"A nation, like a body, can be marked before it recognizes the wound."

For The Atavist Magazine, Masha Hamilton looks for #America on Interstate 95. Read an excerpt from our sister magazine's new story: https://longreads.com/2025/10/07/america-trump-conversations-atavist/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

Lately #Discourse has been including all kinds of generative AI features that I'd literally have to pay API providers to use, and aside from the actual, legitimate use case of spam detection in non-private communities, I can't imagine who's asked for _any_ of these features.

#israel #palestine : #war / #gaza / #genocide / #video / #propaganda / #media / #science / #analysis

„Videos filmed by Palestinian activists documenting the genocide in Gaza have created a new space for Palestinians to present their own #micronarratives to themselves and to the world.' These videos have become a source of news, opinions, and public #discourse about the war. They have mobilized Palestinian, Arab, and global #publicopinion (…).“

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14623528.2025.2568260

How do drivers react to partisan bumper stickers?

https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpos.2025.1617785

@Discourse

Dear Discourse

Thank you for the platform but…

Please, for the love of god, reinstate the old input method. Or at least give us the option.

I spend more time fighting Discourse than I do writing the post!

It used to be brilliant.

#CallForPapers

#Disability and #Critique: A Critical Discourse Studies Approach

"We invite chapter proposals that critically analyze the discourses that enable and disable disabled people."

For more information see: https://discourseanalysis.net/en/disability-and-critique-critical-discourse-studies-approach-call-chapter-proposals #DiscourseStudies #DiscourseAnalysis #CDA #DisabilityStudies #Discourse #CfP

I think that you should be allowed to consume (some) problematic media sometimes. I’m tired of every other thing that I enjoy being axed by ‘fans’, sometimes before it can even get off of the ground so to speak. I’m an adult and believe it or not I have the brain capacity to look at said thing with a critical eye. Are there horrible people in this world? Yes, but not every misunderstanding or block button hit is a personal jab at you.

Ah ah didn’t have to search far https://blog.discourse.org/2025/04/discourse-and-the-fediverse/ #fediverse #discourse #activitypub

“ #Culture of every stripe is worthwhile: #superheromovies prompt near academic levels of #discourse; #TaylorSwift is the subject of multiple #university classes; and #realityshows double as state of the nation treatises …” www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...

In an era of AI slop and mid T...

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“ #Metaphors have power, they structure the frames of #discourse, and they can subtly and insidiously encourage certain ways of understanding #technology and the social systems it is embedded in.” - #EmilyMBender & #AlexHanna, #TheAICon: How to Fight Big Tech’s Hype and Create the #Future We Want

I love seeing lists of "all" oppressions which are bad which do not mention ableism.

Ableism is oppression too. Ableism is hatred too. Ableism kills too.

If you are interested in #DiscourseAnalysis and how #AI is impacting the #KnowledgeEcononmy, than join us for our early stage research workshop. Our online workshop aims to bring together researchers from a range of disciplines —including linguistics, sociology, political economy, and computer science— to engage in interdisciplinary dialogue about the challenges and transformations brought by the #digitalization of the knowledge economy.

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Mit Infinito.Nexus steht der komplette Entwicklungs-Stack in unter 2h bereit – von Nextcloud + Collabora + Talk als Microsoft-365-Ersatz über OpenProject, Jira & Taiga für Projektmanagement bis hin zu GitLab/Gitea, Matrix & WireGuard.

Mehr Infos: https://s.infinito.nexus/entwicklungsstack

Infinito.Nexus: Der komplette Entwicklungs-Stack in unter zwei Stunden

https://blog.infinito.nexus/blog/2025/09/06/infinito-nexus-der-komplette-entwicklungs-stack-in-unter-zwei-stunden/

No One’s Listening to Your Tech Rants

I wonder if these tech people who go on long monologues about software they hate or whatever discourse is happening in the tech space realize they’re getting muted, blocked, and added to mute lists by like 90% of people.

That’s why you get no engagement. You’re insufferable. I really wonder if they know how annoying they are. At least I have the decency to put it in a blog post when I do it. I’ve had to block—no joke—the 50th account. Maybe you wouldn’t be so miserable if you talked to real people offline.

Infinito.Nexus und der Deutschland-Stack: Digitale Souveränität in der Praxis

https://blog.infinito.nexus/blog/2025/09/05/infinito-nexus-und-der-deutschland-stack-digitale-souveraenitaet-in-der-praxis/

Wissensmanagement im Nexus: MediaWiki, Discourse & Confluence out of the Box

https://blog.infinito.nexus/blog/2025/09/05/wissensmanagement-im-nexus-mediawiki-discourse-confluence-out-of-the-box/