Is it OK for my kids to watch YouTube? An expert explains. | Vox
Experts created a coding scheme for kids’ media quality. Here’s what’s at the top and bottom.| Vox
Spotify has launched a new feature that allows users to discover personalized music and podcast recommendations directly through ChatGPT, effective October 6. The update is available for both Free and Premium Spotify users, and offers tailored content in a conversational format. Accessible across 145 countries, the Spotify app within ChatGPT works on all logged-in ChatGPT| POP!
YouTube creator Syrmor uploads his VRChat encounters with random strangers, who open up about themselves and share intimate details of their lives while hidden behind their avatars. Some of the videos are incredible touching. Unfortunately, the latest upload is from two years ago, I can’t believe I haven’t come across this before. [via + via]| Valentina Tanni
Experts created a coding scheme for kids’ media quality. Here’s what’s at the top and bottom.| Vox
Here at Mozilla, we are the first to admit the internet isn’t perfect, but we know the internet is pretty darn magical. The internet opens up doors and o| blog.mozilla.org
We’re celebrating Firefox’s 21st anniversary this November, marking more than two decades of building a web that reflects creativity, independence and| blog.mozilla.org
Small digital rituals in cozy games can feel grounding for players with chronic conditions and disabilities.| blog.mozilla.org
This essay was originally published on The Sidebar, Mozilla’s Substack. I was an influencer years before it became mainstream in 2016. I shared my outfit| blog.mozilla.org
From Lord of the Rings to the ramen craze to Ozempic, the cultural touchstones that help us understand the 21st century.| Vox
How is our cultural desire for nothingness reflected within the growing depiction of women's mental health issues in literature? The post Woman Seeks Oblivion: ‘Nothingness’ in Contemporary Fiction appeared first on The Culture Sift.| The Culture Sift
Where has the default got us? Today, the default means sitting by while Big Tech and The Billionaires who run the industry shape every aspect of your life| blog.mozilla.org
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I can’t honestly say I’m proud of everything I’ve written but I have very few regrets. I do feel ambivalent about the tweet roundups I wrote.| aftermath.site
Blame Zootopia 2 for flying too close to 2017 Tumblr brain rot| aftermath.site
How is the peace movement changing? How is our vision of the future changing? Online communities offer a distinctive, robust and appealing model for human coexistence that people intuitively and immediately understand.| Literary Kicks
I threw the I Ching for America the other day. This is a good spiritual practice when you come to a moment in your life when things are changing fast and you want to get a grip on what’s happening.| Literary Kicks
Is This the Real Life? Is This Just Fantasy? Explore hyperreality, where the lines between real life and online simulations blur.| This Is Glamorous (TIG)
When many of us look back on the progress of the last 30 years, we can’t escape the eerie sense that the Internet revolution we lived through only left us stuck more stubbornly than ever in a broken past.| Literary Kicks
“I just thought it was funny to see the Pope in a funny jacket,” he told BuzzFeed News.| BuzzFeed News
Darwin’s Finches Almost 200 years ago, in 1831, Charles Darwin embarked on his now famous journey aboard the S.S. Beagle. This was the journey on which he visited the Galapágos Islands and fo…| Zander Nethercutt
I spent the final days of 2023 desperately scrambling to complete two episodes for the two podcasts that represent the clashing sides of my brain ...| Literary Kicks
As we all reflect on the past year and the moments that had the biggest impact on our lives and culture, we at Mozilla can’t help but call out Artificial| blog.mozilla.org
“We have identified youth work as a priority for Instagram and have added it to our H1 priority list,” reads an internal Instagram post obtained by BuzzFeed News.| BuzzFeed News
Judih Weinstein Haggai, a huge-hearted haiku poet, teacher, mother, grandmother and longtime friend of Literary Kicks, has been missing since October 7 from Kibbutz Nir Oz near the border of Gaza where she lived with her husband Gad. We have been waiting since that terrible day in hope that Judih and Gad are still alive. […]| Literary Kicks
A Rape in Cyberspace: How an Evil Clown, a Haitian Trickster Spirit, Two Wizards, and a Cast of Dozens Turned a Database Into a Society by Julian Dibbell [ Dibbell, Julian. 1993. “A Rape…| anthropolojamz
My Life a a Night Elf Priest: An Anthropological Account of World of Warcraft [Prologue & Chapter 2] by Bonnie A. Nardi [ Nardi, Bonnie. 2010. My Life a a Night Elf Priest: An Anthropologi…| anthropolojamz
Meet this week’s Bean Dad.| BuzzFeed News
