This is a preview of a bonus episode! listen to it, along with our archives, on our patreon! This week, we’re joined by academic and author Will Davies, to talk about his attempts to ask and answer one simple question: WTF is LinkedIn? In a recent newsletter, Will argues that LinkedIn, as one of the last remaining text-first platforms, has been able to sustain a style of posting that other platforms have struggled with – a style that’s positive, sincere and largely absent of snark and irony. The result, he says, is a strange form of written communication – exchanges written as declarations in single-spaced lines, endless congratulations and invitations to ‘connect’, and in many cases, executives and CEOs oversharing their personal triumphs and tragedies to prospective clients and jobseekers. We talk about how LinkedIn has changed over the past decade, how and why it’s become useless for anyone trying to find a job, and how its chaos both defines, and is reflective of, an employment market that doesn’t really make sense anymore. Follow and subscribe to Will on Substack: https://willd10.substack.com/ Read Will’s article on Substack : https://willd10.substack.com/p/what-is-linkedin ------- LEBANON AID LINKS Here are some fundraisers to support collective rebuilding and survival efforts on the ground in Lebanon. -Beit El-Baraka started out as a food bank, but has grown to help people afford rent, cover their essentials, and live with dignity. https://beitelbaraka.org/donate-directly/ or donate in general https://beitelbaraka.org/donate-now/ -LiveLove was a charity for a number of other matters, but since 2024 has been solely comitted to helping people displaced by Israeli attacks. https://livelove.org/donate -Lebanese Food Bank supports displaced and impoverished people https://lebanesefoodbank.org/take-action/donate/ Solar Powered Lebanon is an initiative to restore people's power using solar panels, since larger infrastructure is at constant risk of attack. https://fundahope.com/en/campaigns/solar-powered-lebanon ----- PALESTINE AID LINKS These are some general links you can support collective efforts with! -The Palestinian Communist Youth Union is doing a food and water effort, and is part of the official communist party of Palestine https://www.gofundme.com/f/to-preserve-whats-left-of-humanity-global-solidarity -Water is Life, a water distribution project in North Gaza affiliated with an Indigenous American organization and the Freedom Flotilla https://www.waterislifegaza.org/ -Vegetable Distribution Fund, which secured and delivers fresh veg, affiliated with Freedom Flotilla also https://www.instagram.com/linking/fundraiser?fundraiser_id=1102739514947848 ----- PHOEBE ALERT Okay, now that we have your attention; check out her Substack Here! Check out Masters of our Domain with Milo and Patrick, here! -------- Ten Thousand Posts is a show about how everything is posting. It's hosted by Hussein (@HKesvani), Phoebe (@PRHRoy) and produced by Devon (@Devon_onEarth).
