#brutalization
Live, measured metrics for the hashtag #brutalization from the open social web. Every number carries a named source and the time it was fetched. Nothing is estimated.
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Day-by-day usage
measured · fosstodon.org (Mastodon public tags API) · fetched 2026-09-27 06:12 UTC0 uses by 0 unique accounts across the window. Real per-day counts, not estimates. Newest bar is today so far.
Related hashtags
measured · fosstodon.org (Mastodon public search API) · fetched 2026-09-27 06:12 UTCLive pulse
measured · fosstodon.org (Mastodon tag timeline) · fetched 2026-09-27 06:12 UTCEverything below is measured over the latest 38 public posts (spanning ~32036 hours).
Posting hours (UTC) — busiest: 18:00
Languages: English (36) · German (2)
Avg boosts / post: 1.4
Top of the latest posts
A “first-person view” drone "often looks like something assembled at a workbench. Its frame may be commercially available carbon fiber. Its motors, flight controller, radio, camera and batteries may come from civilian supply chains. Wiring
“In her magisterial book The Great Partition, Yasmin Khan offers a sobering conclusion: The Partition of 1947 is also a loud reminder, should we care to listen, of the dangers of colonial interventions and the profound difficulties that dog
In her keynote at #FAccT2026, Lucy Suchman spoke about data: #brutalization #dehumanisation #squash #technoCriticism #TechBros #innovation #efficiency #technoSolutionnism #productivity #MilInt #military #militaryAI #AIWar
What “brutalization” means
WikipediaIn criminology, brutalization refers to a hypothesized cause-and-effect relationship between executions and an increase in the homicide rate. This hypothesis proposes this relationship occurs because executions diminish the public's respect for life. Such an effect represents the opposite of a deterrent effect.
“Brutalization” on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA) →#brutalization across platforms
every network with a public tag surfaceFollow #brutalization straight to each platform’s own tag page. Where a platform publishes open data we measure it above; the rest lock their numbers behind paid APIs, so we link rather than guess.
Every number above is measured from a named public API at the shown fetch time. Nothing is estimated or extrapolated. Platforms that lock their data behind paid APIs are not shown. Agents: the same numbers, as JSON, at /api/hashtags/brutalization