[nonostantement #262] - gen z netiquette / tiktok & misinformation / deepfakes & misinformation

NOW with MORE misinformation!

Welcome to nonostantement: a weekly newsletter with bewildering, persistent, and distrustful stuff found all over the Internet.

Hello there, Joele here writing. As a digital consultant, I work a lot online and I discover new and exciting things every day. I am thrilled 🚀 to share my findings with you through this weekly newsletter.

Some music: Recognize - Snares and Kutmah Presents: Sketchbook Radio w/ Kid Kanevil - J Dilla Special 8th February 2023 or Narco Trip - Guts and Peace - Brian Witzig or Charlie Megira - The Death Dance Of The Busty Hot Lifeguard Instructor Babe…

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Elsa Martinelli at the Venice Lido, 1956

#PEOPLE

• #89: 10 rules of productive online communication - gen Z edition
  Disclaimer: theoretically speaking I’m a genZ. But I could never identify myself as one because I never quite know about most of the rules until recently. This is a gen Z edition, because gen Z practices these rules a lot, not because I’m one.

• Inside the metaverse meetups that let people share on death, grief, and pain
  Welcome to “Death Q&A,” a space with a unique combination of anonymity and togetherness, where avatars discuss what weighs on them most heavily.

• The Website That Wants You to Kill Yourself—and Won’t Die
  How the trolls on Kiwi Farms hounded people to commit suicide and created the online culture we have today.

• New Lives in the City: How Taleban have experienced life in Kabul
  A large number of Taleban fighters have moved to Afghanistan’s cities since the movement’s capture of power, many of them seeing life in the city for the first time in their lifetime.

• China’s Bid to Improve Food Production? Giant Towers of Pigs
  High-rise hog farms have sprung up nationwide as part of Beijing’s drive to enhance its agricultural competitiveness and reduce its dependence on imports.

• How Barcelona lost its way
  Politics has fostered a deep sense of malaise in a city that is one of the most visited in Europe. Street crime is rising and many businesses have left

• [Video] - Making an Infinite LEGO Domino Ring
  A never ending (theoretically) domino ring, built using LEGO bricks.

• Madonna's Face Is Not Subversive
  If she really wanted to be subversive, she’d age.

• Fodor's No List 2023 – 10 Destinations to Reconsider in 2023
  Fodor's No List 2023 highlights 10 destinations and regions tourists should reconsider traveling to. This year's list focuses on the impact of over-tourism and climate change on the world, including destination hotspots in Italy, Hawaii, and Thailand.

👉 THE NONOSTANTEMENT ARCHIVES 👈 are now online, containing all the links I have sent in almost 5 years of nonostantement.

#TECH

• Everything dies, including information
  Digitization can help stem the tide of entropy, but won’t stop it.

#SOCIALMEDIA

• Why Do People Believe Everything They Watch on TikTok?
  We're just as bad as boomers falling for misinformation on Facebook.

#ART

• Here's what Frank Lloyd Wright's unbuilt designs would look like today
  More than 660 of Wright’s buildings never saw the light of day. Architect David Romero has built elaborate 3D models to bring some of them to life.

#PHOTOGRAPHY

• 100cameras
  100cameras is a nonprofit organization that works with kids around the world and teaches them how to process and tell their stories through photography in a way that impacts how they view themselves and their role in their community.

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#THEDARKSIDE

• Inside Safe City, Moscow’s AI Surveillance Dystopia
  Moscow promised residents lower crime rates through an expansive smart city project. Then Vladimir Putin invaded Ukraine.

• How Deepfake Videos Are Used to Spread Disinformation
  For the first time, A.I.-generated personas, often used for corporate trainings, were detected in a state-aligned information campaign — opening a new chapter in online manipulation.

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