Category Archives: Internet

Some More Thoughts on ‘Winning Twitter’

Posted on July 10, 2023 by mikethemadbiologist

Last week, some asshole with a blog wrote: But maybe if there isn’t One Social Media App to Bind Them All, we won’t have to fight for Twitter. What I mean is ‘winning on Twitter’ is (was?) critical because it … Continue reading →

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In the Battle for the ‘New Twitter’, I’m Rooting for Injuries

Posted on July 7, 2023 by mikethemadbiologist

My HAWT TAEK on the Twitter Wars is that I’m rooting for injuries. Because we would all be better off if there wasn’t One Social Media App to Bind Them All. One reason Twitter became so gross (even pre-Elongated Muskrat) … Continue reading →

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Some Thoughts on the Twitterz (and Other Social Media Sites)

Posted on December 13, 2022 by mikethemadbiologist

Given the recent Elongated Muskrat bigotries (Lordy, his trans daughter breaking off contact and Grimes dumping him and dating a trans woman has really fucking broken him), I’ve started seriously exploring other social media options. Here are some my personal … Continue reading →

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Some Thoughts on the Twitterz

Posted on October 28, 2022 by mikethemadbiologist

Now that E**n M**k has taken over: My HAWT TAEK on Twitter in the M*sk era is that, like many things, it will decline gradually, and then all at once. We should remember that the original purpose of Twitter was … Continue reading →

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Why I Dislike Email

Posted on October 22, 2021 by mikethemadbiologist

While there is a small cottage industry explaining why email is awful, my HAWT TAEK is the HAWTEST. The real problem for me isn’t the format, though it does leave something to be desired. It’s that there’s too much of … Continue reading →

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Facebook Is a Conservative News Organization: The PreP Edition

Posted on November 1, 2019 by mikethemadbiologist

It’s becoming increasingly obvious that Facebook should be thought of as a conservative publication–the editorial decisions are rightwing, as Jacob Silverman has noted (boldface mine): If it’s not clear already, then it must be said: Facebook is a right-wing company, … Continue reading →

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Social Media Can Be Oppressive

Posted on September 3, 2019 by mikethemadbiologist

And I’m not sure how to fix that. I realize this sounds odd from someone who has had a blog for almost fifteen years, and also has been on Twitter for a long time (though I’ve logged into my Facebook … Continue reading →

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The Left Has Never Supported Online Media

Posted on July 24, 2019 by mikethemadbiologist

Last week, Bill Scher argued that the Democrat Netroots, an informal group of left-leaning bloggers that came to prominence during the early 2000s, died because there were internal divisions about policy and the netroots became irrelevant as the Obama administration … Continue reading →

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Internet Hype

Posted on December 20, 2018 by mikethemadbiologist

In an interesting review of Brian McCullough’s “How the Internet Happened”, Bradley Babendir writes (boldface mine): It’s interesting, to a point, to hear what tech gurus lie about and why. Mostly, they rely on silly founding myths because they need … Continue reading →

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The Phrase We’re Looking For Is ‘Corporate Surveillance’

Posted on April 5, 2018 by mikethemadbiologist

Motherboard gets so close (boldface mine): While we understand why some are describing the data Kogan handed to Cambridge Analytica as a breach, based on what’s been reported so far, we believe that describing this incident as a breach would, … Continue reading →

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