Scott McLemee
@mclemee.bsky.social
Writer, married, socialist, two cats.
Independent scholar, “public” intellectual, luftmensch.
Thirty years at (successively) Lingua Franca, Chronicle of Higher Education, Inside Higher Ed.
Independent scholar, “public” intellectual, luftmensch.
Thirty years at (successively) Lingua Franca, Chronicle of Higher Education, Inside Higher Ed.
Led by the Homintern?
March 11, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Led by the Homintern?
Reposted by Scott McLemee
it's less that sufficiently rich people are stupid, it's more that sufficiently rich people are incredibly bright toddlers in just weirdly adult-shaped bodies. "move fast and break things" is a description that essentially casts society as a day care service
March 1, 2025 at 12:59 PM
it's less that sufficiently rich people are stupid, it's more that sufficiently rich people are incredibly bright toddlers in just weirdly adult-shaped bodies. "move fast and break things" is a description that essentially casts society as a day care service
Thanks, Jen. I appreciate this more than you can probably imagine.
February 28, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Thanks, Jen. I appreciate this more than you can probably imagine.
Apologies to anyone who got far enough to notice some overlap between segments. It’s hard to chop up text for bluesky’s length restrictions.
January 23, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Apologies to anyone who got far enough to notice some overlap between segments. It’s hard to chop up text for bluesky’s length restrictions.
Reposted by Scott McLemee
this sounds right to me, it's would-be scammers and disinfo ops people pivot-to-ai.com/2024/12/07/a...
A polite disagreement bot ring is flooding Bluesky — reply guy as a (dis)service
On the Bluesky social network, you may notice a lot of drive-by responses from accounts that rarely or never post — they just reply to other accounts. The reply pattern starts with a phrase like “I…
pivot-to-ai.com
January 21, 2025 at 6:25 PM
this sounds right to me, it's would-be scammers and disinfo ops people pivot-to-ai.com/2024/12/07/a...
I’ve had that nightmare.
January 18, 2025 at 3:40 PM
I’ve had that nightmare.