Curious what @karaswisher and @profgalloway think of @ErinKelly_AI 's take on @TheAgenda on why @elonmusk *really* bought Twitter ... Was it possibly _not_ a horrible deal? https://t.co/4pYQmid1qO 🤔
Disappointed in Overstory media's firing of some of the best journalists in the #yyj media landscape. Not surprised that the self-appointed "gentlemen media bros" turned out to be just as empty of ideas and no different than any other capitalist driven effort in this country.
Big Tech has promised to fix the housing crunch, urban transportation, even education. But are these complex problems the kind of thing technology can just "solve"?
This week, we talk tech solutionism.
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W/ @parismarx, @ntnsndr + @Greg_Lindsay
In China, wind and solar met an astonishing 92 per cent of all new demand for electricity. Global electricity demand growth was met entirely by renewable power in the first half of 2022, halting the rise in fossil fuels. https://t.co/n0igGO6uLg
📢Qualitative Social Media Research Resources - new updates including:
- tools for data collection organized by platform
- research programs sponsored by Meta, TikTok, Microsoft, etc
- links to speaker series!
- link to SAGE's Doing Research Online (10/10)
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An under-discussed effect of COVID is how we kind of lost casual friends. The incidental buddies you ran into at a BBQ, holiday party or softball game- just rapture-like disappeared. Now everyone you talk to is either coworker or 1 of the 5 most important people you've ever known
How can Canada protect its democracy when America becomes a fascist theocracy? asks Waterloo professor @robdanisch https://t.co/wrdf4JjK2Y good question 🤔
The idea that "liberty" is the freedom to do as you like, provided it doesn't harm others is simple enough on its face, but the reality is very few of our actions are free from the potential to harm others. 6/
📍WISHFUL THINKING KILLS—It’s not fearmongering—“Wishful thinking on #COVID remains as dangerous as ever” best reflects how I feel. ➡️“Once people feel like they’re safe enough, the safety of others doesn’t really matter that much.” Thx @gregggonsalves 🙏
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We often debate policy as if it will be smoothly implemented and followed. I’m more guilty of this than most.
But we have to talk about the problem we actually have: What does good pandemic policy look like for a low-trust, high-dysfunction society?
4/20🧵#CDNpoli#Cancer#COVID19
The wonderful & compassionate oncologists at #RVH will buy me as much time as possible, but like thousands of others, I was diagnosed too late due to the pandemic to be able to save my life. Provincial govts chose instead to prioritize antivaxxers
It's time to start talking about mandatory vaccinations. Otherwise, it's time to face the consequences of continuing to have unvaccinated people cramming our ICUs. https://t.co/3jShStT3RM