“My 3 favourite things are the Oxford comma, irony, and missed opportunities”
The Canary Is Dead, and X Keeps Digging
The bird site has decided that its ‘free speech’ is absolute and isn’t subject to any laws or limits. Quite a claim.
At this point, if you’re still supporting the internet outrage industrial complex that is Xitter, you’re part of the problem.
There are plenty of stable microblogging alternatives available, with functional moderation policies, and no one is locked in.
If you’re an organisation using X for advertising or engagement, yes, you’re being judged.
Update 23 April
“The idea that someone would go to court for the right to put up violent content on a platform shows how out-of-touch Mr Musk is,” Albanese said. “Social media needs to have social responsibility with it. Mr Musk is not showing any.”
The High Road Less Travelled
New news from The Guardian
“People are more likely to remember negative charges than positive statements. People are more likely to give negative statements greater weight than they do positive statements.
“And so trying to take the high road and create a contrast between yourself and a negative opponent by not responding simply doesn’t work.”
It’s about time. Wishing them well and hoping they still find air time to pitch an actual vision for their nation.
Perthlings Assemble
End of an Era: Former Computer Associates Building Imploded
End of an Era: Former Computer Associates Building Imploded | Long Island Life & Politics
— Read on lilifepolitics.com/real-estate/end-of-an-era-former-computer-associates-building-imploded/
Today I Asked Bing For A Macaqeroni and Cheese
I asked “draw me a picture of macaqueroni and cheese” and I received this. It’s better than I expected.
When Inspiration Outlives the Artist
It’s been a great week for music fans who are slowly realising that death does not necessarily unbecome art.
There’s ‘new’ music from The Beatles, of course.
And although it’s been kinda leaked for years, the second, unreleased album from the great Kirsty MacColl has finally seen the light of day, after 40 years, thanks to the Streaming Gods. For someone who loved her forays into synth-rock and new-wave super-production, I’m a little chuffed.
Happy 29th Birthday, BONWAG
On this, the year that social media blew itself up (or more specifically, when Mr Musk decided to demonstrate the dangers of a centralised commercial share-space), I’m pleased to see the world snapping back to self-owned social – or POSSE, as it has been recently buzzworded.
This might be the year I get back to regular posting here. About Marketing, about Family, about Technology, about Dumb Stuff.
What were YOU doing at the age of 29?
What a weekend in Australia
Bonwag The Pokémon
Here’s only the second time I’ve heard of another Bonwag in the wild: apparently if you (somehow) fuse the two Pokémon Bonsly and Polywag you get this unholy abomination: 257.60 on if.daena.me/257.60/
It will not become a mascot for this site, and may God have mercy on its soul.
BONWAG 