I get that sports fandom is a complete waste of time...and yet, that doesn't deter me! đđđ
"Wings, booze and heartbreak â what my research says about the hidden costs of sports fandom "
#AmWriting #WritersLife #WritingCommunity #AuthorLife #SciFiWriter #BookLovers #IndieAuthor #Bookish #society #sports #fandom
On Amazon, trying to find a replacement for the VESA mount for my webcam that I had to return because it didn't fit (100 mm, but my monitor is 75 mm mount), and I stumbled across some cookbooks about cooking for one or two.
Scaling recipes isn't the biggest problem. The biggest problem is overcoming depression/melancholy to bother cooking decent food, the second biggest is being able to buy appropriate package sizes for one or two. #society #loneliness #isolation #cooking #CookingForOne
Original affluent society: Anthropologist's view that hunter-gatherer societies were affluent, that people had everything they needed to live well
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Original_affluent_society
#huntergatherer #anthropology #scarcity #society #history #sahlins #graeber #+
Looks like the english #Wikipedia article for "Clanker" has been semi-protected until January 2026 due to vandalism (indicated by a lock symbol at the top right).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clanker
"Clanker is a slur for robots and [AI] software.[...]In 2025, the term became widely used to discuss distaste for machines ranging from delivery robots to large language models."
Aww, don't you like some backlash against your holy technology, lil' #AI tech bros!?
Two Unrealistic Ideas That Social Media Keeps Selling Us
1. Constant Travel
2. Quitting Your Job to Be Free
#socialmedia #psychology #sociology #society #technology #tech
"... #Convenience and ease are values that have arisen largely because the #oligarchs have nothing better to sell us. Good health care, good housing, better transportation: selling us actual improvements to #society has been deemed too expensive, and providing us with improvements on these core components of a decent life would require a real #redistribution of #wealth. They may even require a reordering of society, so theyâre off the table. In their place we get #apps that save us 5 minutes in the planning of our week, or #chatbots that save us two seconds of Googling, or #AI music apps that save us hours of learning to really make #art."
Ein Text ĂŒber Tiefe statt Tempo, darĂŒber, warum ich den Zeitgeist nicht jage, sondern lese â und wo das Einhorn tatsĂ€chlich hingehört.
đ https://whisper7.substack.com/p/zeitgeist-verstehen-statt-mitlaufen
#Philosophie #Gesellschaft #Politik #Kultur #Selbstreflexion
A piece about choosing depth over speed, understanding the zeitgeist instead of chasing it â and knowing where the unicorn belongs.
đ https://whisper7.substack.com/p/understanding-the-zeitgeist-instead
The Warriorâs Creed encapsulates a powerful message of faith, declaring that Jesus fights every battle for believers. This creed serves as a reminder that with His authority, there is no fear in facing life's challenges, as victory is assured through His strength.
#jesus #god #bible #wisdom #faith #love #life #liberty #pursuitofhappiness #freedom #warriorscreed #download #share #church #community #society #people #military #veterans #mentalhealth #neverquit
Going Bananas đ www.digitalnative.tech/p/going-banana⊠#AI #NanoBanana #images #society
Going Bananas đ https://www.digitalnative.tech/p/going-bananas #AI #NanoBanana #images #society
This James Ball interview based Naomi Alderman article is superb. Grabbed the sample of her new non-fiction book. Iâll buy it if the sample grabs me.
#Books #Society https://www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-naomi-alderman-the-right-side-is-not-largely-defined-by-your-opinions/
In my life I have watched as humanity has become an obscure word in the American language, and now the arts have been also reduced to rubble, we are no more a nation of ideals, nor even a nation in decline, but a nation without identity without conscience without heart and without a soul, for collectively we have abandoned the very pillars that not only set America apart from the world but made it an inspiration, we have allowed time and the elements to strip away everything that brought color into a dull world, and what is going to be left is a devastating void that will have no mission, no vision and no value....
You can encourage my continued useless #poetry, creativity and expression of self, #commentary, random thoughts, #philosophy and ideas, and by doing so your helping to feed, house and clothe a #disabled man living in #poverty, $5-10-15 It All Helps, via #cashapp at $woctxphotog or via #paypal at paypal.com/donate?campaign_id=âŠ
BITER. A wench whose **** is ready to bite her arse; a lascivious, rampant wench.
A selection from Francis Groseâs âDictionary Of The Vulgar Tongueâ (1785)
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#books #literature #dictionaries #history #society #language #slang @histodons
@zenkat @futurebird The scary part: I know persins who got hurt by humans so much, they really cannot trust humans anymore. And I can understand it, even if I don't share the same perspective.
The scary part: they are the perfect prey for #llm that pretend to be their friends. So as a #society, we already have failed them, and we are about to fail them once again.
About 60% of designated emergency evacuation sites in areas expected to be damaged by tsunami do not have stockpiles, a new survey claims. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/30/japan/society/tsunami-evacuation-sites-no-stockpiles/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #tsunami #disasterpreparedness
Dining across the divide: âI was nervous â was he going to attack me for being a snowflake?â https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2025/nov/30/dining-across-the-divide-peter-akshat #Lifeandstyle #Socialtrends #Politics #Society
Thx for mentioning @madalex
All talks are streamed on #youtube [...] & will be stored there later. The #talk I did yesterday, "Brave New World (of #labour )? ' #AI ', '#digitalization & the shift of #power in #Society ", too
Danke fĂŒr die ErwĂ€hnung, alle #VortrĂ€ge werden auf YouTube ĂŒbertragen + dort spĂ€ter bereitgestellt. Auch mein Vortrag von gestern "Schöne neue (Arbeits-) Welt? ' #KI ', #Digitalisierung & gesellschaftliche #Machtverschiebung "
âLike much of the oligarchic class, the boy-gods of Silicon Valley still cleave to Hobbesian myths to justify their grip on wealth and power. [...] Promises of rewards in the afterlife have been supplanted by dreams of a technological singularity and interplanetary civilization.â
A truly interesting article that I came across thanks to Simone Pieranni from the Italian podcast Fuori da qui.
You Won't BELIEVE Our Experience In A Polygamy Cult Town
