How to Replace the Sky – Matt Huynh, The Verge

A great example of the medium shaping the message. A comic about AI in art, using some examples of how it affects the artist and their message.

The Dragon Maker – Amy Clare Fontaine, Zooscape

A story about art and commerce, in a web zine that I’ve never heard of

Are two thirds of young people “cyber-deviants”? A dive into a dodgy study. – stavvers

A better response to a Guardian scare piece about “risky online behavior” among young people, and how poorly the data is gathered and skewed.

Victoria 3 Players Think Communism Is Too OP – Sisi Jiang, Kotaku

Or maybe it actually is 😈

Tiny Snippets of Code That Changed The World – Clive Thompson

I definitely want to read this book. What I take away from this article is what I am thinking when I say, “value people over code”: it’s not the complexity of the code that matters, but the simplicity of the idea that it conveys.

A startup says it’s begun releasing particles into the atmosphere, in an effort to tweak the climate – James Temple, MIT Technology Review

Oh good, this isn’t literally the plot of multiple dystopic sci-fi stories at all.

The Gay Actor Who Brought Batman to Life: Remembering Kevin Conroy

I never knew about Kevin Conroy’s life until after his death. The voice of Batman was a real hero.

The Gay Body Image Crisis

It’s easy to say love your body the way it is, and hard to actually do it. Especially in a world that is acculturated to not love it either.

Horns – Animated Short Film

Cute furry animations always get me

No Contact

Same as the above, this time an animation from a friend who has been doing some cool artistic things this year

How Belgium Nearly Invented The Internet

Ideas sometimes just need the technology to come along

The Internet Changed Me

Same James, same. Maybe not quite as much or in the same way as you, but I think that I can relate.

Why It’s So Hard To Imagine Life After Capitalism

Remember, it is possible, and that future can be closer than we think.

Why You Don’t Actually Own Anything Under Capitalism

Pair with the previous video, and why all of the renting and streaming and leasing is bad for us.

S9 E11. HOPE – Flash Forward

The end of an eight year run. I love Flash Forward. I will miss it.

Why is Kanye West Trying to Bring Milo Back? w/ Robert Evans – Internet Hate Machine

Pair this with Bridget Todd’s other discussion about the nothingness of the “Twitter Files”.

What Is Mastodon, and Could It Replace Twitter? – 2 Girls 1 Podcast

Yall know that I’ve been on Mastodon for close to six years now. I don’t want it to replace Twitter. I just want to have a nice place where folks can meet and hang out and do all of the positive social media things. I know that it’s not perfect, but it’s been the best for me so far.

Also, I appreciate the shoutout that was given to me and my partners on the holiday episode. More polycule love please!

How Viruses Have Shaped Our World with Joseph Osmundson – Factually! with Adam Conover

Not just the current, obvious one, either

for we knew what it meant. [ambient]

Their new single, BLOOM, is out this morning and available on Bandcamp, along with the rest of their wonderful discography.