CtrlVReality
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Interested in communication, disinformation, fact-checking, journalism, languages, rhetoric, technology, writing, world news and many other things.
7/10 #AI_slop #Dead_Internet
Can you spot the fake? 👀
AI-generated images are getting really convincing these days, and spotting what’s real vs. fake is becoming a huge challenge.
Think you have the “AI eye”? Test your skills with CCDH’s new “Spot the Fake” game 👇
https://bit.ly/4p5jemc
AI-generated images are getting really convincing these days, and spotting what’s real vs. fake is becoming a huge challenge.
Think you have the “AI eye”? Test your skills with CCDH’s new “Spot the Fake” game 👇
https://bit.ly/4p5jemc
Spot the Fake — Center for Countering Digital Hate | CCDH
Is this the real world – or is it AI fantasy? Test yourself and see how well you can spot AI-generated images. Play now.
bit.ly
December 27, 2025 at 6:08 PM
7/10 #AI_slop #Dead_Internet
"Low-quality AI-generated content is now saturating social media – and generating about $117m a year, data shows" #AI_slop
More than 20% of videos shown to new YouTube users are ‘AI slop’, study finds
More than 20% of videos shown to new YouTube users are ‘AI slop’, study finds
Low-quality AI-generated content is now saturating social media – and generating about $117m a year, data shows
More than 20% of the videos that YouTube’s algorithm shows to new users are “AI slop” – low-quality AI-generated content designed to farm views, research has found.
The video-editing company Kapwing surveyed 15,000 of the world’s most popular YouTube channels – the top 100 in every country – and found that 278 of them contain only AI slop. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 27, 2025 at 5:47 PM
"Low-quality AI-generated content is now saturating social media – and generating about $117m a year, data shows" #AI_slop
"The strange fate of Flight 2069" #Longreads
"A stall in an aircraft is nothing to do with the engine, but means that there isn’t enough airflow over the wings to lift the plane. It will begin to fall, and once the speed of descent reaches a certain point it is unrecoverable." @newstatesman1913.bsky.social www.newstatesman.com/long-reads/2...
The strange fate of Flight 2069
Months before 9/11 a passenger seized control of a Boeing 747 and nearly crashed it into the Sahara. Everyone survived but no one quite recovered. How do you measure the cost of a disaster that didn't...
www.newstatesman.com
December 27, 2025 at 4:17 PM
"The strange fate of Flight 2069" #Longreads
"Perun sademetsissä eristyksissä elävän mashco piro -alkuperäiskansan elintila kapenee. Metsänhakkuut ja laiton toiminta pakottavat kansan pois kotiseuduiltaan." #Culture #Society yle.fi/a/74-20190920
Eristäytynyt kansa Amazonilla koki jo kerran orjuuden – taas heitä uhkaa tuho
Kullankaivajat, huumeiden salakuljettajat ja teiden rakentaminen vaarantavat mascho pirojen elämää Perun ja Brasilian sademetsissä.
yle.fi
December 27, 2025 at 4:15 PM
"Perun sademetsissä eristyksissä elävän mashco piro -alkuperäiskansan elintila kapenee. Metsänhakkuut ja laiton toiminta pakottavat kansan pois kotiseuduiltaan." #Culture #Society yle.fi/a/74-20190920
Arte TV: Mozart's Requiem in the Basilica of the Sagrada Familia, Barcelona - Orchestra and Choir of the Gran Teatre del Liceu (available until 19.1.2026) #Culture #Spain
www.arte.tv/en/videos/12...
www.arte.tv/en/videos/12...
Mozart's Requiem in the Basilica of the Sagrada Familia - Orchestra and Choir of the Gran Teatre del Liceu - Watch the full programme | ARTE Concert
When a monument of sacred music resonates in a spectacular architectural setting: the Orchestra and Choir of the Gran Teatre del Liceu deliver a grandiose performance of Mozart's ‘Requiem’ within the ...
www.arte.tv
December 18, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Arte TV: Mozart's Requiem in the Basilica of the Sagrada Familia, Barcelona - Orchestra and Choir of the Gran Teatre del Liceu (available until 19.1.2026) #Culture #Spain
www.arte.tv/en/videos/12...
www.arte.tv/en/videos/12...
Coded language and memes: how 'Pop Fascism' smuggles disinformation and denialism into social media #Languages #Longreads #Propaganda
maldita.es/investigacio...
maldita.es/investigacio...
Coded language and memes: how 'Pop Fascism' smuggles disinformation and denialism into social media·Maldita.es - Periodismo para que no te la cuelen
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maldita.es
October 29, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Coded language and memes: how 'Pop Fascism' smuggles disinformation and denialism into social media #Languages #Longreads #Propaganda
maldita.es/investigacio...
maldita.es/investigacio...
"The Spanish city council of Terrassa, close to Barcelona, has decided to suspend the adoption of black cats until the end of this month to avoid their use in rituals or celebrations linked to Halloween." #Culture #Spain
Terrassa City Council in Spain has suspended the adoption of black cats this month to prevent the animals being used and abused in Halloween rituals to stop superstitions spreading during the spooky season.
Animal magic: Why Spain is stopping black cat adoption for Halloween
Terrassa City Council in Spain has suspended the adoption of black cats this month to prevent the animals being used and abused in Halloween rituals to stop superstitions spreading during the spooky season.
l.euronews.com
October 29, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Generative AI has made Amazon’s knockoff problem more inescapable than ever. Authors tell Rolling Stone it’s leaving them frustrated— and the internet worse in the process.
Amazon Is the World's Biggest Online Book Marketplace. It's Filled With AI Knockoffs
bit.ly
October 27, 2025 at 10:15 PM
"Wiretaps and arrest warrants reveal the intricate plot to build a database of high-level secrets — and blackmail Italy’s rich and powerful." #Cybercrime #Longreads
A hacker-built database gathered private and damaging information about Italy’s political elite to try to control them.
The scandal underscores a new reality: that in the digital era, privacy is a relic.
🔗 www.politico.eu/article/ital...
The scandal underscores a new reality: that in the digital era, privacy is a relic.
🔗 www.politico.eu/article/ital...
October 27, 2025 at 8:15 PM
"Wiretaps and arrest warrants reveal the intricate plot to build a database of high-level secrets — and blackmail Italy’s rich and powerful." #Cybercrime #Longreads
"We appear to be in the midst of a concerted effort by the world’s superrich to mould the institutions of Western democracy to their will—and as a means of building power and influence, buying media companies is a key part of this process." #Money_talks #News_media
Ellison characterizes his approach by paraphrasing Genghis Khan: “It is not sufficient that I succeed. Everyone else must fail.” Read Jem Bartholomew: www.cjr.org/the_media_to...
The CEOs of everything.
Larry and David Ellison are poised to become the Trump era’s reigning media moguls.
www.cjr.org
October 27, 2025 at 7:14 PM
"We appear to be in the midst of a concerted effort by the world’s superrich to mould the institutions of Western democracy to their will—and as a means of building power and influence, buying media companies is a key part of this process." #Money_talks #News_media
"Why every website you used to love is getting worse – The decay of Google, Amazon, and Facebook are part of a larger trend." Enshittification explained by Cory Doctorow. #Dead_Internet
TikTok and airlines have something in common with your search engine, your grocery app, and (increasingly) your car: They start out great, lock you in, and then quietly get worse while you keep using them.
Here's why 👇
Here's why 👇
Why every website you used to love is getting worse
The decay of Google, Amazon, and Facebook are part of a larger trend.
voxdotcom.visitlink.me
October 27, 2025 at 5:47 PM
"Why every website you used to love is getting worse – The decay of Google, Amazon, and Facebook are part of a larger trend." Enshittification explained by Cory Doctorow. #Dead_Internet
"Four of the most popular AI chatbots routinely serve up inaccurate or misleading news content to users, according to a wide-reaching investigation." #AI #News_media
BBC probe finds AI chatbots mangle nearly half of news summaries
BBC probe finds AI chatbots mangle nearly half of news summaries
Google Gemini worst offender with 76% error rate
Four of the most popular AI chatbots routinely serve up inaccurate or misleading news content to users, according to a wide-reaching investigation.…
dlvr.it
October 26, 2025 at 10:14 PM
"Four of the most popular AI chatbots routinely serve up inaccurate or misleading news content to users, according to a wide-reaching investigation." #AI #News_media
"If the internet were ever fully shut down, it is unclear if it could be started up again, says Murdoch. 'No one has turned off the internet after it’s been turned on. No one is really sure how it could be turned on again.'" #Internet
Could the internet go offline? Inside the fragile system holding the modern world together
Could the internet go offline? Inside the fragile system holding the modern world together
Behind every meme and message is creaking, decades-old infrastructure. Internet experts can think of scenarios that could bring it all crashing down …
www.theguardian.com
October 26, 2025 at 8:38 PM
"If the internet were ever fully shut down, it is unclear if it could be started up again, says Murdoch. 'No one has turned off the internet after it’s been turned on. No one is really sure how it could be turned on again.'" #Internet
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A Complete Digitization of Leonardo Da Vinci’s Codex Atlanticus, the Largest Collection of His Drawings & Writings
A Complete Digitization of Leonardo Da Vinci’s Codex Atlanticus, the Largest Collection of His Drawings & Writings
No historical figure better fits the definition of “Renaissance man” than Leonardo da Vinci, but that term has become so overused as to become misleading. We use it to express mild surprise that one p...
www.openculture.com
October 24, 2025 at 11:28 PM
A Complete Digitization of Leonardo Da Vinci’s Codex Atlanticus, the Largest Collection of His Drawings & Writings