Welcome to nonostantement: a weekly newsletter with pleasurable, permitted, and proper stuff found all over the Internet.
Hi, as you may or may not know - if you have just got here - my name is Joele and I have been sending this newsletter every week for the past five years, showing to my friends the most interesting things I find online while being there as a consultant for companies, brands and institutions.
Today’s soundtrack: Blundetto - Mahayana
🇮🇹 Italian version (poorly translated by Google)
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#PEOPLE
We Finally Have Proof That the Internet Is Worse
High-profile lawsuits against Google and Amazon have revealed Silicon Valley’s vise grip on our lives.[Video] - Timothée Chalamet & Martin Scorsese Have an Epic Conversation
How to fix the internet
If we want online discourse to improve, we need to move beyond the big platforms.Screw Yourself: VFX Artists Are Bringing ‘Clone Porn’ to the Mainstream
A new cadre of adult performers are multiplying themselves on-screen, to the delight of clone and "selfcest" fetishists.This is what the year actually looks like
"A few weeks back, I asked the Norwegian public what the year looks like inside their heads. It led to a deluge of responses. Here’s a summary of more than 75 000 month placements, and nearly 40 000 questionnaire responses."[Video] - What a Japanese Neighbourhood Bar is Like
"Like many small, independent Japanese izakayas, they offer a bottle keep service where you buy a whole bottle of alcohol and then they keep it on hand for the next time you come."
#TECH
Google’s AI Is Making Traffic Lights More Efficient and Less Annoying
Google is analyzing data from its Maps app to suggest how cities can adjust traffic light timing to cut wait times and emissions. The company says it’s already cutting stops for millions of drivers.Generative AI like Midjourney creates images full of stereotypes
Rest of World’s research found that AI image generators show bias when tasked with imaging non-Western subjects.I'm Back® digital back
"Image sensor gadget gives old 35mm film cameras a digital upgrade"
#SOCIALMEDIA
#ART
A Good Enough Guestbook
This is a gallery of all the wonderful doodles our little printer received.What is the Demoscene?
An Interview with Filipe Cruz on the Influential but Obscure Art Form
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Deepfake Porn Is Out of Control
New research shows the number of deepfake videos is skyrocketing—and the world's biggest search engines are funneling clicks to dozens of sites dedicated to the nonconsensual fakes.We caught technicians at Best Buy, Mobile Klinik, Canada Computers and others snooping on our personal devices
Marketplace investigation recorded technicians peeping on personal photos, browser historyInstagram ‘Sincerely Apologizes’ For Inserting ‘Terrorist’ Into Palestinian Bio Translations
The "see translation" feature for user bios was auto-translating phrases that included "Palestinian" and “alhamdulillah” into "Praise be to god, Palestinian terrorists are fighting for their freedom."How Counterfeit Money Actually Works
Jeff Turner counterfeited over $1 million in US currency. [...] He talks through how to spot a fake bank note. He also discusses cartel forgeries from Colombia and Peru, and the "supernotes" the US has accused North Korea of making.
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