[nonostantement #386] - self censorship / powerpoint panic / metaphone
Now with MORE ai scraping bots!
Welcome to nonostantement: a weekly newsletter with uncut, unbroken, and insolent stuff found all over the Internet.
Hi, Joele here. Every Sunday for the past seven years (and counting), I’ve been showing up in some inboxes with a collection of the most interesting, curious, and useful things. I spend my week working on online content strategies for brands and institutions - and along the way, I stumble across articles, tools, ideas, and rabbit holes that I can’t help but share.
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#PEOPLE
Self Censorship Is Actually Good
Being an asshole is a choice.[Video] - Did the Camera Ever Tell the Truth?
The camera is a tool — but to do what? Images shape our daily life, yet we rarely question how they’re made or why.The Great PowerPoint Panic of 2003
Twenty years ago, corporate-presentation software was called “the end of reason.” Why?You sound like ChatGPT
AI isn’t just impacting how we write — it’s changing how we speak and interact with others. And there’s only more to come.The Lost Art of Research as Leisure
Where have the amateur researchers gone, and how do we bring them back?Weather Watching
AI is people-watching this New York street cam, counting the people walking by, if they're using umbrellas, and what they're wearing. Forecasts can lie. Crowds don't. Just follow the crowd.
#TECH
My AI Skeptic Friends Are All Nuts
My smartest friends have bananas arguments about LLM coding.methaphone
Leave your phone behind without the cravings or withdrawal
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#THEDARKSIDE
AI Scraping Bots Are Breaking Open Libraries, Archives, and Museums
"This is a moment where that community feels collectively under threat and isn't sure what the process is for solving the problem.”
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