[nonostantement #382] - black boy joy / extreme privacy / 90s web design
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Hi, I'm Joele, a human being. Every week, I collect the most interesting, inspiring, or just plain useful links I find while spending way too much time online (it's part of my job, as I help companies and institutions with their presence on the Internet). Everything you’ll find in this email has been handpicked, read, and thoughtfully curated by a real human. No AI.
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[Video] - College friends go viral for making 'Black boy joy' videos
The group initially went viral for trying matcha for the first time and they continue to experience new things like pilates and puppy yoga.The Technium: The Unpredicted
It is odd that science fiction did not predict the internet. [...] As a society we missed it. Given how pervasive the internet later became this omission is odd.How the human brain is like a murmuration of starlings
The brain is much less like a machine than it is like the murmurations of a flock of starlings or an orchestral symphonyJohn Cameron Mitchell Teaches Young People to Be Punk
I toured college campuses and found a generation yearning to learn about punk as a survival strategy.How to Disappear: Secrets of the World’s Greatest Privacy Experts
Inside the world of extreme-privacy consultants, who, for the right fee, will make you and your personal information very hard to findHow AI is changing the face of dating
From edited Hinge pics to ChatGPT-generated break-up texts, AI is coming for the dating world. Should we be worried?Inside China’s ‘stolen iPhone building’
We track the roaring trade of mobiles grabbed in London and New York, then sold in a single district in ShenzhenChicago Sun-Times Prints AI-Generated Summer Reading List With Books That Don't Exist
"I can't believe I missed it because it's so obvious. No excuses," the writer said. "I'm completely embarrassed."
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AI Responses May Include Mistakes
"When Google says 'AI responses may include mistakes', do not take it lightly."The 3 Gurus of 90s Web Design: Zeldman, Siegel, Nielsen
With the rise of Flash and CSS in 1997, three web design philosophies emerged. David Siegel advocated for 'hacks', Jakob Nielsen kept it simple, while Jeffrey Zeldman combined flair with usability.
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