@Marc_Smith

Maybe we should come up with a different term to describe what we mean by "Social Capital". Social Capital suggests that we're amassing social tokens that we can then exchange for something else of value — like cash or reputation (which can also be monetized). So much of social media has been about moving the social and the public into the Maul of America, where they exist only to the extent that they follow the rules of The Market.

@MarkMaguire

That's a wonderful image. You feel the full weight of history at Trinity Library. And it speaks to you. Like a gravestone with an inscription that reads like a DM.

@MarkMaguire

I found these photos that I took while in Dublin in Nov. 2013.

@MarkMaguire

I really loved Dublin and will return one day. My strongest memory is of the Library of Trinity College. It has a lot to tell us, especially in these (digital) days. I'd like to see other parts of Ireland, too.

My mother, she was Orange and me father, he was green.

Grammarly wants me to clean up that last sentence.

@MarkMaguire

I was in Dublin in 2013 for a Design conference.

Cumulus Dublin 2013: More for Less – Design in an Age of Austerity, College of Art and Design, Dublin, Ireland, 7-9 November 2013.

I stayed an extra couple of days and visited all the museums, galleries, and historic places I could. I kept thinking about how our sons would love it there (esp. Dublinia, the Viking Museum — they were younger then).

@MarkMaguire

I think we'd have to do a house swap and wave at each other as our planes passed over one ocean or another.

@kjhealy

Also, "Sorry to Bother You" is a really good film.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5688932/

@MarkMaguire

Proof that I once visited Dublin.

Also, I don't really mind salads.

@MarkMaguire

If we can find enough of us here we could create our own instance. I find that talking to myself leads to fewer arguments (and I always win them, anyway).

@jefftiedrich

It's called a Potlatch Ceremony.

@Anda19

The difficult work of sorting stuff out, and getting stuff done begins with open spaces and open conversations. So how can we create these spaces? How can we encourage these conversations? And how can we learn to respond, adjust and alter course in real time, as required?

We need a street we can all walk in, a river we can all swim in, a choir we can all sing in.

@Anda19

I think we’re coming to the realisation that we can’t create innovation any more than we can create a community or democracy — but we can create and support the conditions that might make it possible.

We can learn more from messy, chaotic places and processes than from polished, presentable outcomes.

@Anda19

Maybe the lights won’t just suddenly go out at Twitter, but fade imperceptibly, like in a theatre after the performance has ended, the curtains have been drawn, and we’re still sitting there, looking arounds and realising that it’s time to get up and leave.

A simple analysis of why I've been engaging with Twitter and what I might do next (sort of "thinking aloud", as I myself really don't have a plan yet).👇
https://educationalist.substack.com/p/time-to-think-beyond-the-platform

Sure, let’s talk about the loss of beer instead.

Revealed: 6,500 migrant workers have died in Qatar since World Cup awarded (Guardian, Feb. 23, 2021)

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2021/feb/23/revealed-migrant-worker-deaths-qatar-fifa-world-cup-2022

Qatar facing renewed calls to compensate migrant workers over uninvestigated deaths (Guardian, Nov. 17, 2022)

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2022/nov/17/qatar-facing-renewed-calls-to-compensate-migrant-workers-over-uninvestigated-deaths

#Qatar #QatarBoycott #QatarWC #QatarWorldCup #Qatar2022 #MigrantDeaths #MigrantWorkers #MigrantDeathsQatar #MigrantsRightsNow

@VirginiaEubanks Yes, the narrator made the text come alive. Text can be clear, convincing, and powerful. But the spoken voice goes right to the heart.

This helps to understand the effects of #PTSD on sufferers and their long-suffering caregivers.

'His PTSD, and My Struggle to Live With It:
After my partner was brutally beaten on the street, I became one of the many thousands of Americans caring for someone with post-traumatic stress disorder — and our relationship changed forever.'

by Virginia Eubanks @VirginiaEubanks in the NYT Magazine

I recommend listening to the audio version.

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/05/magazine/ptsd-trauma.html?searchResultPosition=1

Ben Jennings on #Qatar2022 #QatarWorldCup2022 #FIFAWorldCupQatar2022 #FIFA #WorldCup2022 #WorldCup - political cartoon gallery in London http://original-political-cartoon.com

I just discovered a timely book, ‘Lurking: How a Person Became a User’, by Joanne McNeil (@jomc). I’m going to order a copy from my local bookstore.

Someone shouted “Musk!” in a crowded Mall of America and everybody is heading for the exits. This is a teachable moment.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/25/books/review/joanne-mcneil-lurking.html

Some good pieces published recently about the #FTX #CryptoPlatform scandal. This one provides some helpful context.

Money From Nothing: Sam Bankman-Fried’s Crypto Shakedown:
The late crypto platform FTX was a clearinghouse of info-capitalist delusion.
— By Timi Iwayemi in The Nation (@thenation)

https://www.thenation.com/article/economy/money-from-nothing/

#SamBankmanFried #FTXscam #FTXExchange #ctypto #InfoCapitalism #EffectiveAltuism #MoneyFromNothing #MoneyForNothing