{"id":3578,"date":"2025-01-12T08:04:52","date_gmt":"2025-01-12T16:04:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/networkeffects.ca\/?p=3578"},"modified":"2026-05-20T17:07:39","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T01:07:39","slug":"href-weekly-jan-5-jan-11-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/networkeffects.ca\/?p=3578","title":{"rendered":"href weekly | Jan 5 \u2013 Jan 11 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='e-content'>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Bits<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the convinced Communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction (i.e., the reality of experience) and the distinction between true and false (i.e., the standards of thought) no longer exist.\u201d <a rel=\"tag\" class=\"hashtag u-tag u-category\" href=\"https:\/\/networkeffects.ca\/?tag=internet\">#internet<\/a> <a rel=\"tag\" class=\"hashtag u-tag u-category\" href=\"https:\/\/networkeffects.ca\/?tag=ai\">#ai<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/opinion\/whats-happening-to-the-internet\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/opinion\/whats-happening-to-the-internet<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;It was never a terrible idea, at least, to use computers to connect to one another on occasion, for justified reasons, and in moderation (although the risk of instrumentalizing one another was present from the outset). The problem came from doing so all the time, as a lifestyle, an aspiration, an obsession. The offer was always too good to be true, but it\u2019s taken us two decades to realize the Faustian nature of the bargain.&#8221; <a rel=\"tag\" class=\"hashtag u-tag u-category\" href=\"https:\/\/networkeffects.ca\/?tag=socialmedia\">#socialmedia<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/US4Na\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/archive.ph\/US4Na<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A conversation with <a rel=\"tag\" class=\"hashtag u-tag u-category\" href=\"https:\/\/networkeffects.ca\/?tag=bluesky\">#bluesky<\/a> CEO Jay Graber <a rel=\"tag\" class=\"hashtag u-tag u-category\" href=\"https:\/\/networkeffects.ca\/?tag=fediverse\">#fediverse<\/a> <a rel=\"tag\" class=\"hashtag u-tag u-category\" href=\"https:\/\/networkeffects.ca\/?tag=opensource\">#opensource<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wired.com\/video\/watch\/social-media-reboot-a-conversation-with-jay-graber\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.wired.com\/video\/watch\/social-media-reboot-a-conversation-with-jay-graber<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a rel=\"tag\" class=\"hashtag u-tag u-category\" href=\"https:\/\/networkeffects.ca\/?tag=fediverse\">#fediverse<\/a> <a rel=\"tag\" class=\"hashtag u-tag u-category\" href=\"https:\/\/networkeffects.ca\/?tag=decentralization\">#decentralization<\/a> ..&#8221; <a rel=\"tag\" class=\"hashtag u-tag u-category\" href=\"https:\/\/networkeffects.ca\/?tag=bluesky\">#bluesky<\/a> is a platform that resolutely wishes it wasn\u2019t. And that has profound implications for what its users want the platform to be, and what it can\u2019t; in short, why it will not save us. \u2026 excessive dependence on <a rel=\"tag\" class=\"hashtag u-tag u-category\" href=\"https:\/\/networkeffects.ca\/?tag=socialmedia\">#socialmedia<\/a> platforms creates an ugly feedback loop that can swallow our dreams whole.&#8221; <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.liberalcurrents.com\/bluesky-wont-save-us\/\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.liberalcurrents.com\/bluesky-wont-save-us\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Film &amp; Video<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"SUN RA: A JOYFUL NOISE | Cosmic Jazz Maestro Unleashes Timeless Spectacle\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/oZHB1bfSJ8k?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">&#8220;It takes a motion to notion and it takes a notion to motion.&#8221;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;In short, Sun Ra had a religious cult. Only instead of killing people, or drinking Kool-Aid, or committing mass suicide in preparation for some comet flyby, or trying to take over society through covert operations and all-out extortion of members &#8230; Sun Ra&#8217;s cult played jazz. They played jazz constantly, they played jazz with determination and fervor, and they played jazz in hats made of tin foil, sequins, duct tape, and purple rayon.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.metafilter.com\/79781\/The-Sun-Ra-Quilt-of-Joy#2479221\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.metafilter.com\/79781\/The-Sun-Ra-Quilt-of-Joy#2479221<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Sound &amp; Music<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What we have now is a perverse, frictionless vision for art, where a song stays on repeat not because it\u2019s our new favorite but because it\u2019s just pleasant enough to ignore.&#8221; <a rel=\"tag\" class=\"hashtag u-tag u-category\" href=\"https:\/\/networkeffects.ca\/?tag=music\">#music<\/a> <a rel=\"tag\" class=\"hashtag u-tag u-category\" href=\"https:\/\/networkeffects.ca\/?tag=economics\">#economics<\/a> <a rel=\"tag\" class=\"hashtag u-tag u-category\" href=\"https:\/\/networkeffects.ca\/?tag=spotify\">#spotify<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/5Lx61\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/archive.ph\/5Lx61<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Politics &amp; Economics<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI think of our move as being more than just \u2018protest\u2019, which implies that we academics lack the power to change the publication system directly \u2026 by starting new journals that are open, not-for-profit, and have high academic standards.\u201d <a rel=\"tag\" class=\"hashtag u-tag u-category\" href=\"https:\/\/networkeffects.ca\/?tag=publishing\">#publishing<\/a> <a rel=\"tag\" class=\"hashtag u-tag u-category\" href=\"https:\/\/networkeffects.ca\/?tag=openaccess\">#openaccess<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/carbonchemist.com\/journal-editor-mass-resignations-what-do-they-achieve\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/carbonchemist.com\/journal-editor-mass-resignations-what-do-they-achieve\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;.. the only tool that can secure economic justice for workers who truly can&#8217;t help but do their jobs is solidarity.&#8221; <a rel=\"tag\" class=\"hashtag u-tag u-category\" href=\"https:\/\/networkeffects.ca\/?tag=art\">#art<\/a> <a rel=\"tag\" class=\"hashtag u-tag u-category\" href=\"https:\/\/networkeffects.ca\/?tag=economics\">#economics<\/a> <a rel=\"tag\" class=\"hashtag u-tag u-category\" href=\"https:\/\/networkeffects.ca\/?tag=politics\">#politics<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/pluralistic.net\/2024\/12\/21\/blockheads-r-us\/#vocational-awe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/pluralistic.net\/2024\/12\/21\/blockheads-r-us\/#vocational-awe<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bits \u201cThe ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the convinced Communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction (i.e., the reality of experience) and the distinction between true and false (i.e., the standards of thought) no longer exist.\u201d #internet #ai https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/opinion\/whats-happening-to-the-internet &#8220;It was never a terrible idea,&hellip;<\/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":[127,6,386,387,192,403,402,31,355,37,121,365,305,220],"class_list":["post-3578","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-links","tag-ai","tag-art","tag-bluesky","tag-decentralization","tag-economics","tag-fediverse","tag-internet","tag-music","tag-openaccess","tag-opensource","tag-politics","tag-publishing","tag-socialmedia","tag-spotify","kind-article","h-entry","hentry"],"kind":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/networkeffects.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3578","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=3578"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/networkeffects.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3578\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":100252,"href":"https:\/\/networkeffects.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3578\/revisions\/100252"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/networkeffects.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3578"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/networkeffects.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3578"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/networkeffects.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3578"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}