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August 6, 2020
— the creators of Steven Universe and She-Ra reflect on queer representation in animation #
— though unlikely to be enacted, the White House’s proposed “Clean Network” would be akin to a new Great Firewall #
August 5, 2020
— unlike TikTok, you can’t download videos, they’re capped at 15 seconds, and the feed’s buried in a tab #
— the author wrote only the title and intro for each post, the AI wrote the rest #
— expanding on his popular Twitter thread; related: Charlie Warzel interviewed him about it for the NYT #
— Eugene Wei on how algorithms can form interest graphs at unprecedented scale without following anyone #
— incredible guitarist and songwriter, she’s a great Instagram follow #
August 3, 2020
— Lawfare looks at the legality of the White House’s order for ByteDance to divest via Nelson Minar #
— Duncan Robson compiled all his face-aligned rotating movie posters into a single video #
— singing a song about parenting while parenting via MetaFilter #
— needless to say, TikTok creators and fans are freaking out #
— that feels about right #
— Ed Yong’s cover story for The Atlantic is a deep dive into the U.S.’s catastrophic pandemic response #
