James Gleick @JamesGleick

No future here, as a serf propping up the plutocrat’s plaything. The Fediverse is what Twitter wanted to be all along. You can find me as @[email protected]. around.com https://zirk.us/invite/PXNHY85 Joined March 2009

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The New York Review of Books @nybooks

2 years ago

James Gleick on the neuroscientist Kevin Mitchell’s scientific argument for free will go.nybooks.com/48xrtzF

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James Gleick @JamesGleick

3 years ago

Now comes the petty tyrant, wielding his tiny whip on behalf of America’s overlords. [If you’re still on Twitter … what would be the last straw?] theintercept.com/2023/09/15/uaw…

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James Gleick @JamesGleick

3 years ago

(Don’t be distracted by Threads. You don’t want the ads, and you don’t want the algorithm choosing what you see.) Here’s a good starter guide (among many): medium.com/@mastodonmigra… Here’s an invite link to the instance I’m on: zirk.us/invite/VPrCmkX4 Hope to see you there.

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James Gleick @JamesGleick

3 years ago

To my friends who dipped a toe in the water at Mastodon and gave up: Please take another look. It works. Of course it will take time to recreate your network of friends and follows, but with patience it will happen. Then the experience will be better than Twitter ever was.

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James Gleick @JamesGleick

3 years ago

My friends, when you’re ready for #Mastodon—even if you think you’ve already tried it—here’s your invitation: zirk.us/invite/PXNHY85k

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James Gleick @JamesGleick

4 years ago

@harumimiaomiao I’m glad you’ve liked my books. Considering that, don’t you think you should read the piece before calling it a “hatchet job”? It is not a hatchet job. Even our heroes are complex, with flaws, and it’s all right to look at them from different perspectives, to understand more.

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James Gleick @JamesGleick

4 years ago

I wrote about Buckminster Fuller, "a crank and a charlatan and a prophet and a visionary." nybooks.com/articles/2022/… via @nybooks

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Michael Beschloss @BeschlossDC

4 years ago

President Johnson's notes for his remarks to Cabinet today 1963: "I need each of you to tell me what the problems are. . . .I want you to speak frankly, candidly....I want you all to stay on. I need you."

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The Authors Guild @AuthorsGuild

4 years ago

Are you on Mastodon? Follow us at mastodon.social/@AuthorsGuild

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James Gleick @JamesGleick

4 years ago

I’ve seen enough. Elon Musk’s Twitter is not for me.

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James Gleick @JamesGleick

4 years ago

So many of @GreatDismal’s characters are well realized in this adaptation of The Peripheral, but none more indelibly than Alexandra Billings as Inspector Lowbeer. She owns every scene. As the inspector should.

The Peripheral @ThePeripheralPV

4 years ago

Time to meet the one and only, Inspector Lowbeer. Stream episode 1-6 of #ThePeripheral, exclusively on @PrimeVideo.

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James Gleick @JamesGleick

4 years ago

@mat_johnson Put your Mastodon thingee in your Twitter profile so people can follow you there.

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James Gleick @JamesGleick

4 years ago

@sc101_101 You actually think Musk allowed that “poll” to play out without interference? You think there was ever going to be a scenario where he said, “OK, the people have spoken and Trump is not welcome here”? Impossible.

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James Gleick @JamesGleick

4 years ago

Oh please. “The people.” Your filter bubble of right-wing courtiers and sycophants, you mean.

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James Gleick @JamesGleick

4 years ago

@im2b @BetsyGleick I’ll look, when they allow me, but what’s the appeal of another walled garden, owned by one person, with an unknown business model (ads? algorithms to fuel engagement?)?

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James Gleick @JamesGleick

4 years ago

@Shteyngart Not really, Gary. There’s a small initial hump to get over, is all. You don’t need an invitation. Use your web browser (not the app). Choose any server (e.g. mastodon.world). You can do it!

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Laurence Tribe 🇺🇦 ⚖️ @tribelaw

4 years ago

“Do they have a plan for what to do if they succeed in diminishing respect for the Justice Department and with it society’s confidence in the rule of law? Not likely.” Read this and beware the MAGA jihad against the FBI and the Justice Department. . . latimes.com/opinion/story/…

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Jeet Heer @HeerJeet

4 years ago

The next question is how was this person able to buy and keep guns

Josh Marshall @joshtpm

4 years ago

In June 2021 the alleged Colorado Springs mass shooter threatened to blow up his mom with a homemade bomb and assorted firearms. He was coaxed out of his home by a SWAT team negotiation unit. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/5-dead-… via @TPM

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Wajahat Ali @WajahatAli

4 years ago

Attack on LGBTQ+, attack on Pelosis, attack on law enforcement, threats against Boston Children's Hospital, intimidation of educators --- all individuals and groups targeted by right-wing media and GOP politicians. Connection is clear to see. Why does the majority tolerate this?

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @AOC

4 years ago

.@laurenboebert you have played a major role in elevating anti-LGBT+ hate rhetoric and anti-trans lies while spending your time in Congress blocking even the most common sense gun safety laws. You don’t get to “thoughts and prayers” your way out of this. Look inward and change.

Lauren Boebert @laurenboebert

4 years ago

The news out of Colorado Springs is absolutely awful. This morning the victims & their families are in my prayers. This lawless violence needs to end and end quickly.