Carol Zanette
@carolzanette.bsky.social
Former Twitter addicted, researching Consumer Culture Theory and (trying) to make the best of this world we share. Interested in words, things, and Michel Foucault memes. She/Her. Mother of a little boy.
Reading about love (bell hooks) and reflecting about it, I concluded that I don't have neither self love nor self hate, but some kind of self annoyance. That is my take of today.
July 1, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Reading about love (bell hooks) and reflecting about it, I concluded that I don't have neither self love nor self hate, but some kind of self annoyance. That is my take of today.
Travelling to the UK in spring every other year: came with spring clothes and felt cold. This year, I came prepared for cold/rain and it will be 24 degrees and sunny in Liverpool this afternoon. And I will be in black. 🤦🏻♀️
April 30, 2025 at 5:26 AM
Travelling to the UK in spring every other year: came with spring clothes and felt cold. This year, I came prepared for cold/rain and it will be 24 degrees and sunny in Liverpool this afternoon. And I will be in black. 🤦🏻♀️
Does anyone know any texts that apply Graeber's interpretation of the role of debt to the fall of Roman Empire Yarvin's (awful, eugenic, and despicable) ideal of ultra libertarian city-states?
Totally random thought, but I would like to know if someone has written about it
Totally random thought, but I would like to know if someone has written about it
April 23, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Does anyone know any texts that apply Graeber's interpretation of the role of debt to the fall of Roman Empire Yarvin's (awful, eugenic, and despicable) ideal of ultra libertarian city-states?
Totally random thought, but I would like to know if someone has written about it
Totally random thought, but I would like to know if someone has written about it
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Curtailing people’s ability to read widely and carefully, to locate, assess, and compare different sources for themselves, and to write in their own voice about what they find and what it means, is arguably more effective than censorship. It is also one of the most obvious effects of generative AI.
April 11, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Curtailing people’s ability to read widely and carefully, to locate, assess, and compare different sources for themselves, and to write in their own voice about what they find and what it means, is arguably more effective than censorship. It is also one of the most obvious effects of generative AI.
Hi everyone, we are organizing a Special Issue on CMC about Brazil! Pls share this info! @alcor-institute.bsky.social think.taylorandfrancis.com/special_issu...
Brazil: a reorientation of the centre of the world – from the future
think.taylorandfrancis.com
April 10, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Hi everyone, we are organizing a Special Issue on CMC about Brazil! Pls share this info! @alcor-institute.bsky.social think.taylorandfrancis.com/special_issu...
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So much of cybersecurity is "We must secure the Orphan Crushing Machine so that unauthorized people do not crush the orphans," and not "Why the fuck are you building an Orphan Crushing Machine in the first place?"
April 9, 2025 at 5:02 PM
So much of cybersecurity is "We must secure the Orphan Crushing Machine so that unauthorized people do not crush the orphans," and not "Why the fuck are you building an Orphan Crushing Machine in the first place?"
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Biggest commitment to a 3 second joke I've ever seen
April 9, 2025 at 6:33 AM
Biggest commitment to a 3 second joke I've ever seen
My superpower is cutting 5,000 words of a draft in 2 days.
March 6, 2025 at 10:26 PM
My superpower is cutting 5,000 words of a draft in 2 days.
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In my view, this is also an aesthetic (or rather: anesthetic) effect of AI slop and #PlatformRealism: it makes the most horrible and unimaginable things look like something mundane and commonplace, it gives images promoting abhorrent crimes the look of holiday cards and cheap clickbait ads
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February 26, 2025 at 4:46 PM
In my view, this is also an aesthetic (or rather: anesthetic) effect of AI slop and #PlatformRealism: it makes the most horrible and unimaginable things look like something mundane and commonplace, it gives images promoting abhorrent crimes the look of holiday cards and cheap clickbait ads
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Me in private communication between co-authors: this f%*!@ing reviewer is a pain, answered this &##hole already.
Me to the reviewer: thank you for pointing this out. We apologize for not making it clear in the previous version. We have now restructured the whole argument based on what you said.
Me to the reviewer: thank you for pointing this out. We apologize for not making it clear in the previous version. We have now restructured the whole argument based on what you said.
February 25, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Me in private communication between co-authors: this f%*!@ing reviewer is a pain, answered this &##hole already.
Me to the reviewer: thank you for pointing this out. We apologize for not making it clear in the previous version. We have now restructured the whole argument based on what you said.
Me to the reviewer: thank you for pointing this out. We apologize for not making it clear in the previous version. We have now restructured the whole argument based on what you said.
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Genuinely couldn't believe this figure until I saw the Financial Times confirm it using Meta's own financial reporting data
For THIS
$100 billion is genuinely the kind of money you could "do the impossible" with. Crack nuclear fusion. HIV vaccine. Universal flu vaccine
And they spent it on this
For THIS
$100 billion is genuinely the kind of money you could "do the impossible" with. Crack nuclear fusion. HIV vaccine. Universal flu vaccine
And they spent it on this
February 21, 2025 at 7:21 AM
Genuinely couldn't believe this figure until I saw the Financial Times confirm it using Meta's own financial reporting data
For THIS
$100 billion is genuinely the kind of money you could "do the impossible" with. Crack nuclear fusion. HIV vaccine. Universal flu vaccine
And they spent it on this
For THIS
$100 billion is genuinely the kind of money you could "do the impossible" with. Crack nuclear fusion. HIV vaccine. Universal flu vaccine
And they spent it on this
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Why that man look like a live-action Bored Ape.
February 14, 2025 at 5:45 AM
Why that man look like a live-action Bored Ape.
Based on (the little) I read about coups and what I am seeing now: It takes time to build support for political coups and authoritarianism. But when one gets it, then things happen from one day to another, with just some dudes saying: 'Give me that' with very little immediate resistance.
February 5, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Based on (the little) I read about coups and what I am seeing now: It takes time to build support for political coups and authoritarianism. But when one gets it, then things happen from one day to another, with just some dudes saying: 'Give me that' with very little immediate resistance.
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if I understand American politics correctly, progressivism is something that requires 60 senate votes to work, while national conservatism doesn’t require any votes at all
February 3, 2025 at 1:54 PM
if I understand American politics correctly, progressivism is something that requires 60 senate votes to work, while national conservatism doesn’t require any votes at all
Changing my bio to 'I hated Elon before it was mainstream'
February 4, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Changing my bio to 'I hated Elon before it was mainstream'
With all that is going on right now in the US, I would very much like to see consumer research/marketing journal editors making the statement that research about gender, intersectionality and LGBTQIA+ issues is more relevant than ever and welcomed in their journals.
Anyone?
Anyone?
February 3, 2025 at 10:27 AM
With all that is going on right now in the US, I would very much like to see consumer research/marketing journal editors making the statement that research about gender, intersectionality and LGBTQIA+ issues is more relevant than ever and welcomed in their journals.
Anyone?
Anyone?
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Comrade GPT on strike ✊️
BREAKING | ChatGPT down: AI chat app not working as website goes offline
ChatGPT is refusing to work
ChatGPT is offline, leaving users unable to talk to the AI chat app.
www.independent.co.uk
January 23, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Comrade GPT on strike ✊️
This shitshow in the US is getting everyone terrified. It is still beyond my understanding HOW. How could they vote for that? HOW?
January 22, 2025 at 1:03 PM
This shitshow in the US is getting everyone terrified. It is still beyond my understanding HOW. How could they vote for that? HOW?
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It's amazing that DEI is something corporate consultants came up with to keep their clients from getting sued and now CEOs themselves are freaking out over how it's reverse racism, it's like if your mom was scared of the bogeyman
January 11, 2025 at 2:00 PM
It's amazing that DEI is something corporate consultants came up with to keep their clients from getting sued and now CEOs themselves are freaking out over how it's reverse racism, it's like if your mom was scared of the bogeyman
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The world’s richest men can’t buy themselves into being tolerable. Just the biggest collection of weenies you ever did see, so desperate for acceptance that they’re malleable and weak and bland and, in turn, destructive as hell. SMH.
January 10, 2025 at 6:44 PM
The world’s richest men can’t buy themselves into being tolerable. Just the biggest collection of weenies you ever did see, so desperate for acceptance that they’re malleable and weak and bland and, in turn, destructive as hell. SMH.
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Not sure who made this & when but fittingly came across it in my downloads folder today:
December 10, 2024 at 4:07 PM
Not sure who made this & when but fittingly came across it in my downloads folder today:
Local consumption is super important for communities and the environment. And yet, there are several challenges for fostering it. In this @theconversation.com piece, we explore some of them, after a project with Reims Commerce: theconversation.com/au-coeur-des...
Au cœur des villes, la consommation locale n’atteint pas toujours le cœur de la clientèle
Si les consommateurs sont favorables au commerce de proximité, ce dernier doit adapter son offre pour renforcer son attractivité. Le dynamisme des centres-villes en dépend.
theconversation.com
December 3, 2024 at 12:11 PM
Local consumption is super important for communities and the environment. And yet, there are several challenges for fostering it. In this @theconversation.com piece, we explore some of them, after a project with Reims Commerce: theconversation.com/au-coeur-des...
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Robocop is a movie about a guy who gets killed on the job and they still made him go back to work
December 1, 2024 at 5:04 PM
Robocop is a movie about a guy who gets killed on the job and they still made him go back to work
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Me: I cleared the table for dessert.
Her: Why did you leave these cranberries out?
Me: DON’T TOUCH THEM!!!
Her: What…Why???
Me: You have to let them linger.
Her: Why did you leave these cranberries out?
Me: DON’T TOUCH THEM!!!
Her: What…Why???
Me: You have to let them linger.
November 27, 2024 at 12:46 AM
Me: I cleared the table for dessert.
Her: Why did you leave these cranberries out?
Me: DON’T TOUCH THEM!!!
Her: What…Why???
Me: You have to let them linger.
Her: Why did you leave these cranberries out?
Me: DON’T TOUCH THEM!!!
Her: What…Why???
Me: You have to let them linger.