better doing
Just that one scarce resource.
“Finding the one thing that is at the heart of your value/scarcity matrix makes it much easier to focus your energy on strategic decisions.” | learn more
tech, startups, internet
AI art 101.
A collection of 27 examples of novel AI art. The tooling is advancing rapidly, and the creativity will certainly follow. | learn more
tech, startups, internet
A search engine for AI prompts and their corresponding images.
Stable Diffusion is an AI tool for generating images. It’s super fun to play with. It isn’t easy to prompt the right image (side note: play with it yourself here). Lexica is a search engine for over 10 million images and […]
oh, chicago
Don’t give strangers your phone, officials warned Chicagoans.
This seems like good advice city officials should not have to give. “People can avoid the scam by not giving their personal property — such as a phone — to people they don’t know, officials said.” | learn more
fun facts
Remote controlled cockroaches.
This is wild. “An international team of scientists has created cyborg cockroaches, with electronics wired to their nervous systems that allow them to be remote controlled.” | learn more
fun facts
US Census, race and Hispanic origin.
75.8% of census-takers are “White alone” but that might not mean what you think. A reminder that even data that seems obvious can be confusing: “The concept of race is separate from the concept of Hispanic origin. Percentages for the […]
fun facts
Inside a million-dollar Instagram verification scheme.
“A jeweler. A plastic surgeon. An OnlyFans Model. They and others received a blue check in likely the biggest Instagram verification scheme revealed to date. After ProPublica started asking questions, Meta removed badges from over 300 accounts.” | learn more
profiles of people
The family that mined the Pentagon’s data for profit.
This was such an interesting story about the power of FOIA! “The Freedom of Information Act helps Americans learn what the government is up to. The Poseys exploited it—and became unlikely defenders of transparency.” | learn more
teaching the kids
Grades and test scores, still.
“Grades are, by far, the criteria the public says should most factor into admissions decisions. This is followed by standardized test scores (39% major factor, 46% minor factor)…” | learn more
under the microscope
Synthetic cartilage is now stronger than the real stuff.
“Researchers hope to use a new synthetic cartilage, tougher than the real thing, to prevent further degradation of the knee joint and the need for total knee replacement surgery.” | learn more