December 14, 2022
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“Of All the threats posed by Twitter since it fell under sketchy new management in October, one of them doubles as a promise. Twitter will devolve into…”
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a native internet protocol for social media
“View online jack’s @jack There’s a lot of conversation around the #TwitterFiles . Here’s my take, and thoughts on how to fix the issues identified. I’ll start…”
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The 103 Best Book Covers of 2022
“For what is now the seventh time in a row, I am pleased to present the best book covers of the year—as chosen by some of the industry’s best book cover…”
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Announcing the Flickr Foundation!!! – Flickr Foundation
“Short version: Welcome to the new home of the Flickr Foundation! We are a new US 501(c)(3) nonprofit dedicated to keeping the wonderful Flickr collection around…”
December 12, 2022
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Every “chronically online” conversation is the same
“Dion Lee for Vox Rebecca Jennings is a senior correspondent for The Goods at Vox, where she covers social platforms, influencers, and the creator economy. She…”
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ChatGPT proves AI is finally mainstream — and things are only going to get weirder
“A friend of mine texted me earlier this week to ask what I thought of ChatGPT. I wasn’t surprised he was curious. He knows I write about AI and is the sort of…”
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“This is Work in Progress, a newsletter by Derek Thompson about work, technology, and how to solve some of America’s biggest problems. Sign up here to get it…”
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Cinder’s content moderation software is custom-built for trust and safety teams
“A startup from former Meta employees aims to streamline the content moderation process for companies grappling with some of the internet’s most complex,…”
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“Sign up for Sight & Sound’s Weekly Film Bulletin and more News, reviews and archive features every Friday, and information about our latest magazine once a…”
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The Eureka Theory of History Is Wrong
“The Scourge of All Humankind If you were , for whatever macabre reason, seeking the most catastrophic moment in the history of humankind, you might well settle…”
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“Short story by Steve Allen, originally published in 1955 The weather was a little cloudy on that September 9, 1978, and here and there in the crowds that surged…”
December 11, 2022
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“Illustration by Adrian Hanft What if I told you that after a hundred years of rigorous competition, car manufacturers have finally created the perfect…”
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There Are So Many Penises on Television. It’s Time for the Final Frontier.
“More! HBO So Mike White has once again shown us some penises in White Lotus . Am I supposed to be impressed? At this point, a penis is as common fodder for HBO…”
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Internet Archive: To Capture & Store & Share All Human Knowledge (Seriously!!)
“Just three of many powerful tools from the Internet Archive The process of archiving real things is something we all understand. Whether it’s great-grandma’s…”
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Bars for audiophiles: Come for the music, stay for the drinks
“Please log in to bookmark this story. Log In Create Free Account A suspicious number of willowy models in futuristic get-ups are wandering around this bar in a…”
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The New Obesity Breakthrough Drugs
“There are many holy grails in medicine, with failure after failure, like finding a way to prevent Alzheimer’s disease or a non-invasive means of accurately…”
December 10, 2022
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“Edited by Althea May Atherton. This newsletter will contain spoilers for A New Hope, Return of the Jedi, Rogue One, The Clone Wars, and the first season of…”
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How you could help protect Earth from a direct asteroid hit | BBC Science Focus Magazine
“How you could help protect Earth from a direct asteroid hit By Published: 09th December, 2022 at 11:48 Subscribe to BBC Science Focus Magazine from just £16.50!…”
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Your selfies are helping AI learn. You did not consent to this.
“This article is a preview of The Tech Friend newsletter. Sign up here to get it in your inbox every Tuesday and Friday. Sure, that drunk selfie you posted on…”
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“Desire is violence”: Claire Denis on Beau Travail
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December 9, 2022
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No man’s land: Céline Sciamma on Portrait of a Lady on Fire
“Sign up for Sight & Sound’s Weekly Film Bulletin and more News, reviews and archive features every Friday, and information about our latest magazine once a…”
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A Case Study on Raspberry Pi’s Incident on the Fediverse
“This case study covers the incident of raspberrypi.social , the official Raspberry Pi domain and instance, posting about a new hire on December 8th, 2022…”
December 7, 2022
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The Revelatory Tedium of the New “Greatest Film of All Time”
“On December 1st, the British Film Institute and Sight and Sound magazine announced the results of their decennial “Greatest Films of All Time” poll—a major…”
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“On Thursday 1 December 2022, the BFI magazine Sight & Sound published the results of its ‘Greatest Films of All Time’ poll. The result has caused a huge stir,…”
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The Sight and Sound “Greatest Films” Poll Presents a Bolder Vision of World Cinema
“Transparency first: “ Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles ” is one of the ten films on my ballot for this year’s Sight and Sound critics’ poll…”
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“Sixty years after it was first released, Cléo from 5 to 7 has finally leapt into the top 20: a slow pace for a film so light on its feet. When was this…”
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2022: The year the Sight & Sound film poll blew up
“Last week, the results of Sight & Sound ’s Greatest Films of All Time list were released, a decennial event since 1952, when 63 critics voted Bicycle Thieves…”
December 5, 2022
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The Stars on Jodi Kantor’s Laptop
“Zoe Kazan, with laptop, in She Said . (Universal) People talk a lot about whether movies make them feel seen. Considering that I’m a member of the most…”
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Sight and Sound crowns Jeanne Dielman The Greatest Film of All Time | The Skinny
“If you’re a film critic, there is no more daunting question than “what’s your favourite film?” Yet every decade since 1952, hundreds of film critics from all…”
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