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What is Twitter?

The ongoing destruction of Twitter by the idiot Musk has occasioned vast amounts of noise as people flee to Mastodon or even renounce social media entirely. As carts of apples are knocked over and small children separated from their mothers in the rush it’s becoming clear that everyone has a different idea what Twitter is…Continue reading “What is Twitter?”

Posted byradiobeartime11th Nov 2022Posted inProvocationsTags:Society, Technology1 Comment on What is Twitter?

Slight Return

No sooner had I pressed [Submit] on the last blog post than this happens… My immediate response to this blog post was a sense of recognition. And not just in the sense that it reads a lot like a Hacker News comment. Stripped of the rhetoric, hyperbole, and political bias much of what is inContinue reading “Slight Return”

Posted byradiobeartime3rd Jan 2020Posted inProvocationsTags:civil service, Society13 Comments on Slight Return

Things Fall Apart

Today a Civil Servant resigned. That happens. It’s not unusual. I myself quit 2 years ago to save my sanity in the face of unsustainable cognitive dissonance. But it is unusual when a Civil Servant resigns stating, “I am also at a stage in life where I would prefer to do something more rewarding withContinue reading “Things Fall Apart”

Posted byradiobeartime6th Dec 2019Posted inProvocationsTags:Government, Society1 Comment on Things Fall Apart

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