James Fairbairn
@james.exitmusic.world
Fledgling corporate shaman. Pay attention, help others, let go. Product ∪ strategy; seeking ways to heal people, society and our biosphere. 🇭🇰🇬🇧 in […]
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🌉 bridged from https://mastodon.exitmusic.world/@james on the fediverse by https://fed.brid.gy/
Men would literally build yet an entire task management app than do therapy.
Um, this might be me actually
Um, this might be me actually
January 30, 2026 at 2:42 AM
Men would literally build yet an entire task management app than do therapy.
Um, this might be me actually
Um, this might be me actually
Reposted by James Fairbairn
Thought provoking new campaign ad from the Green Party of England and Wales. Strong and thoughtful message - it makes the other English parties look like dishwater.
January 22, 2026 at 10:45 PM
Thought provoking new campaign ad from the Green Party of England and Wales. Strong and thoughtful message - it makes the other English parties look like dishwater.
RE: https://graeber.social/@DGI/115941188143493825
This quote is from Graeber's banger of an essay, "Hope In Common", which can be found here:
https://davidgraeber.org/articles/hope-in-common/
This quote is from Graeber's banger of an essay, "Hope In Common", which can be found here:
https://davidgraeber.org/articles/hope-in-common/
graeber.social
January 22, 2026 at 10:55 PM
RE: https://graeber.social/@DGI/115941188143493825
This quote is from Graeber's banger of an essay, "Hope In Common", which can be found here:
https://davidgraeber.org/articles/hope-in-common/
This quote is from Graeber's banger of an essay, "Hope In Common", which can be found here:
https://davidgraeber.org/articles/hope-in-common/
I have to admit, I did not have "LinkedIn thought leaders farming Mark Carney at Davos for content" on my bingo card.
(It was a good speech though. Sometimes being the right person in the right place and telling the truth is all that's needed.)
(It was a good speech though. Sometimes being the right person in the right place and telling the truth is all that's needed.)
January 21, 2026 at 10:48 PM
I have to admit, I did not have "LinkedIn thought leaders farming Mark Carney at Davos for content" on my bingo card.
(It was a good speech though. Sometimes being the right person in the right place and telling the truth is all that's needed.)
(It was a good speech though. Sometimes being the right person in the right place and telling the truth is all that's needed.)
“But how are we supposed to live?”
“Not my problem,” said the man who stood to make billions from closing off ways do people to live.
“Not my problem,” said the man who stood to make billions from closing off ways do people to live.
January 20, 2026 at 7:28 PM
“But how are we supposed to live?”
“Not my problem,” said the man who stood to make billions from closing off ways do people to live.
“Not my problem,” said the man who stood to make billions from closing off ways do people to live.
Whatever the advertised level of privacy afforded by the online thing you are typing words into, write online with the grand jury or government committee or police investigation in mind that will read your words in the future.
January 20, 2026 at 7:23 PM
Whatever the advertised level of privacy afforded by the online thing you are typing words into, write online with the grand jury or government committee or police investigation in mind that will read your words in the future.
Baking sheet nebula
January 17, 2026 at 8:08 AM
Baking sheet nebula
Reposted by James Fairbairn
In honor of Meta's latest announcement, a thread on 175 years of 3D failure.
Let's first go all the way back to 1851 with the Brewster Stereoscope. No less a person than Queen Victoria was impressed, kicking off a fad that quickly sold over 250,000 units. Turns […]
[Original post on sfba.social]
Let's first go all the way back to 1851 with the Brewster Stereoscope. No less a person than Queen Victoria was impressed, kicking off a fad that quickly sold over 250,000 units. Turns […]
[Original post on sfba.social]
January 16, 2026 at 7:55 PM
In honor of Meta's latest announcement, a thread on 175 years of 3D failure.
Let's first go all the way back to 1851 with the Brewster Stereoscope. No less a person than Queen Victoria was impressed, kicking off a fad that quickly sold over 250,000 units. Turns […]
[Original post on sfba.social]
Let's first go all the way back to 1851 with the Brewster Stereoscope. No less a person than Queen Victoria was impressed, kicking off a fad that quickly sold over 250,000 units. Turns […]
[Original post on sfba.social]
Reposted by James Fairbairn
sorry for the *stack link, but many writers i like from developing countries are on it, and this is an impt post:
every time someone says 'hey it's so cheap to have a nice villa in bali' here's the exploitative math behind it […]
every time someone says 'hey it's so cheap to have a nice villa in bali' here's the exploitative math behind it […]
Original post on hachyderm.io
hachyderm.io
January 9, 2026 at 10:08 PM
sorry for the *stack link, but many writers i like from developing countries are on it, and this is an impt post:
every time someone says 'hey it's so cheap to have a nice villa in bali' here's the exploitative math behind it […]
every time someone says 'hey it's so cheap to have a nice villa in bali' here's the exploitative math behind it […]
Weird number of people boosting my sourdough loaf rather than, like, anything else I posted. I think we're all just in need of a bit of normality and coziness.
How are you doing?
How are you doing?
January 8, 2026 at 7:27 AM
Weird number of people boosting my sourdough loaf rather than, like, anything else I posted. I think we're all just in need of a bit of normality and coziness.
How are you doing?
How are you doing?
Reposted by James Fairbairn
As I get older, I’ve noticed a shift in how I live. I’m drifting back toward the analogue, reading physical books, writing notes by hand, deliberately closing the laptop and turning off my phone.
It isn't nostalgia, but a growing need for focus, clarity and quiet. I keep wondering whether this […]
It isn't nostalgia, but a growing need for focus, clarity and quiet. I keep wondering whether this […]
Original post on mastodon.social
mastodon.social
January 5, 2026 at 7:28 AM
As I get older, I’ve noticed a shift in how I live. I’m drifting back toward the analogue, reading physical books, writing notes by hand, deliberately closing the laptop and turning off my phone.
It isn't nostalgia, but a growing need for focus, clarity and quiet. I keep wondering whether this […]
It isn't nostalgia, but a growing need for focus, clarity and quiet. I keep wondering whether this […]
The absolute wilful blindness in this article, so patronising and dripping with smugness https://www.economist.com/briefing/2025/12/30/americas-affordability-crisis-is-mostly-a-mirage?giftId=Njg1YTk5MTgtMTNmYS00MDE0LWJjN2MtNjcyMjg0ODQ0ZDNh&utm_campaign=gifted_article
January 4, 2026 at 8:13 PM
The absolute wilful blindness in this article, so patronising and dripping with smugness https://www.economist.com/briefing/2025/12/30/americas-affordability-crisis-is-mostly-a-mirage?giftId=Njg1YTk5MTgtMTNmYS00MDE0LWJjN2MtNjcyMjg0ODQ0ZDNh&utm_campaign=gifted_article
This year has really been an object lesson in the abject strategic fuckedness of Europe
January 3, 2026 at 10:28 AM
This year has really been an object lesson in the abject strategic fuckedness of Europe
Um, is this just another US action enabling and legitimizing future China action on Taiwan? 😬 #venezuela
January 3, 2026 at 10:11 AM
Um, is this just another US action enabling and legitimizing future China action on Taiwan? 😬 #venezuela
Reposted by James Fairbairn
This is so amazing: In 1970, the city of Paris organised a photography competition, splitting the city into more than 1700 squares of 250 meters length.
Now you can browse the images taken in 1970 in this super cool/simple map, square by square!
I already checked out my old neighborhood ❤️ […]
Now you can browse the images taken in 1970 in this super cool/simple map, square by square!
I already checked out my old neighborhood ❤️ […]
Original post on scholar.social
scholar.social
January 3, 2026 at 2:04 AM
This is so amazing: In 1970, the city of Paris organised a photography competition, splitting the city into more than 1700 squares of 250 meters length.
Now you can browse the images taken in 1970 in this super cool/simple map, square by square!
I already checked out my old neighborhood ❤️ […]
Now you can browse the images taken in 1970 in this super cool/simple map, square by square!
I already checked out my old neighborhood ❤️ […]
Reposted by James Fairbairn
Unpopular opinion: you don't need more willpower. You need better designed apps.
New blog post about the problems with digital detoxes: https://frequency.leaflet.pub/3mbezkaxwhk27
New blog post about the problems with digital detoxes: https://frequency.leaflet.pub/3mbezkaxwhk27
Beyond the Digital Detox - frequency social
Why willpower can't beat manipulative design
frequency.leaflet.pub
January 2, 2026 at 10:21 PM
Unpopular opinion: you don't need more willpower. You need better designed apps.
New blog post about the problems with digital detoxes: https://frequency.leaflet.pub/3mbezkaxwhk27
New blog post about the problems with digital detoxes: https://frequency.leaflet.pub/3mbezkaxwhk27
At the Cal Academy for the traditional Jan 2nd visit. Overstimulation/claustrophobia central
January 2, 2026 at 10:07 PM
At the Cal Academy for the traditional Jan 2nd visit. Overstimulation/claustrophobia central
It’s a problem that our deep schism from nature and from each other has spawned two interlinked but separable ideologies - individualism and industrialism - and so much criticism therefore address one but not the other
January 2, 2026 at 7:23 PM
It’s a problem that our deep schism from nature and from each other has spawned two interlinked but separable ideologies - individualism and industrialism - and so much criticism therefore address one but not the other
One fun meta-challenge we can't dodge in all of this is the negotiation of institutional power, its distribution and coordination, whom it serves and how, as the political universe gives way to a pluriverse
https://mastodon.exitmusic.world/@james/115824256291903750
https://mastodon.exitmusic.world/@james/115824256291903750
James Fairbairn (@[email protected])
People working in tech deserve both awakening to their part in the state of the world, and also compassion for not already knowing it or knowing how to extricate themselves yet 1/
mastodon.exitmusic.world
January 2, 2026 at 9:50 AM
One fun meta-challenge we can't dodge in all of this is the negotiation of institutional power, its distribution and coordination, whom it serves and how, as the political universe gives way to a pluriverse
https://mastodon.exitmusic.world/@james/115824256291903750
https://mastodon.exitmusic.world/@james/115824256291903750
One thing that gives me cause for hope is the inevitable rehabilitation of Luddism as more and more people are accused of it and consequently more and more people learn about what the movement was really about.
January 2, 2026 at 9:41 AM
One thing that gives me cause for hope is the inevitable rehabilitation of Luddism as more and more people are accused of it and consequently more and more people learn about what the movement was really about.
RE: https://mastodon.exitmusic.world/@james/115824256291903750
This thread is perhaps supportive of and also counter to my contention that the homelabbers will, or at least should, inherit the earth, or at least the sysadmin role of the next economy that will run entirely off of depreciated […]
This thread is perhaps supportive of and also counter to my contention that the homelabbers will, or at least should, inherit the earth, or at least the sysadmin role of the next economy that will run entirely off of depreciated […]
January 2, 2026 at 7:52 AM
RE: https://mastodon.exitmusic.world/@james/115824256291903750
This thread is perhaps supportive of and also counter to my contention that the homelabbers will, or at least should, inherit the earth, or at least the sysadmin role of the next economy that will run entirely off of depreciated […]
This thread is perhaps supportive of and also counter to my contention that the homelabbers will, or at least should, inherit the earth, or at least the sysadmin role of the next economy that will run entirely off of depreciated […]
People working in tech deserve both awakening to their part in the state of the world, and also compassion for not already knowing it or knowing how to extricate themselves yet
January 2, 2026 at 7:11 AM
People working in tech deserve both awakening to their part in the state of the world, and also compassion for not already knowing it or knowing how to extricate themselves yet
First test bake with the new sourdough starter. Oven spring went crazy, so safe to say the starter is at least… effective :)
(This is Dan Lepard’s mill loaf - a mix of white, wholewheat and rye)
(This is Dan Lepard’s mill loaf - a mix of white, wholewheat and rye)
December 30, 2025 at 4:49 AM
First test bake with the new sourdough starter. Oven spring went crazy, so safe to say the starter is at least… effective :)
(This is Dan Lepard’s mill loaf - a mix of white, wholewheat and rye)
(This is Dan Lepard’s mill loaf - a mix of white, wholewheat and rye)
Before the LLM craze, the “we should maybe reconsider Luddism” thing was kind of a niche topic. Now its urgency level has switched to “everything’s on fire”
December 26, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Before the LLM craze, the “we should maybe reconsider Luddism” thing was kind of a niche topic. Now its urgency level has switched to “everything’s on fire”
Tyson Yunkaporta likes to say that the oral tradition is the ultimate data resilience strategy, which should give a decent hint as to whether physical durability or social relations are the real underpinning of resilience
December 26, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Tyson Yunkaporta likes to say that the oral tradition is the ultimate data resilience strategy, which should give a decent hint as to whether physical durability or social relations are the real underpinning of resilience