8/ "Whatever happens from here on, this regime has lost" "The people are in revolt, and the entire social order is collapsing." Frédéric Lordon in @tribunemagazine.bsky.social tribunemag.co.uk/2026/10/the-...

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"The tried-and-tested political technology of Christian Democracy works much less well...Mediation is a serious challenge in the face of a society that has become both more individualist and yet, paradoxically, at the same time more polarized."

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New Book Vaporware Inc @davekarpf.bsky.social details how “techno optimism has ALWAYS been the ideological project of Silicon Valley. And they see govt and civil society as impediments to their “Hero’s Journey.” “The only role for journalists and the public is to clap” wwnorton.com/books/978132...

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It's always bothered me that I make so many data visualisations in #rstats, but the graphics devices that make that happen have remained a mystery to me. So I set out to teach myself how to write one of these things. Not at all convinced this was the best use of my time, tbh. Oh well.

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This is Pele, my new rendering library for diagrams and charts, compatible with the latest Mermaid syntax. - 100-500× faster than mermaid.js - 6× smaller bundle - No dependencies - Easy to theme - Responsive to device width - Open source (MIT) Try it at pele.run

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