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- Castiglione, Il libro del Cortegiano, I, § 1.
Mark Blair | Technosociologist
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Mark Blair | Technosociologist
@mblair
You're at the crossroads of technology and society.
Welcome to my corner of the global campfire. 🏕️🔥
Let's explore our future together! 🚀
Northern California
Joined March 2007
- Replying to @EdKrassenYou've got to love this. We should not be abusing the anti-terrorism laws and using them as political weapons.
- Replying to @JohnCleeseA sad day. No matter what you think of Mr. Cleese's politics, it is no victory to see him leave X. We need to find ways to enjoy each others company, even when we disagree.
- Replying to @DiscussingFilmIt is interesting to see which ethnicities it is still politically correct to crack jokes about.
- Replying to @dieworkwearBut your cell block will likely become the most fashionable in the country.
- Replying to @gregg_reThey've made The Apprentice totally unavailable on streaming services. Had Trump been a Democrat, I think they'd all be fighting over the rights to stream it.
- Replying to @Yuchenj_UWWhat a mess. Yet if you were low skilled and snuck over the border, our system would fight its own laws tooth and nail to keep you here.
- Replying to @FischerKing64When she accused Trump of being too soft on China after Covid, I gave up on her. It was obvious that she was trying to game voters with an embarrassingly naked attempt at triangulation.
- Replying to @kenklippensteinThere is no good reason why any potential New York City mayor should be preplanning trips to any country. Shouldn’t have even been a question. Truly bizarre. What does Israel have to do with New York City?
- Replying to @AndrewYangIt is hard to respect the Democratic Party these days. Even Obama, who I highly respected, sunk down in the mud to propogate the "fine people" hoax in the last days of the Harris campaign.
- Replying to @kylenabecker and @VivekGRamaswamy"Die is cast" is from Julius Caesar when he crossed the Rubicon to wage war against the establishment Senators of Rome. An insurrection. Caesar took power and the Senate stabbed him in the back. To stop Trump "before the die is cast" is haunting... Weird parallels.
- Replying to @Inter_Xtra and @InterI'm not convinced they ever left Milan.
- Replying to @elivieira @elonmusk and @shellenbergerDo I understand this right? This is as if Pewdiepie begged for journalists to be censored? What the heck is going on in Brazil?
- Replying to @walterkirnI've been told there was a "reason" why she was on this list. But nobody has yet been able to persuade me as to why, with the knowledge the government has of her, they would consider her a risk to civilian aviation.
