{"ok":true,"trend":{"id":406215,"platform":"mastodon","region":"global","key":"because i was recently asked which kind of frankfurt school dinosaur i was, to which i answered: \"a marcusesaurus\", here","title":"Because I was recently asked which kind of Frankfurt School Dinosaur I was, to which I answered: \"A Marcusesaurus\", here","url":"https://lgbtqia.space/@thepurpleoctopus/117356444337124734","first_seen":"2026-09-29T21:47:49.846807Z","last_seen":"2026-09-29T21:47:49.846807Z","last_rank":6,"peak_rank":6,"last_volume":1,"peak_volume":1,"seen_count":1,"score":0.98171875,"category_hint":"technology","section":"technology","category":"technology","summary":"A joke circulating online asks people which kind of Frankfurt School dinosaur they would be, with one participant answering 'a Marcusesaurus' in tribute to the German-American philosopher Herbert Marcuse. The quip is being used to frame Marcuse's critical theory as relevant to 'AIshittification', the degradation of online life by low-quality artificial intelligence content.","why":"People are using a playful meme about critical theorists to comment on the current wave of AI-driven decline in internet culture.","tone":"mixed","entities":["Herbert Marcuse","Frankfurt School"],"summarized_at":"2026-09-29T21:48:34.668238Z","meta":{"tag":"technology","via":"scan","kind":"status","lang":"en","instance":"mastodon.social","tag_uses":1111},"nw":null,"promo":null,"kind":null,"importance":null,"hidden":false,"hide_reason":null,"judged_at":null,"title_en":"Playing with Frankfurt School dinosaurs in the AI age","section_name":"Technology","category_name":"Technology","timeline":[{"captured_at":"2026-09-29T21:47:49.846807Z","rank":6,"volume":1}],"posts":[{"platform":"mastodon","url":"https://lgbtqia.space/@thepurpleoctopus/117356444337124734","author":"thepurpleoctopus@lgbtqia.space","title":null,"snippet":"Because I was recently asked which kind of Frankfurt School Dinosaur I was, to which I answered: \"A Marcusesaurus\", here is a small Herbert Marcuse moment for the age of AIshittification: First things first, Herbert Marcuse was a German-American philosopher and social theorist,…","posted_at":"2026-09-29T21:27:09Z","likes":1}],"elsewhere":[],"window":"7d"}}