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03.08.2025 15:38
bloodravenlib (@bloodravenlib@mas.to)

New on my YouTube channel: "Tarot deck announcement for August 2025"
https://youtu.be/eeJMpZDx3Ss?si=Oyhz0D4c5hPxMdwQ

This is the #Tarot deck I will be using this month, featuring in my #SocialMedia and a spread here or there.

#ItinerantLibrarian #occult #cartomancy #divination #pagan #heathen #witch #esoterica #vlog #video

03.08.2025 15:08
WarnerCrocker (@WarnerCrocker@mastodon.social)

Some things defy understanding. Others appear less murky. Occasionally some hit the target. Tomatoes and potatoes may be involved.

Sunday Morning Reading
with writing from
@pbump
@davidtoddmccarty
@NatashaMH
@mathewi and more.

#SundayMorningReading #SocialMedia #Tech #culture #politics #writing

https://warnercrocker.com/2025/08/03/sunday-morning-reading-114/

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03.08.2025 14:59
serpicojam (@serpicojam@mas.to)

Overserved (understatement) at an airport in Buffalo, this gentleman nevertheless was successful at providing content that went viral on the TikToks, generating "more than 9m views as well as more than 450,000 likes."

Man allegedly hijacks transport cart at Buffalo airport and destroys moving walkways

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/02/transport-cart-buffalo-airport-moving-walkways

#TikTok #SocialMedia #airport

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03.08.2025 14:35
abcfeeds (@abcfeeds@rssfeed.media)

TikTok and online games deliver military recruitment surge
By Brett Worthington

Targeted advertising on social media and in online games has helped deliver a boost to Australian Defence Force recruitment, offsetting a perennial problem of declining service rates.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08-03/social-media-gaming-advertising-help-bolstering-defence-recruits/105602334

#DefenceForces #GovernmentandPolitics #FederalGovernment #SocialMedia #BrettWorthington

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03.08.2025 14:09
dustcircle (@dustcircle@masto.ai)

Most #Americans Still Use #SocialMedia, But 41% Are Pulling Back in 2025

https://www.digitalinformationworld.com/2025/08/most-americans-still-use-social-media.html

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03.08.2025 14:08
2025 (@2025@warnercrocker.com)

Sunday Morning Reading

Some things defy understanding. Others appear less murky. Occasionally some hit the target. That’s why I read. That’s why I share. I’m still traveling and on the road for a bit, but there’s plenty to share in this week’s Sunday Morning Reading. Tomatoes and potatoes may be involved.

Phillip Bump recently accepted a buyout from The Washington Post and hasn’t announced new plans yet. But he’s still writing. Glad he is. He has always been one of my favorite writers and chroniclers. Check out his latest piece Humans Didn’t Evolve To Understand Our World.

When you reach a certain age (certain is alwasy self-defined) you start looking back to the beginning and wonder what will mark the ending. Cris Andrei calls them Bookends. This piece hit the target given that I’m visiting some old haunts on this trip. Oh, and approaching a certain age (self-defined.)

Tuning out news, noise and distractions is never easy. NatashMH takes a look through the marking of Ozzy Osbourne’s passing and other recent cultural touchpoints in Fractals of Modern Life. If you don’t look too hard, all the news, noise and distractions don’t really touch or point towards much in the grand scheme of things. But are we entertained or just dulled into carrying on?

Sometimes writers write just for the fun of it. David Todd McCarty says that’s where this piece, Killing Time Waiting for Friend, came from. I need to find more of the fun of it. Anyway his piece, gave me a chuckle. I did not read it at Denny’s, although I visited one of my favorite locations of the past during my travels.

I’ve linked to and written about Cory Doctorow’s theory of enshittification quite a bit. I’m doing so again with this piece You Can’t Fight Enshittification. I don’t think it’s a question of not fighting, I think it’s a question of not knowing there was a fight to begin with.

Staying in the tech vein, I’ve been linking to Mathew Ingram and others who are talking about the demise of Google Search. Take a look at Pete Pachal’s piece, What Content Strategy Looks Like In The Age of AI. Look beyond the headline on this one.

Speaking of Mathew Ingram, you should read Social Media Didn’t Start The Fire, It Just Fanned The Flames. I agree. That said, if you drink acclerants through a firehose you’re bound to bust.

On the political beat, Jon Pavlovitz offers up Everyone Believes They’re Esssentially A Good Human Being. Actors who play villains will always say that they look for what’s good in their evil character. It’s a form of coping. I happen to think this bunch of performance artists trying to burn down the country never bothered looking beyond the glee they take from their villainy. Apologies to real performance artists.

And to close things out on a competely different note, check out Will Dunham’s piece on the Evolutionary Origins of the Potato Revealed — and a Tomato Was Involved. Some things do defy understanding.

(Image from Mr. Abstract on Shutterstock.)

If you’re interested in just what the heck Sunday Morning Reading is all about you can read more about the origins of Sunday Morning Reading here. If you’d like more click on the Sunday Morning Reading link in the category column to check out what’s been shared on Sunday’s past. You can also find more of my writings on Medium at this link, including in the publications Ellemeno and Rome.

#ai #blogging #Culture #DennyS #enshittification #google #PhillipBump #Politics #SocialMedia #SundayMorningReading #Tech #travel #Writing