Kevin O'Sullivan

In my 40s and often think the same. BUT: how much of my time is now spent online noticing things that just weren't noticeable before? Plus, algos developed on basis of rewarding the part of the brain that stirs fight/flight so easy/ier to tend towards measurably worse as a snap/wrong judgement call?

Bluesky feels better on desktop, Twitter/X has the advantage on mobile. Amirite?

great piece and makes you wonder what's the point of a lot of academic work, if it's designed to keep the walls high. Such a weird thing, when you consider the best academics at the top of their game distil their ideas very simply. Maybe because they're actually interested in a wider audience?

Great insights here from Alan 👇

The Bluesky algorithms be fast. Getting lots of recommended South and North Korean accounts to follow

if this platform tells me to follow one more writer at The Atlantic, I swear to god...

Did a little experiment with social media

The new Princes in the Tower story has been up for 16 hours. I publicised it as identically as possible on Bluesky and Twitter

Bluesky: 130 reposts, 193 likes
Twitter: 9 reposts, 18 likes

You can see why journalists are going to Bluesky

General Hertling. From across the Pond, I would like to indecorously declare that this man appears nothing short of a cad and a bounder! Keep up the good work btw