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🌟 ann.co Curated chaos
🗣️ pariwo.com Digital publishing tools for the margins
🤸🏾♂️ neno.social Social media platforms for the rest of us
🗣️ pariwo.com Digital publishing tools for the margins
🤸🏾♂️ neno.social Social media platforms for the rest of us
New Orleans Teens Are Keeping Jazz Alive Through the Trombone Shorty Academy capitalbnews.org/jazz-new-orl...
New Orleans Teens Are Keeping Jazz Alive Through the Trombone Shorty Academy
Gentrification and displacement of Black communities may be threatening who owns the city’s jazz legacy, but a legend is working to secure its future.
capitalbnews.org
June 22, 2026 at 5:32 AM
New Orleans Teens Are Keeping Jazz Alive Through the Trombone Shorty Academy capitalbnews.org/jazz-new-orl...
Anthropic flies staff to D.C. to clean up White House fight www.axios.com/2026/06/14/a...
Scoop: Anthropic flies staff to D.C. to clean up White House fight
Anthropic is mobilizing quickly to make amends with the Trump administration.
www.axios.com
June 15, 2026 at 7:42 PM
Anthropic flies staff to D.C. to clean up White House fight www.axios.com/2026/06/14/a...
Deezer launches an AI music detector for other streaming services www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
Deezer launches an AI music detector for other streaming services
Feed Deezer your playlists to find the AI slop.
www.theverge.com
June 11, 2026 at 9:49 PM
Deezer launches an AI music detector for other streaming services www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
This is so clever:
"The research, conducted by Francois Berkmans, Ludovic Nys, and Maxence Bigerelle, focuses on how surface metrology—essentially, the texture and topography of a painting’s brushstrokes—can be used like a fingerprint to zero in on the authorship of a particular artwork."
"The research, conducted by Francois Berkmans, Ludovic Nys, and Maxence Bigerelle, focuses on how surface metrology—essentially, the texture and topography of a painting’s brushstrokes—can be used like a fingerprint to zero in on the authorship of a particular artwork."
French Scientists Have Developed a New Technology To Help Identify Forged Artworks www.artnews.com/art-news/new...
French Scientists Have Developed a New Technology To Help Identify Forged Artworks
French scientists have developed a new way to identify forged artworks—and authenticate real ones.
www.artnews.com
June 11, 2026 at 9:43 PM
This is so clever:
"The research, conducted by Francois Berkmans, Ludovic Nys, and Maxence Bigerelle, focuses on how surface metrology—essentially, the texture and topography of a painting’s brushstrokes—can be used like a fingerprint to zero in on the authorship of a particular artwork."
"The research, conducted by Francois Berkmans, Ludovic Nys, and Maxence Bigerelle, focuses on how surface metrology—essentially, the texture and topography of a painting’s brushstrokes—can be used like a fingerprint to zero in on the authorship of a particular artwork."
French Scientists Have Developed a New Technology To Help Identify Forged Artworks www.artnews.com/art-news/new...
French Scientists Have Developed a New Technology To Help Identify Forged Artworks
French scientists have developed a new way to identify forged artworks—and authenticate real ones.
www.artnews.com
June 11, 2026 at 9:41 PM
French Scientists Have Developed a New Technology To Help Identify Forged Artworks www.artnews.com/art-news/new...
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NEW from me: Grok has continued to host sexualized and demeaning images of celebrities, a review of public posts from Grok Imagine has found.
As well as this, people have been creating full nudity (against Grok’s terms) and sex scenes with the Musk-owned AI
As well as this, people have been creating full nudity (against Grok’s terms) and sex scenes with the Musk-owned AI
Grok Is Still Hosting Sexualized Deepfakes of Famous Women
A WIRED investigation found dozens of “nudified” deepfake images and videos on Grok's website, including nonconsensual depictions of celebrities and at least one prominent US politician.
www.wired.com
June 11, 2026 at 7:52 PM
NEW from me: Grok has continued to host sexualized and demeaning images of celebrities, a review of public posts from Grok Imagine has found.
As well as this, people have been creating full nudity (against Grok’s terms) and sex scenes with the Musk-owned AI
As well as this, people have been creating full nudity (against Grok’s terms) and sex scenes with the Musk-owned AI
Whoopi Goldberg launches WhoopInk, a Blackstone Publishing imprint apnews.com/article/whoo...
Whoopi Goldberg launches WhoopInk, a Blackstone Publishing imprint
Whoopi Goldberg has launched a publishing imprint called WhoopInk. The Oscar-winning actor and co-host of “The View” is partnering with Blackstone Publishing to focus on fresh, diverse talent across g...
apnews.com
June 11, 2026 at 5:20 PM
Whoopi Goldberg launches WhoopInk, a Blackstone Publishing imprint apnews.com/article/whoo...
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📚 Whoopi Goldberg just launched WhoopInk, a new imprint with Blackstone Publishing. New voices, established authors, hands-on involvement from the start.
More investment in who gets published matters.
#SistahScifi #WhoopInk #SupportBlackAuthors
More investment in who gets published matters.
#SistahScifi #WhoopInk #SupportBlackAuthors
June 11, 2026 at 5:00 PM
📚 Whoopi Goldberg just launched WhoopInk, a new imprint with Blackstone Publishing. New voices, established authors, hands-on involvement from the start.
More investment in who gets published matters.
#SistahScifi #WhoopInk #SupportBlackAuthors
More investment in who gets published matters.
#SistahScifi #WhoopInk #SupportBlackAuthors
Elon Musk is encouraging race riots on the eve of SpaceX’s IPO www.theverge.com/policy/94842...
Elon Musk is encouraging race riots on the eve of SpaceX’s IPO
Rioters in Belfast set cars and homes ablaze in immigrant communities.
www.theverge.com
June 11, 2026 at 4:59 PM
Elon Musk is encouraging race riots on the eve of SpaceX’s IPO www.theverge.com/policy/94842...
We Need Better Stories: The Generative Artificial Intelligence Edition anndaramola.com/story/we-nee...
We Need Better Stories: The Generative Artificial Intelligence Edition
Today's generative artificial intelligence market benefits from the really seductive stories its founders have been able to tell and spread. And those of us who are most impacted by the consequences o...
anndaramola.com
June 11, 2026 at 4:52 PM
We Need Better Stories: The Generative Artificial Intelligence Edition anndaramola.com/story/we-nee...
My Students Can’t Read The generational collapse in literacy is measurable, persistent, and likely to get worse. www.chronicle.com/article/my-s...
Opinion | My Students Can’t Read
The generational collapse in literacy is measurable, persistent, and likely to get worse.
www.chronicle.com
June 11, 2026 at 4:51 PM
My Students Can’t Read The generational collapse in literacy is measurable, persistent, and likely to get worse. www.chronicle.com/article/my-s...
Incident Report: How I was Hacked anotherdevsolution.com/incident-rep...
Incident Report: How I was Hacked
You live and you learn! This post provides a full incident report on how my simple vibe-coded app was hacked and my reflections on the situation.
anotherdevsolution.com
June 11, 2026 at 4:49 PM
Incident Report: How I was Hacked anotherdevsolution.com/incident-rep...
AI is now a geopolitical asset. African presidents are racing to catch up. techcabal.com/2026/06/11/a...
Why African presidents are now racing on AI infrastructure
When African leaders gathered in Nairobi, Kenya’s capital, on May 12 for the Africa Forward Summit, AI took centre stage.
techcabal.com
June 11, 2026 at 4:33 PM
AI is now a geopolitical asset. African presidents are racing to catch up. techcabal.com/2026/06/11/a...
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“Humans are motivated by stories. Everything in our society thrives on latent and intrinsic stories of who we are and where we fit in the world. Our lives are expanded and limited by those stories, whether we know them or not.” - @anndaramola.bsky.social
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We Need Better Stories: The Generative Artificial Intelligence Edition
Today's generative artificial intelligence market benefits from the really seductive stories its founders have been able to tell and spread. And those of us who are most impacted by the consequences o...
anndaramola.com
May 27, 2026 at 7:12 PM
“Humans are motivated by stories. Everything in our society thrives on latent and intrinsic stories of who we are and where we fit in the world. Our lives are expanded and limited by those stories, whether we know them or not.” - @anndaramola.bsky.social
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I say there's no such thing as traditional african religions because religion is a necessary construct of the catholic church to create a hierarchy of humans. And also because tradition implies a sort of temporal stasis that is just not true of any culture.
October 20, 2025 at 1:37 AM
I say there's no such thing as traditional african religions because religion is a necessary construct of the catholic church to create a hierarchy of humans. And also because tradition implies a sort of temporal stasis that is just not true of any culture.
Me, in 2002:
Let me tell you something….
Cool ranch Doritos?????
An experience
Cool ranch Doritos?????
An experience
September 11, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Me, in 2002:
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Being a 5th generation Black American and hearing the slavery is “not that bad” conversation piss me off…I can trace back more generations but the history is confusing..
a woman in a purple shirt screams with her mouth wide open
ALT: a woman in a purple shirt screams with her mouth wide open
media.tenor.com
August 20, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Being a 5th generation Black American and hearing the slavery is “not that bad” conversation piss me off…I can trace back more generations but the history is confusing..
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My fellow olds, all those young people you chastise for saying “vinyls” are helping to keep your local record store open. And all those young people saying “blog” instead of “blog post” are helping to keep independent publishing alive.
Language evolves. So can you.
Language evolves. So can you.
August 20, 2025 at 6:44 PM
My fellow olds, all those young people you chastise for saying “vinyls” are helping to keep your local record store open. And all those young people saying “blog” instead of “blog post” are helping to keep independent publishing alive.
Language evolves. So can you.
Language evolves. So can you.