James Gleick

To my friends who dipped a toe in the water at Mastodon and gave up: Please take another look. It works. Of course it will take time to recreate your network of friends and follows, but with patience it will happen. Then the experience will be better than Twitter ever was.

James Gleick on the neuroscientist Kevin Mitchell’s scientific argument for free will go.nybooks.com/48xrtzF

Now comes the petty tyrant, wielding his tiny whip on behalf of America’s overlords. [If you’re still on Twitter … what would be the last straw?] theintercept.com/2023/09/15/uaw…

(Don’t be distracted by Threads. You don’t want the ads, and you don’t want the algorithm choosing what you see.) Here’s a good starter guide (among many): @mastodonmigration/sharing-advice-and-assisting-with-the-great-mastodon-migration-53c1a286b805#3373" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">medium.com/@mastodonmigra… Here’s an invite link to the instance I’m on: zirk.us/invite/VPrCmkX4 Hope to see you there.

To my friends who dipped a toe in the water at Mastodon and gave up: Please take another look. It works. Of course it will take time to recreate your network of friends and follows, but with patience it will happen. Then the experience will be better than Twitter ever was.

My friends, when you’re ready for #Mastodon—even if you think you’ve already tried it—here’s your invitation: zirk.us/invite/PXNHY85k

@harumimiaomiao I’m glad you’ve liked my books. Considering that, don’t you think you should read the piece before calling it a “hatchet job”? It is not a hatchet job. Even our heroes are complex, with flaws, and it’s all right to look at them from different perspectives, to understand more.

I wrote about Buckminster Fuller, "a crank and a charlatan and a prophet and a visionary." nybooks.com/articles/2022/… via @nybooks

President Johnson's notes for his remarks to Cabinet today 1963: "I need each of you to tell me what the problems are. . . .I want you to speak frankly, candidly....I want you all to stay on. I need you."

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I’ve seen enough. Elon Musk’s Twitter is not for me.

So many of @GreatDismal’s characters are well realized in this adaptation of The Peripheral, but none more indelibly than Alexandra Billings as Inspector Lowbeer. She owns every scene. As the inspector should.

@mat_johnson Put your Mastodon thingee in your Twitter profile so people can follow you there.

@sc101_101 You actually think Musk allowed that “poll” to play out without interference? You think there was ever going to be a scenario where he said, “OK, the people have spoken and Trump is not welcome here”? Impossible.

@JamesGleick I'll continue disagreeing with you, because if the people who care about this swallowed a bit of pride, they could have made an actual real difference. Look at this, for real world example of something similar. It does work. twitter.com/Otto_English/s…

Oh please. “The people.” Your filter bubble of right-wing courtiers and sycophants, you mean.

@im2b @BetsyGleick I’ll look, when they allow me, but what’s the appeal of another walled garden, owned by one person, with an unknown business model (ads? algorithms to fuel engagement?)?

@BetsyGleick @JamesGleick Post.news is looking like the better alternative. Tbh

@Shteyngart Not really, Gary. There’s a small initial hump to get over, is all. You don’t need an invitation. Use your web browser (not the app). Choose any server (e.g. mastodon.world). You can do it!

Seems like everyone's leaving for Mammoth or whatever. But you need to be a serious journalist to be invited and a tech support team to log on.

“Do they have a plan for what to do if they succeed in diminishing respect for the Justice Department and with it society’s confidence in the rule of law? Not likely.” Read this and beware the MAGA jihad against the FBI and the Justice Department. . . latimes.com/opinion/story/…

The next question is how was this person able to buy and keep guns

Attack on LGBTQ+, attack on Pelosis, attack on law enforcement, threats against Boston Children's Hospital, intimidation of educators --- all individuals and groups targeted by right-wing media and GOP politicians. Connection is clear to see. Why does the majority tolerate this?

.@laurenboebert you have played a major role in elevating anti-LGBT+ hate rhetoric and anti-trans lies while spending your time in Congress blocking even the most common sense gun safety laws. You don’t get to “thoughts and prayers” your way out of this. Look inward and change.