"The early excitement of reconnecting with old friends on Facebook was replaced by the relentless push of automatons. You reach out for connection, but the algorithm ties your hands. You follow friends but are instead shown influencers. Where did everyone go, and who are these made-up strangers?"

"Princess Grace, Peyton Place, Turtles in the Sewers! We didn't start the fire..."

this is commentary and as you would expect this is an actual Congressperson and there's ZERO in here about what she will be doing about this as an elected official or what her party plans to do.

This by Courtney Maum is where I am too. I am grateful to her for the words...

*cough* zombie riverfront times *cough* hope the person who destroyed that publication loses all their money

Thank you both!

"Technofascists want to shut the inward eye. They’ll close it like an eyelid on a corpse: a gambit, a formality. They want it shut for all eternity." Another Sarah Kendzior piece you must read, over coffee, possibly with a benzo.

Oh that's good!

🎶 “Cuz I wanna be anarchy!” 🎶

St. Louis Recorder of Deeds

"Technofascists want to shut the inward eye. They’ll close it like an eyelid on a corpse: a gambit, a formality. They want it shut for all eternity. Eternity is no big thing: the future is an asset they hoarded long ago."

A “must listen” episode

Haha -- never apologize for MAD magazine excerpts!

This is so on 🎯. AI (as it’s being used by the majority of people) is taking away the development of their minds. It’s become their substitute synthetic mind, while their own mind atrophies. It’s an addictive electronic drug of the highest potency.

"The world is worth it. Your words are worth it. Keep your inward eye open." --Sarah Kendzior It is. They are. I will. Always grateful for re-minders.

Thank you!