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Google just spat in my face (dbushell.com)
23

It’s Google I/O week and this year’s theme is performative slop. Budding Googlers battle it out on stage vying for executive eyeballs. The prize? Exemption from the next culling. As you might know AI isn’t my cup of tea and my AI policy explains why. […]

Fresh Bubbles

First time in a Briefing. Two or more votes in the last 24 hours.

Culture

  1. Wonders of Web Weaving, Episode 2 (James' Coffee Blog)
    4

    The second episode of Wonders of Web Weaving is out: In Episode 2, I chat with Alexandra, the author of xandra.cc, a founder and barista at the 32-Bit Cafe. We…

Gaming

  1. Can we stop blindly accusing indie games of using generative AI? (Luna's Gaming Log)
    4

    A call for due diligence and open discussions over misinformation and speculation.

Life

  1. Facebook is terrifyingly bad with privacy (gary online)
    6

    I'm just a regular ol' end user. I'm not some cyber security guru who actually understands how any of this shit works, but I use a password manager and 2FA…

  2. I Went Camping (HakkerBlog)
    4

    I went camping with a mate this weekend, it was fun. Here are some pictures I took: View from the camping spot Alternative view from the camping spot Early…

Tech

  1. On Google declaring war on the Web (Smashing Frames)
    16

    In Yesterday’s IO Keynote Google declared war on the remnants of the Web. (See longer description on their website.) TL;DR: They are pushing Search more into…

  2. Alternatives Pt. II - Social Networking (Technically Good ✨)
    19

    So let's say you've had enough of all the ads, the tracking, the promoted posts, the I'm Never Seeing Anything my Friends Post, and you want... a different…

  3. AI is just unauthorised plagiarism at a bigger scale (Axel's blog)
    4

    AI takes in all the input, whether the original authors have consented or not, and do some "learning", and then the AI companies sell these learned result to…

Writing

  1. 11 more days time to write a love letter - IndieWeb Carnival (Juha-Matti Santala)
    3

    Do you want to see more positive things in the world and the web? I’m hosting this month’s IndieWeb Carnival and I’m inviting anyone with a blog to write a…

Still Bubbling

Already featured in a Briefing before. Two or more votes in the last 24 hours.

  1. Performative Blogging (joelchrono's blog)
    18
  2. Nobody Cares, Write Anyway (Absurd Pirate's Internet Blog)
    14
  3. Your blog needs more photos (Robert Birming)
    13
  4. 10 things I’ve learned in 10 years of writing Improve Something Today (Improve Something Today)
    7
  5. /r/SlopcoreCirclejerk and the Men who are pro-AI (brennan.day)
    9

Tiny Bubbles

Fresh posts with exactly one vote in the last 24 hours.