Saturday, May 23, 2026
Bubbles Briefing
The most voted posts on Bubbles, updated once a day.
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I don't need to tell you that generative AI has been shoehorned into just about every tech product and user interface lately1. Microsoft has been guilty of some of the most egregious examples, such as the inclusion of Copilot in Notepad and Calculator on Windows 11. But I think…
Fresh Bubbles
First time in a Briefing. Two or more votes in the last 24 hours.
Culture
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Debunking the idea of subdermal implants containing trackers that phone home and maintain a constant log of your location, as seen in popular media. Exposing…
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Brand loyalty is a poison, you should find the best value for your money, understanding companies are not on your side, but...
Life
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In 2019 I wrote the kinder gentler version of this blog post. You want the happy version? Read that. I still believe in the vast majority of it. But in 2026 —…
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I spent three hours last weekend trying to figure out if a pair of earbuds was worth buying. Not three hours of enjoyable research. Three hours of wading…
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Samantha Cole, 404 Media: On the morning of December 4, five ninth grade girls, all 14 or 15 years old, showed up for class at Radnor High School. By 8 a.m. —…
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I saw today that Plex is increasing the cost of its lifetime pass by a truly eye-watering jump of US$500, taking the price from US$249.99 to US$749.99. I’m a…
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Neolithic Orkney (Part 1 - Chambers that are not Maeshowe)I'll get to Maeshowe in a later blog and following from my moan about Scottish tourism, I was able to…
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The machine wants you to think that food is a product. Something that is processed, enriched, packaged, sanitised, wrapped in plastic, sent to a shop or…
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I can’t even bring myself to capitalise companies, or tech, I despise. And this horseshit of a company has gone down the shit-hole in a big way. Yes, I’m…
Tech
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For years, people have tried hard to get websites to build accessibility affordances. Now developers are willingly building them for AI.
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As Jan Lukas wrote, and as Patrick wrote, and as Kev Quirk wrote, it really does look like BitWarden, the go-to password manager since LastPass screwed up, is…
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Inspired by the way that Nekoweb's editor 'Nekode' works, I came up with a low-effort way to let my eldest get started with HTML and CSS editing, right from…
Writing
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Before we get to anything else in this post, I’m asking you to open up a new tab—better yet, a whole new window—and put Lucy Bellwood’s extraordinary comic…
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I find the trend of people posting about the way they use generative AI to be fascinating at an anthropological level. I do not remember the last time a piece…
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