jamie joyce

image of watchmen's doctor manhattan, a superhero who is entirely blue and nude, sitting on a rock, small in frame, on what is depicted to be a very pink version of the surface of the planet mars. he looks pensive.

It is 2002. I am 18 years old. We are in a once-in-a-generation economic crisis.

It is 2008. I am 24 years old. We are in a once-in-a-generation economic crisis.

It is 2020. I am 36 years old. We are in a once-in-a-generation economic crisis.

It is 2025. I am 41 years old. We are in a—

How the Capybara Won My Heart—and Almost Everyone’s Else’s It’s not hard to understand why capys have a cultlike following on Instagram and TikTok. I fell for the giant rodent decades ago.

ICYMI @shteyngart.bsky.social + #capybaras = pure gold.
And why, yes, I am disassociating. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

cc @theverge.com @caseynewton.bsky.social @anildash.com @kottke.org

I know @reddit is far from perfect, but the system of upvotes and downvotes seems like the best content moderation solution we've some up with so far. Why don't more platforms use it?

News from Dumbledore??

Nothing like a little existential dread to go with your morning pastry. Everything in this take rings true and I'm not sure we as communications pros have any answer for it. Please reassure me that I'm wrong.

I’m a journalist and I’m changing the way I read news. This is how. Sometimes it's healthy to do something you love less, and differently.

ICYMI this piece in the @niemanlab.org is great especially for parents of young kids and those trying not get back in the habit of doomscrolling ("I’ll read news, not other people’s reactions to news.”)

www.niemanlab.org/2024/11/im-a...

Great write up on how Bluesky drank Threads milkshake all up.

If only their dev team was as competent as their PR team.

Love him so much. Wish he skipped Threads and came straight here. A lot of us wasted too much time on a corporate platform that prioritizes consumerism and influencers over real people.

Fair. I miss those turn buttons.

Agree. But Trent isn't going anywhere.

Getting the feeling that we are about to enter another golden age of Punk in all of its forms (rock, hip hop, art, photography, journalism).

The struggle is real.

Giving this another shot (like a lot of y'all) after trying to give Threads a go. Hoping to meet up with my fellow marcomm peeps, Knicks fans, Liverpool supporters and lovers of all outdoor sports. 👋

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