New from me- Geopolitical Horseshoe Theory: a Convergence of Bad Ideas at the Extremes

Geopolitical Horseshoe Theory

A convergence of bad ideas at the extremes

Our words should support the self-determination of people rather than the imperial ambition of their neighbors It's time we retire "Mainland" China and "Chinese Taipei," just as we did with "Kiev" and "The Ukraine" Ukraine & Taiwan are independent countries New from me: https://read.pourteaux.xyz/p/the-geopolitics-of-language

every time i come back, damus is better and better

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The frenzied path out of Dimes Square to Network Spirituality

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having spent some time on Threads, i actually think it will be successful. its success though isn’t in anything that Nostr is trying to achieve. instead, Threads seems to be focused on a conversation around influencers (celebrity and NFT promoters) the same way that twitter (used to) be a conversation around news and the journalists reporting on it. in fact, this seems to be a secular trend of fracturing of social media platforms generally that probably has been ongoing since the rise of facebook. where twitter used to be all-purpose, it’s now: Twitter: laggards and Musk loyalists Bluesky: journalists and liberals Nostr: bitcoiners and cypherpunks Threads: influencers (celebrities, NFTs) Farcaster: ethereans Truth social, Gab: qAnon, MAGA, xenophobia i think this is the new normal for social media. RIP the general purpose platform.

No Frodo don’t destroy the ring, it will further polarize Middle Earth!

Twitter scrubs a community note on a China-state account that mentioned the Uyghur genocide. Elon, of course, maintains Tesla showrooms in Xinjiang, huge manufacturing plants and Tesla sales in China, and limits his usual outspokenness to never offend the Chinese Government. (before and after)

people want to exit *to* america, not from: Asylum seekers- Cuba 🇨🇺: 8 Bangladesh 🇧🇩: 24 Iran 🇮🇷: 34 Afghanistan 🇦🇫: 218 Ukraine 🇺🇦: 502 New Zealand 🇳🇿: 573 Estonia 🇪🇪: 631 Philippines 🇵🇭: 780 China 🇨🇳: 785 Kazakhstan 🇰🇿: 840 Russia 🇷🇺: 1,066 Nigeria 🇳🇬: 1,623 Denmark 🇩🇰: 2,776 Indonesia 🇮🇩: 2,889 Poland 🇵🇱: 3,020 Norway 🇳🇴: 3,313 Saudi Arabia 🇸🇦: 3,941 UAE 🇦🇪: 7,110 Iraq 🇮🇶: 10,621 Argentina 🇦🇷: 11,100 Japan 🇯🇵: 12,473 Sweden 🇸🇪: 14,469 Ireland 🇮🇪: 15,108 India 🇮🇳: 15,794 South Korea 🇰🇷: 15,952 Greece 🇬🇷: 22,139 Angola 🇦🇴: 30,268 Netherlands 🇳🇱: 31,594 Pakistan 🇵🇰: 38,277 Belgium 🇧🇪: 41,810 Libya 🇱🇾: 42,509 Austria 🇦🇹: 53,087 Egypt 🇪🇬: 63,881 France 🇫🇷: 75,708 Italy 🇮🇹: 79,979 South Africa 🇿🇦: 84,316 Australia 🇦🇺: 90,549 Canada 🇨🇦: 113,066 UK 🇬🇧: 167,289 Spain 🇪🇸: 134,580 Brazil 🇧🇷: 206,764 Mexico 🇲🇽: 210,609 Germany 🇩🇪: 261,019 Turkey 🇹🇷: 272,336 USA 🇺🇸: 1,798,792

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why is there no inter-island ferries in hawaii? only way to get around is by flight.

haven’t tweeted in 24hr, has to be the first time in years

i’m conscious uncoupling from twitter

why does Muji play weird Italian tarantellas and harpsichord music

no one has ever explained why Tokyo and Kyoto are anagrams