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Upwardly Mobile and Hating it — Speculative Insight →
“The Gentrification of Vimes”.
This is so good. Contains spoilers for the City Watch books by Terry Pratchett but I imagine anyone interested will have already read those. Sam Vimes has always been my favourite Pratchett character.
How to survive the broligarchy: 20 lessons for the post-truth world - Carole Cadwalladr
This should be shared far and wide.
Like so many of the tech titans, Mark really does offer an end-to-end service: they make the world worse, then they claim to be leading the escape.
The Guardian: Billy Bragg: ‘There’s nothing like going out there singing your truth. That ain’t changed’. Billy has always been a force for good and it’s great to see he’s still fighting the good fight. I’ve seen him live a few times over the years. 🎵
Link: Creative Good - To resist the robots, get a typewriter
Nice list of reasons for why typewriters are superior to robots.