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sixonedude.bsky.social
Mark Jacobs
@sixonedude.bsky.social
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That Tall Nerd 👓 on TikTok posting about the news, geo-politics 🌐, urbanism 🏙️, economics, and other geeky things (#AvGeek, science, etc.). Former editor working in tech, I’m a #globalcitizen ⭕️ and US-based 🇺🇸 … for now 🔗 linktr.ee/sixonedude
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Mark Jacobs @sixonedude.bsky.social · 2d
Just saw a post on @vox.com’s Instagram feed that tells me they are working on fixing America’s broken #culture —politicians can’t solve all of our problems; we have to work on ourselves too!

A better culture can lead to better #politics: #disagreebetter

www.vox.com/future-perfe...
How America forgot the best way to defend its democracy
The strongest defense can be summed up in just two words.
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Mark Jacobs @sixonedude.bsky.social · 10m
I’ve been talking about provincial thinking on TikTok lately. George W. Bush said to “make the pie higher.” We need to stop treating life and work as a zero-sum game

#culture
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Mark Jacobs @sixonedude.bsky.social · 27m
I’ve seen this on the job, for sure. She’s not wrong. A hidden source of #fragility on the job when people react to ideas as if they were threats

I never thought George W. Bush would sound smart when he talked about how to “make the pie higher”

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wired.com
WIRED @wired.com · 1h
The unprecedented pay day will go into full effect by 2035—as long as Tesla hits ambitious financial and production targets.
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Tesla Shareholders Approve Elon Musk’s $1 Trillion Pay Package
The unprecedented payday will go into full effect by 2035—as long as Tesla hits ambitious financial and production targets.
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washingtonpost.com
The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 1h
Outbursts from the sun are sending shimmering aurora borealis farther south than usual. The storm is expected to peak Thursday night and again on Friday.

Here’s where best to see them in the U.S.:
Where in the U.S. you’ll have the best chance of seeing northern lights Thursday
The first wave arrived late Wednesday into Thursday, delivering aurora into the northern tier of the United States. Here’s where another wave of northern lights could hit late Thursday.
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theatlantic.com
The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 47m
Zohran Mamdani ran an online campaign based on real people and a real message. @cwarzel.bsky.social on why it worked:
An Antidote to Shamelessness
Zohran Mamdani ran an online campaign based on real people and a real message. It worked.
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newscientist.com
New Scientist @newscientist.com · 3h
Existing tools that work out the carbon footprint of flights greatly underestimate their warming impact, say the makers of a new calculator
Your flight emissions are way higher than carbon calculators suggest
Existing tools that work out the carbon footprint of flights greatly underestimate their warming impact, say the makers of a new calculator
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Mark Jacobs @sixonedude.bsky.social · 3h
We damaged a generation. I hope they can find the inner strength and #resilience to overcome the perceived threat of other people’s thoughts, ideas and perspectives

#fragility #affluenza
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Mark Jacobs @sixonedude.bsky.social · 3h
… even when we are on the same side of things, by the way. I’ve been blocked by fellow liberals, and I had to block one for his hostile reaction to information I provided about a live political discussion he had on TikTok on his Discord server. He called it “drama” 😂

How do you even …?
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Mark Jacobs @sixonedude.bsky.social · 3h
It’s a little bit of both. But yeah, most of your neurons form before age 25, so it might be harder for them to unlearn the unhealthy habits that make them shut out others

I’ve had difficulty communicating basic concepts to them at work formally, and on social media informally

#GenZstare
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fortune.com
Fortune @fortune.com · 3h
Political scientist Robert Putnam linked decades of social disintegration directly to the rise of populist authoritarian figures like Donald Trump—as well as to Gen Z’s struggles with anxiety and poor mental health. trib.al/zOspAmX
The prophet of American loneliness on the world that produced Trump and his message to Gen Z: 'You didn't cause this problem, we caused this problem' | Fortune
Robert Putnam famously diagnosed America as "bowling alone" 25 years ago. Things have just gotten lonelier since.
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404media.co
404 Media @404media.co · 6h
Librarians told 404 Media they're being inundated with new pitches for AI library tech and catalogs are being flooded with AI slop books.

But more broadly, AI maximalism across society is supercharging the ideological war on libraries, schools, government workers, and academics.
AI Is Supercharging the War on Libraries, Education, and Human Knowledge
"Fascism and AI, whether or not they have the same goals, they sure are working to accelerate one another."
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fastcompany.com
Fast Company @fastcompany.com · 6h
New York City’s newly elected mayor just won a fighting chance to enact his ambitious housing agenda. f-st.co/N8nhghq
Zohran Mamdani actually won two elections
New York City’s newly elected mayor just won a fighting chance to enact his ambitious housing agenda.
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businessinsider.com
Business Insider @businessinsider.com · 8h
These photos from Gilded Age mansions offer a glimpse into what it was like to live as a servant or staff member during that era.
Photos show what it was like to be a servant during the Gilded Age
These photos from Gilded Age mansions offer a glimpse into what it was like to live as a servant or staff member during that era.
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Mark Jacobs @sixonedude.bsky.social · 8h
Just about ready to give up on this failed experiment of a country

www.cbsnews.com/news/jobless...
Corporate profits are soaring even as layoffs mount. Economists call it a "jobless boom."
A trend that started in the technology sector is spreading to other industries, with businesses cutting workers even as their profits expand.
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Mark Jacobs @sixonedude.bsky.social · 18h
“We are all bound up together in one great bundle of humanity, and society cannot trample on the weakest and feeblest of its members without receiving a curse in its own soul.”

– Frances Ellen Watkins Harper

#socialcontract #solidarity

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We Are All Bound Up Together (1866)
National Constitution Center Historic Documents Library record for We Are All Bound Up Together (1866)
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Mark Jacobs @sixonedude.bsky.social · 20h
… They wouldn’t lie to us, would they?

#billionaires #socialcontract #tech

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AI Is Failing at an Overwhelming Majority of Companies Using It, MIT Study Finds
Recent figures by MIT found that 95 percent of generative AI pilots are failing, with some drastic implications for the spending bubble.
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Mark Jacobs @sixonedude.bsky.social · 20h
… you think? #latecapitalism

www.inc.com/kit-eaton/ex...
Experts Worry AI Is Driving Layoffs, Even as It’s Not Really Delivering on Its Promises
If AI proves inefficient, will companies need to rehire the talent they let go?
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theatlantic.com
The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 1d
Democrats won up and down the ballot yesterday, riding a backlash to Donald Trump’s second term, David A. Graham argues:
The Anti-MAGA Majority Reemerges
Democrats won up and down the ballot yesterday, riding a backlash to Donald Trump’s second term.
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thenation.com
The Nation Magazine @thenation.com · 1d
"This new age will be one of relentless improvement." Read, re-read, maybe even memorize Zohran Mamdani's electrifying victory speech.
Zohran Mamdani: “Hope Is Alive”
A full transcript of the mayor-elect's victory speech to supporters.
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vox.com
Vox @vox.com · 1d
Zohran Mamdani — a longtime member of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) — just became mayor of the largest city in the US.

His election marks a major triumph for America’s long-suffering socialist movement — possibly, the most significant in its history. voxdotcom.visitlink.me/IOQG5j
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wired.com
WIRED @wired.com · 1d
Republican lawmakers, right-wing influencers, far-right extremists, and conspiracy theorists pushed anti-immigrant and anti-Muslim rhetoric after Zohran Mamdani’s victory. www.wired.com/story/maga-r...
‘New York City Has Fallen’: MAGA Responds To Zohran Mamdani’s Victory With a Racist Freak Out
Republican lawmakers, right-wing influencers, far-right extremists, and conspiracy theorists pushed anti-immigrant and anti-Muslim rhetoric after Zohran Mamdani’s victory.
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Mark Jacobs @sixonedude.bsky.social · 1d
I’ve compared it to being on an airplane with a bad pilot. It’s not just Trump; it’s the whole clown car:

#politics

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Amateur hour in Congress: How political newcomers fuel gridlock and government shutdowns
The public’s frustration with ‘politics as usual’ has led more political newcomers to win office. But amateurs are more likely to view bipartisanship as a concession, not a tool for advancing policy.
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MoveOn @moveon.org · 1d
Californians just sent Trump a clear message: you can’t cheat your way to victory. Prop 50 stops his power grab to rig elections and protects fair maps and fair representation. Democrats won’t allow the people to be silenced without a fight.
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Mark Jacobs @sixonedude.bsky.social · 1d
Recycling! It’s sustainable; I love it 😂
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motherjones.com
Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 1d
Cuomo, the man who resigned in disgrace after a state attorney general’s report found that he had sexually harassed nearly a dozen women, was asked if he had any regrets.

He said he regretted not being better at social media.
Zohran Mamdani drags the Democratic Party into the future
This was a local race with national implications, whether the party's leaders liked it or not.
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