mymarks
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Our Longing for Inconvenience
https://www.newyorker.com/culture/essay/our-longing-for-inconvenience?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=dhtwitter&utm_content=null
People are pining for old technologies—CD players, VCRs, Walkmans. What’s behind our longing for inconvenience?
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Jersey Shore biking ratings | PhillyVoice
https://www.phillyvoice.com/jersey-shore-biking-cycling-ratings-reviews-wildwood-cape-may-atlantic-city-ocean-city-seaside-lbi/
During the dead period of the NFL calendar, I was seeking a summer hobby, and decided that biking along as many New Jersey shore towns as I could get to would be a fun way to (a) get some exercise, (b) see some stuff, (c) try some new restaurants, and (d) provide me with some content. If you'd prefer I stick to the Eagles, well, sorry. 🤷♂️
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The rise and fall of an AI-driven ‘local news outlet’ in South Florida
https://floridatrib.org/2026/05/14/the-rise-and-fall-of-an-ai-driven-local-news-outlet-in-south-florida/
The search to find out who was behind the South Florida Standard shows how easy it is for the real people behind digital doppelgangers to remain in the shadows
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Your Software Is Not Sentient
https://karlbode.com/your-software-is-not-sentient/
Software simulacrum is not true consciousness, the stripper at the strip club doesn't actually love you, and nearly all of the biggest problems with "AI" have very ordinary human origins.
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Chernobyl’s forgotten nuclear lessons | The Economist
https://www.economist.com/interactive/europe/2026/04/20/chernobyls-forgotten-nuclear-lessons?link_source=ta_bluesky_link&taid=69edf4e41ee3610001f4ad2a&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky
Forty years after the disaster, the power plant still poses a threat
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Matt Cord, Unplugged
https://www.si.com/nba/76ers/onsi/matt-cord-unplugged-01kqdagfm7dp
Cord is forever embedded in your memory if you've spent most of your life living and dying with the Sixers.