Tuesday, September 15, 2026
Bubbles Briefing
The most voted posts on Bubbles, updated once a day.
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Top Bubble
Old software often feels better because it was smaller, more direct, and less interested in managing the user.
Fresh Bubbles
First time in a Briefing. Two or more votes in the last 24 hours.
Culture
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Yes, I am on Reddit every day... I think I am addicted. But honestly, I think it is time for a detox program. There is still good content there, but it is…
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Medium.com went from a defiant anti-AI holdout—blocking GPTBot, rejecting a multimillion-dollar training deal, banning AI writing from monetization—to…
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We are on the wrong track with the way AI is going, and here’s why: Both the known risks and the unknown risks are not worth it given…
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I had just missed all the signs of everyday racism because they didn't make sense to me. The post What It Took for a White Immigrant to See Canada’s Racism…
Life
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I don't like social media. I haven't been on it for decades. I tried Mastodon recently, but that didn't go too well. I do enjoy YouTube Shorts though - they're…
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A lot has been written about the 18-karat gold Apple Watch Edition, but it was just as much a lifestyle product as the iPod (“1,000 songs in your pocket”) or…
Nature
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While on our last trip to British Columbia, we happened to stumble upon a few petroglyphs, created by the First Nations, hundreds or thousands of years ago.…
Tech
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When I recently whined about modal editing feeling clunky, I think I was being impatient, as I’ve been hitting Vim and Neovim pretty hard lately and have not…
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Over the years, this website has accumulated many interesting and atypical features and pages. Most visitors either browse the homepage or land on individual…
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I still have a box of old cables, accumulated from a lifetime of buying stuff. I seldom go look in the box, but if I recall correctly, the majority are…
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.