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@polymerwitch there was also one a while ago on migrants towards the EU, and how the collaboration between Italian and Libyan authorities is worsening the conditions of those who try to cross the Mediterranean. different continents, same issue, same horrors

@djsundog not quite but... https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2015/feb/05/bike-paths-abandoned-tube-tunnels-london-underline

@espenart Storavatnet?

@CobaltVelvet
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@djsundog

“Does history die if you intentionally repeat it?” -- Kara Walker

@jo @qwyrdo -- a microbiotal landscape

@qwyrdo First Life is hard enough already ;)

@Julia best software engineering tool ever :)

to vent or to ven't: a social-media dilemma

tired: augmented reality
wired: pigmented reality

@somarasu ah - totally fine then, I had much darker thoughts.. your angle is way better

@somarasu it could be very cool.. or it could turn out to be 90% cards of objectified anime female characters, depending on how pessimistic you are

"Soylent Beige: The Middle Gray of Taste"
Travis Diehl

https://www.e-flux.com/journal/89/178844/soylent-beige-the-middle-gray-of-taste/

"Fucking foreign languages is my fetish"

Mirene Arsanios

https://www.e-flux.com/journal/92/204493/e-autobiography-di-un-idioma/

"Beelzebufo and the Pumpkin Toadlet"
cw: fangs, scary frog
https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/artful-amoeba/beelzebufo-and-the-pumpkin-toadlet/

in #123 a small victory is scored in bringing down a specific series of advertisements for clickbait sites very offensive and hurtful for one person.

this is great, but what happens to the rest of the trash amplified by gross businesses like Taboola? what about those who don't have the means of a powerful media outlet in fighting the abuse? what about the threats to privacy posed by adtech ?

:/
burn to the ground the digital advertisement business

https://www.gimletmedia.com/reply-all/123-an-ad-for-the-worst-day-of-your-life#episode-player

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