harlan talib ockey
@harlanto.bsky.social
journalist, i have thoughts about music, will write a more interesting bio later (he/him)
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We're back!
First priority is to finally talk about "The Giver":
thesinglesjukebox.com/chappell-roa...
First priority is to finally talk about "The Giver":
thesinglesjukebox.com/chappell-roa...
Chappell Roan – The Giver – The Singles Jukebox
thesinglesjukebox.com
May 13, 2025 at 4:30 AM
We're back!
First priority is to finally talk about "The Giver":
thesinglesjukebox.com/chappell-roa...
First priority is to finally talk about "The Giver":
thesinglesjukebox.com/chappell-roa...
please check this out, everyone! there are so many great writers involved (plus also me), and the graphics are fantastic. thank you so much to all who worked on it :)
new issue of portable model available for preorder now!!! a bit delayed because my life was a mess for a couple months but here we are. it's all about the last five years. please consider ordering now as it really does help me so much !!
preorder: www.twoflatpress.com/shop/p/porta...
preorder: www.twoflatpress.com/shop/p/porta...
February 23, 2025 at 4:31 AM
please check this out, everyone! there are so many great writers involved (plus also me), and the graphics are fantastic. thank you so much to all who worked on it :)
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NEW: Want to know how Kendrick Lamar's incredible Super Bowl halftime show came together? I got the scoop for you.
www.wired.com/story/true-s...
www.wired.com/story/true-s...
The Wild True Story Behind Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl Halftime Show
From the start, Kendrick Lamar wanted to turn his life into a video game for his big Super Bowl halftime show. The team tasked with doing that knew what to do—right down to sourcing a vintage GNX.
www.wired.com
February 10, 2025 at 2:44 AM
NEW: Want to know how Kendrick Lamar's incredible Super Bowl halftime show came together? I got the scoop for you.
www.wired.com/story/true-s...
www.wired.com/story/true-s...
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NEW: Meta has quietly dismantled the system that prevented misinformation from spreading in the United States. Machine-learning classifiers that once identified viral hoaxes and limited their reach have now been switched off, Platformer has learned www.platformer.news/meta-ends-mi...
January 15, 2025 at 12:51 AM
NEW: Meta has quietly dismantled the system that prevented misinformation from spreading in the United States. Machine-learning classifiers that once identified viral hoaxes and limited their reach have now been switched off, Platformer has learned www.platformer.news/meta-ends-mi...
basavareddy hive rise 🦅
January 13, 2025 at 8:39 AM
basavareddy hive rise 🦅
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Writing tip: After you finish, go back & cut all the adverbs. Then all the adjectives. Then all the other words. Eat the paper. Now you're free.
January 9, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Writing tip: After you finish, go back & cut all the adverbs. Then all the adjectives. Then all the other words. Eat the paper. Now you're free.
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Wrote about what it's like on the ground in LA right now. Thanks to all who have reached out, we are safe. Love this city now and forever. 🌴
Watching the L.A. Fires Close In
What it's like on the ground in Los Angeles as a Santa Ana windstorm sparks unprecedented wildfires across the city
www.rollingstone.com
January 8, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Wrote about what it's like on the ground in LA right now. Thanks to all who have reached out, we are safe. Love this city now and forever. 🌴
two consecutive days of me immediately running to aus open qualifying after work has culminated in this
January 8, 2025 at 9:20 AM
two consecutive days of me immediately running to aus open qualifying after work has culminated in this
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I'm at @theverge.com today talking about digital decay, link rot, watching my work slowly being erased from the internet, and how it makes me feel like I am fading away.
What happens when the internet disappears?
Huge swaths of the web are vanishing. What does that do to our culture?
www.theverge.com
December 18, 2024 at 5:27 PM
I'm at @theverge.com today talking about digital decay, link rot, watching my work slowly being erased from the internet, and how it makes me feel like I am fading away.
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For years, the public has called them "fake artists." But internally at Spotify, the program has a name: Perfect Fit Content. My investigation, and the first look into my book Mood Machine, is the January cover at @harpers.bsky.social. Online now & on newsstands next week
harpers.org/archive/2025...
harpers.org/archive/2025...
December 18, 2024 at 7:58 PM
For years, the public has called them "fake artists." But internally at Spotify, the program has a name: Perfect Fit Content. My investigation, and the first look into my book Mood Machine, is the January cover at @harpers.bsky.social. Online now & on newsstands next week
harpers.org/archive/2025...
harpers.org/archive/2025...
obsessed with this story. no one thought to check with boulos enterprises who their ceo is before now?
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/12/w...
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/12/w...
Trump’s Pick as Mideast Adviser, Massad Boulos, Is a Truck Salesman
The lore around Massad Boulos, Tiffany Trump’s father-in-law, is that he is a billionaire dealmaker. Records show otherwise.
www.nytimes.com
December 13, 2024 at 10:12 AM
obsessed with this story. no one thought to check with boulos enterprises who their ceo is before now?
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/12/w...
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/12/w...
just realized i've been subconsciously confusing ml buch with mj lenderman. wow these are very different artists
December 12, 2024 at 5:15 AM
just realized i've been subconsciously confusing ml buch with mj lenderman. wow these are very different artists
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"The casual, intimate conversation style of social media makes individuals feel as if they’re seen, even if the content is directed to the masses," @jessmaddox.bsky.social writes.
Influencers become journalists
"Joe Rogan is a symptom of changing media systems, not the root cause."
buff.ly
December 6, 2024 at 4:06 PM
"The casual, intimate conversation style of social media makes individuals feel as if they’re seen, even if the content is directed to the masses," @jessmaddox.bsky.social writes.
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Feel like "fix the motion smoothing" should be replaced by "explain that ChatGPT isn't a search engine" when going home for the holidays now
December 4, 2024 at 3:28 PM
Feel like "fix the motion smoothing" should be replaced by "explain that ChatGPT isn't a search engine" when going home for the holidays now
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Newsletter: We're at peak AI - generative AI models have hit the wall where they won’t improve much further thanks to a lack of training data, killer apps or any kind of sustainable business model.
The results of a collapse could be catastrophic.
wheresyoured.at/godot-isnt-making-it
The results of a collapse could be catastrophic.
wheresyoured.at/godot-isnt-making-it
Godot Isn't Making it
Before we get going — please enjoy my speech from Web Summit, Why Are All Tech Products Now Shit? I didn’t write the title.
What if what we're seeing today isn't a glimpse of the future, but the new ...
wheresyoured.at
December 3, 2024 at 9:02 PM
Newsletter: We're at peak AI - generative AI models have hit the wall where they won’t improve much further thanks to a lack of training data, killer apps or any kind of sustainable business model.
The results of a collapse could be catastrophic.
wheresyoured.at/godot-isnt-making-it
The results of a collapse could be catastrophic.
wheresyoured.at/godot-isnt-making-it
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i really do think a not insignificant drag on general literacy is the way that trying to read anything longer than a single blurb results in browsers (*especially* mobile ones) absolutely imploding, thanks to draggy designs and overwhelming ads
December 3, 2024 at 2:24 PM
i really do think a not insignificant drag on general literacy is the way that trying to read anything longer than a single blurb results in browsers (*especially* mobile ones) absolutely imploding, thanks to draggy designs and overwhelming ads
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I came onto Bluesky an hour ago, and the first two things I saw were posts providing useful context for understanding the imposition of martial law in South Korea—the exact kind of thing that Twitter used to be so useful for in a developing crisis.
December 3, 2024 at 3:19 PM
I came onto Bluesky an hour ago, and the first two things I saw were posts providing useful context for understanding the imposition of martial law in South Korea—the exact kind of thing that Twitter used to be so useful for in a developing crisis.
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It’s fun to pretend the mistakes aren’t limited to the app and this is my 2024 total as a human being
December 2, 2024 at 9:39 PM
It’s fun to pretend the mistakes aren’t limited to the app and this is my 2024 total as a human being
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December 2, 2024 at 12:19 PM
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i made this graphic when too many people were quibbling with me on twitter but i never used it. feel free to use it if too many people are quibbling with you
December 2, 2024 at 8:27 PM
i made this graphic when too many people were quibbling with me on twitter but i never used it. feel free to use it if too many people are quibbling with you
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Holding court at Thanksgiving explaining that Drake was so hurt by the poems a man wrote that he filed suit in two states
November 28, 2024 at 7:26 PM
Holding court at Thanksgiving explaining that Drake was so hurt by the poems a man wrote that he filed suit in two states
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Big Tech is training AI on thousands of TV/film scripts. I spoke to showrunners, IP and business affairs lawyers — as well as the programmer at The Atlantic who examined this data set — to find out what happens next
The latest Series Business @theankler.bsky.social
theankler.com/p/tv-writers...
The latest Series Business @theankler.bsky.social
theankler.com/p/tv-writers...
TV Writers Found 139,000 of Their Scripts Trained AI. Hell Broke Loose
It's 'organized crime,' says one, as scribes from Shonda Rhimes to Robert King face a system where studio policy and law remain murky
theankler.com
November 25, 2024 at 6:46 PM
Big Tech is training AI on thousands of TV/film scripts. I spoke to showrunners, IP and business affairs lawyers — as well as the programmer at The Atlantic who examined this data set — to find out what happens next
The latest Series Business @theankler.bsky.social
theankler.com/p/tv-writers...
The latest Series Business @theankler.bsky.social
theankler.com/p/tv-writers...