Social Media

I think I hate the internet

Prompted by reading Sarah Wynn-Williams's account of Facebook's internal culture, this personal essay traces a growing disillusionment with the internet as a whole — not just social media, but the pervasive requirement to maintain accounts, apps, subscriptions, and authentication layers just to accomplish basic daily tasks.

Blog post · Internet · Social Media · Tech Critique · Privacy

TWEET and the Bird Logo Apparently Enter the Public Domain, But X Maintains Its Grip on the TWITTER Mark (For Now) — X v. Project Bluebird

Law professor Eric Goldman analyses a Delaware court's preliminary injunction ruling in X Corp. v. Project Bluebird, finding that X has likely abandoned the TWEET trademark and the bird logo through non-use and public repudiation, while its ongoing 'formerly known as Twitter' references in app store listings may be enough to preserve the TWITTER mark for now.

Blog post · Trademark · Intellectual Property · Law · Twitter/X

Doomscrolling ourselves to deathJames Marriott's The New Dark Ages

Ed West reviews James Marriott's book "The New Dark Ages," which argues that the displacement of reading by algorithmic video content is producing measurable cognitive and cultural harm, especially among teenagers. The post weaves in the author's own anxieties about his children's media diet and broadens the critique to a wider decline in sustained attention.

Newsletter · Books · Literacy · Digital Culture · Media

Your intellectual fly is open

Bryan Cantrill argues that LLM-generated LinkedIn posts are immediately recognisable to readers who have seen much AI content, and that using AI to write in your name undermines authenticity and signals to others that your stated views may not be genuine. He urges people to write in their own voice.

Opinion · LLMs · AI · Writing · Career