"Hey if this is your flyer, I’m not going, I’m not donating, I’m not sharing. Don’t ask me."
https://www.404media.co/we-are-living-in-a-chatgpt-flyer-pandemic/
Librarians removing AI from phones and teaching people they have a choice. Not political. Just information literacy, same as fighting book bans. The real work was always about helping people think critically.
Excellent @jasonkoebler piece in @404mediaco about the cultural shift in real-world and online flyers ...
... as people start posting AI-generated ones that all have the same bland creepy look
https://www.404media.co/we-are-living-in-a-chatgpt-flyer-pandemic/
(unpaywalled just in case: https://archive.is/pNTQh)
Summer Witchcraft
Sources and bonus timelapse: https://www.peppercarrot.com/en/miniFantasyTheater/060.html
It’s Now Imperative That You Copy That Floppy https://hackaday.com/2026/07/07/its-now-imperative-that-you-copy-that-floppy/
#Retrocomputing #Datapreservation #Filerecovery #Floppydisk #Floppydrive #Greaseweazle
RE: https://2137.social/@13/116882105834185079
Pope Alice says THOU SHALT COPY THAT FLOPPY
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