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Bon dia from Barcelona, I'm Joele, I live here but I am Italian. This is my weekly email with all the most interesting things I collect while working online. I sent it to my friends. So you are one of them. Cool.
Music? Music: Whale - Hobo Humpin Slobo Babe and Julus - Shye Ben Tzur, Jonny Greenwood And The Rajasthan Express
#PEOPLE
[Video] - A Night at The Garden - Field of Vision
In 1939, 20,000 Americans rallied in New York's Madison Square Garden to celebrate the rise of Nazism -- an event largely forgotten from U.S. history.[Video] - Mind Control Made Easy (or How to Become a Cult Leader)
Groups frighten me. With Destructive Cults we have good reason to be.[Video] - How to find joy in climate action
We can all play a role in the climate movement by tapping into our skills, resources and networks in ways that bring us satisfaction, says climate leader Ayana Elizabeth Johnson. She suggests drawing a Venn diagram to map these questions: What are you good at? What is the work that needs doing? And what brings you joy? Where your answers intersect is where you should put your climate action effort. "Averting climate catastrophe: this is the work of our lifetimes," Johnson says.[Video] - What is THE MANDELA EFFECT?
Do you remember Nelson Mandela dying? Or reading Berenstein Bears? You might be a victim of the Mandela Effect! Let's discuss!
#TECH
The Age of Algorithmic Anxiety
Interacting online today means being besieged by system-generated recommendations. Do we want what the machines tell us we want?‘An engine for the imagination’: the rise of AI image generators
An interview with Midjourney founder David HolzVR is as good as psychedelics at helping people reach transcendence
On key metrics, a VR experience elicited a response indistinguishable from subjects who took medium doses of LSD or magic mushrooms.AI systems can’t patent inventions, US federal circuit court confirms
‘There is no ambiguity,’ says judge
#SOCIALMEDIA
Content moderation at TikTok: b*obs, or no b*obs?
The challenge is not how to identify what good vs. bad look like, but how to operationalize and enforce opinions at scale
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To Uncover a Deepfake Video Call, Ask the Caller to Turn Sideways
Besides clinicians, VFX artists, forensics experts and police authorities, nobody wants profile shots.'Ring Nation' Is Amazon's Reality Show for Our Surveillance Dystopia
Amazon's newest effort to normalize its surveillance network will feature footage from Ring surveillance cameras and commentary from comedian Wanda Sykes.
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