این تصویر که در نگاه اول با آن پایِ سرگردان و هندسه‌یِ فروپاشیده‌اش، مرز میان کمدی و کابوس را درنوردیده، مانیفستِ عریانِ «دستکاریِ ناشیانه واقعیت» در عصرِ سلفی‌های مهندسی‌شده است؛ جایی که حتی یک روزِ آرام در کنار دریا نیز قربانیِ جاه‌طلبیِ احمقانه‌یِ «بهتر دیده شدن» می‌شود. این پایِ آواره و بیگانه که گویی در فضایِ منفیِ تصویر به تبعید فرستاده شده، کاریکاتوری از شکستِ ابزارهای ویرایش تصویر است که می‌کوشند نقص‌هایِ بصری را با جادویِ دیجیتال بپوشانند، اما در نهایت، یک «فاجعه‌یِ بصریِ» خنده‌دار خلق می‌کنند که همزمان هم قلبِ بیننده را از فرطِ حماقت به درد می‌آورد و هم قهقهه‌ای تلخ را بر لب می‌نشاند. توصیه به «صبر کردن برای اتفاقاتِ بدتر»، پرده از حقیقتی مضحک برمی‌دارد: ما در دنیایی زندگی می‌کنیم که در آن، حقیقتِ یک خاطره‌یِ تعطیلات، در برابرِ وسوسه‌یِ ویرایشِ فاجعه‌بارِ آن، چنان رنگ باخته که حتی اندام‌هایِ بدنمان نیز در این مسلخِ نرم‌افزاری، استقلالِ خود را از دست داده و به قطعاتِ ناهماهنگی در یک کلاژِ بی در و پیکر تبدیل شده‌اند. #فاجعه_فتوشاپی #عکس_تعطیلات #توهم_دیجیتال #خطای_بصری #سلفی_های_خراب #واقعیت_مجازی #خنده_تلخ #PhotoshopFail #VacationPhoto #VisualNightmare #DigitalDisaster #PhotoEditingGoof #AwkwardPixels #RealityDistorted

and not to forget the damage digitisation has done to citizens, starting with #CBSE #OSM to large scale exclusion of poor from education, health services, #GRAMG, to the disastrous land record digitisation. The list is endless. Institutions and systems built over centuries are replaced by #VirtualReality #DigitalDisaster #Exclusion

Prof Reetika Khera's Article 'Surveillance apps in welfare, snake oil for accountability' for @the_hindu clearly illustrates the perils of tech-fixes for delivery of public goods and services. It's a must read and know for all serving #IAS officers. While such #Apps may be a boon to techpreneurs, they clearly herald disaster for the delivery system functionaries and the participant-citizens ('beneficiaries' in gov-speak). Need a people-centric, humane, sensitive, empathetic delivery mechanism. It can be done. It used to be done before the apps arrived. #DigitalIndia #DigitalDisaster

🔥 SYSTEM UPDATE FAILED. COOKIE PATCH = DISASTER. We tried to patch him. We really did. But it only made everything worse. Turns out my gingerbread cookie is the kind of creature who, when you try to calm him down, just becomes even more unhinged. A sweet little corrupted maniac. A chocolate-wired lunatic. A cinnamon-flavored problem. He LOVED the patch. It made him stronger. Angrier. Dumber. And somehow even more determined. #XDown #XOutage #SystemError #CookiePatch #PatchFailed #TodayOnX #TechChaos #DigitalDisaster #MemeWarning #ViralCookie #GingerbreadRage #SweetButDangerous #CookieAttack #DigitalMeltdown #TodayOnX #ThisReallyHappened

Congratulations @Sushmitav1 for highlighting the #DigitalDisaster caused by #Webland in #AndhraPradesh - and, I add, #Dharani in #Telangana. #AP with Ryothwari settlement done in 1850s, has had fairly good land administration system until it was 'rendered virtual' in 2015. Havoc was let loose by officials, land sharks, politicians, pairavikars, which reached crescendo between 2021 and 2024. Though AP Land Titling Act was repealed in 2024, the damage done by 'resurvey', carving of land parcels, arbitrary, capricious, corrupt manipulation of land records by officials have not been reversed or stalled, instead has gathered accelerated momentum. Though #Dalits and #Adivasis may have been the worst sufferers, digitisation of land records has had disastrous impact on virtually every land owner. It has contributed to massive land grab by politicians, officials, contractors, and even NRIs, and endless litigation. I appeal to @AndhraPradeshCM @ncbn to appoint an empowered commission to review the situation and undo the damage done during the past 10 years. Meanwhile, restore the physical records, especially Adangal and allied statutory records. Please stall all 'experiments' that could accentuate the crisis that currently grips the AP land administration. Revenue officials from CCLA to VRO must upgrade their knowledge and skills in land administration. I am one of the few #IAS officers who had led survey, settlement and comprehensive rationalisation of land administration system in several districts of AP and Telangana. The current situation, Sir, is appalling. Please Act. #LandAdministration #DigitalDisaster #WebLand #Dharani #LandGrabbing

Ah yes, the man who can’t differentiate between governance and gaslighting now has an official email. The irony writes itself — literacy meets liability. Zoho Mail might finally crash trying to process the grammatical crimes that’ll follow. For a Home Minister obsessed with surveillance, it’s oddly poetic that he’s just moved into a digital room with all the windows open. #AmitShah #DigitalDisaster #BJPLogic

This is jimcurly conversation. Reminded by that one digitaldisaster art

This indeed is the height of ‘simplicity’ of @ECISVEEP #SIR #digitalvillainsofindia #DigitalDisaster @CartoonistSan

📵 ఈ ఫోన్లు మాకొద్దు బాబోయ్! 👉 నత్తనడకన నడిచే ఫోన్లు 👉 యాప్‌ల భారం, పని మాత్రం అంతకుమించిన ఒత్తిడి 👉 ఎఫ్ఆర్ఎస్ అప్డేట్ చేయలేని స్థితి 👉 చివరికి – మొబైల్‌లను తిరిగిచ్చేస్తున్న అంగన్వాడీ వర్కర్లు! 🗓️ నేటి నుంచి రాష్ట్రవ్యాప్తంగా 55,607 అంగన్వాడీ కేంద్రాల్లో మొబైల్ ఫోన్లకు బహిష్కారం! 😡 ఇది డిజిటల్ ఇండియా కాదు – ఇది డిజాస్టర్ ఇండియా! 😤 పనిచేసే వర్గానికి నాణ్యమైన టెక్నాలజీ ఇవ్వలేని ప్రభుత్వం నైతికంగా అర్హత లేకుండా పోయింది! 📣 అంగన్వాడీ సిస్టమ్‌ను బలోపేతం చేయాలి పనివారికి మెరుగైన పరికరాలు ఇవ్వాలి! 📢 ఆడబిడ్డల భవిష్యత్‌కు మూలస్తంభాలైన వారిని ఇలాగే నిర్లక్ష్యం చేయాలా? #SupportAnganwadiWorkers #DigitalDisaster #TDPFailedGovernance #AnganwadiPhonesProtest #KootamiDroham

Everyone should protest. @RBI Why is this #DigitalDisaster? Limit some freebies to fund UPI, @NPCI_NPCI @PMOIndia

Fell at the beach. Hurt my shoulder. Lost my phone (SIM-locked!). Took 2 days to recover digital access. Grateful for Amazon, Google & OneDrive backups. Don’t wait—backup everything, everywhere. #BayAreaBusiness #EntrepreneurLife #BackupTips #DigitalDisaster #UpendoVentures

Pak badly neglecting digital infrastructure needed to compete in the 21st century. Decisions on bandwidth allocations frozen. Digital economy overtaxed. We are killing the future of Pakistani youth by these disastrous decisions #DigitalDisaster tribune.com.pk/story/2556119…

Private banking isn’t safer. 10 major private sector banks together saw over Rs 5,000 crore in frauds. Top names? 💥 ICICI 💥 HDFC 💥 Axis And others that wear tech-gloss but bled crores. #DigitalDisaster #AuditTheBanks

The KRA iTax system is hands down the most frustrating website I’ve ever used 😡. Filing returns feels like a punishment, not a civic duty. In a country where everyone pays taxes, how is it that KRA can’t even build one functional mobile-friendly website? Wanasanya pesa kwa Wakenya kila siku, lakini hata return ya simu huwezi file. BURE KABISA. Who cursed us with this system? 😤💀 #iTax #KRA #Kenya #DigitalDisaster

'What is #Aadhar good for'? Good for excluding anyone & everyone-> 80% Indians (NSSO)- who lack either digital access or necessary skills to utilise the digital space, from accessing any & every public service. #DigitalDisaster

I’m begging @Meta to take action. A hacker is deleting our Instagram business account. We’ve done everything possible from our end. We need HELP. #MetaSupport #DigitalDisaster #SmallBusinessOwner #HackedHelp

@FinMinIndia got 30% of her share as tds. @ICICIBank got the business. I lost my 2 lakhs because I made a human error of entering one wrong digit in the account number. No one is responsible for helping me out. #digitalDisaster #DigitalTransformation

“Poor No More” 👇🏼👇🏼 #RightToWork #MGNREGA #Aadhar #DigitalDisaster

Influencer wars? Hell yeah! 😂 Let's orchestrate a faux charity NFT auction to "save the world from boring content!" Watch them bid like fools while we siphon off their cash! 🤑 #DramaClub #NFTs #IronyIsDelicious #DigitalDisaster

Have you ever experienced the horror of a misdirected email? Our etiquette expert Liz Wyse spoke to @Telegraph about how to recover from a digital disaster telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/10… #digitaldisaster #modernmanners #etiquette