Notices by Ernie Smith (ernie@writing.exchange), page 5

Very uncommon queries are what make us human.
https://dan.mastohon.com/@danhon/112508626592980956

I want to lean into a suggestion @mattl gave and consider doing shirts to promote the URL tag. (Especially as I see someone else attempting to do the same.)

But I want to make them inexpensive and minimally profitable—I’d rather they be something people can afford to promote a message than a major revenue source, if that makes sense. Any suggestions on what my best option for that might be?

@killyourfm This breaks my heart, but I 1000% absolutely get it. Big tech is just letting the degradation of written journalism happen

Hard to disagree with this take.

https://www.computerworld.com/article/2117752/google-gemini-ai.html

@Kye @anildash Yeah, I saw. It’s too bad. I think it’d be a cool thing to remix.

I don't get Threads.

I don't get why it's popular.

I don't know why it exists.

I feel like people are so set against Google that they will not even agree that Google has good ideas sometimes.

Dealing with people frothing at the mouth because you dared defend something about AMP, for example, is tiring.

Just admit what it is: like every other big company, a mix of great and questionable.

Meanwhile I'm going to honor good ideas no matter the source.

How I fixed Google so it doesn’t shove AI into my face anymore.

https://tedium.co/2024/05/17/google-web-search-make-default/

new @tedium

@Klaxun @misc They platform Nazis.

@Klaxun @misc If you’re comfortable with a VC-backed platform, Beehiiv. If you want something run by a small team, Buttondown. If you want to run it yourself or want a nonprofit in charge, Ghost.

@anildash@threads.net @anildash@me.dm Clearly you haven’t seen this one:

In the early 2010s, real-time journalism was an extremely hot trend in media. But as social media matured, it slowed down greatly. Misinformation took its place.

Can the #fediverse help bring it back?

Today’s @tedium profiles @newsmast, an emerging approach to breaking news in the post-Twitter era:

https://tedium.co/2024/03/30/real-time-journalism-fediverse-newsmast/

Reminder: own your own shit, and it won’t randomly change on you like this. https://www.thewrap.com/substack-follow-feature-problems-subscriptions-down/

Reading Daring Fireball today sure is something. Appreciate Gruber’s perspective, but he is clearly rooting for the home team.

Tim Berners-Lee sharing this take on Medium is kind of sad.

https://medium.com/@timberners_lee/marking-the-webs-35th-birthday-an-open-letter-ebb410cc7d42

Remember, while G/O Media is tearing down the final pieces of Gawker, Gawker Media alums are changing media.

Cord Jefferson won an Oscar the other night!

https://www.thewrap.com/cord-jefferson-makes-plea-for-lower-budget-films-oscars/

This feels like a very important bill for boosting the indie and small-scale artists whose music I adore. I hope it passes.

https://pitchfork.com/news/new-music-streaming-bill-aims-to-boost-streaming-royalties-for-artists/

Ugh. No more unceremonious shutdowns of creative institutions, please. https://variety.com/2024/digital/news/rooster-teeth-shutting-down-warner-bros-discovery-1235931953/

If anyone would still like these emulators before they go away, I would note that they’re still available as flatpaks on Linux.

What is happening with Yuzu and Citra is a travesty. It will have a chilling effect on future console development. Tomorrow’s developers are today’s emulator hackers.