Marx and Lenin fail to consider human nature. There is not one section of the communist manifesto that describes someone scrolling on their phone for 12 hours feeling sad
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Marx and Lenin fail to consider human nature. There is not one section of the communist manifesto that describes someone scrolling on their phone for 12 hours feeling sad
26.09.2025 07:18 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Maybe we need more than just stern words to avoid war crimes
22.09.2025 09:53 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Who called it โfilming a workoutโ and not โgymming the cameraโ?
15.09.2025 16:32 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0You got what you voted for
14.09.2025 10:41 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0โNobody should be killed for their political beliefsโ vs โevery child in Gaza is potentially a terroristโ is a fun contrast
11.09.2025 08:59 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0We are all going to die
10.09.2025 13:43 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0The โbeating heartโ of Labour was told to leave in 2023, thereโs the door, shaking off fleas, etc
10.09.2025 13:04 โ ๐ 5 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Final nail in the coffin?
27.08.2025 12:32 โ ๐ 11 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Things that are acceptable to Meta:
- Flirting with a child
- Arguing black people are dumber than white people
Things that are unacceptable to Meta:
- Sharing information about the genocide in Gaza
www.reuters.com/investigates...
I agree (the parts about having a recognisable name that is your opposite)
13.08.2025 20:12 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Teachers are under so much stress and have so little time that integrating AI into the classroom is almost certainly going to make things "better" but damn if I'm not worried it's going to shock and awe kids into outsourcing their thinking completely
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
The Huawei watches had (still have?) a puck that plugs into the USB-C cable, and I donโt know why Apple and Google havenโt stolen that design yet
02.08.2025 11:46 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0We always knew there was no difference but side by side it is just so obvious
22.04.2025 18:18 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0We could be a proper country again
09.04.2025 09:02 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0New from me: predicting an earthquake is a white whale for seismologists, but AI is helping them find smaller quakes that went under the radar. The more they find, the more lives can be saved.
"We are living a revolution in understanding the Earth."
New from me: In defiance of an executive order that wiped reams of data from U.S. government websites, volunteers are reversing "this act of official vandalism" and ensuring open access to the censored climate, LGBTQ+ and health stats.
And you can access it all too
www.context.news/digital-righ...
Entrepreneur Ahmad Bayram figures Syriaโs tech scene wonโt match Gulf money, but it could handle back-office gigs. Thereโs real drive to build something bigโif the infrastructure comes together, companies might show up. www.context.news/digital-divi...
31.03.2025 14:24 โ ๐ 3 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Sanctions are a headache, though. Damascus entrepreneur Mouaz Hakki says they mess up payments and scare off investors. The UK and EU have dialled back some restrictions, but Syriaโs economy has still taken an 84% hit since 2010. www.context.news/digital-divi...
31.03.2025 14:24 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0When Assad was toppled, Syrian tech folks in Silicon Valley, like Jude Khouja, didnโt just sit there. They pulled off SYNC '25 in Damascus by FebruaryโSyriaโs first open tech conference in ages www.context.news/digital-divi...
31.03.2025 14:24 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 2 ๐ 0When the manosphere is rising, online platforms are censoring womenโs health information.
We need people talking about this now more than ever.
www.context.news/big-tech/adv...
Continuing the apocalypse themeโI had a lot of fun editing this Tiffany Ng story on Virgil Dupras, who's built an operating system designed to run on scavenged hardware in a post-collapse society. An OS for the end of the world.
www.wired.com/story/forth-...
The hypocrisy is absolutely astonishing
24.03.2025 12:42 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0please, more
13.03.2025 22:20 โ ๐ 3 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Big tech and - shock - Elon Musk are all getting into fintech
So DOGE fired all the technologists investigating how AI and algorithms might exploit US consumers
Hereโs whatโs they had to say
https://www.context.news/big-tech/tech-experts-trump-fired-from-us-watchdog-say-consumers-at-risk
looking into this
19.02.2025 08:25 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0my piece on archival efforts to save US government data, picked up by NBC www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-...
13.02.2025 17:06 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Man thatโs crazy
28.01.2025 09:17 โ ๐ 7 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0The fact that nobody is sure what will happen to TikTok despite the ruling is another reminder that the law does not work like physics.
Just because something is legal or illegal does not mean any government has to do anything. Cause and effect does not exist.
Would love to see more companies do this because Google sucks and Bing is worse
www.context.news/big-tech/eur...