2026-07-27T13:22:09Z https://nostr.ae Waxy.org https://nostr.ae/npub1qauafpuzw2uffr5vjnh44uy6vg8d99p58ptqe7qdl4xt7f0y0ams6aulnw https://xoxo-media.sfo2.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/accounts/avatars/109/702/102/994/057/805/original/a476706cb5857574.png https://xoxo-media.sfo2.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/accounts/avatars/109/702/102/994/057/805/original/a476706cb5857574.png https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsdczhudxw4709tz2gcl0fp8xrstgng2rt36nqn5r7u2c928atma5czyqrhn4y8sfet39yw3j2w7khsnf3qa555xsu9vr8cph75e0e9u3lhwpk8s3l NYT on how Google’s AI search is hurting the open web: starving websites big and small of search traffic while regurgitating their information for profit <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/20/technology/google-ai-open-web.html?unlocked_article_code=1.zVA.A1LZ.AwMkNDLrNcPc&amp;smid=url-share">https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/20/technology/google-ai-open-web.html?unlocked_article_code=1.zVA.A1LZ.AwMkNDLrNcPc&amp;smid=url-share</a> 2026-07-21T17:34:04Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqszqz9zdhtqjyskfwrhw7dp8xscmlcsm8x3sjv894z3tzrdxcjfc7szyqrhn4y8sfet39yw3j2w7khsnf3qa555xsu9vr8cph75e0e9u3lhwnzgsud Publishers prepare to opt-out of Google search over AI training: I missed the news that Cloudflare will start blocking Googlebot by default on September 15 <a href="https://www.adweek.com/media/publishers-opt-out-google-search/">https://www.adweek.com/media/publishers-opt-out-google-search/</a> 2026-07-10T02:30:26Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsrndnxwfn00y70ses6s0e25alf94m9zw84a8w7vflxqfrz90dzs3czyqrhn4y8sfet39yw3j2w7khsnf3qa555xsu9vr8cph75e0e9u3lhw8whdxp Without permission, a marketing agency republished the entirety of John Koenig&#39;s Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows book, replacing its art with AI slop and adding new AI words and definitions. Their unauthorized site now ranks higher than the real one everywhere. <a href="https://waxy.org/2026/06/the-wholesale-plagiarism-of-obscure-sorrows/">https://waxy.org/2026/06/the-wholesale-plagiarism-of-obscure-sorrows/</a> 2026-06-18T18:54:24Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsxddg42zxp2r4hw9zscgy3fpsx0nh39wfhwwaw92j3nptxckf6cfczyqrhn4y8sfet39yw3j2w7khsnf3qa555xsu9vr8cph75e0e9u3lhwn7y2zd Molly White launches Tech Influence Watch to track AI spending in politics: a natural evolution of Follow the Crypto, her project tracking over $130m spent by crypto companies in last year&#39;s elections <a href="https://www.citationneeded.news/tech-influence-watch/">https://www.citationneeded.news/tech-influence-watch/</a> 2026-06-10T00:44:36Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs252lp2tvfn8290ch7d7s5kksnruvjp8yx38v3y5mc43cgv47g6yczyqrhn4y8sfet39yw3j2w7khsnf3qa555xsu9vr8cph75e0e9u3lhwxzpgwx How To Use the Internet (1995): a 23-year-old Cory Doctorow shows off Usenet, the Internet Underground Music Archive, Justin&#39;s Links from the Underground, and more to the CBC <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0EXga2hEIs">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0EXga2hEIs</a> 2025-11-21T23:26:55Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsgwf3v85zfvac3ucpwg67at539ecj30kt4etcpk630zky85lu3t9czyqrhn4y8sfet39yw3j2w7khsnf3qa555xsu9vr8cph75e0e9u3lhw3hu0my Jmail.world: Luke Igel and Riley Walz made a Gmail clone for reading and searching the Epstein emails <a href="https://jmail.world/">https://jmail.world/</a> 2025-11-21T18:10:17Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs944r2h68t2h3xqd9cy9y5qj77m5kkct3dkru36yujlcktn4art6czyqrhn4y8sfet39yw3j2w7khsnf3qa555xsu9vr8cph75e0e9u3lhwv2kz9c Google’s goo.gl URL shortener closing on August 25: if you have an old blog, now&#39;s a good time to replace those old links before Google needlessly breaks them <a href="https://www.theverge.com/news/713125/google-url-shortener-links-shutdown-deadline">https://www.theverge.com/news/713125/google-url-shortener-links-shutdown-deadline</a> 2025-07-25T16:58:00Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsv8352kqh0jguvjve8sgadzrxve6cqfp8t5plztvgeaayuvceyqfszyqrhn4y8sfet39yw3j2w7khsnf3qa555xsu9vr8cph75e0e9u3lhwedpc6a WeatherStar 4000+: live 1990s-style TV weather forecast recreated on the web, complete with scanlines and cheesy music <a href="https://weatherstar.netbymatt.com/">https://weatherstar.netbymatt.com/</a> 2025-06-04T00:23:23Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs8zs5v6xc424cgjeslv7u6cjq6qkxja6548nuunahc6frte8z9q0qzyqrhn4y8sfet39yw3j2w7khsnf3qa555xsu9vr8cph75e0e9u3lhwxty9et Invisiclues.org: new Infocom fan site with a bunch of great details, including interactive status bar, playable Infocomics, a deep article archive, and very good 404 page <a href="https://www.invisiclues.org/">https://www.invisiclues.org/</a> 2025-03-19T22:13:58Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsvhr72mkwsftfy3clh5qsxr49x4u98f2ksgrh4gujx2ecczus7a8qzyqrhn4y8sfet39yw3j2w7khsnf3qa555xsu9vr8cph75e0e9u3lhwukt27l Columboxd: finally, a site to track and review episodes of Columbo <a href="https://columboxd.com/">https://columboxd.com/</a> 2025-03-19T22:11:07Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsfqa5kv32h0g2422l6h6wxn4hj6ccd6kpwfs7kfy9ljy9gu05mtmqzyqrhn4y8sfet39yw3j2w7khsnf3qa555xsu9vr8cph75e0e9u3lhwjxxrrx GovWayback: access historical versions of U.S. government pages by replacing &#34;.gov&#34; in the URL with &#34;.govwayback.com&#34; <a href="https://govwayback.com/">https://govwayback.com/</a> 2025-02-07T03:09:30Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsx4pwzyvj68zze4y5pw3w2jeqef9y9pfuuzdh6f65cgmreyj8wk7gzyqrhn4y8sfet39yw3j2w7khsnf3qa555xsu9vr8cph75e0e9u3lhwhlx2zw Anti-Tag Clouds: the most common English words that never appeared in a book, like &#34;woman&#34; in Winnie the Pooh or &#34;difficult&#34; in Moby Dick <a href="https://www.bewitched.com/demo/anti/">https://www.bewitched.com/demo/anti/</a> 2024-12-18T17:45:36Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsry23p0rylmdx03e0eyt8vc5vxv5aeed5cffeeltgt2whkf0qeyuqzyqrhn4y8sfet39yw3j2w7khsnf3qa555xsu9vr8cph75e0e9u3lhw0saux0 Hundreds of Beavers, streaming free on YouTube: 97% positive on Rotten Tomatoes, this low-budget slapstick indie comedy is one of the best movies I saw this year <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=guE0Qd8BRw0">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=guE0Qd8BRw0</a> 2024-11-24T00:18:01Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsyx5p5tv8zey9ya3hn2qkwwqnr70j6wxk04jxzatqseqn5a8r3zzszyqrhn4y8sfet39yw3j2w7khsnf3qa555xsu9vr8cph75e0e9u3lhwqnw3pr The first virtual meeting was in 1916, linking 5,100 engineers across eight cities: Alexander Graham Bell kicked off the event with a few words <a href="https://spectrum.ieee.org/virtual-meeting?ref=thebrowser.com">https://spectrum.ieee.org/virtual-meeting?ref=thebrowser.com</a> 2024-11-18T22:23:58Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqst324ywej0gg2s2xjfhr8tu6j99tar4787emsjsn75slznsfk30sqzyqrhn4y8sfet39yw3j2w7khsnf3qa555xsu9vr8cph75e0e9u3lhw7pqspl When does Instagram decide a nipple becomes female?: Ada Ada Ada is documenting her transition on Instagram, uploading shirtless photos weekly to test their nudity guidelines <a href="https://www.404media.co/when-does-instagram-decide-a-nipple-becomes-female/">https://www.404media.co/when-does-instagram-decide-a-nipple-becomes-female/</a> 2024-10-31T18:43:01Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs0egykav7znhy9dmjrue0wzr2mzlv3s2rda0sts5aqzr6x7gdm4hczyqrhn4y8sfet39yw3j2w7khsnf3qa555xsu9vr8cph75e0e9u3lhw9ewzcl Boing Boing moving to Substack, shuttering discussion forums: the BBS goes read-only on Friday, replaced by Substack comments, and the community is not happy <a href="https://boingboing.net/2024/10/28/happy-mutants-rejoice-boing-boing-launches-clean-ad-free-experience.html">https://boingboing.net/2024/10/28/happy-mutants-rejoice-boing-boing-launches-clean-ad-free-experience.html</a> 2024-10-30T19:27:37Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs8l28yha37ksd3utgq6ektqzl8usk64ukdlhmnzgy34tj07d5cjlczyqrhn4y8sfet39yw3j2w7khsnf3qa555xsu9vr8cph75e0e9u3lhwsjcfyr Cabel Sasser’s XOXO 2024 talk: all of this year&#39;s XOXO talks were stellar, but this is the only one that comes with a newly-launched archive of nearly-lost artwork <a href="https://xoxofest.com/2024/videos/cabel-sasser/">https://xoxofest.com/2024/videos/cabel-sasser/</a> 2024-10-11T19:07:44Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsreevy5styn0edj8fv6pstg0umkrr59wek3tqtnq4xrdpkhuznv6czyqrhn4y8sfet39yw3j2w7khsnf3qa555xsu9vr8cph75e0e9u3lhwdeuexd Aftermath’s list of discussion forums: Chris Person compiled a list of active forums, grouped by subject area, hosted outside of the major platforms <a href="https://aftermath.site/best-active-forums-internet-today">https://aftermath.site/best-active-forums-internet-today</a> 2024-10-09T20:27:20Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsr8matdjtrzre87y49h4r0v97vfxrccgftpq3yrjas5cg66cq79mszyqrhn4y8sfet39yw3j2w7khsnf3qa555xsu9vr8cph75e0e9u3lhwycdqnt Dookie Demastered: Green Day collaborated with BRAIN to demake their 1994 album in 15 obscure formats, including Game Boy, Teddy Ruxpin, wax cylinder, and player piano roll <a href="https://www.dookiedemastered.com/">https://www.dookiedemastered.com/</a> 2024-10-09T16:52:10Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsrmd5q4tq2e3sn588hek6hlhtcyay7len0aj5v5pz2hn35f73w88szyqrhn4y8sfet39yw3j2w7khsnf3qa555xsu9vr8cph75e0e9u3lhw2uxste The Pentium as a Navajo weaving: 1994 replica of a printed circuit board handmade on an upright wooden loom <a href="https://www.righto.com/2024/08/pentium-navajo-fairchild-shiprock.html">https://www.righto.com/2024/08/pentium-navajo-fairchild-shiprock.html</a> 2024-09-02T18:43:51Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsxm9k980jdt96qzgjk70wdvl8ng89wnrt4r8uamrwe36jjfa4safgzyqrhn4y8sfet39yw3j2w7khsnf3qa555xsu9vr8cph75e0e9u3lhwqq723g Departure Mono: free monospaced pixel font with a very nice website to promote it <a href="https://departuremono.com/">https://departuremono.com/</a> 2024-09-02T18:21:49Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsvkn844v2wj59zsnze3apvdny97x8uda9ylareh6tef78nngvcgxczyqrhn4y8sfet39yw3j2w7khsnf3qa555xsu9vr8cph75e0e9u3lhwavmftx Where Facebook’s AI Slop Comes From: Facebook is paying bonuses for viral content, no matter how terrible, while laying off the content moderators who can prevent it <a href="https://www.404media.co/where-facebooks-ai-slop-comes-from/">https://www.404media.co/where-facebooks-ai-slop-comes-from/</a> 2024-08-07T03:00:38Z