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

Culture

  1. Authenticity Problem (David Revoy)
    17

    Blog post: https://www.davidrevoy.com/article1163/authenticity-problem

  2. Reconsidering my relationship with the Fediverse (Mijndert Stuij)
    5

    After years on Mastodon I'm rethinking my relationship with the Fediverse and social media in general.

Life

  1. My baby nephew and AI (The Folkmoss Logs)
    9

    Something that's struck me recently is that it's kind of weird watching my baby nephew grow up with AI slop.

  2. heard you was... (quailblog)
    4

    open for a surprise, etc

  3. Mountain Bikes and Wild Fires (Happily Imperfect)
    3

    The heavens have opened, thunderstorms are threatened, and yet the wildfires still burn —the rain is useful but gets caught in the pine forest canopy and not…

  4. I finally have the Pebble Time 2 on my wrist. Here are my thoughts. (The Bryant Review)
    4

    The most gadget-y of gadgets that at once satisfies my nostalgia, my love of FOSS, and my desire to tinker.

Tech

  1. How I make my blog posts more resilient (Michael Harley)
    10

    Hello again. It's your boy Mike here, blogging about blogging (glances at Wouter). Today, I'd like to explore the topic of making my blog posts more durable. I…

  2. Five Interesting Indie Platforms You Might Not Have Heard Of (brennan.day)
    19

    After deleting my corporate social media accounts, I've discovered five interesting indie platforms and online communities you might not have heard of: Special…

  3. Moved the blog from 11ty to Hugo (Sal's Blog)
    5

    TLDR: I migrated my blog. Please email me if you notice anything's amiss! What should you do when you’re busy and have been spending too much time on your…

  4. How I made £20 quickly and legally online in the UK and you could make 100s (Weak Notes)
    2

    Things are tight at the moment, so I needed to make some additional money online. I made over £20 in under 20 minutes of effort, entirely legally, using free…

Writing

  1. Accept Your Fate, Earthlings (George Monbiot)
    4

    How capitalism stopped pretending, and became an undisguised death cult. By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian  5th August 2026 Can’t you leftists…

  2. The Title Cards in Blade Runner Are Fucking Amazing (Rands in Repose)
    2

    Appreciating typography is a study in paradox. The primary goal of well-designed typography is to help you read the words, not appreciate how the words are…

Still Bubbling

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

  1. Why I switched from Firefox to Vivaldi for browsing (Michael Harley)
    29
  2. If you can’t be bothered writing it, I can’t be bothered reading it. (Crooked Timber)
    15
  3. No, "AI" will never become conscious (A Lovely Harmless Monster)
    10
  4. Offensive Internet Posture (Information Camouflage)
    12
  5. Security is Hard, Y’all (text/plain)
    6
  6. Suzhou and the Pretty Girls along the Canals (Correr Es Mi Destino)
    3

Tiny Bubbles

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