What Would Putin Do (WWPD) is an effective heuristic for #sensemaking In These Times™
What Would Putin Do (WWPD) is an effective heuristic for #sensemaking In These Times™
“Trumpworld women are to actual women as AI porn is to lovemaking.”
- @msbellows on
When a technology’s properties are pushed to its limits there is a potential for unintended consequence. A technology can have more than one. When developing a new technology, or deciding whether to regulate one in our society, it would pay to have some deep conversations about these effects.
Just because these consequences are unintended does not mean they are unknown.
Come for the #shitposting, stay for the #sensemaking.
I can’t predict the future, but I can tell which way the puck is moving, and see around corners.
This is my neurospicy superpower and I wield it with responsibility.
Here, in the #Fediverse, with my brothers in Christ.
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What we’re experiencing is #SadoPopulism.
Why this matters:
While the energy crisis could have boosted awareness of climate & biodiversity, our research shows that social media dynamics may weaken support for coordinated action. Environmental advocacy faces growing challenges in cutting through the noise.
Understanding how social media shapes collective #sensemaking in times of crisis is crucial for improving #communication strategies and ensuring environmental concerns are central to long-term policy decisions.
It’s supposed to challenge #sensemaking.
That is the strategic objective.
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“If you see Jesus as a Jew, things make sense.”
Are you - or have you ever been - connected to reality?
Is your preferred state one of complete knowledge blindness?
If so, marca dos.
Or press one to speak with the next available representative.
#NeverForget, deep down, underneath all the ketamine, spray tan, personality disorders, and unprocessed transgenerational trauma, the Creepy Weirdos are cowards.
I keep saying this: the Democratic Party needs to disband in a highly public way, leaving a void to be filled by leaders who can read the room, know what time it is, and understand the assignment.
We are here because the legacy party did none of that.
What you are seeing is #DARVO, every day, all day, ad infinitum, ad nauseum.
Your answers to questions about why certain private actors or entities are being tapped to speak for the government of the people, by the people, for the people: it’s an active coup.
The giant wooden horse is already inside the city walls, filled with Trojans spilling out into the streets.
Also, the intentions were telegraphed almost two years ago via #Project2025.
The MAGA mouth-breathers see Trump as an agent of chaos, distinct from Republicans of the past.
My $0.02.
It doesn't make sense to think that a very few number of very rich people have suddenly started to diligently and actively help regular, every day people who are working their jobs.
People who believe this are either avoiding thinking carefully about the situation, lack critical-thinking skills, or are in on the grift.
If you’re not following @blogdiva, you’re missing out on active #sensemaking being practiced with discipline.
In “Back to the Future,” there is a scene where Doc Brown is surprised by the advanced technology from Japan, highlighting rapid technological advancements, reflecting the real-world perception of the electronics industry in the 1980s.
Everybody memoryholed how that wasn’t an overriding concern after the Cold War ended.
Why do we think that was?
#history #sensemaking #PatternRecognition
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New #sensemaking frame just dropped:
We’re all living in the plot of the Muskovite Candidate™