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why am i only consuming this content
im grasping at something but what it is isn’t clear to me yet
algorithms and the 9th circle of weaponized autism. where is my virgil?
im lost
Jan 18, 2024
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And other things the YT altgorithm does in middle of the night to snatch you from the jaws of ad-blocked sleep. Everything I know about urban sprawl, buccal fat removal, Sergei Ponomarenko, ulexite, Microsoft interview logic puzzle questions, Klein bottles, Constantinople, IKEA’s 2024 catalogue (10 best new products), the core-ification of everything, the mysteries of the Wallace Line, and deep-sea sharks I learned in a borderline fugue state between the hours of 2 and 4 am, under a strange spell of free association… a spiraling descent into hypnosis by way of information overload… flashes of sound and image that felt like distant cousins of the Ludovico technique… and low key… i will almost certainly go back for more
Jan 30, 2024
The YouTube algorithm continuing to be too fucking real with me
Mar 4, 2025
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I guess we should never say never (like maybe generative AI will be able to make all sorts of videos in a couple years but let's not think too much about that :P), but I'm glad to reduce my intake of easily generated content like street interviews, gaming streams (which I was never into anyway), or like "20 locations you're NEVER allowed to go" listicle videos, and to increase my intake of stuff like "watch me renovate this dilapidated house over 40 weeks", "I traveled from San Francisco to Seattle using only public transit: Day 1", "here's the life story of this person whose grave I found in a forgotten cemetery in the middle of the woods in rhode island", etc. I love a really longform video where I'm like "there's no way to get AI to make this for you"
(video examples are from Tia Weston, AdamDoesNotExist, and Dime Store Adventures, respectively!)
May 23, 2025
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bacteria/microbes had not yet evolved to decompose trees (bark fiber lignin)
so for a period of 60m years, dead trees/wood just piled up on the ground
what a cool time
Dec 8, 2023
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they just like arthritically stand there and wag their tails and stare at you adoringly thru beautiful cloudy blue eyes???
they are to be cherished
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Dec 17, 2023
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a very iconic scene
Nov 25, 2023