RoundSparrow @ .ee@lemm.eeM · 15 days agoBTTF 1985: At Forbes, one contributor wrote that the book “may help explain the otherwise inexplicable”. CNN noted that Trump’s allegedly shocking “ascent would not have surprised Postman”plus-squarepinwww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down11
arrow-up10arrow-down1external-linkBTTF 1985: At Forbes, one contributor wrote that the book “may help explain the otherwise inexplicable”. CNN noted that Trump’s allegedly shocking “ascent would not have surprised Postman”plus-squarepinwww.theguardian.comRoundSparrow @ .ee@lemm.eeM · 15 days agomessage-square0linkfedilink
RoundSparrow @ .ee@lemm.eeM · edit-22 months agoBack To 1985, July 3, 1985. Back to Neil Postman's book from year 1985.plus-squarepinmessage-squaremessage-square1linkfedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down11
arrow-up11arrow-down1message-squareBack To 1985, July 3, 1985. Back to Neil Postman's book from year 1985.plus-squarepinRoundSparrow @ .ee@lemm.eeM · edit-22 months agomessage-square1linkfedilink
RoundSparrow @ .ee@lemm.eeM · edit-216 days ago“It is not necessary to conceal anything from a public insensible to contradiction and narcotized by technological diversions.” ― Neil Postman, Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse, 1985plus-squarelemm.eeimagemessage-square4linkfedilinkarrow-up134arrow-down13
arrow-up131arrow-down1image“It is not necessary to conceal anything from a public insensible to contradiction and narcotized by technological diversions.” ― Neil Postman, Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse, 1985plus-squarelemm.eeRoundSparrow @ .ee@lemm.eeM · edit-216 days agomessage-square4linkfedilink
RoundSparrow @ .ee@lemm.eeM · 1 month agoReddit today: "In a way he's the perfect embodiment of our era. Everyone just desperate for fame or clout by any means despite how disgusting it leads them to act. Like if Johnny Somali was president.plus-squarelemm.eeimagemessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down12
arrow-up11arrow-down1imageReddit today: "In a way he's the perfect embodiment of our era. Everyone just desperate for fame or clout by any means despite how disgusting it leads them to act. Like if Johnny Somali was president.plus-squarelemm.eeRoundSparrow @ .ee@lemm.eeM · 1 month agomessage-square0linkfedilink
RoundSparrow @ .ee@lemm.eeM · 1 month agoBack to March 1967 “The Medium is the Massage": “Any understanding of social and cultural change is impossible without a knowledge of the way media work as environments.” — Marshall McLuhanplus-squarelemm.eeimagemessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down11
arrow-up11arrow-down1imageBack to March 1967 “The Medium is the Massage": “Any understanding of social and cultural change is impossible without a knowledge of the way media work as environments.” — Marshall McLuhanplus-squarelemm.eeRoundSparrow @ .ee@lemm.eeM · 1 month agomessage-square0linkfedilink
RoundSparrow @ .ee@lemm.eeM · edit-22 months agoBack to Neil Postman 1985 ---====>>> New MAGA 2025 Hats Issuedplus-squarelemm.eeimagemessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down11
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RoundSparrow @ .ee@lemm.eeM · edit-22 months ago2025 ---===>>> Back to Year 1985 - July 3, 1985 - The Futureplus-squarelemm.eeimagemessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down11
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RoundSparrow @ .ee@lemm.eeM · 2 months ago(Back to year 1992) 21 DOGE Staffers Resign as They Refuse to 'Dismantle Critical Public Services'plus-squarewww.thewrap.comexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down11
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RoundSparrow @ .ee@lemm.eeM · 2 months agoBTTF 1985 : "Simulacra of Resistance" on social media systems - February 24, 2025 - Nikki Haleyplus-squarelemm.eeimagemessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down11
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BitOneZero@beehaw.org · edit-22 months agoBack to the Future year 1985 : “We were keeping our eye on 1984. When the year came and the prophecy didn't, thoughtful Americans sang softly in praise of themselves. The roots of liberal democracy"plus-squarewww.youtube.comexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkBack to the Future year 1985 : “We were keeping our eye on 1984. When the year came and the prophecy didn't, thoughtful Americans sang softly in praise of themselves. The roots of liberal democracy"plus-squarewww.youtube.comBitOneZero@beehaw.org · edit-22 months agomessage-square0linkfedilink
