#mbjune Day 6: Contrast 📷

A close-up of a purple flower with a vibrant yellow center is shown against a dark background.

All the images from the challenge.

Replacing scrolling with microjournaling:

Microjournaling is exactly what it sounds like. Instead of setting aside 15 minutes to write in your journal, you’re going to shrink that to a minute or two. A microjournaling session could even last under 60 seconds. It’s just enough time to dash off a thought or two.

Or, y’know, microblogging.

Ghost 6.0 coming “in the next few weeks”.

Another step towards mainstreaming ActivityPub.

A cartoon-style illustration of a pug dressed as a superhero, wearing a red mask, red cape, and a blue suit with a large yellow number 6 on its chest. The pug stands confidently with its paws on its hips. Beside it, a smiling cartoon ghost with a simple white sheet-like appearance looks on proudly. The background is light blue with a few rounded clouds, giving the scene a cheerful and whimsical feel.

The leaked script for the Apple WWDC keynote…

10:35: “Here at Apple,” Federighi continues, “we believe in honesty, in accountability, in holding ourselves to the highest possible standards. And when we make a mistake, we hold our hands up and blame John Giannandrea. Get out here, John!”

😂

My wife’s first book is released later this month. I’m in awe of how much work a textbook takes compared to the books I’ve written.

#mbjune Day 5: Reflection 📷

A serene pond is surrounded by trees, with a small dock and a person in a red jacket visible in the distance.

Original 1980s #warhammer40k Space Marines, a relic of my long-ago teenage years.

#mbjune Day 4: Nostalgia 📷

Three miniature Games Workshop Space Marine figures in detailed, colorful armor pose on a surface with a blurred window in the background.

This is brilliant – a piece told in screenshots (which is probably an accessibility nightmare…) showing how ChatGPT’s confident tone can make complete bullshit seem plausible at first.

Read the whole thing.

Shadows fall, but light remains.

#mbjune day 3: Shadow 📷

A serene, dark beach scene is illuminated by the faint glow of a sunset or sunrise on the horizon.

Peter Bihr:

There’s a good chance we’re headed into a negative loop in which genAI creates slop that is custom-tailored for recommender AI systems to go viral, creating stronger incentives to create more slop — and all the while drowning out human-created as well as higher-quality content. Which we need, because participation and democracy needs us to have good info.

Compelling piece from 404 Media about the accelerating crisis in education driven by AI: Teachers Are Not OK.

We’re staring down a future where students exit education having learnt little but how to write good AI prompts, and then disguise the fact that’s what they did.

#mbjune day 2: Curve 📷

A close-up view of a car's air vent with a textured dashboard.

Well, I loved that season of Doctor Who, and hope we get a renewal soon.

I refuse to let the wave on online negativity around this show rob me of the genuine enjoyment I get from it.

Now we’re cookin’

Two marshmallows are being toasted over a campfire.

Preparing to do birthday sleep-over s’mores for my daughter and friends.

Charred logs and ashes are smoldering in a metal fire pit.

Perfection.

Honestly, the fact that they haven’t released Dugga Doo as a single to streaming is just leaving money on the table.

Mozilla is killing Pocket. Dammit.

Time to see how well micro.blog imports laaaaaarge Pocket libraries…

2005: the internet is amazing! This will transform our culture! 2025: Michael Bay is making a Skibidi Toilet movie.

Seriously proud of my year two journalism undergrads. They’ve shown both a real commitment to core journalism skills, but also finding new and relevant ways of expressing it for younger generations.

Some talent coming through there…

It almost makes marking painless. Almost.