And also the one social media space that most accurately reflected the national vibes was this non-algorithmic platform without advertising.
three things that should be extremely clear after last night
- people hate the tech overlords and you need to go after them
- theres no reason to be scared of their money
- there is no downside in bringing them to heel
- people hate the tech overlords and you need to go after them
- theres no reason to be scared of their money
- there is no downside in bringing them to heel
November 5, 2026 at 10:44 AM
And also the one social media space that most accurately reflected the national vibes was this non-algorithmic platform without advertising.
Could it be that the platforms with algorithmic monopolies have skewed perceptions and the open social site with less manipulated social engagement are more accurate to real life???
November 4, 2026 at 11:08 PM
Could it be that the platforms with algorithmic monopolies have skewed perceptions and the open social site with less manipulated social engagement are more accurate to real life???
I also refer to it as Generative Algorithmic Slop (GAS), because it's a major pollutant in our modern world.
I like “Computer-Rendered Artificial Pictures,” too, though. That's very clever.
I just hate calling it “artificial intelligence.” It isn't.
It's merely an algorithmic interface.
I like “Computer-Rendered Artificial Pictures,” too, though. That's very clever.
I just hate calling it “artificial intelligence.” It isn't.
It's merely an algorithmic interface.
November 8, 2026 at 5:43 PM
I also refer to it as Generative Algorithmic Slop (GAS), because it's a major pollutant in our modern world.
I like “Computer-Rendered Artificial Pictures,” too, though. That's very clever.
I just hate calling it “artificial intelligence.” It isn't.
It's merely an algorithmic interface.
I like “Computer-Rendered Artificial Pictures,” too, though. That's very clever.
I just hate calling it “artificial intelligence.” It isn't.
It's merely an algorithmic interface.
Algorithmic wages and prices don’t just squeeze workers in the present. They make them predictably poor into the future.
https://dissentmagazine.org/article/algorithmic-pricing-surveillance-wage-discrimination/
https://dissentmagazine.org/article/algorithmic-pricing-surveillance-wage-discrimination/
November 9, 2026 at 9:30 PM
Algorithmic wages and prices don’t just squeeze workers in the present. They make them predictably poor into the future.
https://dissentmagazine.org/article/algorithmic-pricing-surveillance-wage-discrimination/
https://dissentmagazine.org/article/algorithmic-pricing-surveillance-wage-discrimination/
(quietly) I think the rise of algorithmic music playlists was one of the first battles we lost in the war against AI
November 7, 2026 at 12:10 PM
(quietly) I think the rise of algorithmic music playlists was one of the first battles we lost in the war against AI
November 6, 2026 at 3:35 PM
The reason AI content has been such an issue in ttrpgs is that the industry is incredibly fertile ground for algorithmic content output - this industry has thrived on "content packs" of infinitely recombinated tropes.
The same de-skilling that, say, programmers are undergoing with AI is the same de-skilling this industry has undergone for ages when people say "designing systems is too hard" ok bitch that's because you've been slapping template designs for decades because... You thought you'd get an audience?...
November 9, 2026 at 2:47 PM
The reason AI content has been such an issue in ttrpgs is that the industry is incredibly fertile ground for algorithmic content output - this industry has thrived on "content packs" of infinitely recombinated tropes.
One of the things I *love* about Bluesky is the utterly chaotic nature of my non algorithmic TL. I can read about: Medieval eel taxes, the latest Romancelandia knives out drama, an unhinged shitpost, a cool archaeology discovery, and a Nigella recipe. It's a cabinet of curiosity for the brain.
November 5, 2026 at 3:57 PM
One of the things I *love* about Bluesky is the utterly chaotic nature of my non algorithmic TL. I can read about: Medieval eel taxes, the latest Romancelandia knives out drama, an unhinged shitpost, a cool archaeology discovery, and a Nigella recipe. It's a cabinet of curiosity for the brain.
This is not an algorithmic site.
November 7, 2026 at 7:17 PM
This is not an algorithmic site.
The quote is from this article on tech oligarchic algorithmic self-poisoning on X: www.garbageday.email/p/the-oligar...
November 8, 2026 at 4:18 PM
The quote is from this article on tech oligarchic algorithmic self-poisoning on X: www.garbageday.email/p/the-oligar...
EU charges TikTok over harmful algorithmic 'rabbit hole' effects
EU charges TikTok over harmful algorithmic 'rabbit hole' effects
TikTok's Chinese owner ByteDance risks a fine next year of up to 6% of its global annual turnover unless it can resolve the issue.
cnb.cx
November 6, 2026 at 11:55 AM
EU charges TikTok over harmful algorithmic 'rabbit hole' effects
Algorithmic redistricting and doubling the number of house seats should be in the conversation in January.
THIS. Gerrymandering blocked Dems from gaining unified control over state government in GA, NC, TX, and maybe OH.
Nearly 1 in 5 Americans live in those states.
Many House races remain uncalled, but my very prelimiary estimate is gerrymandering cost Dems 2 dozen seats—only NC’s map fully fell apart
Nearly 1 in 5 Americans live in those states.
Many House races remain uncalled, but my very prelimiary estimate is gerrymandering cost Dems 2 dozen seats—only NC’s map fully fell apart
I said this on @nativelandpod.bsky.social but I'll repeat it here: A dangerous narrative is going to be "the GOP gerrymandering didn't work."
NO. It worked GREAT. We just OVERCAME it. But we'd have even MORE seats, and different candidates could have won those seats, without the gerryamndering.
NO. It worked GREAT. We just OVERCAME it. But we'd have even MORE seats, and different candidates could have won those seats, without the gerryamndering.
November 5, 2026 at 5:25 PM
Algorithmic redistricting and doubling the number of house seats should be in the conversation in January.
Read more about our letter here:
US lawmakers, in letter, question McDonald’s CEO about algorithmic pricing practices
US Senator Elizabeth Warren and four other lawmakers questioned McDonald's use of algorithmic pricing tools in a letter to CEO Chris Kempczinski, which the lawmakers shared with Reuters.
www.reuters.com
November 5, 2026 at 5:17 PM
Read more about our letter here:
wish the internet never got algorithmic
anything sexy and cool gets a bunch of o_O What the crap??? replies because people treat everything they see as a never ending stream that's supposed to be catered to them
everyone should have to bookmark people's pages to check up on them individually...
anything sexy and cool gets a bunch of o_O What the crap??? replies because people treat everything they see as a never ending stream that's supposed to be catered to them
everyone should have to bookmark people's pages to check up on them individually...
November 8, 2026 at 5:34 PM
wish the internet never got algorithmic
anything sexy and cool gets a bunch of o_O What the crap??? replies because people treat everything they see as a never ending stream that's supposed to be catered to them
everyone should have to bookmark people's pages to check up on them individually...
anything sexy and cool gets a bunch of o_O What the crap??? replies because people treat everything they see as a never ending stream that's supposed to be catered to them
everyone should have to bookmark people's pages to check up on them individually...
You don't know what you got til it's gone 😭
They bought paradise and put up an algorithmic propaganda machine
They bought paradise and put up an algorithmic propaganda machine
November 9, 2026 at 3:24 AM
You don't know what you got til it's gone 😭
They bought paradise and put up an algorithmic propaganda machine
They bought paradise and put up an algorithmic propaganda machine
I mean this, whole chest: he is both worse and better than people think he is and both for different reasons. There are tons of racist chuds. Asmongold gobbles up algorithmic drift because he's been hollowed out, a postmodern man in postmodern times.
November 9, 2026 at 10:33 PM
I mean this, whole chest: he is both worse and better than people think he is and both for different reasons. There are tons of racist chuds. Asmongold gobbles up algorithmic drift because he's been hollowed out, a postmodern man in postmodern times.
The degree to which Twitter has turned into an algorithmic echo chamber is ASTOUNDING
you had groypers/the right posting shit like this a DAY before the midterms. they're so chronically online and warped by it they don't even realize that they've severed themselves completely from real politics. they're just doing extremism as fandom, at this point.
November 4, 2026 at 3:32 PM
The degree to which Twitter has turned into an algorithmic echo chamber is ASTOUNDING
Last week Google, Meta, & TikTok filed separate lawsuits (thanks to an earlier 9th Circuit ruling) challenging the latest bad California law that says that algorithmic feeds and autoplay are both "addictive" and must be banned for those under 16. The law is bad.
Google, Meta, And TikTok File Three Separate Lawsuits Against California’s Ridiculous ‘Addictive Feeds’ Law
California legislators, led mainly by two of...
https://www.techdirt.com/2026/11/09/google-meta-and-tiktok-file-three-separate-lawsuits-against-californias-ridiculous-addictive-feeds-law/
California legislators, led mainly by two of...
https://www.techdirt.com/2026/11/09/google-meta-and-tiktok-file-three-separate-lawsuits-against-californias-ridiculous-addictive-feeds-law/
Google, Meta, And TikTok File Three Separate Lawsuits Against California’s Ridiculous ‘Addictive Feeds’ Law
California legislators, led mainly by two of the most anti-science, anti-kid legislators in the state — Josh Lowenthal and Buffy Wicks — make sure that every year they experiment on our children with unproven, untested, scientifically illiterate laws that seek to “protect the children.” And, every year Gavin Newsom eagerly signs them into law forcing...
www.techdirt.com
November 9, 2026 at 7:30 PM
Last week Google, Meta, & TikTok filed separate lawsuits (thanks to an earlier 9th Circuit ruling) challenging the latest bad California law that says that algorithmic feeds and autoplay are both "addictive" and must be banned for those under 16. The law is bad.
US lawmakers, in letter, question McDonald’s CEO about algorithmic pricing practices reut.rs/4eIdgWc
US lawmakers, in letter, question McDonald’s CEO about algorithmic pricing practices
US Senator Elizabeth Warren and four other lawmakers questioned McDonald's use of algorithmic pricing tools in a letter to CEO Chris Kempczinski, which the lawmakers shared with Reuters.
reut.rs
November 3, 2026 at 7:30 PM
US lawmakers, in letter, question McDonald’s CEO about algorithmic pricing practices reut.rs/4eIdgWc
FINALLY!! We get to hear what billionaires think….
Other than through their constant editorializing through the news media organizations they own and the algorithmic pushing of accounts that tow the lines they prefer on the social media aps they also own…
Other than through their constant editorializing through the news media organizations they own and the algorithmic pushing of accounts that tow the lines they prefer on the social media aps they also own…
What Wall Street billionaires are saying about Democrats' midterm sweep
What Wall Street billionaires are saying about Democrats' midterm sweep
Billionaire political spending met criticism from ... billionaires in the wake of Tuesday's blue wave election.
cnb.cx
November 5, 2026 at 12:25 AM
FINALLY!! We get to hear what billionaires think….
Other than through their constant editorializing through the news media organizations they own and the algorithmic pushing of accounts that tow the lines they prefer on the social media aps they also own…
Other than through their constant editorializing through the news media organizations they own and the algorithmic pushing of accounts that tow the lines they prefer on the social media aps they also own…
Regulate data brokers, outlaw dynamic pricing, and regulate algorithmic social media that promotes unannounced paid posts (among other terrible things)
November 9, 2026 at 12:21 AM
Regulate data brokers, outlaw dynamic pricing, and regulate algorithmic social media that promotes unannounced paid posts (among other terrible things)
Hey he said algorithmic, and that sounds pretty fkn smart to me.
November 8, 2026 at 12:54 PM
Hey he said algorithmic, and that sounds pretty fkn smart to me.
I'm also upset about the framing of their changing attitudes - there's really no discussion of any of the responsible parties (social media algorithmic-based deliveries, medical grifters, right wing fearmongering).
It just sounds like oh well attitude changes come for no reason, from space
It just sounds like oh well attitude changes come for no reason, from space
November 8, 2026 at 6:18 PM
I'm also upset about the framing of their changing attitudes - there's really no discussion of any of the responsible parties (social media algorithmic-based deliveries, medical grifters, right wing fearmongering).
It just sounds like oh well attitude changes come for no reason, from space
It just sounds like oh well attitude changes come for no reason, from space
High Finance has spent hundreds of millions of dollars without cracking an algorithmic trading strategy to reliably outperform the market, but sure, hooking up Claude to your Crypto wallet is gonna crush
November 7, 2026 at 3:14 AM
High Finance has spent hundreds of millions of dollars without cracking an algorithmic trading strategy to reliably outperform the market, but sure, hooking up Claude to your Crypto wallet is gonna crush