This articulates my exact feelings about San Francisco, the tech industry, & the entire social crisis of Capitalism we are all facing. Ms. Solnit writes with fierce precision & grace, connecting the dots with damning evidence rather than hyperbole.
Essential reading.
#Urbanism #SanFrancisco #Inequality #Homelessness #Capitalism #DeathSpiral #SelfDrivingCars #Isolation #Lonliness
https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v46/n03/rebecca-solnit/in-the-shadow-of-silicon-valley
It is particularly galling when the company is still making a profit of 50+ billion a year, and the C-suite execs are pulling down many millions - or tens of millions.
Profitable companies laying employees off for no particular reason except to try to appeal to the lightning traders are, to me, the definitive sign that the executive is All Out of Ideas. It may not be a death spiral today - but you can hear it coming.
#Fascist #Florida #Governor #RonDeSantis’#presidentialcampaign officially enters its #deathspiral era.
DeSantis is reverting to an old #strategy often deployed by #losing #political #candidates: #bashing the very #polls that show him #trailing.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Florida #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Homophobia #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate
This is what happens when you're impatient and throw with reclaimed clay that you know is too soft. But you forge ahead anyway. Sigh.
Yeah, that would be me.
2023 CEO: “Think of all the business opportunities that this climate crisis will create!”
2026 CEO: “Hey, where did all my customers go...?”
Ron DeSantis is caught in a death spiral of his own making
https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/ron-desantis-polls-campaign-b2381036.html
If you're wondering how things are going over on the #Birdsite (ie #Twitter) -- now clamping down on DMs as well. #DeathSpiral
Anyway everything melts then catches fire which makes it even worse. Everyone responds to this by running their air conditioners at 100% power 100% of the time which makes it even hotter and burns even more energy which makes it even worse. The trees all catch fire which releases the carbon which makes it even worse.
The permafrost of course also melts which also catches fire which makes it even worse.
Idiots still don't know what methane is and that's not even considered until recently and trust that makes it much worse. Oh they are making rocket fuel out of it guess what? that will make things worse.
Ron DeSantis’ presidential campaign is in a death spiral after only two months
#RonDeSantis #PresidentialCampaign #DeathSpiral #TwoMonths #2023 #LGBTQNation #Politics #News
#Twitter’s #deathspiral and what it means for #LGBTQ+ #rights.
— No #freespeech #absolutist #SocialMedia #network has ever been successful and the #Toxic #Socialmedia #Hellsite #Twitter is not an #exception to that #rule.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #SocialMedia #Conservatives #Extremism #Hate #Bigotry #Racism #AntiSemitism #Misogyny #Homophobia #Transphobia
I’m not a genius like #SpaceKaren but even I can see that restricting the ability of users to see adverts on my platform that relies heavily on advertising for revenue is pretty fucking dumb.
Additionally, actively driving people away from the platform means that advertisers will either demand large price reductions or totally cancel their spend, which will further impact revenue, which will require further cuts, which drive user’s & advertisers away …
@davidaugust
This is so sad, but why I'm now on #Masdodon.
#Twitter was the first place I'd go for news. Many of my friends didn't get it, but it was my *newspaper*
I'm old, so I've seen my share of platforms that I've loved go away. Some faster than others, but this is actually a more than amazing #DeathSpiral
Some #genius #SpaceKaren