Zines. Freaking zines. You put a zine in an undergraduate’s hands and say “Someone like you made this. You could make this. All you need is some found images, paper, scissors/glue, and your own imagination. No chatgpt necessary.”
They light up, every single time, without fail. They start to recognize how little Generative AI serves them in the long run. They’ve called zines “Anti-AI” to my face and gleefully showed me their first zines with thought, intention, and inventiveness.
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Zines, the anti-AI
Zines. Freaking zines. You put a zine in an undergraduate’s hands and say “Someone like you made this. You could make this. All you need is some found images, paper, scissors/glue, and your own imagination. No chatgpt necessary.” They light up, every single time, without fail. They start to recognize how little Generative AI serves…
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Portraits of famous New Yorkers in their homes
The New Yorker with a great photo essay with portraits of famous New Yorkers in their homes.
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Librarians resist
Leave it to the pedantic superpowers of librarians to force laws to be followed.
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Maycember
May has always been a busy month, at least in American culture. It’s gotten to the point the hubbub of Spring, Mothers Day, graduation, sports, festival, et al now commands its own term–Maycember. Much like the month of December, my packed calendar at the end of the school year has left me feeling like there’s…
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A letter to RFK Jr
Anais Godard wrote “An Open Letter to Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Who Thinks My Daughter Is a Tragedy“. The whole thing is quotable, and its strength lies in its astute lyricism.
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Jasmin Paris, first woman to complete The Barkley
The Finisher is a 45 minute documentary of Jasmin Paris, first woman to complete The Barkley Marathon. It makes for a good sequel to the Barkley Marathon documentary.
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Millennials became uncool?
A tale old as time, a younger generation calling an older generation uncool. And now, Gen Z hath judged Millennials. In fact, much of the ire provoked by gen Z’s teasing is driven by a sense that the younger generation are merely jumping on a cool and trendy bandwagon built by millennials. “We paved the…
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Infinite Lego domino loop
Fun video of an infinite Lego domino loop.
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Drone summons lightning
It’s like something out of a sci fi movie–a drone summoning lightning. Earlier this month, the Japanese telecommunications company Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (NTT) successfully used a drone equipped with a lightning-proof cage to essentially summon lightning in an effort to mitigate damage from an incoming thunderstorm. According to NTT, lightning causes up to…
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The Speed Project, a secret ultramarathon
The Speed Project is a secret ultra-marathon, starting in Los Angeles and ending in Las Vegas. This, he explained, was a welcome to the Speed Project, a 340-mile relay race from Los Angeles to Las Vegas with no designated route, no specific rules and only one goal: to get there as fast as possible. Arend,…