General

The world of conversation is full of Tells. Tells are those words, phrases or sentence formations that signal some of the underlying attitude and pathology of the writer or speaker. Many Tells are prefaces or beginnings to sentences or explanations. Some of those Tells are rather obvious to everybody. For example, beginning a statement with the phrase “with respect” is usually the prelude to a dismissal of an idea, person or group. Effectively, it is

The news that Elon Musk may be in the process of essentially gaining outright control of Twitter has, unsurprisingly, led to a lot of uncertainty by Twitter users as to whether the platform has any medium-term viability. I could write thousands of words trying to explain the many issues with social media platforms, and Twitter specifically. They act as (mostly) non-discriminatory amplifiers, so for every interesting idea, concept or thought, there are dozens of cockamamie,