▶ Cornell Lab’s 21 Favorite Bird Videos from 2024
But I wish to mute the music…
Although that solitary snipe at 2.06 needs a beat!
▶ “Your phone isn’t secretly listening to you, but the truth is more disturbing” sounds like a clickbait headline. They tested smartphones eavesdropping by playing audio/dialogue about cat food for days on end and yet got no cat food ads. But they did discover howmany apps send screenshots of user data! And it is very many!! Worth a read re surveillance capitalism
(I suspect the eavesdropping thing is maybe more that the person maybe googled the topic without remembering they did. And THAT will definitely get you cat food ads)
▶ This is funny & tragic at the same time. Local pop hero Lorde released a new song and David Farrier documented the Men Commenting on Lorde including their head shots…
And guess what?
▶ The Seven-Year Rule
▶ Avoiding Skill Atrophy in the Age of AI by avoiding AI?
▶ wise words from a local legend:
Nicky Hager: Investigative journalism in times of trouble
▶ The Hottest AI Job of 2023 Is Already Obsolete
▶ The history of album art
▶ Zuckerberg explaining how Meta is creating personalized AI friends to supplement your real ones: “The average American has 3 friends, but has demand for 15.”
▶ The ancient psychedelics myth: ‘People tell tourists the stories they think are interesting for them’
▶ How to live an intellectually rich life
▶ You Could Just Choose Optimism
▶ Stockhausen: Sounds in Space
▶ Anukari – 3D Physics Synthesizer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9plUiy-JZY
▶ new GRM Tools!
▶ Korg Phase 8 progress
▶ The Lost Art of Finding Our Way – John Edward Huth
thanks for tip Nathan!
