Twitter by Why Theory published on 2023-04-16T19:35:28Z Ryan and Todd delve into the formal limitations that define the medium of Twitter. They analyze the politics of Twitter and the impact of the takeover by Elon Musk. Ryan's article cited in the episode is available here: https://docs.lib.purdue.edu/clcweb/vol24/iss4/ Genre Learning Comment by xylophonic Ryans terrible slip. Return of the repressed, unspeakable truth of the neolib left (B.J.) 2023-06-08T09:07:42Z Comment by xylophonic "As Wittgenstein remarks somewhere: if there is such a thing as eternal life, it must be here and now. It is the present moment which is an image of eternity, not an infinite succession of such moments." (Eagleton 2007, p. 101) 2023-04-24T02:14:15Z Comment by aaron-umbarger Would Heraclitus tweet? 2023-04-21T10:06:26Z Comment by Ethan Great episode! You could take the formal approach even further than the software level and make the same argument on a hardware level. There are whole communities of forum users and bloggers who lament the transition from desktop to smartphone internet usage. The idea is that desktop computer usage is intentional, measured, the keyboard allows for longer messages, etc, whereas smartphone usage is incidental, sporadic, touchscreen typing promotes shorter messages, less nuance etc. You could even say desktop computers are left wing and smartphones are right wing! (With laptops reserved for liberals) haha 2023-04-17T18:02:13Z Comment by Mark Broadhead You're for thinking before responding in this critique of Twitter and yet you're for the quilting point (and the Lacanian variable session, I suppose)? 2023-04-17T07:58:57Z