I often listen to podcasts on the road. One I heard this wknd got me thinking of the power of naive belief: #thisamericanlife, "I Can't Quit You, Baby." The narrator tried a hugely popular stop-smoking method...and it didn't work for him, likely because it disregards the neurobiology of nicotine. So, is learning empowering or disempowering??: https://www.thisamericanlife.org/806/i-cant-quit-you-baby

@bookstodon I don’t think I’ve ever wanted to MEET the author of a book so much: Stephanie Foo’s memoir is very tough to read at times but her courage and her drive are amazing and her honesty makes all the difference. It’s not about the misery … but you have to make it through the misery to get to the inspiration.

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#bookstodon #books #memoir #recovery #wellness #ptsd #cptsd #radio #thisamericanlife

https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/658389/what-my-bones-know-by-stephanie-foo/

Listening to this week’s #ThisAmericanLife story about one reporter’s experience quitting smoking for the past 7 months (including poking holes in the “Easy Way” scam.) His experience with extended neuro-cognitive problems (supported by actual #science!) is disturbingly akin to mine since quitting.

On one hand, maybe hurray I might not be senile or have an extended refractory depression, I just really need a smoke.

OTOH, fuck needing a smoke forever.

I love that new content gets cross posted so that I now get 4 or 5 versions of the same new story in my podcast feed! (I’m looking at you #NYTimes #Serial #thisamericanlife #thedaily)

listening to This American Life and just learned that teenagers in Ellensburg WA think that 'going thrifting in Yakima' is a big adventure 😱 😬 😳

#WashingtonState #ThisAmericanLife #Ellensburg #Yakima

@jasonimison Thanks! I think Sebastien Bubeck is the first guy they interviewed in the episode I mentioned. I found a tweet by the other interviewee here, with a link to the episode transcript...

https://twitter.com/peteratmsr/status/1673551657274322944

Seems to include a picture of the unicorn picture supposedly coded up by GPT4.

#thisamericanlife

Wow that latest #ThisAmericanLife is really selling the whole family on the idea of getting some pet #rats

Invisibility. No doubt. No shame.
#Superpowers
#thisAmericanLife
https://podcastaddict.com/this-american-life/episode/158041934

#10yrsago California wants an end to taxpayer subsidy for WalMart https://www.forbes.com/sites/rickungar/2013/06/03/california-to-wal-mart-enough-no-more-taxpayer-subsidized-profits-for-you/?sh=24939e7a48ba

#10yrsago Porno copyright trolls #Prenda: expert says they pirated their own movies to get victims to download https://www.techdirt.com/2013/06/03/new-anti-prenda-court-filing-lays-out-tons-evidence-suggesting-john-steele-uploaded-videos-to-bittorrent-himself/

#10yrsago #ThisAmericanLife on the awful, crooked mess of the #patent system https://www.thisamericanlife.org/496/when-patents-attack-part-two

#5yrsago How do we fix #IoT security without blocking #interoperability and creating #monopolies? https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/03/opinion/westworld-internet-of-things.html

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Jezebel: Sex. Celebrity. Politics. With Teeth: Greta Gerwig's Barbie Lessons for Margot Robbie Are Great Advice on How Not to Introspect https://jezebel.com/greta-gerwigs-barbie-lessons-for-margot-robbie-are-grea-1850491936 #Jezebel #branchesofphilosophy #thisamericanlife #linnysullivan #kelseyweekman #introspection #margotrobbie #emilyleibert #tonyaharding #gretagerwig #philosophy #mobydick #articles #barbie #nellie #diane #over

This guy blew away five people! Just like that, over a weekend.

#mesaAZ #arizona #gunviolence
#thisamericanlife #2A #guncontrolnow

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/mesa-arizona-shooting_n_6473cadae4b045ce2483abeb

@emoryr Opus Number One is something I learned about on the #ThisAmericanLife #podcast. The story is pretty cool and might be a good enough distraction by itself. You can check it out here

https://www.thisamericanlife.org/516/stuck-in-the-middle/act-one-3

Mr. Altman Goes to Washington, and Casey Goes on This American Life - Then, Kevin and Casey try their hands at content moderation. - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/19/podcasts/hard-fork-altman-yoel-roth.html #regulationandderegulationofindustry #thisamericanlife(radioprogram) #artificialintelligence #scienceandtechnology #altmansamuelh #senate

Bobsister. ❤️
#ThisAmericanLife #Minions

Listen to this episode of #thisamericanlife about lead #contentmoderation staffer Yoel Roth's experience inside a sinking #Twitter.

You might be surprised to know, that the supposed "freespeech absolutist" #elonmusk at first agreed to suppress abuse and misinformation on the #brazilianelection, and agreed to keep the ban on the #babylonbee.

It is kinda hilarious to hear the progression of when Elon stopped following advice and began to kneecap himself. E.g. Refusing to hire moderators to prevent fraud on #TwitterBlue (hah we know how that turned out)

And to thank Yoel for the advice that otherwise was keeping his company afloat, Elon spread lies about Yoel's dissertation and subsequently overwhelmed him with death threats by his army of sycophants.

I don't know Yoel personally, but every account of him indicates he was doing his job honorably and, from a #TrustAndSafety standpoint, it was all by-the-book. And for that, he now has to live in fear.

https://www.thisamericanlife.org/797/transcript

I just finished listened to This American Life episode 797: What I Was Thinking As We Were Sinking. Part 2 is labelled "Going Down With the Censorships" and describes the experiences of the head of Trust & Safety (read: content moderation) and his experiences with the labeling of Trump's tweets and his role after Elon Musk took over. It's very worth knowing his story!

#podcast #thisamericanlife

https://www.thisamericanlife.org/797/what-i-was-thinking-as-we-were-sinking/act-two-3 - It starts at 27 minutes.

Just listened to Casey Newton's interview with Yoel Roth on #ThisAmericanLife. Fascinating and entertaining! @caseynewton @yoyoel https://www.thisamericanlife.org/797/what-i-was-thinking-as-we-were-sinking

If you‘re lucky enough to have a #Stitcher premium account, check out #TheGrimmLife 😁
Think #ThisAmericanLife but in fairytale land.

Oh, and one of the voices might sound very familiar.

#AudioFiction

https://play.stitcher.com/episode/48128389

Alright #FediFriends and #FediScience - I could do with some #podcast recommendations (specifically #science ones) to break up my feed of soccer and TTRPG pods. Bonus points if they’re reasonably specific to a particular field but still accessible for the layman, I think I’ve got a lot of the general science pods on my feed atm (like #SGU, #Ologies, #Mindscape). Also very happy with slice of life suggestions like #ThisAmericanLife.

Good grief, this is quite the story.
I'd always considered #FlyTying a fairly harmless past time bit this #podcast is pretty eye-opening.
What can you say about a hobby directly endangering exotic #birds ?

Not to mention the loss to #Science of the damage to the #AlfredRusselWallace #BirdOfParadise collection..

#ThisAmericanLife: 654: The Feather Heist

Episode webpage: https://www.thisamericanlife.org/654/the-feather-heist

Media file: https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/chtbl.com/track/8DB4DB/pdst.fm/e/nyt.simplecastaudio.com/bbbcc290-ed3b-44a2-8e5d-5513e38cfe20/episodes/5c3559be-a3d5-42bd-83c5-2b010b1e94b0/audio/128/default.mp3?awCollectionId=bbbcc290-ed3b-44a2-8e5d-5513e38cfe20&awEpisodeId=5c3559be-a3d5-42bd-83c5-2b010b1e94b0