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Letters from an American · Heather Cox Richardson
Just a year ago, we were focusing on Russian troops massing on the border with Ukraine, which the U.S. government and allies recognized as an attempt both to keep Ukraine from joining the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), a longstanding military alliance resisting Russian expansion, and to test the unity of…
Platformer · Casey Newton
PLUS: Why it's time to start leaving Twitter behind
Seth Godin's Blog · Seth Godin
When AI is smart enough to write an essay, then what happens? GPT3 is back in the news, because, as expected, it’s getting better and better. Using a simple chat interface, you can easily ask it a wide range of questions (write a 1,000 word essay about Clara Barton) that certainly feels like a diligent […]
Pixel Envy · Nick Heer
Elon Musk may have eliminated Twitter’s communications department. But it appears he found a new PR team member in Bari Weiss, to whom the so-called “Twitter Files” were leaked, and who will massage Twitter 2.0’s messaging for free. Twitter apparently added Weiss to the company’s Slack channels and gave her a company…
Pixel Envy · Nick Heer
Todd Spangler, in a mess of a Variety article: The new disclosures, touted as “The Twitter Files,” were posted in a lengthy Twitter thread by investigative reporter and author Matt Taibbi (and retweeted by Musk). It’s based on “thousands of internal documents obtained by sources at Twitter,” according to Taibbi —…
Dave Trott's Blog · Dave Trott
Last week George Lois died, and I put up a tweet about how influential one of his comments had been on my career: “Don’t show me your portfolio full of great roughs, if it don’t run it ain’t … Continue reading → The post WHY GEORGE LOIS WAS UNREASONABLE first appeared on Dave Trott's Blog.
Popular Information · Judd Legum
Earlier this month, as the Houston Astros faced the Philadelphia Phillies in the World Series, the home plate umpire presided over the game with the FTX logo emblazoned across his chest. In July 2021, FTX, a cryptocurrency exchange founded by Sam Bankman-Fried, paid Major League Baseball untold millions to be…
A Whole Lotta Nothing · mathowie
A week or so ago, I quit Twitter for good. I did it in 2018 and it only lasted a couple months before I waded back in, but this time it’s different. It was clear huge changes were coming to the platform with the new owner and although I’ve learned so much and heard different […]
A Whole Lotta Nothing · mathowie
After reading Andy Baio’s latest post about AI-art generators and artist rights, I reached out and had him walk me through how to experience it myself. We followed the instructions in this video: How you go about it It was about an hour of tinkering before about another hour of processing before I was at […]
Popular Information · Judd Legum
Last Friday, Elon Musk, the world's wealthiest person, purchased Twitter, one of the world's most important communication platforms, for $44 billion. The first five days of Twitter under Musk's leadership have not gone well. Musk dissolved Twitter's board of directors and named himself the CEO. He already runs
Brad Frost · Brad Frost
The Component Gallery is a collection of interface components from real-world design systems. I created it to help with some of the problems that I experience every day as a front-end developer: Some interface problems have already been solved: there’s no need […]
Letters from an American · Heather Cox Richardson
Today began with news that New York attorney general Letitia James is seeking a preliminary injunction to stop former president Trump from continuing with the fraudulent practices she filed a $250 million lawsuit in September to end. Apparently, the day James filed the lawsuit, the Trump Organization registered the…
Waxy.org · Andy Baio
Tech companies working with AI are outsourcing data collection and training to academic/nonprofit research groups, shielding them from potential accountability and legal liability.
Waxy.org · Andy Baio
surprisingly good GPT-3 powered summaries of long YouTube videos #
Letters from an American · Heather Cox Richardson
The big news until shortly before midnight tonight was that businesses do indeed seem to be coming home after the pandemic illustrated the dangers of stretched supply lines, the global minimum tax reduced the incentives to flee to other countries with lower taxes, and the passage of the CHIPS and Science Act and the…
Popular Information · Judd Legum
On August 18, in a "campaign-style event," Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R) announced that 20 people had been arrested "for breaking Florida’s elections laws." In a press release, DeSantis' office set aside the presumption of innocence, branding the group "
Press Watch · Dan Froomkin
He is counting on mainstream journalists, once again, being so desperate to cast themselves as “impartial” that they will normalize what is effectively 21st-century American fascism. The post Coverage of Ron DeSantis shows the media has learned nothing from Trump appeared first on Press Watch.
A Whole Lotta Nothing · mathowie
Recently, I started a small casual podcast with my friend Joel about how much we love trucks (and also bikes and mass transit, but mostly off-roading). We’re doing it for the hell of it, not really looking to make a big splash but what strikes me this time out on my third real podcast is […]
Pixel Envy · Nick Heer
A little subgenre of news story I really dig is when platforms promoting themselves as some sort of unique bastion of free speech find their limit. This happens all the time because of course it does. Every platform figures out there are things unworthy of being hosted or broadcasted on its service. Substack has…
Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow · Cory Doctorow
Today's links Podcasting "So You’ve Decided to Unfollow Me": On the joys of writing to find your people, rather than pleasing a hypothetical audience. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. This day in history: 2007, 2012, 2017, 2021 Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing…
Blog · Micromobility Industries
Originally created in 2019, we dedicate this handbook to the micromobility riders.It is they who have chosen the less-traveled paths, the narrow lanes, the urban obstacle courses. They bear the insults, the contempt, and, yes, the violence. They don’t always get the subsidies or the prizes or the spotlight. They…
Cool Tools · Kevin Kelly
Recomendo: issue no. 314
Seth Godin's Blog · Seth Godin
And vs Or. Leading a project is about causing the death of a million ‘ands’. There was a long line at the ice cream stand, but the person in front wasn’t budging. The customer had narrowed down the choice to four flavors, but they were paralyzed, unable to choose. It’s not because any of the […]
Molly White · Molly White
A CEO of a major crypto lending platform repeated on video each week that “banks are not your friend” and that there was no risk to the funds stored with his company.1 Normal Guy. “Celsius CEO Alex Mashinksy’s LIES to the community within 6 months prior to Bankruptcy.” (YouTube video). July 20, 2022. ↩︎
kadavy.net · David Kadavy
Five years ago, I wrote about how – after ten years as a self-employed independent creator – I hoped to “make it.” I now realize, I never will. Listen to the Podcast Listen in iTunes >> Download as an MP3 by right-clicking here and choosing “save as.” RSS feed for Love Your Work Five years The post Fifteen…
Dave Trott's Blog · Dave Trott
In 1944, the OSS was the precursor of the CIA. Like the CIA, their work was spying, sabotage, dirty tricks, anything to disrupt the enemy. With this in mind they issued a booklet to be distributed to anyone … Continue reading → The post SABOTAGING OURSELVES first appeared on Dave Trott's Blog.
Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow · Cory Doctorow
Today's links Podcasting "Reasonable Agreement": "On the Crapification of Literary Contracts." Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. This day in history: 2002, 2007, 2012, 2017, 2021 Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading Podcasting "Reasonable…
Press Watch · Dan Froomkin
Where are the feminist voices in the news coverage of the overturning of Roe v. Wade? I sought some out. The post Massive media fail: Abortion coverage ignores misogyny, theocracy, and so much more appeared first on Press Watch.
Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow · Cory Doctorow
Today's links Abortion surveillance only incidentally involves period-trackers: It's all your digital stuff, plus snitchy friends and doctors. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. This day in history: 2007, 2012, 2017, 2021 Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects,…
Brad Frost · Brad Frost
This is a great read about the creative process behind my new favorite movie, Everything Everywhere All At Once. Similar to my breakdown of The Beatles’ Get Back documentary, this post analyzes the lessons learned from the creative process that wielded SUCH […]
kk.org · Kevin Kelly
I recommend a long bicycle tour as one of the best ways to see parts of the world, especially America. There was an article in a recent New York Times about 8 great bike touring routes in the US. These … Continue reading →
Waxy.org · Andy Baio
Michael Hobbes debunks the conspiracy theory at the center of the "largest explosion of online misogyny since Gamergate" #
Press Watch · Dan Froomkin
News organizations are belatedly "raising questions" about the police response at Robb Elementary School, now that it appears we were all wildly misled. The post All police lie appeared first on Press Watch.
Interconnected
I’ve been hanging out in the web3 space recently. The art and aesthetic generally is awesome and effervescent. But there are big claims made for the technology and, given the high level of scams, I’ve spend a bunch of time considering that. With any new tech, it’s interesting to ask: does this matter? Is it a weird…
Stratechery · Ben Thompson
Amazon's new Buy With Prime announced the arrival of Amazon Logistics as a Service, and is a big red flag for Shopify.
Letters from an American · Heather Cox Richardson
Today, United States District Judge David O. Carter of the United States District Court for the Central District of California ordered John Eastman to disclose 101 documents to the House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the U.S. Capitol. Eastman is a former law school dean at Chapman…
Waxy.org · Andy Baio
I've also been playing with the beta and the results are astounding #
Placemark blog
How we make Placemark faster, so you can make maps faster.
Pixel Envy · Nick Heer
Mike Masnick, of Techdirt, with a full-throated defence of the concepts of society and context in general: The internet itself is an incredible platform for free speech, and we should be fighting to keep that wider internet open and free from too much regulatory burden and limits. But part of the reason the internet…
Stratechery · Ben Thompson
Nest's secret microphone demonstrates that noone at Google actually cares, a takeaway that is reflected in YouTube's latest scandal. At the same time, to what extent does caring interfere with free speech?
Justin Mason's Weblog · dailylinks
Yanis Varoufakis: play-to-earn could be "the apotheosis of misanthropy" "the idea that people must now play like robots to earn a living so as to be human in their spare time is, indeed, the apotheosis of misanthropy." He's not wrong! Great interview with Evgeny Morozov. (tags: crypto marxism yanis-varoufakis…
Stratechery · Ben Thompson
Netflix's earnings were disappointing because of the subscriber numbers, but does the company have a bigger concern in terms of long-term profitability?