In a number of his books, Terry Pratchett defines "privilege" as "private law". That is literally the etymology of privi lege. Someone who makes their own rules.

Idiocracy was a documentary

The forest was shrinking, but the trees kept cheering and voting for the axe because its handle was made of wood and they thought it was one of them.

It's Friday. And on Friday... DANCE, we must? 😩

Why are Bezos, Zuckerberg, Musk, Pichai and Tim Cook visiting and giving money to Trump ?

Because they are in “The Race “ to become the dominant platform in the world.

Amazon/Anthropic vs FB/LLama vs Google/Gemini vs Twitter/Grok, vs IPhones/ChatGpt is the penultimate global power war ever.

If you can. Choose differently. (Not a possibility for everyone)

- Use Linux instead of Windows/MacOS.
- Stop using Alphabet/Google, Meta, Microsoft etc. platforms as much as you possibly can.
- Build on OpenSource platforms.
- Learn how to self-host instead of using cloud.

Prepare yourself.

As predators lust for god-king status on Earth:

“Think of the rivers of blood spilled by all those generals and emperors so that, in glory and triumph, they could become the momentary masters of a fraction of a dot.”
• Carl Sagan
Hello Earth — Kate Bush
youtu.be/JWsfNYATsEE?...

Trying to find a happy medium between not knowing anything that's happening in the world and being pissed off all the time

"does bluesky have drafts" no but we have kindness. we have friendship. we know love. we know how to see the world in a grain of sand, and heaven in a wildflower. we know how to hold infinity in the palm of my hand, and eternity in an hour.

I’m going to let you in on a secret, it’s all farm-to-table, that’s how food works

bro, I cannot promise you it gets much easier sharing your writing/art, but don't let the intrusive thoughts of "this is terrible, what am I doing?" stop you. we're our own worst critics. I know it's easier said than done. I get it. but you're making this a better place by sharing your creativity.

I'm hyper critical of museums because I work so closely with them, but as spaces where you can go and literally just 'hang out' with ancient history they truly are unique.

Feeling down?
Go sit next to an old pot/fossil/painting.
It won't necessarily solve anything but it's still very grounding.

I open my Bluesky feed and it is full of really cool people saying really smart things and being really passionate about really interesting stuff.

I like this version of social media, and the world.

Thanks, folks.

Wondering ... is there a starter pack out there for music makers / makers of music / composers / scratchers / electronic sound manipulators?

It’s not hoarding if it’s books. It’s building a personal library.

artists 🎨

stop apologizing for not posting, for taking breaks, for being slow, for drawing the same character, for posting only sketches, for gushing over OCs, for being a beginner, for raising your prices, for trying a new medium—

start doing whatever you heckin want

Would love to hear from a Republican worried about food or housing costs how exactly deporting 10 million people who grow and pick our food and build our houses is going to lower food or housing costs.

The audacity of two billionaires telling the rest of America to prepare for hardship. Make it make sense.

I liked it when the smart people on Twitter engaged on nerdy topics instead of try to out-MAGA one another.

That’s why I’m here now.