A collection of interesting stuff which I’ve been digging this week…
In the era of AI slop and bullshit I think it’s important to post human created content and link out to real creators.
Long read. A fantastically well written article about the meaningless feel-good AI drivel being shovelled upon the world of knitting. Although this article is about knitting, every other hobby, pastime or interesting human endeavour is now suffering the same fate. The author does an excellent job of encapsulating my own thoughts and feelings on this subject and the AI spam we’re seeing all around us.
https://www.joanwestenberg.com/the-case-for-blogging-in-the-ruins/ – A reason why we should blog. I’m determined this year to give my blog some love this year. I still think writing is important even though we’re experiencing a sea of slop.
The Benefits of Music Obsession (According to Neuroscience)
https://gifcities.org/ – A reminder of some of the gif art which was used in the early web – when people didn’t have an idea of what they were doing with their websites. There’s something wonderfully anarchic, humble and fun about this stuff. It makes me nostalgic.
I was a big Amiga 500 (external floppy drive and an Action Replay plugged in). I loved this piece of software for duplicating floppy disks.
https://sonicstate.com/news/2024/11/30/muzik-magazine-archive/ – Muzik magazine archive. If you were a DJ and dance music fan (there wass no such thing EDM back then, maybe IDM a little later in the decade) in the 90s you’d remember this magazine. It was well loved. Again, lovely trip down memory lane of when magazines still dominated the musical landscape.
https://rmoff.net/2026/05/06/ai-slop-is-killing-online-communities/ – Another commentary on AI and it’s effect on communities. I’m increasingly finding places like Reddit hard to read. AI comments are now everywhere. But worse are the annoying posts where a user post some idea/product/advice etc (which is clearly just some generic AI fluff) and then act like they’ve reinvented the wheel or doing you massive favour sharing some supposed secret.
But added to this is the more nefarious stuff which might be being deployed under the radar – covert seeding of AI bot accounts which’ll later be used to shill ideas, sites, or products. I find myself having to research user histories in an attempt to determine whether or they’re legit – sigh!