What is a badass? I love the word itself, because there is practically no way to use it in a negative way. It’s a good word.
Giving Altruism a Bad Name
Effective Altruism’s metrics-driven model of philanthropy is elitist, condescending and — most damning of all — extremely ineffective.
Radical Candor: Be a Kickass Boss Without Losing Your Humanity by Kim Malone Scott
From the time we learn to speak, we’re told that if you don’t have anything nice to say, don’t sa...
Effective Altruism Is a Dangerous Cult — Here's Why
Understanding the "Scientology of Silicon Valley." (7,700 words)
Words of Bluesky
Find the Bluesky accounts that write like an account you know, and the accounts that use a word far more than most.
The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life by Mark Manson
For the past few years, Mark Manson-via his wildly popular blog-has been working on correcting ou...
Effective Altruism’s Problems Go Beyond Sam Bankman-Fried
Sam Bankman-Fried made effective altruism a punchline, but its philosophy of maximum do-gooding masks a thriving culture of predatory behavior.
Bluesky is under fire for allowing usernames with racial slurs
Bluesky’s moderation woes continue as users threaten to leave the site in protest of its failure to flag slurs in account usernames. Many users — particularly Black users — are frustrated that Bluesky hasn’t apologized for allowing racial slurs to slip through its moderation tools even though they violate the platform’s community guidelines. “Our community guidelines published yesterday reflect our values for a healthy community, and we’re working on becoming better stewards every day,” Bluesky CEO Jay Graber said in a post on Saturday.
Meet Facebook’s Mr. Nice (Published 2014)
Arturo Bejar is trying to create empathy among teenage users to curb cyberbullying and harassment.
What do we want from Black women on screen?
From Teyana Taylor’s Oscar-nominated turn in One Battle After Another to Industry’s ruthless Harper Stern, Black women are taking on some of the most morally complex roles on screen. But what does “good” representation really mean and must it always be aspirational? Michaela Makusha investigates.
A word with a woman who’s trying to pull off a crossbody phone strap
The elder millennial experience.
Glitch feminism: a manifesto
"A new manifesto for cyberfeminism. The divide between the digital and the real world no longer exists: we are connected all the time. How do we find out who we are within this digital era? Where do we create the space to explore our identity? How can we come together and create solidarity? The glitch is often dismissed as an error, a faulty overlaying, but, as Legacy Russell shows, liberation can be found within the fissures between gender, technology and the body that it creates. The glitch offers the opportunity for us to perform and transform ourselves in an infinite variety of identities. In Glitch Feminism, Russell makes a series of radical demands through memoir, art and critical theory, and the work of contemporary artists who have travelled through the glitch in their work. Timely and provocative, Glitch Feminism shows how the error can be a revolution"--Publisher's website
“Conscientiousness may be the best single word describing what drives social capital: conscientious people do their bit without being told. It is declining precipitately.” nicholasgruen.substack.com/p/social-fabric-the-price-of-…
Social fabric: The Price of What Survives
nicholasgruen.substack.comWe should stop calling it as Bluesky "account". It's Bluesky "profile", not "account". I'm not saying people should learn about the whole #atproto business to use Bluesky, but at least they should know that their "account" is part of larger world and not tied to just Bluesky.
38 Influential Posters
Getting lots of questions about login. When you login to bsky38.com you're really logging into your Bluesky account on their webpage. We never see your password. Bluesky can let other websites use it as authentication, similar to "Login with Google." The screen found here bsky.social/account
