#701 | Grass Armchairs, Community as Media & AI Hip-Hop
#701 | Grass Armchairs, Community as Media & AI Hip-Hop
We’re almost there folks. The launch of our Dirty Words COMMUNITY Report is just around the corner and everything it’s shaping up real nice. There’s way too much to cover all the incredible contributions from our members here, so best to keep an eye on our socials for updates and also a pretty special launch announcement 👀
In other news, we’ve just dropped a new Stories of Growth episode with Austin from Metalabel and Severin from Co-Matter talking about “What’s After the Creator Economy” which was recorded in person before their event at Protein Studios a couple of weeks ago. It’s a good one. We’re also really pleased to have launched the Anecdotal Archives website on International Women’s Day — s/o Kes and Princesa. You can read more about the project here 💚
This months playlist comes c/o AllttA who’s AI generated Savages track that (doesn’t) feature JayZ is a terrifying/insane glimpse into where music production is heading:
Right, time to get on with the links …
This website tells you how bad your music taste really is
Humanness in the age of AI
Space10 are running regenerative futures AI competition
Yes, CatGPT is here
Politicians spirit animals c/o Midjourney
How WIRED is using AI
Or is this the end of writing?
Community as Media by New Models founders is essential reading
The unstoppable uprising of young climate activists
It’s goodbye from gal-dem 😢
The forgotten cyberfeminists of '90s net art movement
ReD Associates on what it means to belong
How not to destroy your community
Armchairs made of grass is what we all need this spring
The misjudged City of New York rebrand and a critical response to it
There’s nothing comic about dyslexia
Boys Club on NYC bodega aesthetics
Unreal is getting unreal
WeAreRewind are bringing portable cassette players back and we love it
Anrealage debuts colour-changing clothes at Paris Fashion Week
And if you were wondering, an aperiodic monotile does exist
Saturn transits to Pisces
Aries season is here to turn your dreams into reality
So what does this mean for your sign?
Are you a strategist? Priy wants to know your star sign
And is the era of worlding upon us?
When Don Draper met Nouns
Why eat the rich will be the dominant creative narrative of 2023
Ozempic killed body positivity and why we need gross girls more than ever
How can technology expose body politics
Why crypto is a religion
Whatever the problem, it’s probably solved by walking
The Big Tired: Reflections on work hibernation
Zora’s Lexicon of Lorecore is here to help you navigate your feelings
And maybe it’s time we all slowed down a bit … readme.txt
Create your own online story world with Story.co
Dystopian grocery store imagines of a world where water is a luxury
Riotsville, USA was the original Cop City
Why do we stop exploring new music as we get older?
WTF is ALTÉ? by Native Magazine is a great film about the Alté scene in Nigeria
Wild Awake by Maarten Walraven and Sound of Fractures is an experiment in scene building
Indian sound clashes are f&*king insane
Eli Zeger has an appetite for redistribution
Epic opens up co-ownership for Fortnite creators
Substack takes it's first step to becoming community owned
Mint first, distribute later
Be sure to pre-order Matt Klein’s Audience Capture Zine
Chase Chapman, Julia Rosenberg + John Sterlacci on ownership
Twitter has open sourced it's recommendation algorithm
And you can read more on the details here
Because we all need to stop smoking the algorithms
As the internet is made of demons
Messari on the state of DAO funding and their data problems
Patrick Rivera on the future of web3 gaming
We’ve been really enjoying Seed Clubs recent dispatches
Congrats to LinksDAO for buying a golf course
10 ideas to get your web3 project started
ERC-2612: The ultimate guide to gasless ERC-20 approvals
Meta have quietly drops support for NFTs and the metaverse ☠️
Snack let’s your avatar go on a date for you
Sarah Rabia on ZINE
Black teen girls are the real curators of culture
Younger generations are less interested in preserving their own comfort
Inventing the American Teen-Ager (from 1958!)
FINAL WORD ・ #advertisingshitsinyourhead (from 2019)
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