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Max Read with a very thought-provoking hypothesis on #Tiktok as an ideological apparatus (my words) for creating and stabilising petit-bourgeois personalities & consciousness mainly THROUGH ITS FORM: "But social media overall tends to encourage users to understand themselves as small-business owners, where the business is “you,” or your brand, navigating the “market” of a platform. (...) "
#politics #socialmedia #trump #socioeconomics #media #sociology #mediastudies
open.substack.com/pub/maxread/

Read Max · The TikTok electorateBy Max Read

It's been a while since I did an #Introductions #Introduction #Connections #TwitterMigration post, where I curate excellent accounts for you to follow across the #fediverse :fediverse:

First up, we have @everythingopen, a flagship conference from @linuxaustralia that champions #OpenSource, #OpenGLAM, #OpenData, #OpenGov, #OpenScience, #OpenHardware and so on 🤓 🐧

Early Bird tickets close in 5 days, next conf in #Gladstone, #Queensland in April.

@kiwipycon, run by @nzpug with @tveastman at the helm, is another great @linuxaustralia conference, and 2024 conf details are dropping 🔜 🐍

@DrDemography Dr Liz Allen is a #demography #research @ANUResearch where she researches the intersection of #socioEconomics, #sociology and #geography 👋

@bennett is a #HistSci / #STS #PhD #researcher looking at #data sharing in #science #ScienceMastodon 👋

@erikavaris is a #linguist, into #AI, #ML, #NL, #running and #cooking 👋

@ian is into #gardening, #socialism, #SoftwareEngineering, and #HamRadio 🇬🇧 👋

@Elkewinzer is an Economic Historian and Political Scientist #PolSci who now works in #consulting 🇬🇧 👋

@glacasa specialises in .NET development 🇫🇷 👋

That's all for today, please do curate your own lists so we can more richly connect the Fediverse ❤️

The Real Drivers of Global Migration: A Twenty-Year Analysis Debunks Common Narrative
A study has found that socioeconomic conditions, rather than climate factors, are the primary drivers of global migration. Utilizing a new high-resolution dataset, the research indicates that migration patterns are complex and vary significantly within countries, challenging common perceptions about migration and climate change.
scitechdaily.com/the-real-driv #migration #drivers #ClimateChange #socioeconomics #HumanDevelopment

SciTechDaily · The Real Drivers of Global Migration: A Twenty-Year Analysis Debunks Common NarrativeNew research shows that socioeconomic factors play a larger role than climate. A study has found that socioeconomic conditions, rather than climate factors, are the primary drivers of global migration. Utilizing a new high-resolution dataset, the research indicates that migration patterns are com

Radical idea: Redraw the U.S. map as a nation of city-states

“While cities drive national economic growth, their political geography means they cannot effectively deal with inequality, poverty, and other socioeconomic problems.”

bigthink.com/the-present/us-na

Big ThinkRadical idea: Redraw the U.S. map as a nation of city-statesWhile cities drive economic growth, their political geography means they cannot effectively deal with problems. Turn them into city-states.