The Jqwik Anti-AI Affair via @PolyWolf https://lobste.rs/s/qgfagh #culture
https://blog.johanneslink.net/2026/06/09/the-jqwik-anti-ai-affair/
culture
To Gen or Not To Gen: The Ethical Use of Generative AI https://lobste.rs/s/2ye7ng #ai #culture
https://blog.johanneslink.net/2025/11/04/to-gen-or-not-to-gen/
Zig Creator Calls Spade a Spade, Anthropic Blows Smoke https://lobste.rs/s/szktjx #ai #culture
https://raymyers.org/post/zig-creator-calls-spade-a-spade/
The blog "This Needs Fixin'" looks at systemic problems in our society and suggests ways to address them.
Here's a randomly-selected link to a vintage post from the archive, dated 2025/03/28:
The Un-AI: Generative Systems Can Never Be Reliable
https://this.needsfixin.net/2025/03/28/the-un-ai-generative-systems-can-never-be-reliable
#Culture #Technology #ai
Here's a randomly-selected link to a vintage post from the archive, dated 2025/03/28:
The Un-AI: Generative Systems Can Never Be Reliable
https://this.needsfixin.net/2025/03/28/the-un-ai-generative-systems-can-never-be-reliable
#Culture #Technology #ai
It 'looks like AI' is the most insulting comment you can make https://lobste.rs/s/ywymdx #culture
https://gr.ht/2026/07/22/it-looks-like-ai-is-the-most-insulting-comment-you-can-make.html
Creativity, Community & Class with Kevin P. Gilday
The Creative Resistance Podcast talks to Glasgow poet, performer, & playwright Kevin P. Gilday about gatekeeping of working-class stories, the role of art as a tool for survival rather than a luxury, & Kevin’s groundbreaking community projects like The Bank of Springburn & the Care in Scotland installation
#Scottish #literature #poetry #drama #art #culture #workingclass #workingclasswriters #podcast
We Need A Way To Prove Personhood Online https://lobste.rs/s/utznd2 #culture
https://www.noemamag.com/we-need-a-way-to-prove-personhood-online
Developer Verification – LineageOS https://lobste.rs/s/avqu6k #android #culture
https://lineageos.org/Developer-Verification/
New art test could help museums spot fake Van Goghs without touching paintings
A new study published in the peer-reviewed journal Surface Topography: Metrology and Properties introduces a pioneering, noninvasive technique that can distinguish authentic artworks from forgeries, offering museums, collectors, and auction houses a major advantage in tackling art fraud.
by Sadie Harley, reviewed by Andrew Zinin
https://phys.org/news/2026-06-art-museums-fake-van-goghs.html
Van Gogh at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/40599
Do Wavy Walls Really Use Fewer Bricks? I Tested It in Blender https://lobste.rs/s/xfjchg #art #culture #visualization
https://blog.tymscar.com/posts/crinklecranklewalls/
Your EPUB Is Fine. Kobo Disagrees. Blame Adobe https://lobste.rs/s/dwfhdc #culture
https://andreklein.net/your-epub-is-fine-kobo-disagrees-blame-adobe/
Nine ways of looking at rain
Beyond the clichés, rain has inspired a rich thread of Scottish culture. From myth and science to film, fashion, and fiction, Sarah Mackay, Curator at the National Library of Scotland, explores how drizzle has soaked into the nation’s imagination in nine objects. The NLS exhibition ‘Rain’ runs until April 2027 and is free to visit.
https://www.nls.uk/collections/stories/life-in-the-library/nine-ways-of-looking-at-rain/
OMFG, 🤌 **fantastic** philosophy article and video (about "unicontext"):
"A Philosopher’s One-Word Theory to Explain Why the World Feels So Weird":
https://www.derekthompson.org/p/a-philosophers-one-word-theory-to
#philosophy #culture #SocialMedia #internet
Talks about the cultural shift from "bottom-up" style vs. "top-down" style, of where to place our attention in our day-to-day lives. Also how everything got more and more abstract, as our culture became more metropolitan. All our heavy internet usage is just a continuation of this trend. @autistics
Escape the Rat Race via @prattmic https://lobste.rs/s/zch2nj #culture #satire
https://www.abeyk.com/escape-the-rat-race/
〈When did internet comments get so mean?〉
HTML Day 2026 https://lobste.rs/s/vyytfn #culture #web
https://2026.html.energy/
Same art, different name: would you see or hear it the same way?
A mislabelled concerto and other errors and tricks show that reputation affects how art is perceived, sometimes radically
by Rikki A Wolpowitz
https://psyche.co/ideas/same-art-different-name-would-you-see-or-hear-it-the-same-way
Books in Music at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/bookshelf/50
Goodbye, and thanks for all the Bikesheds https://lobste.rs/s/hvuumu #culture
https://queue.acm.org/detail.cfm?id=3818307
Out today: "When you wake up in the morning and someone says: 'If you send me $10, my dear, and tell me about your day,' it’s like Stockholm Syndrome. It’s worth the $10 to keep pretending that there is this person who loves you and wants to hear about your day." https://www.texasobserver.org/austin-novel-romance-scammers/
#books #bookstodon #tech #culture @bookstodon
We're Going to Make Out Like Bandits https://lobste.rs/s/idavhk #culture #practices
https://www.rocketpoweredjetpants.com/2026/04/were-going-to-make-out-like-bandits/
AI Surveillance and Social Progress via @cyplo https://lobste.rs/s/qvu1m0 #ai #culture #privacy
https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/07/ai-surveillance-and-social-progress.html
Scots Language & Identity
24 July, Pitlochry Festival Theatre. Tickets £12
Prof Jennifer Smith takes attendees through the past, present & future of Scots. Where did it come from? How was it used in the past? How is it being spoken today, & by who? Hear how this living, evolving language is being used in everyday speech, in the creative industries, in writing, & what it might look like in the future.
https://www.pitlochryfestivaltheatre.com/whats-on/scots-language-and-identity/