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Reindeer/caribou in SF. [he/him/他/誰?] Spreadsheet maker, friendship logistician. Suit: @BNCreation.bsky.social pfp: @captainchaotika.bsky.social AD: @yupcake.is | site: yupcake.is

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The Author, Séamas O'Reilly@seamas.bsky.social · 2w ago

Have seen this Nature piece about the effects of X's algorithm mentioned again and it bears repeating; exposure to a right wing algorithm makes you - measurably and predictably - more right wing, even after you stop using it. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

The political effects of X’s feed algorithm - Nature

Among users initially on a chronological feed, 7 weeks of exposure to X’s algorithmic feed in 2023 shifted political attitudes and account-following behaviour in a more conservative direction compared...

nature.com

Gomi Deer@gomi.gay · 2w ago

I've been thinking since I stepped down from FWA leadership about how much furry conventions have grown, and how much we now ask of the volunteers who keep them running. I decided to put those thoughts into words, and I'd appreciate it if you'd give them a read: gomi.gay/blog/26-09-0...

As Furry Conventions Grow, Our Expectations Need to Change

Furry conventions depend on volunteers giving extraordinary amounts of their time. As our events grow, we need to ask when that generosity becomes something our conventions depend on.

gomi.gay

Cake by the ocean@cakeibou.bsky.social · last mo.

Heat is death. I can always bundle up more to get warmer, but there's only so much I can strip off to stay cool.

Waggy Creachur@dexwolfy.mow.haus · last mo.

Im honestly becoming convinced seasonal depression can occur in the summer too. When its too hot/too muggy/too rainy to do anything it makes you stir crazy inside or you cannot do even simple things outside without feeling absolutely exhausted by the oppressive heat. Its messing with my head