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A quote from the linked study by Graham & Andrejevic from QUT on algorithmic bias testing on Twitter/X: “Overall, the results imply that while some aspects of engagement on the platform appear to have been enhanced broadly, specific visibility advantages may have been selectively applied, raising important questions about the potential impact of algorithmic adjustments on public discourse and the ‘neutrality’ of social media platforms as information carriers.”
Original newspaper clipping, quoting a November 21, 1922, article titled “New Popular Idol Rises in Bavaria,” where The New York Times reported: “Several reliable, well-informed sources confirmed the idea that Hitler’s anti-Semitism was not so genuine or violent as it sounded, and that he was merely using anti-Semitic propaganda as a bait to catch masses of followers and keep them aroused, enthusiastic, and in line for the time when his organization is perfected and sufficiently powerful to be employed effectively for political purposes.”
Book cover of Franz Kafka’s novella, ‘The Metamorphosis’ depicting the lead character suddenly transformed one morning, into a grotesque bug, stuck in his back, in bed, unable and unwilling to participate any more in his workaday life. His office manager will be checking in on him shortly. The illustration is executed in a black ink cross hatched style, with a yellowed antique patina.
Quote within a quote from The Book of Human Emotions, where Tiffany Watt Smith discusses the Czech term “litost”, which she describes as “a state of torment caused by a sudden insight into one’s own miserable self.” She references Milan Kundera’s novel The Book of Laughter and Forgetting, where Kundera illustrates litost through a poignant narrative: “In Kundera’s novel, a child is belittled by his foul-tempered violin teacher for playing the wrong note. Blinded by litost, the child concocts an ingenious plan: he deliberately repeats the mistake until the teacher becomes so enraged that he snaps and throws the pupil out of the window. ‘As he falls,’ writes Kundera, ‘the child is delighted by the thought that the nasty teacher will be charged with murder.’” 
A search for the word ‘hell’ reveals 699 matches in the poster’s photo archive. They are almost certainly all absurd. But that number, could this be a clue to the unsolved murder? You begin to construct an elaborate evidence board with string, thumb tacks, and leaflets dropped into your letterbox. 699? There must be a connection.
I am a sociologist who studies the ultrarich. Over the course of 17 years of research, I've heard repeatedly from financial advisers that multimillionaire and billionaire clients view themselves as above nationality and laws.One wealth adviser told me that some of his clients sincerely "believe that they are descended from the pharaohs, and that they were destined to inherit the earth.”
A Japanese Samurai warrior in a robe, with sword at his side, strokes the short beard on his chin while gazing afar. Tall conifers over his soothers in the distance. He looks deep in thought. In the centre beneath his face is a field of text: Oblate of the Sun - if a machine cannot commit seppuku, it cannot write poetry.