My take on AI is, essentially, everybody who’s against it is too against it and everybody who’s for it is too for it.
— Daniel Jalkut, via John Gruber
Tags: ai
Daring Fireball
• John Gruber
Meta Is Launching Instagram, Facebook, and WhatsApp Subscriptions for ‘Fun Features’
Sarah Perez, reporting for TechCrunch:
Meta is doubling down on its subscription offerings. On Wednesday,
the social networking giant announced it’s now rolling out its
consumer subscription plans globally for its flagship apps,
Instagram, Facebook, and WhatsApp, and beg...
Daring Fireball
• John Gruber
Daniel Jalkut on AI
Daniel Jalkut, on Mastodon (cross-posted to Bluesky and Threads):
My take on AI is, essentially, everybody who’s against it is too against it and everybody who’s for it is too for it.
I concur with this take completely.
(Sidenote: The different reply threads on the three networks speak loudly to the cultural and algorithmic differences between them. Good lord has Meta steered Threads into “make people argumentative” engagement.)
Daring Fireball
• John Gruber
Yours Truly on TBPN Yesterday
Fun show, good questions I thought.
Ghana passes bill criminalising promotion of LGBTQ rights
Ghana's parliament has approved a bill that contains some of the most repressive anti-LGBTQ laws in the world. The legislation bans any promotion of LGBTQ rights and activities. It still needs to be approved by the president. Also: A US judge orders the removal of Donald Tru...
Alex Lifeson on the “Spirit of Radio” guitar riff #guitar #alexlifeson #shorts
Daring Fireball
• John Gruber
★ What Is a Dickover?
Please enjoy this article on its own webpage. Trust me.
Longreads
• Cheri Lucas Rowlands
Are There More Bunnies in Toronto?
"I never used to see rabbits in Toronto. Then they were everywhere. Then I lost my mind."
Slow blogging day today; I spent some time on the KDO...
Slow blogging day today; I spent some time on the KDO undercarriage and a new little members-only feature for the Rolodex: a simple list of links to the latest posts from Rolodex sites. (Click on “Latest Posts”; like I said, it’s a wee feed reader.)
Pope Releases Encyclical On Perils Of Disney’s ‘Star...
Pope Releases Encyclical On Perils Of Disney’s ‘Star Wars’ Strategy. “I fear for what horrors the fan base might soon endure, but I would be negligent not to give Andor its flowers.”
693: Negative Bonus Points
Pre-show: Marco has something to commend
Ubiquiti marketing video
Spanning Tree Protocol
Sonos & Networking Documentation
Follow-up:
Formula 1 on Apple TV
The case for alarm reminders (via Matthew Cave)
SVC can do animations — and way more! (via Vítor)
SVG can d...
Terry Brown: Inside the Sonic Evolution of Rush
In this interview I talk with legendary music producer Terry Brown about his extensive career and his iconic collaboration with the rock band Rush. Brown details his early beginnings in London at the famous Olympic Studios, as well as his move to Toronto and his subsequent ro...
Colossal
• Jackie Andres
Roda Medhat Subverts Traditional Kurdish Narratives Into Modern Tactile Experiences
The artist shares that his work "functions as a distillation of a wider body of research."
Do stories and artists like this matter to you? Become a Colossal Member today and support independent arts publishing for as little as $7 per month. The article Roda Medhat Subverts Traditional Kurdish Narratives Into Modern Tactile Experiences appeared first on Colossal.
Radiohead’s OK Computer reimagined as Nintendo 64...
Radiohead’s OK Computer reimagined as Nintendo 64 songs, featuring reworked sounds from Mario Kart, Super Mario 64, Ocarina of Time, Goldeneye 007, and more.
Colossal
• Colossal
June 2026 Opportunities: Open Calls, Residencies, and Grants for Artists
Don't miss out on this month's calls for entry!
Do stories and artists like this matter to you? Become a Colossal Member today and support independent arts publishing for as little as $7 per month. The article June 2026 Opportunities: Open Calls, Residencies, and Grants for Artists appeared first on Colossal.
Andor Gave Us One Of TV’s Best Monologues
Andor loves a good monologue. Among the best of them is Nemik’s Manifesto:
Remember this, Freedom is a pure idea. It occurs spontaneously and without instruction. Random acts of insurrection are occurring constantly throughout the galaxy.
And Kino Loy’s speech to his fello...
Ancestral Genomes
Infinite Jeffs is an actual physical book you can buy...
Infinite Jeffs is an actual physical book you can buy in which “every one of the ~550,000 words in Infinite Jest [is replaced] with ‘Jeff’ while preserving punctuation, line breaks, etc.”
Lewis Hamilton Explains F1 Tire Strategy
You have $100 to spend in the tires
Daring Fireball
• John Gruber
One Group, Clearly, Is Deranged
Paul Krugman, describing a few striking data visualizations:
YouGov’s surveys subdivide Republicans into those who do and those
who don’t support MAGA — and the economic views of these two
groups are very different. A remarkable 65 percent of non-MAGA
Republicans say tha...