#social-commentary — Public Fediverse posts

✮ Play It to the Bone ✮

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Playing the Games We Have | 🔗 https://brennan.day/playing-the-games-we-have/

#PersonalEssay #VideoGames #Technology #SocialCommentary #RetroGaming

Conversation. Benjamin Franklin argued conversation brings clarity. Elvis advocated "a little less conversation". A few thought on talking to others (but not idiots).
https://www.containsmoderateperil.com/blog/2024/13/20/conversation #socialcommentary

L'IndieWeb en français québécois? | 🔗 https://brennan.day/l-indieweb-en-francais-quebecois/

#PersonalEssay #LanguageLearning #Linguistics #IndieWeb #Technology #SocialCommentary

Adding Thousands of Lines to Your Codebase Isn't Impressive. It's Actually Bad. | 🔗 https://brennan.day/adding-thousands-of-lines-to-your-codebase-isnt-impressive-its-actually-bad/

#PersonalEssay #WebDevelopment #AI #CodeQuality #Programming #SocialCommentary

How Starship Troopers makes fascism fun

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZ-OjMpk67Y

Starship Troopers is one of the most misunderstood films ever made; and I think it's genius. When it was released in 1997, critics called it stupid, and… the dumb fascist fun is part of the point.

#Fascism #Satire #StarshipTroopers #NeoNazi #Brutalization #Coercion #Trauma #SocialCommentary #Introspection

✮ A Word’s Measure ✮

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Why Does Conor McGregor Get a Comeback? | 🔗 https://brennan.day/why-does-conor-mcgregor-get-a-comeback/

#PersonalEssay #SocialCommentary #Sports #Culture #Feminism #Politics #UFC

Bowed Heads

Lately I've been seeing 
a lot of people with their heads 
bent over as if in prayer.

I am heartened to see 
so many engaged in the art 
of meditation or contemplation. 

Whether waiting for 
a meeting to begin 
or for someone to arrive 
or perhaps simply to kill time, 
the hands clasp 
and the head bows.

Then I draw closer 
and I see that the head 
is bent over a screen. 

An ethereal light bathes 
the worshipper's face, 
eyes enraptured, 
captured in a blue glow.

And I can't help 
but wonder if this 
is the new God.

July 11, 2013

REVIEW: Missing 'Missing Richard Simmons' | 🔗 https://brennan.day/review-missing-missing-richard-simmons/

#PersonalEssay #Review #MediaCriticism #SocialCommentary #Privacy #Ethics

There Are People Who Would Give Anything For Your Ability to Read and Write | 🔗 https://brennan.day/there-are-people-who-would-give-anything-for-your-ability-to-read-and-write/

#PersonalEssay #Literacy #Writing #SocialCommentary #Philosophy #Gratitude

Titanic: The Stacked Deck

The Stacked Deck
by Stewart Stafford

I am the last man alive on the Titanic.
Do they commemorate rote chivalry?
Did they notice in the lifeboats
as I was savaged by the ravenous sea?

Into choking darkness, I fell tumbling,
The ship’s name eaten up in black,
Freezing water smothered my lungs;
Even if found, there’s no way back.

Women and children first, they said!
Our end certain as the sinking prow,
Would mothers now nobly step aside
to grant my final resting place somehow?

Classless wine, champagne bottles bobbed;
Numb fingers clasped at Old World pleasantries.
From the mass grave: “Tomb it may concern…”
The guilty waves murmur my eulogies.

© 2026 Stewart Stafford. All rights reserved.

A Case for the Ethical Treatment of Generative AI | 🔗 https://brennan.day/a-case-for-the-ethical-treatment-of-generative-ai/

#PersonalEssay #AI #Philosophy #Ethics #SocialCommentary #Technical

Highway Adoption

The truck ahead of me has a bumper sticker that says “Stay in your lane.”

At first blush – good advice. But further introspection reveals a flaw. In truth, the lane I am currently in is not my own. Nor is the lane you are in yours either. None of us can lay claim to these streets. At least not individually. Contrary to popular belief, we are a collective.

Perhaps a truer bumper sticker is the one that says “Share the road.”

Namely, the entire road is for all. The lane I am in is not MY lane. It is available to anyone else who needs it. You are welcome in the lane I am in, and I hope that I am welcome in the one you are in.

Alas, too often I forget this truth. I am too quick with my tongue or horn and too slow with a kind gesture.

So come on over.

You are welcome here in this lane as well.

No schedule. No perceived deadline for my ETA. No stress or emotional attachment to the human construct of time. No amount of hubris or disdain.

Nothing is worth the destruction of a hospitable spirit while one is driving.

July 7, 2014

America, 1926: What a Forgotten 100-Year-Old Report Says About Who We Are

https://www.derekthompson.org/p/america-1926-an-absurdly-deep-dive

#HackerNews #America #1926 #history #report #socialcommentary #culture #100years

Following modern political campaigns and societal debates can easily lead to timeline fatigue. Sometimes, the best way to process complex geopolitical news or intense election cycles is through a lens of sharp political wit and clever satirical cartoons that highlight the absurdity of it all. 🏛️🎨

For your weekly dose of smart social commentary and political satire, look no further than these creators:
@PoliticalCartoon
@Kletskous

#PoliticalHumor #Satire #SocialCommentary #Cartoons

Love and Romance in the Times of Our Apocalypse | 🔗 https://brennan.day/love-and-romance-in-the-times-of-our-apocalypse/

#PersonalEssay #SocialCommentary #Love #Relationships #Loneliness #Feminism #Philosophy

Vagueblogging and Subtweeting Are Awful | 🔗 https://brennan.day/vagueblogging-and-subtweeting-are-awful/

#PersonalEssay #SocialCommentary #DigitalCulture #Psychology #Blogging #Community

Ah, yes, because when your country gets richer, *everyone* magically becomes Jeff Bezos overnight. 🤦‍♂️ Perhaps redefining "rich" as "having more sunbaked rocks" wasn't the economic breakthrough they thought! ☀️💸
https://www.dnews.gr/eidhseis/news-in-english/596650/greece-is-richer-so-why-do-so-many-greeks-still-feel-poor #economicirony #wealthdistribution #economicmyths #socialcommentary #satire #HackerNews #ngated

On n'a pas la langue dans notre poche! | 🔗 https://brennan.day/on-n-a-pas-la-langue-dans-notre-poche/

#PersonalEssay #LanguageLearning #Linguistics #Métis #History #SocialCommentary

✮ Color of the Bone ✮

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Silicon Valley Has an Empathy Vacuum (2016)

https://www.newyorker.com/business/currency/silicon-valley-has-an-empathy-vacuum

#HackerNews #SiliconValley #Empathy #Vacuum #TechCulture #SocialCommentary #2016Insights

✮ Net ✮

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I’m Not Afraid of Machines

“I’m not afraid of machines. I don’t think the robots are taking over. I think the men who play with toys have taken over. And if we don’t take the toys out of their hands, we’re fools.”

Ray Bradbury 1976

Musk tweeted that if the WFP could describe exactly how $6 billion would solve world hunger using open-source accounting, he would "sell Tesla stock right now and do it."

https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-spacex-business-united-nations-health-ad1a810449853d03ad7e578a4ac8d52c

https://www.wfp.org/stories/wfps-plan-support-42-million-people-brink-famine

#ElonMusk #SocialCommentary #WorldHunger #FoodInsecruity #WealthInequality #NoBillionaires #NoGoodBillionaires #TaxTheRich #EatTheRich #GuillotinesWork #Vivllainous

#PoliticalCartoon #SocialCommentary #Hypocrisy #Immigration #AllLivesMatter #MAGA #Immigration #ThisIsWhatYouVotedFor #Christianity #AmericanChristianity #NoLoveLikeChristianHate #NoHateLikeChristianLove

#SocialJustice #AmericanHistory #RacialEquity #SystemicRacism #SocialCommentary #MAGA #TrumpRegime #Trump #Racism #bigotry #ThisIsWhatYouVotedFor

UK to Ban Social Media for Under-16s. A "something must be done" mindset has led to an ill conceived ban that will be easily bypassed and do more harm than good. A prime example of lazy politics and parents who need to do more themselves.
https://www.containsmoderateperil.com/blog/2026/6/15/uk-to-ban-social-media-for-under-16-year-olds #socialcommentary

What the Fuck Happened to Nerds

https://mrmarket.lol/what-the-fuck-happened-to-nerds/

#HackerNews #NerdCulture #TechTrends #OnlineCommunity #SocialCommentary #InternetHistory