Friday Musings and Fun

Posting the Truth on YouTube? You Might Be the Only One Who Sees It

When your words vanish and no one tells you, you’re not paranoid. It’s just the algorithm.

17 hrs ago •

Suzannah Alexander

Communal Catastrophizing. Or How Social Media Trains Us to Despair Together

Bad News Is Addictive. Even When It’s Fake.

Jul 4 •

Suzannah Alexander

10 Hilarious ways to Fund a University Without Federal Dollars

What to Do When the Government Ghosts You and the Alumni Block Your Calls

Jun 27 •

Suzannah Alexander

Breaking: Disneyland Converts Corporate Embarrassment Into Family Entertainment

This is what happens when Imagineers get stuck in HR training.

Jun 20 •

Suzannah Alexander

In Praise of Childhood Bullying

The long-term consequences of short-circuiting childhood challenges.

Jun 13 •

Suzannah Alexander

Ohana Means... uh…Crap!: How Disney’s Live Action Lilo & Stitch Became an Ad for Child Protective Services

Part love letter, part eulogy, mostly facepalm

Jun 6 •

Suzannah Alexander

Can Freedom Survive A World Without Consequences?

As technology redefines our choices, America must decide what kind of society we want to build.

May 30 •

Suzannah Alexander

Are You Ruining Psychology in the Name of Ethics? Take the ‘Am I the Baddie?’ Quiz And Find Out!

Because nothing says “healing” like coerced ideology.

May 23 •

Suzannah Alexander

Play The Gatekeeper Game! The Most Fun You’ll Ever Have Being Denied a License

Satirical? Yes. Implausible? Sadly, no.

May 16 •

Suzannah Alexander

The Real Reason College Grads Get Hired (It’s Not What You Think)

What’s the real lesson of college? Obey, endure, repeat.

May 9 •

Suzannah Alexander

I Let AI Help Me Write. It Now Has a Favorite Philosopher

This is what happens when you feed a cynic to AI

May 2 •

Suzannah Alexander

Can You Survive the Bureaucratic Hunger Games?

Licensing logic so twisted, Kafka would take notes.

Apr 25 •

Suzannah Alexander

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