež není názorem, byť ji pachatel subjektivně vnímá jako pravdu“ To je docela zásadní soudní výrok, ne? Bez ohledu na tenhle konkrétní případ - tohle je docela rázný řez do "postfaktické doby": ct24.ceskatelevize.cz/clanek/domac...

Tak schválně, jaký tady bude mít text Timothyho Snydera dosah v češtině, když se Muskovi na Twitteru nelíbil anglicky. Jistěže je to puč: denikn.cz/1647061/hist...

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C.S. Lewis' advice on writing. I am a big believer in point (3): always write with your ears!

A new paper out! Stela Houserová & myself were exploring the attractiveness of rural artist residencies. We found out it's all about freedom, but what does freedom mean? Big questions and some answers here: authors.elsevier.com/a/1kPbd2eyKF... #sociology #rurality #arts

AI-generated ‘slop’ is slowly killing the internet, so why is nobody trying to stop it? | Arwa Mahdawi

“Nothing is more false than the antimony that people have often wished to establish between the authority of rules and the freedom of the individual. Liberty (by which we mean a just liberty, one for which society is duty bound to enforce respect) is itself the product of a set of rules.”

"People want to live their whole lives in emotional sweatpants". Freddie DeBoer's glorious rant about a "permission-granting culture" and, about everything that is wrong with everything these days. freddiedeboer.substack.com/p/our-produc...

Thank you for your warning, scientists. You did check our track record of heeding scientific warnings about unprecedented risks, right? www.theguardian.com/science/2024...

The Guardian view on politicians using business logic: public services aren’t startups | Editorial

Die KTM-Pleite liegt nicht an den Lohnnebenkosten und war auch nicht einfach nur Pech. @leonido.bsky.social klärt auf. www.moment.at/story/ktm-pl...

Celá debata o ČT a ČRo je úplně vedle. Krach tradičních médií ve prospěch influencerů radikálně snižuje informovanost neelit. Potřebovali bychom se bavit, jak to radikálně posílená veřejnoprávní média mohou pomoct zvrátit, ne psát memoranda, co všechno nesmí dělat a umetat cestu fašismu.

Bahenský: “Potřebujeme dobré úředníky. Na jednu stranu říkáme, že je tady velká hrozba, cizí stát se snaží penetrovat náš systém. A protiopatření stojí na lidech, kterým nabízíme 28 600 Kč hrubého.“ Hezky řečeno, zároveň smutné...

From the start of its tenure, the Czech government has been losing voters left and right. Support for Ukraine and independence from Russian gas was the last thing that bought them support from the educated urban voters - until it wasn't. www.bnnbloomberg.ca/investing/20...

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Seznam Zprávy dělaly velký článek o Generaci Z a ptaly se, co o ní vím já. Nevím toho moc, ale něco málo si můžete přečíst tady: www.seznamzpravy.cz/clanek/domac...

Happy to be back. With some good news ecpr.eu/news/news/de... so thankful 😌