May 1, 2026 Vine Returns as Divine The beloved short-form video platform has returned with a new-ish name and an archive of classic videos.
Apr 27, 2026 Letterboxd Is Looking For a New Owner The movie-tracking social media platform has only grown in popularity since its launch in 2011.
Apr 13, 2026 Vouch for Your Website’s Humanity with “human.json” An up-and-coming protocol proposes an interesting method of battling AI-generated slop.
Mar 27, 2026 How to Stop GitHub From Using Your Data to Train Copilot’s AI Models Another day, another billion-dollar-company wants to use your data to train its AI models.
Mar 26, 2026 Wikipedia Now Bans AI-Generated Articles It really has been fascinating to watch Wikipedia’s evolution in recent years.
Mar 2, 2026 C.C. Gong, Suno, and the Empty Solipsism of AI-Generated Music AI companies (and their investors) sure do love imagining a world of dehumanized art.
Feb 18, 2026 RSS Can Save Us From Social Media’s Algorithms The humble format remains one of the most effective ways to regain control over how we view and experience content online.
Feb 13, 2026 The Internet Archive Saved a Part of Opus Thanks to the Wayback Machine, I was able to retrieve a bunch of movie reviews that I’d written 20+ years ago.
Feb 6, 2026 No, I Don’t Want to Write For Your AI Slop Blog Here are some red flags to look out for when you suspect AI-generated content.
Jan 15, 2026 Bandcamp Bans AI-Generated Music Their new policy is encouraging, but will Bandcamp be able to implement and enforce it effectively?
Jan 2, 2026 Companies Like Palantir and Sauron Co-Opt Tolkien’s Writings for Their Misguided Branding Tech companies want to harness the mythic-ness of Tolkien’s legendarium while giving nary a thought to its values and meaning.
Dec 17, 2025 Meta Might Start Charging Businesses to Post Links on Facebook Stop trusting social media platforms to do right by your website’s content.
Oct 31, 2025 How to Stop LinkedIn From Using Your Data to Train AI You might hardly use LinkedIn, if ever. Regardless, LinkedIn wants to use you.
Oct 23, 2025 Why Is Pitchfork Adding Comments to Their Reviews? Does anyone really think this is a good idea?
Oct 22, 2025 Playing Boards of Canada on a Vintage Computer In this day and age of streaming and smartphones, this looks like some wonderfully arcane ritual.
Oct 10, 2025 How to Remove AI From Your Google Chrome Experience Follow these steps to resist the AI-pocalypse in your everyday web browsing.
Sep 11, 2025 Well Vimeo, It Was Nice Knowing You There are always risks with relying on platforms that can be acquired and disrupted.
Aug 27, 2025 Typepad Is Shutting Down on September 30 The blogging platform was originally launched in 2003 as an easy-to-use option for non-technical folks.
Aug 24, 2025 Defending Reality From AI Our goal should be interacting directly with real human ideas put forth by real human beings in real human contexts.