cool links 10: junited 2025 edition
In cool links, I share some stuff I read or watched worth sharing.
Because it's June, I thought I'd fit this one for the Junited 2025! I'll separate blogs and the rest to fit the theme :)
blogs (junited 2025)
- On inner expectations by Winnie Lim. Exploring the difficult standards we set for ourselves, where they might come from and how they clash with chronic illness.
- On The Strength of the Final Girl's Tears by Mrmyel. I loved the exploration of this trope :)
- I cannot be myself in this society by Teun. "I'm constantly being asked and pushed not to care about others." I related a lot to this!
- YOU are Transgender! by Noé. You're trans enough to be trans.
- You are what you launch by Omer. This articulated something I didn't know I needed to articulate. Very well done! It's questioning the identification with what software you use and judging people based on their tools.
- Eco Cycles by Maksim Ismaylov. About the promises of inventions and their almost inevitable failure. Quote: "Tech doesn’t just solve problems—it feeds desires. Often ones we didn’t even know we had. You get what you want, you adjust, and then you want more. This is what psychologists call the hedonic treadmill: the idea that satisfaction is always temporary, and progress just resets our baseline for what feels normal."
- The web was always about redistribution of power by Ben Werdmuller. Post about a way forward, building the web for people, not capital. Quote: "It’s very hard to get excited about technology that redistributes wealth and power in favor of people who already have it."
- The Who Cares Era by Dan Sinker. Going deeper on the mishap of two newspapers publishing AI slop and what that might say about our current culture.
- It's easier than ever to de-censor videos by Jeff Geerling. Good to know! Black bars etc. only.
- What art means to me in this era of AI tools by Winther. About the allure of convenience and appreciation of art.
other (magazines, papers, newsletters, useful links)
- How the US public and AI experts view AI by the Pew Research Center. Interesting paper to read through.
- What is the cure for individualism? by Tim Connolly. Piece putting a focus on the different sentiments around individualism and one potential path out (Confucianism).
- AI isn't useless by Molly White. Measured view on AI with detailing its limited use cases and disappointing shortfalls and risks with examples. Quote: "It's remarkable to see the gap between what they can do and what their promoters promise they will someday be able to do. The benefits, though extant, seem to pale in comparison to the costs."
- Inclusive education is a disservice to neurodivergent pupils by Chelsea Wallis. Starts out detailing personal experience and then dives in deep why well meaning inclusion often makes things worse.
- Building a slow web by Greg Sarjeant. A little ode to the small, slow web.
- Explorable Explanations - website for learning through play.
videos
- Bo Burnham & The Neoliberal Performing Self by The Stories We Tell. About social media, self-optimization, performance, and the internet under neoliberalism.
- Why All Knowledge is Political | Foucault and Joyce on Power and Epistemology by Gavin Young Philosophy. Great video on why supposedly being apolitical or asking for spaces and things to be apolitical doesn't work, because mere access to knowledge, attaining rights, making decisions, the prices you pay and essential facts of society are political because they happen in and are dictated by political context.
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