[nonostantement #296] - internal monologue / siri vs siri / cars vs privacy
Now with MORE hours spent on trains!
Welcome to nonostantement: a weekly newsletter with pleasant, permissible, and traditional stuff found all over the Internet.
Hi, this introduction is the English translation of the one I wrote last week in Italian, that no one reads anyway. They call me Joele (the link leads to my linkedin profile, a social networking site that I seemed to like, until it became unbearable). For more than five years I have been sending this e-mail every Sunday, in which I collect the most interesting things I find on the Internet, while I work there. By the way, if you like what you find here, share the newsletter with your friends. It costs you nothing, huh.
A single nice track for you this week: Alemayehu Eshete - Alteleyeshegnem
#PEOPLE
[Video] - Q&A with a person who does not have an internal monologue
”I interviewed Kirsten Carlson, a PA Student at Francis Marion University, who is one of the few people that do not have an internal monologue.”An Abundance Of Beasts by dngdng
"An Abundance Of Beasts is an endless medieval bestiary generator, creating new creatures every time you look."The Albanian town that TikTok emptied
“It’s like the boys have gone extinct,” say women in Kukes. They’ve all left for London, chasing dreams of fast cars and easy money sold on social mediaWe were never supposed to see our own faces this much
From mirrors to Zoom calls and TikToks, we are constantly faced with our own reflections – and it is completely changing the way we conceive of ourselves[Video] - Ethiopia’s Chapel in the Sky
If churches were assessed by their risk factor, Abuna Yemata Guh would be our new Sistine Chapel.In an ugly world, vaccines are a beautiful gift worth honouring
According to the WHO, they have saved more lives than any other medical inventionWoman named Siri has had to change her name since iOS 17
With iOS 17 meaning users no longer have to say "Hey" when invoking Siri, Edinburgh-based personal trainer Siri Price says she's had to change her name.
#TECH
Getty Images promises its new AI doesn’t contain copyrighted art
And it will pay legal fees if its customers end up in any lawsuits about it.Chatbot Hallucinations Are Poisoning Web Search
Untruths spouted by chatbots ended up on the web—and Microsoft's Bing search engine served them up as facts. Generative AI could make search harder to trust.Booking.com makes a fortune – so why is it leaving its bills to small hotels unpaid?
This is a global company that needs to investigate why its payment systems have failed so many small businesses
#SOCIALMEDIA
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#THEDARKSIDE
It’s Official: Cars Are the Worst Product Category We Have Ever Reviewed for Privacy
All 25 car brands we researched earned our *Privacy Not Included warning label – making cars the worst category of products that we have ever reviewedThe food industry pays 'influencer’ dietitians to shape your eating habits
Registered dietitians are being paid to post videos that promote diet soda, sugar and supplements on Instagram and TikTok.
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