{"id":3236,"date":"2023-07-09T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-07-09T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/networkeffects.ca\/?p=3236"},"modified":"2026-05-20T11:36:44","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T19:36:44","slug":"href-weekly-july2-july8-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/networkeffects.ca\/?p=3236","title":{"rendered":"href weekly | July2-July8 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"
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There ought to be exhibitions on Myst and Surrealism; The Sims and interior design; Red Dead Redemption, Albert Bierstadt, and the American West. #videogames<\/a> https:\/\/archive.ph\/2FGaB<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Exploring the tech behind concert led wristbands #led<\/a> #lighting<\/a> https:\/\/hackaday.com\/2023\/07\/01\/exploring-the-tech-behind-concert-led-wristbands\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Enslaved machine learning processes aren\u2019t going to rise up in anger and overturn us, any more (or any less) than markets, bureaucracy and democracy have already. Such minatory fantasies tell us more about their authors than the real problems of the world we live in. #llm<\/a> https:\/\/crookedtimber.org\/2023\/07\/03\/shoggoths-amongst-us\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tiny #Awards<\/a> is a small prize awarded by an equally-small selection committee of online makers to the website which we feel best embodies the idea of a small, playful and heartfelt #web<\/a> https:\/\/tinyawards.net\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The programmed monopolization of possibilities disables human agency by robbing it of any alternative competency. https:\/\/www.noemamag.com\/post-anthropocene-humanism\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

PhD Simulator #seriousgames<\/a> https:\/\/research.wmz.ninja\/projects\/phd\/index.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Politics & Economics<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Modern propaganda does not try to convert people to a coherent ideology or make them believe that there is a utopia behind the walls of some foreign dictatorship. Instead, it makes people enraged, confused and depressed, and conclude that no truths can be known. https:\/\/thetyee.ca\/Analysis\/2023\/06\/27\/Education-Birth-Democracy-Will-Protect-It\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

What if there is no #housing<\/a> crisis, but instead a housing market working exactly as intended? https:\/\/btlbooks.com\/book\/the-tenant-class<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

B.C.’s largest wildfire on record now eclipses the entire area of Prince Edward Island #climatechange<\/a> #canada<\/a> https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/british-columbia\/donnie-creek-wildfire-aftermath-1.6892294<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gap between rich and poor widens at fastest pace on record #canada<\/a> https:\/\/www150.statcan.gc.ca\/n1\/daily-quotidien\/230704\/dq230704a-eng.htm<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The question is: what kind of agriculture do Canadians want? Growing land inequality undermines the social, economic and environmental sustainability of agriculture. Progressive agrarian and food movements propose a different future \u2014 one based on food sovereignty. This would entail equitable access to land for farmers, sustainable livelihoods and valuing farmland for its social and ecological worth, as well as its productive value. https:\/\/thenarwhal.ca\/prairies-farming-investors\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This kind of policy by Elsevier is not just aimed at Design Studies. Elsevier is already subject to various academic boycotts and editor walkouts around the world. #publishing<\/a> #openaccess<\/a> https:\/\/www.designresearchsociety.org\/articles\/the-future-of-design-studies-journal<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Arguably, the craziest faction in #uspolitics<\/a> right now isn\u2019t red-hatted blue-collar guys in diners, it\u2019s technology billionaires living in huge mansions and flying around on private jets. At one level it\u2019s quite funny. Unfortunately, however, these people have enough money to do serious damage. https:\/\/archive.li\/Idv9F<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Bits There ought to be exhibitions on Myst and Surrealism; The Sims and interior design; Red Dead Redemption, Albert Bierstadt, and the American West. #videogames https:\/\/archive.ph\/2FGaB Exploring the tech behind concert led wristbands #led #lighting https:\/\/hackaday.com\/2023\/07\/01\/exploring-the-tech-behind-concert-led-wristbands\/ Enslaved machine learning processes aren\u2019t going to rise up in anger and overturn us, any more (or any less)…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"webmentions_disabled_pings":false,"webmentions_disabled":false,"activitypub_content_warning":"","activitypub_content_visibility":"","activitypub_max_image_attachments":3,"activitypub_interaction_policy_quote":"anyone","activitypub_status":"federated","footnotes":""},"categories":[175],"tags":[502,210,187,213,500,501,182,355,365,290,503,188,176],"class_list":["post-3236","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-links","tag-awards","tag-canada","tag-climatechange","tag-housing","tag-led","tag-lighting","tag-llm","tag-openaccess","tag-publishing","tag-seriousgames","tag-uspolitics","tag-videogames","tag-web","kind-article","h-entry","hentry"],"kind":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/networkeffects.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3236","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/networkeffects.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/networkeffects.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/networkeffects.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/networkeffects.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3236"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/networkeffects.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3236\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3833,"href":"https:\/\/networkeffects.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3236\/revisions\/3833"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/networkeffects.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3236"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/networkeffects.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3236"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/networkeffects.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3236"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}