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@ablerism this is a great idea!
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@writingslowly maybe it worked!
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@microadrian yes it’s interesting that Star Trek could get it right all those years ago.
I’m also reminded of the denouement in the movie Her, where the guy suddenly realises the AI was massively multitasking on what he thought was their uniquely intimate relationship. The let-down was immense. - ∞
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@marick First they make you a hero, then they make you burn out — but then it doesn’t look like <all of this> is going to fix itself so thanks for volunteering!
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@marick thanks — rebels like you help us imagine a better world
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@philipbrewer ha, I’d never tried that on my android phone — it only works with the number keyboard but now I’ll be doing it all the time
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@writingslowly oh, but there already is a keyboard shortcut for the em-dash: Shift + Option + Hyphen. I could try text replacement instead.
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@Miraz that’s probably what the bots tell themselves – but still, as long as the em-dashes keep coming it’s all good!
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@hjalm turns out there are five ways to type an em-dash on a Mac. This is civilized!
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@philipbrewer yeah, I still use two hyphens and sometimes it works.
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@bobdoto thanks for your support. This is how we defeat the machines – by turning their own weapons against them.
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@theTangentSpace ah, of course – learning to use Vim being a step too far, I should just create my own keyboard shortcut. Em-dash heaven!
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@Miraz thanks. It’s a stunning bit of coastline just south of Sydney — though it’s not too shabby where you are!
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@ReaderJohn yes. For example, approx 500,000 (X) vs 3,000,000 (Facebook) monthly users. Tik Tok is the one that’s growing. I’m attempting to place talk about X in some kind of perspective.
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@writingslowly @manton by the way, I strongly support your work to promote interoperability, because these platforms clearly hate it.
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@manton X is the 15th largest social media platform by monthly use. It’s 6 times smaller than either Facebook or Instagram, 5 times smaller than YouTube, 3 times smaller than TikTok. Unsubstantiated talk of a ‘resurgence’ is a choice to promote it, not a politically neutral observation.
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@manton you keep making surprising improvements - surprising because I didn’t realise it could be improved in that way. Recent changes to the bookshelves is an example.
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@umraphael.bsky.social Você pode se interessar por este artigo sobre as anotações de Didi-Huberman: writingslowly.com/2025/03/20/t…
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@alerque that’s the precise trick. The mafia don deliberately picks tasks it’s slightly hard to object to. Lakes, gulfs and performing arts centers should just be renamed, right? That’s the rules. But the goal is displays of abject loyalty, taking advantage of people’s obedience.
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@rupertread.bsky.social What we can learn from past civilisational collapses and what we will learn seem like two very different things. Also, ‘we’ is doing a lot of work here.
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@Avner this is really great. Your questions are very interesting.
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@markreckons.bsky.social I’m too Tyne and Worn out to fetch it myself
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@markreckons.bsky.social I’ve a sudden hankering for a nice piece of Leiensteinshire cheese