Grandma Mandala
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Grandma Mandala
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It’s very funny to me that countries are trying to pass laws banning teens from social media until they’re older and can “handle it” as if the last decade hasn’t been about watching rich middle aged men nuke their brains on Twitter and then run the USA via shitpost.
Dude. Yes. Alito and Thomas are of course the standout examples, but all of the Republican justices have tells in their writing and their questioning indicating that they are, to varying degrees, marinating their brains in dumb bitch juice
My theory, fwiw, is that Supreme Court Justices are not immune to Twitter brain poisoning. I suspect all six have horrific information environments and have therefore lost the ability to understand the people who don't agree with them.
December 8, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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Every legal story now is either

Ancient Circuit Judge Delivers Crystal Clear 100 Page Rebuke To Trumpist Overreach

or

In Unsigned Shadow Docket Decision, 6-3 Majority Declares Trump Can Hunt People For Sport
October 3, 2025 at 10:26 PM
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Bring Back Innovation That Empowers, Rather Than Extracts: The Resonant Computing Manifesto

Everyone's pissed at the tech industry. And for good reason. The term enshittification is super popular for many valid reasons. Companies that used to provide real value, are now focused on extracting more…
Bring Back Innovation That Empowers, Rather Than Extracts: The Resonant Computing Manifesto
Everyone's pissed at the tech industry. And for good reason. The term enshittification is super popular for many valid reasons. Companies that used to provide real value, are now focused on extracting more value from users, rather than improving their products and services. People used to be excited by new innovations. There was a time when many people felt more fulfilled after using new innovations that helped them do new things, communicate with new people, create new wonderful creations.
www.techdirt.com
December 5, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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I'm about halfway through ENSHITTIFICATION and just marvelling at how great Cory Doctorow at just explaining complicated things in a legible and accessible way. If I were a high school civics teacher it would be one of the books on the reading list.
December 5, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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Cory Doctorow coined the word ENSHITTIFICATION & found that a little vulgarity helps people engage with abstract technical questions.

On the Future Knowledge #podcast, he explains why the web became hostile & how we can make it work again.

🎧 Listen ⬇️
futureknowledge.transistor.fm/episodes/ens...
December 3, 2025 at 9:15 PM