theguardian_us_lifestyle (@theguardian_us_lifestyle@halo.nu)
Is it really outrageously uncool to have a boyfriend? https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/nov/02/is-it-really-outrageously-uncool-to-have-a-boyfriend #Relationships #Lifeandstyle #Socialmedia #Fashion #Vogue
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newsbeep (@newsbeep@newsbeep.org)
Reddit’s Cofounder And CEO Steve Huffman Is Now A Billionaire
Strong ad sales have propelled Steve Huffman into the billionaire ranks. Now he’s charting a new course, aiming…
#NewsBeep #News #Headlines #AI #alexisohanian #billionaire #Google #huffman #Latvia #LV #OpenAI #Reddit #SocialMedia #stevehuffman #subreddit
https://www.newsbeep.com/224337/
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NieuwsJunkies (@NieuwsJunkies@mastodon.social)
📰 Action-klanten verwarren speelgoedklei met halloweensnoep: 'Moet kokhalzen'
https://nieuwsjunkies.nl/artikel/1mtQ
🕝 14:38 | RTL Nieuws
🔸 #Verward #Halloween #Action #Speelgoed #SocialMedia
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remixtures (@remixtures@tldr.nettime.org)
"The internet of old was a vibrant bazaar. It was noisy, chaotic, and offbeat. Every click brought you somewhere new, sometimes unpredictable, letting you uncover curiosities you hadn’t even known to look for. The internet of today, however, is a slick concierge. It speaks in soothing statements and offers a frictionless and flattering experience.
This has stripped us of something profoundly human: the joy of exploring and questioning. We’ve willingly become creatures of instant gratification. Why wait? Why struggle? The change may seem innocent or even inevitable, but it’s also transforming our relationship with the very notions of effort and uncertainty in ways we’re just beginning to understand. By delegating effort, do we lose the traits that help us navigate the unknown—or even to think for ourselves? It is becoming clear that even if the existential risk posed by AI doesn’t bring about the collapse of civilization, it will still bring about the quiet yet catastrophic erosion of what makes us human.
Part of that erosion is caused by choice. The more these systems anticipate and deliver what we want, the less we notice what’s missing—or remember that we ever had a choice in the first place. But remember: If you’re not choosing, someone else is. And that person is responding to incentives that might not align with your values or best interest. Designed to flatter and please as they encourage ever more engagement, chatbots don’t simply answer our questions; they shape how we interact with them and decide which answers we see—and which ones we don’t."
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/10/validation-ai-raffi-krikorian/684764/
#AI #GenerativeAI #Friction #OpenWeb #CriticalThinking #Chatbots #SocialMedia
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cobrate (@cobrate@mastodon.social)
"Les #livres devinrent un symbole de résistance."
- Dmitri Kossinov
#year1863 #year2025 #politique #liberte #socialmedia
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NatureMC (@NatureMC@mastodon.online)
@goetz tagging #socialMedia #Journalismus #KI #Demokratie ⬆️
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mypost2 (@mypost2@mastodon.social)
https://get.mypost.to/N1ABOP
The demand for video content is higher than ever, yet traditional video...
#socialmedia #aivideo #contentcreator #vocalmedia
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2025 (@2025@warnercrocker.com)
Sunday Morning Reading
The frights of Halloween have passed us by, but real life horrors remain and expand. Never had more gut wrenching emotions this weekend than spending it with my grandkids costumed in their bountiful innocence, avoiding what’s out there in a life they’ll one day have to face, but in the present doesn’t exist beyond the edges of any joyful moment of wonder and exuberance they can conjure. This week’s Sunday Morning Reading won’t touch on too much of that, but then again, I think it just did.
David Todd McCarty thinks amidst it all We Can Be Heroes. Making my grandkids laugh uncontrollably makes me feels damn close.
Adam Gropnik visits the home of the poet Wislawa Szymborska and returns with How To Endure Authoritarianism.
Will Bunch says It Didn’t take A Reichstag Fire To Burn Down Congress. He’s correct. It didn’t even take a match.
Some interesting writing on Artificial Intelligence and the Internet this week that’s worth your while, first up Cory Doctorow tackles When AI Prophecy Fails.
Will Douglas Heaven explains How AGI Became The Most Consequential Theory Of Our Time.
Tim Chinenov wonders Who’s Creating The Rage Bait That’s Radicalizing You?
Decidedly not on the Internet Friday night while trick-or-treating with my grandkids, though not in my besieged town of Chicago, I witnessed not only kids howling with fun, but adults who joined in on the fun with their own costumes and decorated homes, some elaborate, some not so, all with love and honoring a tradition I’ve never seen in the communities I’ve lived in. Many families set up in their driveways, some with small fire pits, some with tents, tables full of food (and candy), welcoming all comers to their Halloween semi-tall gating front yards. I also noticed the adults who just sat in their cars and slowly followed their children down the block. The entire experience reminded me of this piece from the summer in which Joan Westenberg says every creator pays a tax while the rest stay spectators in The Unbearable Lightness of Cringe. Pay the tax.
And closing out this week, kudos to both the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Toronto Blue Jays for an excellent World Series, which the Dodgers won. Both teams played a splendid series and provided an incredible Game 7 finish to one of those contests you never want to see end, but know it must. Grown men over compensated for incredible talent, playing a kid’s game like kids, thrilling and heart breaking in the same breath. Too bad we don’t have any great, or even good, baseball writers to chronicle the moment these days.
If you’re interested in just what the heck Sunday Morning Reading is all about you can read more about the origins of Sunday Morning Reading here. If you’d like more click on the Sunday Morning Reading link in the category column to check out what’s been shared on Sunday’s past. You can also find more of my writings on Medium at this link, including in the publications Ellemeno and Rome.
#ai #baseball #Internet #Politics #SocialMedia #SundayMorningReading #Tech #WorldSeries
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ambientdread (@ambientdread@toot.io)
Carp Dread
#SocialSplatter #Sundries #Poems #posts #SocialMedia #YesterdaysRiff #writingcommunity #blogging #haiku
https://ambientdread.net/2025/11/02/nov-1-2025/
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medien (@medien@mstdn.social)
OpenAI greift die Musikindustrie an: mit einer Musik-KI ähnlich wie bei Suno oder Udio. ▹ eicker.TV » https://www.youtube.com/shorts/UGDlJo614qE #eickerTV #Medien #SozialeMedien #SocialMedia
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display (@display@anonsys.net)
Erst »Sex and the City«, jetzt »Gossip Girl«: Annalena Baerbock hat sich erneut mit einem Video aus New York gemeldet. Dieses Mal geht es um den Herbst – aus einem Grund.#Netzwelt #Uno #SocialMedia #AnnalenaBaerbock
Wie bei Gossip Girl: Baerbock veröffentlicht Video aus New York
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simsus (@simsus@social.tchncs.de)
Zwei coole Apps, die ich gleich einmal ausprobiere: Nicht bei mir, aber bei meinen Kindern 😜
Zeit für eine Auszeit - pctipp.ch https://www.pctipp.ch/praxis/privatsphaere/zeit-auszeit-2973731.html #DigitalDetox #SocialMedia
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