Tending the Brain Garden
I just wanted a spot to post links to things that interest me on a daily basis. I don't want to put it on social media. I just want to share someplace that's not bound to the algorithm. Enjoy the experiment, I guess?
Bandcamp is taking a stand against generative AI; will it work? - cdm.link
Some thoughts on Bandcamp's promise and whether it will ever be that easy to head off the onslaught of AI slop.The Year Without Sunshine - Uncanny Magazine
A wonderfully written post-apocalyptic/solarpunk story about what community and mutual aid could look like if we tried.The Brainrot Apocalypse (a DIY survival guide) - YouTube
Fun, well-produced dive into the perils of AI and algorithms with some great resources and exercises to break one's brain out of the AI swamp.Hope Does Not Glimmer; It Burns: Quotes on Hope, Resistance, and Possibility - guante.info
What it says on the tin.Stop Talking to Each Other and Start Buying Things: Three Decades of Survival in the Desert of Social Media - Substack
Absolutely essential post by Catherynne M. Valente about how we went from the joyous beginnings of the social internet to the ultra-capitalist, commodified, enshittified slop we find ourselves in today.