Let's talk about school dress codes... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qW6NIa2wiBg

Today in #WTF: TUAW was shut down by AOL in 2015, but this past year, a new owner scooped up the domain and began posting articles under the bylines of former writers who haven’t worked there for over a decade.
https://www.theverge.com/2024/7/10/24195858/tuaw-unofficial-apple-tech-blog-ai-web-orange-khan

Unauthorized AI is eating your corporate data, thanks to employees who feed legal documents, HR data, source code, and other sensitive corporate information into AI tools that IT hasn’t approved. https://www.cio.com/article/2150142/10-ways-to-prevent-shadow-ai-disaster.html

Comic Collectors Dream Auction https://www.barnebys.com/auctions/books-maps-and-manuscripts~arts-and-graphics

An article with advice on freelance pitching
I like the question, “Can you recall any pitches that make you cringe now? What would you change?"
https://travelwriteearn.com/how-to-pitch-the-good-the-bad-the-ugly/

Whole Earth Catalog fans: a nearly complete collection of the publication’s archive has been digitized and uploaded to the web for easy browsing. https://wholeearth.info

This list is as comprehensive a roundup as possible of all the U.S. public libraries offering access to banned books.

(From October, presumably still relevant.) https://bookriot.com/public-libraries-offering-free-access-to-banned-books/

Wondering what I've been doing? From an article about what my new company is up to:

"Enthusiasm for generative AI today centers around content, creative and copy; however, there is much opportunity for campaign analysis automation, optimization and reporting as well."
https://www.campaignlive.com/article/campaign-us-tech-talks-ai-transforming-data-analytics-agencies/1880013

"A company has installed computerized vending machines to sell ammunition in grocery stores in Alabama, Oklahoma and Texas, allowing patrons to pick up bullets along with a gallon of milk." https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/milk-eggs-and-now-bullets-for-sale-in-handful-of-us-grocery-stores-with-ammo-vending-machines/ar-BB1pHoyp

Intuit is laying off 1,800 employees as AI leads to a strategic shift
"1,050 are not meeting expectations based on a formal performance management process"

Formally announcing that 60% of these people were PIPed is not an ideal send-off.
https://archive.ph/FhP4f

“There’s still a long way to go to get buyers back on X…What also has to happen is more tangible updates to the products, and not just lip service of ‘come back.’”—An advertising executive about why Elon Musk’s “Cannes charm offensive” fell flat https://www.adweek.com/media/musks-cannes-charm-offensive-falls-flat-as-marketers-doubt-x-brand-safety-improvements/

This particular kind of jellyfish may not have a brain, but that doesn’t stop it from learning.
https://nautil.us/how-to-learn-without-a-brain-397877/

If I repeat it three times, I make you believe that it's important. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ZBKX-6Gz6A&t=8s

Explore the world of ice cream truck music. (You're welcome.) https://thehustle.co/the-company-that-has-a-monopoly-on-ice-cream-truck-music

What if Ingmar Bergman Directed The Flash?
"I may be the fastest man alive, but even I can not outrun the icy hand of death."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kno3xDw27bY

perators that want to prevent AI bots from crawling their sites, after the discovery by Robb Knight that AI search engines like Perplexity are not respecting the robots.txt honor system. https://blog.cloudflare.com/declaring-your-aindependence-block-ai-bots-scrapers-and-crawlers-with-a-single-click

Netflix’s Horizon Zero Dawn Show Gets Sent to the Scrapyard

"Following the news of the show’s end, journalist Jeff Grubb mentioned that he’d heard the show’s scripts were considered “bad” by those footing the show’s bill."
https://gizmodo.com/horizon-zero-dawn-show-netflix-cancelled-2000376787

"Pastor Todd Holmes told WJHL that the AR-15 was just one of many giveaways at the church, and he thought it was appropriate since it was in honor of Independence Day." https://www.kcbd.com/2024/07/08/church-gives-away-ar-15-part-fourth-july-raffle

Who knew the Addams Family’s home was quite so colorful? https://www.boredpanda.com/the-addams-familys-living-room-was-actually-pink/

"For the first time, big data and artificial intelligence are being used to model hidden patterns in nature – not just for one bird species, but for entire ecological communities across continents. The models follow the full annual life cycle of each species, from breeding to fall migration to nonbreeding grounds, and back north again during spring migration." https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2023/10/ai-analyzes-bird-sightings-help-conserve-species