I'm biased toward Bluesky because it's where for the first time in years I've had an enjoyable social media experience, but I also like the idea that if the protocol it's created with builds out like they hope, social media will be more resistant to rich dude fuckery www.wired.com/story/big-in...

🩺 Mental Health Awareness Month: A Moment for Us 👉Burnout, a culture of silence & fatigue are at an all-time high. 👉Let’s give ourselves permission to take a break, ask for help, set boundaries. 👉Let’s normalize #mentalhealth for the people who hold up the system. #MentalHealthAwarenessMonth

Pope Leo XIV celebrated his first Mass as leader of the Catholic Church in the Sistine Chapel, a day after he was elected the first American pontiff by the papal conclave. Follow along for live updates:

“Science has no passport, no gender, no ethnicity, no political party.” EC President Ursula von der Leyen, announcing a €500M initiative to attract top global talent. In a fractured world, science remains a unifying force – rooted in diversity, driven by curiosity, and shared by all humanity.

We rank 9th on billing, and Health Equity yet we pay outrageous CEO salaries. And we literally work physicians to death while they fight for every penny. We need to take a page from the UK! www.cnn.com/2024/09/19/h...

Every generation has its defining test. This is ours. Don’t burn out – pace yourself, live your life, and keep pushing. We’re the torchbearers now. adamkinzinger.substack.com/p/keep-your-...

I’m using the Meta boycott this week for a time of SoMe app cleansing. I’m down to four. Anyone else?

the literary cycle is a beautiful thing: step 1: traumatized writer step 2: traumatized characters (but worse) step 3: traumatized reader (recommends it to friends so they too can be traumatized) step 4: repeat steps 1 through 3

Anyone, any entity, anywhere in the world can just pay him any amount (for anything he promises in return), and there's no disclosure of the payments, no oversight of any of it by anyone, and of course no potential bribery prosecution (of him) because... immune. www.nytimes.com/2024/11/24/u...

BE FREE, PEOPLE

Others have noted it but I will too: The big reason Bluesky is so hot right now is that the people who add value to social media - the frequent posters in specific fields - are here now, talking to each other and creating the "spectator value" that draws users and attention.

The ignorance of one voter in a democracy impairs the security of all. (John F. Kennedy)(Google photo) Happy Wednesday, everyone.

Who is the landlord of this blue sky app? Hopefully it’s not a secret bird project.

New art challenge: Draw for an hour a day INSTEAD OF doomscrolling on socials for an hour a day. Who's in?

Would you like to play a game?

Librarians moving dystopian novels to the nonfiction shelves.