Saturday, August 15, 2026
Bubbles Briefing
The most voted posts on Bubbles, updated once a day.
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Today, Instagram updated its logo wordmark. CNET had a nice image of the before and after, presented below as after and before: Although I don’t think AI was used in the creation of the new logo, it still smells of it in the way AI messes up things, like: Speaking of Ars, their…
Fresh Bubbles
First time in a Briefing. Two or more votes in the last 24 hours.
Art
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My day job pivoted to being "AI-First" so uhhh I quit
Life
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The lower the sun, the more fun exploring the neighborhood.
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Today marks 39 years my lovely bride has put up with me. I’m very grateful and love her more now than ever. ❤️
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One of my favourite things to do online is perusing the IndieWeb. It's fun, and I've been able to discover a tonne of interesting people along the way. But…
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I’m so delighted to welcome this week’s guest blogger, who has been working behind the scenes to test out a kickass product from one of my site sponsors. The…
Politics
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Sony took away digital movies that people paid for. Streaming services keep raising rates. Amazon bricked old Kindles. Sounds like the LA Clippers broke salary…
Tech
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It’s been a few months since my post on leaving Gmail which sparked a lot of discussion on Hacker News. Email isn’t the most exciting topic in the world, but I…
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Broken Cellphones Introduction So, I had planned to spend a lovely evening watching the returns in the Clacton by-election, but it seems that there are a…
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This is my rebuttal to a response of my response to a response about a post (Andreas, look what you’ve started!). One thing that the internet never fails to…
Writing
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I’m deciding what should outlive me, and what I’m perfectly happy to let disappear.
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I first posted this in 2020. Nothing has changed, really.---My spirituality has been a meandering path, from growing up in a Christian household and leaving…
Still Bubbling
Already featured in a Briefing before. Two or more votes in the last 24 hours.
Tiny Bubbles
Fresh posts with exactly one vote in the last 24 hours.