▶ use it or lose it
▶ How to Turn Off AI Tools Like Gemini, Apple Intelligence, Copilot, and moar…
▶ mmmm Scottish brutalism
▶ “Your aesthetics get better as you make mistakes” – guess who said it?
▶ How to block all online ads
(I have to confess to paying for Youtube premium for a year or more, simply as I despise ads. Apple Music was included with the premium sub, which I never used… So when they hiked the price up for no reason/benefit to me, I decided enough is enough and cancelled their shitty premium subscription, and installed a free Youtube ad blocker. Result: exactly the same – no ads. Thanks uBlock Origin Lite extension for Chrome)
▶ great long read: The Reverse-Centaur’s Guide to Criticizing AI – Cory Doctorow
▶ might have to find a use for this sometime – SONOBUS free multi user streaming
▶ An archive of Design Manifestos (thanks Rob!)
▶ Recently ‘discovered’ by the West, Mushroom causes fairytale-like hallucinations
▶ Legit VFX artist & illustrator Reid Southen is a reliably good follow on Twitter IF you appreciate his relentless deadpan take downs of AI bros..
▶ After losing $70 billion on VR that no one wants, Facebook tests the enshitification of charging users to share links
▶ US plans to order foreign tourists, including Australians, Kiwis, to disclose social media histories
Imagine if this was reciprocal for the thin skinned:
NZ Border Control: “MAGA hat? Entry denied. Get back on the plane!”
NZ Border Control: “You use Truth Social? Entry denied. Get back on the plane!”
NZ Border Control: “You support ICE? Entry denied. Get back on the plane!”
NZ Border Control: “Your Twitter is full of racist nonsense? Entry denied. Get back on the plane!”
etc etc etc
Without dissent there is no freedom.
What a world we live in…
SPOTIFY? SLOPIFY
The local Plimmerton Boat Club has a monthly open mic.. I haven’t been but photos etc appear to be all folksy music… Pretty sure I could clear the bar in 2 minutes flat: Hi we’re a harsh noise ensemble SHIT FOR BRAINS and our first song is called APOCALYPSE NOW!