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Your phone is making you bored (Happily Imperfect)
16

It seems that, no matter where I turn, I can’t escape the talk about how we use our phones. It’s understandable they are an inescapable part of our lives, and for many of us, myself included, I can’t imagine life without one; the ability to contact someone anytime anywhere is a…

Fresh Bubbles

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

Art

  1. Roll 013 (Rolleiflex 2.8D) (Coping Mechanism)
    3

    My Rolleiflex 2.8D is beautiful and I adore it, but it can be tricky to actually use. I don't know if this just my copy, but it flares like a son of a gun in…

Life

  1. You are Allowed to Want What You Like (Living Kindfully)
    14

    I was at a wedding party, a boy around 8 years old was sitting next to me. The parents have left him alone with a tablet. I don't know that many people at the…

  2. Can You Reverse Brain Rot? (amanda untangled)
    3

    I’ve been following Cal Newport for some time (known for his book Deep Work and Digital Minimalism). I’ve come to look forward to his weekly podcasts on…

Tech

  1. Self Hosting Passwords (Chuck Carroll)
    10

    A few months back, Ars Technica published Password managers' promise that they can't see your vaults isn't always true. I haven't used an online password…

  2. Enshittification (The Third Bit)
    13

    In 2005, a Dutch startup called Booking.com offered hotels a deal: list your rooms on our platform for a 12% commission, and we will send you customers you…

  3. At I/O, Google Hopes to Ditch the Humans (Eshu Marneedi)
    3

    Apps, harnesses, and the singularity Who asked for this? Image: Google. I think Google has landed on a solution to the shortcomings of Google Search:…

  4. Firefox Should Let Users Disable Searching from the URL Bar (A Shroud of Thoughts)
    3

    I have never searched from the URL bar on Firefox. I don't want to search from the URL bar on Firefox. To me, the URL bar should be exclusively for visiting…

  5. Ad Infinitum (Matthias Ott)
    5

    At Google I/O this week, the company announced the biggest change to Search in 25 years. The ten blue links? Gone. Instead, you get “generative UI” – custom…

  6. On Bill C-22, which I Lovingly Refer to as Bill C-an We Not-22 (Technically Good ✨)
    3

    What is Bill C-22?Bill C-22 is also called the "Lawful Access" bill, or "An Act respecting lawful access." It is, essentially, the Part II, the Electric…

Writing

  1. Still Mad At Stephen King (Matt's Blog)
    4

    Last October I posted a review of 11/22/63. In that post I wrote: This was 900 pages of wasted time. I enjoyed most of it. But the ending ruined every good…

Still Bubbling

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

  1. Google just spat in my face (dbushell.com)
    23
  2. Alternatives Pt. II - Social Networking (Technically Good ✨)
    19
  3. On Google declaring war on the Web (Smashing Frames)
    16
  4. Make your website or blog fediverse-ready (Stefan Bohacek)
    34
  5. Performative Blogging (joelchrono's blog)
    18
  6. Your blog needs more photos (Robert Birming)
    13
  7. Facebook is terrifyingly bad with privacy (gary online)
    6
  8. I just realised something (Rubenerd)
    8
  9. AI is just unauthorised plagiarism at a bigger scale (Axel's blog)
    4
  10. 10 things I’ve learned in 10 years of writing Improve Something Today (Improve Something Today)
    7
  11. Nobody Cares, Write Anyway (Absurd Pirate's Internet Blog)
    14

Tiny Bubbles

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