Today #school started in Italy and...

This is the first year I see lots of #parents posting to #socialmedia some variation of

"I am proudly NOT posting any picture of my kids going #BackToSchool, because I protect their #privacy from #BigTech"

What about other countries? Is this a trend elsewhere?

“Through his insightful exploration of digital-human studies, Marco offers an extremely important - and often underrepresented - perspective to lively discussions of post- #Growth futures":

https://mfioretti.com/endorsements/

THANKS N. Natrella for a great encouragement!

Also, folks: DO follow him here:

https://medium.com/@nicholasnatrella

Reason n. 9999... why #universalBasicIncome will be acknowledged as unavoidable:

"Becoming unable to buy and maintain a car, many people will also become unable to maintain their commuter lifestyle."

https://thehonestsorcerer.medium.com/back-to-a-carless-future-f5b7e0640c4d

"I have three jobs just to pay for my life"

What about YOU?

How many do you people know in the same situation?

https://breachmedia.ca/canadian-mega-landlord-ai-pricing-scheme-hikes-rents/

From #india, about #globalization and #geopolitics

"the Westphalian model of international relations is over for us in this era of technological interpenetration"

https://mastodon.social/@ravirockks@infosec.exchange/109442646795950727

is there any decent, as distraction-free as possible, FULL TRANSCRIPT of the #TrumpKamalaDebate ?

Thanks.

Self-booked funerals

Armies wanting #drones to kill people. In 2012

#politics making humans unable to do #math

Heroic vote about #911Day

all this and much more, in my daily #onthisday #serendipity Almanac

Long Lives Made Humans Human

Old people were invented in the Paleolithic Age and perfected in the 20th century.

https://slate.com/technology/2013/09/evolution-and-social-consequences-of-old-age-infant-survival-and-elders.html

Your #serendipityembrace dose #OnThisDay :

Age Of Imbecile

who will own #robots

#whatsapp destroying villages

Automatic Wildness Creators

and much more at

https://stop.zona-m.net/2024/09/on-this-day-september-10/

EVERYTHING about #voting in the US was already SO, SO screwed:

https://stop.zona-m.net/2021/01/some-comments-im-seeing-on-georgias-runoff.../

that there was only ONE thing they could do to make it even worse.

And (IF the title is right) now they can prepare to do just that:

https://www.wsj.com/finance/regulation/are-you-ready-to-bet-on-u-s-elections-a-judges-ruling-opens-the-door-556abc73

"It is as if the exhaustion of the Earth’s resources signalled the exhaustion of the resources of the political narrative."

"as if"

https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2024/06/12/the-life-and-death-of-grand-political-narratives/

"When people born after 1990 are in [BIG] debt, where do they find mood for #dating [& spending too]?"

GREAT PROOF (1) that even #china would benefit from resetting #money, #debt and going #UBI as I recently proposed:

https://mfioretti.substack.com/p/there-is-only-one-thing-that-really

(1) https://edition.cnn.com/2024/08/13/business/china-economy-weak-youth-spending-qixi-intl-hnk/index.html

#GenZ

#cyberspace doesn't exist,

real value of #gmail,

drowning in #iot,

being InDistractable

and much more in my #serendipityembrace Almanac #OnThisDay :

https://stop.zona-m.net/2024/09/on-this-day-september-9/

"destroy #AI systems that fail to make a compelling affirmative case for their existence. That threat must be credible."

https://ali-alkhatib.com/blog/fuck-up-ai

#artificialIntelligence

Did you know that...

"#WWII weapons, which have killed hundreds of people who have come into accidental contact with them in the past, are now corroded."

"Their casings are breaking apart and releasing carcinogens into the seas."

In the #Baltics and #NorthSea, but surely elsewhere too:

https://hakaimagazine.com/features/the-big-baltic-bomb-cleanup/

Your daily ratio of #serendipity is here!

Selected #onthisday news from 2009 to 2023 about

Who owns your myths

What teachers want to say

Keeping #pets is unethical

#IoT being a step BACKWARDS

and much more at https://stop.zona-m.net/2024/09/on-this-day-september-8/

#onthisday serendipity, 2007/2023:

Omni #google,

#SiliconValley is just 2nd hand #religion

#vegan is no answer

#Facebook, #Twitter Execs Warn of ‘Overwhelming’ Threat to Elections... in 2018

and much more at

https://stop.zona-m.net/2024/09/on-this-day-september-7/

Trust Americans to always notice #innovation first, and "horrific" second

TTLDR: #climateChange does gerrymandering

TLDR:

"There’s no way the US Congresspeople won't become LESS representatives of their constituencies every year quicker, bc Census cannot keep up with the rapid population shifts that are already happening"

https://grist.org/extreme-weather/can-the-us-census-keep-up-with-climate-driven-displacement/

Max's advice to biographers:

"Get some training in computer forensics before you start your research"

https://www.npr.org/sections/alltechconsidered/2013/09/04/216144853/for-biographers-the-past-is-an-open-electronic-book

MY advice: right, but first make EVERYBODY read this:

https://mfioretti.substack.com/p/ever-wondered-why-we-are-in-a-digital