1/ Let’s say for a moment that social media is the main culprit for the #katemiddleton situation of the past few weeks.
What of #KingCharles then? He too announced a surgery & cancer diagnosis. There were a few days of ramped up online discussion.
@Mr_Rablin I was a teacher in the US who now lives in Italy, and when I tell my American teacher friends about the practices here… minds are blown! Two teachers per elementary class so that the other gets adequate planning time? 🤯🤯🤯
Last January, I noticed something peculiar in my 2yo’s bedroom that - after a year of obsessive reporting - led me to a profound cosmic revelation about what’s even possible in our universe. A 🧵.
In the mid- to late-2000s, I found that a lot of menswear discourse happened on forums, where you had people who were just coming online and finding camaraderie with fellow nerds. These people, who were just finding online communities, drew their knowledge from diverse source materials, such as books and years of conversations with tailors.
Now, a lot of menswear discourse is shaped by the same online source materials, such as pods, blogs, Twitter, Instagram, and the general Online Discourse. This makes opinions within the community very predictable, and the discourse a bit boring. If you are Very Online, you've seen it all.
The breakdown of forums, and their replacement by a wide variety of other places to spend online, means that each walled garden only has a couple of hardcore nerds. So while the mid-2000s may have had 20 Super Nerds on one forum, now there are only a couple of nerds in each small community, making the discourse in those places less vibrant.
For people with other hobbies and who have spent a lot of time online, I'm curious if you've seen a similar trajectory in online discourse within your hobby.
"Researchers from Berlin’s Hot Or Cool Institute found that we should only be purchasing five *new* garments a year in order to stay in line with the Paris Agreement goal of limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees celsius, if nothing else changes." https://t.co/mO4UaLaYHB
@SabraMBoyd@yoadri_n I will see this absolutely crucial piece of advice and raise you “don’t graduate during a recession… with a mountain of private student loans that you definitely didn’t realize at age 17/18 were a TERRIBLE idea.”
BREAKING: The Biden administration is ending bank overdraft fees as we know them.
Under a new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau rule, overdraft fees at large banks will be strictly regulated and capped as low as $3. Low-income Americans will save billions.
@SureAsMel @Airbnb I was a host back in the day when it was just people renting out extra bedrooms in their home. Loved the experience and made lifelong friends. Tried again a few years ago with our MIL suite. It was HELL. How can it be so bad for hosts and guests alike and stay in business?
@heymrsbond @StephDoesMath I can’t speak for anyone else, but for me, before childbirth, hormonal BC gave me PMDD-like symptoms. After childbirth, it helped calm the PMDD down.