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style="color:#2A2A2A;font-weight:Bold;mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;">🔓 WE’RE DOING A SUBSCRIPTION BUNDLE!!!</h2></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"> Ahhhh this is so cool. For the next 30 days, we’re running a heavily discounted subscription bundle deal. We’re teaming up with <b>Local News International </b>and<b> Spitfire News</b>. So if you hit the button below you’ll get premium access to all three of our newsletters for only <b>$12.50</b>. Wow! What a bargain! </p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"> Hit the button below to find out more. </p></td></tr><tr class="btn_row"><td valign="top" style="padding-bottom:14px;padding-left:15px;padding-right:15px;padding-top:14px;text-align:center;width:100%;word-break:break-word;" class="dd"><table width="100%" role="none" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="margin:14px auto 14px auto;"><tr><td align="center" valign="middle"><table role="none" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td style="background-color:#8cc182;border-radius:8px;mso-padding-alt:14px 20px;" class="btn"><a href="https://elink835.www.garbageday.email/ss/c/u001.ZE3yp4K2Y6WBUz6JXxBv2_tkG_GenfnS5TIFQZ1xZ_4wc2V6MbJ7V9c3R3KDRxfYuCVS4S8D_oCsHT86XGgF0p76GZKaJZMJjZDV97GF7YAxWKbztXDgAHuXGEkNIQSOkCiYEOV96v461eqPahNPFudeHoqujnPoLpcAiWMO3euM_gVrhBdWuSd7HxAZITItuOzOt2d_odOKSpCKrLS_Yw07vPVf2wvqjhpO9DCjuzp3_dmOw6RnF4bO3MfQQcbuHFDJ1QJE1pkxmz11VxXx-eFaQzp-kz0s1LwNG3FlFXw5LdSvdvBp92ECI2evZ-oiv4cCQzLFiXX6Orxnj4rEtQ/4qx/zZJ5ngA2R8CR8_DB7ep2lw/h3/h001.KeWuwz3QpsQb0JaCHyi1ktjQeqc5ZxF3twexJ6j44v0" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" style="background-color:#8cc182;border-radius:8px;color:#FFFFFF;display:inline-block;font-family:'Verdana',Geneva,sans-serif;font-size:16px;font-weight:normal;line-height:18px;padding:14px 20px;text-decoration:none;"> GET THE BUNDLE HERE </a></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"><i>Note: Ryan’s taking a well-deserved holiday break today. This is Adam’s issue.</i></p></td></tr><tr><td id="fine-ill-get-on-the-discourse-power" class="dd" align="left" valign="top" style="color:#2A2A2A;font-weight:Bold;padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;"><h2 style="color:#2A2A2A;font-weight:Bold;mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;">Fine, I’ll Get On The Discourse-Powered Skincare Bus</h2></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"> This week brings us a new milestone in the internet bleeding into real life. For two weeks, starting tomorrow, there will be a free public bus route in New York City that wouldn’t exist without a round of discourse on X from earlier this month. </p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"> This isn’t an official part of the city’s public transit, it’s a pop-up by the skincare brand The Ordinary. But the <a class="link" href="https://elink835.www.garbageday.email/ss/c/u001.ZE3yp4K2Y6WBUz6JXxBv2-_O-lT6RWSFRfEBYPyOxLVOZ-VPa8HSibKYQciN4MIaQfQ4HbA2NyqPvS_Ipus_0OESu7f14wSdyZRl4fgWn5Gf7TaeJS_SXK8qZLG1u6M-208VTrPdQlf1OMwD6V5ZPLcLRvrnMddDCvGt3z-cwfbemhakHAvX1Smf0Vp8qQcGPRNDwlnUzm0S28IQydL-ENWf4-PnuGcImCB_8Ue7JdC5xQ0op38M-zLSpR738xjcdP2zDbbsYv-Mz36gTjpVEQ/4qx/zZJ5ngA2R8CR8_DB7ep2lw/h4/h001.8XbPVqj_57Zkw3OzJM0FkYe9wgdASHE1hmKvFg7LtKs" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>website</span></a> for “The Ordinary Bus” treats it like serious municipal infrastructure. Which means that today I get to talk about New York’s MTA, which I’ve probably spent more time and energy studying than anything to do with the internet. </p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"> The inspiration for the bus seems to have been a <a class="link" href="https://elink835.www.garbageday.email/ss/c/u001._-qCIiYyp6dD21H99lwa0uwD7stY_VO3t1cIjx-mUdXy3W6ZRolqyUtTLTCvD38rNPUiuwFYZ4sd3Bep9mx_BcHkZZVp2dZGn-uClrOWrX8BRI_mDL_HrBWSNsI4lG6v-Y5kqT1Ujridc3jCX5xIUXnTeF3QK_kSnGPR1zz4BoQraF8rRWXzKsoc1EtrcGRuuLtp8J6dM_gc2wjt3MNBxNf77Za4FtTPf531-85pUI2V6jDRgpirMmDjwGHfV4nxiznTXSPFpkeTP7T4tC5_RQQDJDTjJCwqlhOZtC4Ns7Y11paos_0EzUkNqGDNjSqQ/4qx/zZJ5ngA2R8CR8_DB7ep2lw/h5/h001.pUMLMwSOnsDNz3bNVCJbKLe0TInB1CBWtZz4V4Jqv44" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>post</span></a> on X written on May 2nd, by @nazzobetweeting, who wrote “i love having to go through manhattan to go from brooklyn to brooklyn”. They added an <a class="link" href="https://elink835.www.garbageday.email/ss/c/u001._-qCIiYyp6dD21H99lwa0uwD7stY_VO3t1cIjx-mUdXy3W6ZRolqyUtTLTCvD38rH7A-Vs1J2_Jlh1gMgpqeZp8sDT-0xRzoM6t63BETBKuEUPENG4hkk7B2n4YS8ZqoJW2RTY0MGujThhyrtuS_l-n2bidukoXsAhBagxo3TMkikhqB0mQgFXXdyYSqk0VbMnfzQXbvtsgf3SM_P1AC1HcXJW-8656ITQaaizOGF2EyFdUhh_pJootHDt-40du-IcTzFvpIfopvgPQ_afj3jz48qgfcN3IEQx8B-_SpUbpZoP0SA81k3Uk4rgV_qeFu/4qx/zZJ5ngA2R8CR8_DB7ep2lw/h6/h001.lG8oR6Xn5DAcKabeMz-v9BaEwrFcabauKCynm6pVB1g" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>image</span></a> of Google Maps’ recommended public transit route between Williamsburg and Prospect Park, where the quickest option really is to go all the way into Manhattan and back. </p></td></tr><tr><td align="center" valign="top" style="padding-bottom:20px;padding-left:15px;padding-right:15px;padding-top:20px; " class="dd"><table role="none" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="margin:0 auto 0 auto;"><tr><td align="center" valign="top" style="width:630px;"><img src="https://media.beehiiv.com/cdn-cgi/image/fit=scale-down,format=auto,onerror=redirect,quality=80/uploads/asset/file/91f2b3c5-cb7a-4ef7-85cd-1b0985430e84/nn.png?t=1779732813" alt="" height="auto" width="630" style="display:block;width:100%;" border="0"/></td></tr><tr><td align="center" valign="top" class="t" style="width:630px; padding: 4px 0px 4px 0px;"><p>(<a class="link" href="https://elink835.www.garbageday.email/ss/c/u001._-qCIiYyp6dD21H99lwa0uwD7stY_VO3t1cIjx-mUdXy3W6ZRolqyUtTLTCvD38rH7A-Vs1J2_Jlh1gMgpqeZp8sDT-0xRzoM6t63BETBKuEUPENG4hkk7B2n4YS8ZqoJW2RTY0MGujThhyrtuS_l-n2bidukoXsAhBagxo3TMkikhqB0mQgFXXdyYSqk0VbMnfzQXbvtsgf3SM_P1AC1HcXJW-8656ITQaaizOGF2Ey441mVxgz9FmIb1bEOipt-8AlpDPXK18ELwDwD1Vjr8ouZ1zUsV4mlv41i3vBXQBfg73b1xy8TDLzFnrBtlek/4qx/zZJ5ngA2R8CR8_DB7ep2lw/h7/h001.jXpMYdW9OSgk7hjnsY1VO4Mr1SyyqWwTIzjEU2BbBQE" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>x.com/nazzobetweeting</span></a>)</p></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"> nazzobetweeting is nowhere near the first New Yorker to complain about this — as the only NYC-based member of the Garbage Day team who doesn’t live in Brooklyn, this is part of my job. And I’d think about it even if it wasn’t, since I’ve been keeping up with online chatter about the trains and buses since my earliest days online. I was a member of the <a class="link" href="https://elink835.www.garbageday.email/ss/c/u001.mG2J5p-Gk4O1mrTmzIG-u3dEu3k3srt_V7LFzMDJzJP4Sxssi57llikvTcrFmxN9hEbF6F76YyBwUHpaiekTz5Wqs5_9eAKCtDG3VWHk_CLB1kfhxo0H74qWvl6ER6Ic9jzfEIiEtAmqrB_UHtHPcW90N-BNyE1JqXHQKt5IoGGtKTx80xQiBFrv-r1ugEq7Yrud5t0SXEfZTOk_prkDw__kSKy2gkjLTRZOrwiCCnk-PHCyXAowUNcBC5QdiDDYr4AN5I-PSpJzbFE9ZhlgGxPMsol_czxAnOv5YZId4mb9x80MqdhU0hhK8rbD5lx2fLy3vjUCSR_iNgZ374EoctfgtieunUIaRgjGsnFoXfE/4qx/zZJ5ngA2R8CR8_DB7ep2lw/h8/h001.9N35vre9bYf3CKNMXFUJWl5ZQmcdjs-_bwPzOQas9KE" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>NUMTOTs</span></a> while I was still in my teens, Before that, I was an avid follower of <a class="link" href="https://elink835.www.garbageday.email/ss/c/u001.Qr6Ovh5taOidqUa5P-dRpVxx2lDkODGWI8MhQr8qFA-PZcHrB7BGmgCEsh593da4rME6wMzXV9SDHgXsoi48aulDaNHg-WMO8DYpxm0oN9Mglp9wKL7K1bnOgS8Mr9QY-tOOn_6xHdzk8w_aweIa0RifEdfG_DAHkCCd4HW4C_4wTO8P78XVKdf84mxntWl0z399VGn0N6lah2NUNslw6C4NjWm4oI1yIKjG3Vm2HpOQq8K3RlZbdxvtH0zYele6USUsY97yZGbSK7MPeoVS34087BvQVRjJ97twugAXZ_A/4qx/zZJ5ngA2R8CR8_DB7ep2lw/h9/h001.QAK6_CGEHKH_ecHE5m1N0MiDOHr1ijrONMCm10p4HMk" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>Andrew Lynch</span></a>, who got so much attention with his “<a class="link" href="https://elink835.www.garbageday.email/ss/c/u001.Qr6Ovh5taOidqUa5P-dRpVxx2lDkODGWI8MhQr8qFA-PZcHrB7BGmgCEsh593da4Z979xjLe2k9Fctpb_r6S_4kJG8z8C3fYsJmuh_n1UhcEtTJuiKrCMVd59FbzSeYPMx08iKc6IQwhU-kxY5bKUvHdZBlTBYzqqlhKt1sgzE32CNIeb7lxYXkL0ni8p4haPYzN6ahc_FTPI2SSuAAaRtwrV8qwzQ_-Fp2KHhTAccBP3KJ98AF4Xcf0qoq_YH-BcBDvb3yPNjarLPj7qtt-Z9EsYJQ9hMRl1xuZEPhzxc3_ekvpl1fPqK22q2ZIKsvN/4qx/zZJ5ngA2R8CR8_DB7ep2lw/h10/h001.sQr-d1Sf72ffSCzaOuK5J4a2u3DxIUP7VPhHBmD2-4M" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>future maps</span></a>” of the subway system that he started an <a class="link" href="https://elink835.www.garbageday.email/ss/c/u001.ZE3yp4K2Y6WBUz6JXxBv24SER6pH-VCYcSn-BSV5kFAcQpzIkek1u62eyatbLgabOhwLVx1zMI_tE5zRixJEiSAgWIdtKdpvc2e9wPZIVH3d-fKHoD6ErIM94XR2yqiCPx08gAInu1EChbEUjiIOqRz-_xXj2EGAv5ohyUcpG7wuhMnApWFj3tLdBpks-ZtTiDRAZAh_YAaVydFnCn500367rHUm_V_dDnTzUZZ4jas125B-o_Yf5VU8Z8ZasvRo7yJ0pKHilUAZK2RHM8QTwQ/4qx/zZJ5ngA2R8CR8_DB7ep2lw/h11/h001.PH11lRtMony01cgsVfVdNFXYlGLlLvj3n7R-lCVumL8" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>activist group</span></a> for one of the most popular options — maybe calling it “the retinol of Queens” would work better. </p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"> Because this one post seems to have made its own waves. The “brooklyn to brooklyn” post has received over 2 million views and 14,000 likes on X, and kicked off noticeable <a class="link" href="https://elink835.www.garbageday.email/ss/c/u001._-qCIiYyp6dD21H99lwa0g0YvWGAHCssoErWjRiSlPFJcl6sOg96PWwi-ZZsTS14lWwzySmrzhoXgS0Ngihvo53LjWwKwWIJIfd1hA6Ff30EEsWqP_wz1IRyM-A1dEFz1O4v4ggoi2Gi0xX09xsWcB1Km8K7OmPpSJDuC2jVXRz5jS1OWUtpJAxUZdcWzrfeMFUJhzJ8T1w7Q7GvVxPrZJaXg5hBKbBvXHdWs-7pppn8j8I10wEXOkmUl4MF1KAz6BxAorN6UYIPtYCB2heuwX2gGbjT3bZUoyawovyOpgdRkZQlEbdsDzG40fyqHDFE/4qx/zZJ5ngA2R8CR8_DB7ep2lw/h12/h001.IG5jsNbBcak6wVzZ-g7HcM3EdwlyyJn7Rs-jnnEaX8o" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>discourse</span></a> about getting around in Brooklyn. This one bit of impulsive frustration seems to have been enough to shape the route the Ordinary Bus will take, if not inspire its creation outright. The free bus goes from one corner of Prospect Park to the west side of Williamsburg — without the post, I would have expected its northern end to be somewhere in Bushwick, which has inspired its own share of <a class="link" href="https://elink835.www.garbageday.email/ss/c/u001._-qCIiYyp6dD21H99lwa0r-jwanniR6sqLFzzrmcvZPlYuwWXZCj9lhoWk8g-n-wEiLkuF3SbCtgWZb3ahhHvQ30YKWJyGbG2UYSYg3-vQSWz5-rOy0qom8lyv6OJYv_IzuXEmVWFwqlDtUD2hoTgCv2bK06MrqzEf-ErLts-P_I4FLnDXQGOZrkL_B4GkDHjqrEU8BbUIST4dWy1su0B8VX8Cvs3mL9dshy54e6qq04uiI62_4MlmHaKSGz2RA5BJoSIatwkjYlmdfanWTySuFlXgKJoulXYT4FvobksCc/4qx/zZJ5ngA2R8CR8_DB7ep2lw/h13/h001.yRvvNG3bkHBKNAB8fUdckIk7ZIp_f9ffjf6Ya61GQd4" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>viral discourse</span></a>. </p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"> Doing all this because of one X conversation cycle isn’t crazy in terms of the actual resources being committed. All The Ordinary had to do was rent a bus for a couple weeks, hire a driver, spin up a website and announce it. It was probably simpler and cheaper than their previous vaguely populist-looking pop-ups, like the indictment of <a class="link" href="https://elink835.www.garbageday.email/ss/c/u001.aAeN6yp8dFKxVQSiya0p6tKajdjlIdlHxBKHM6Zn7HZSll90zSeqtqRlI8qJQSrCFI1UeBujdQdxByQ5IOc6O121A7PQj-hGtVLF1J5uO8EIIsV7lXPxYhcN2Zy2LUZfMlRi9U1BkMeSvEn1hcjSjQSrVgMb5-q3h4wFAnO7UvQB6PEEdtVFmpghBYhmqVvHh5SGpxOcGsFHInWMm6vRRtEFNnTdqRi0YB6LiRviRy8iju_lkk7_nK951BEBkXGFZq_P57muHA8nGCkE67JFLLyuCtbuAGpvsiQKL_yJ6HiqOboq_OGEEeGFx2GwytamO454R8YubTdJwO6E_O2TqZ3kZfoXiMado2V5vdKYL35jCxhtURL0OtD09z9H4tVZ/4qx/zZJ5ngA2R8CR8_DB7ep2lw/h14/h001.cDLXw3UA2u8J0HuirU8z5ESt8Lwy1tdBIXLkWSeWyAc" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>celebrity endorsements</span></a> they did last year, which didn’t stop them partnering with influencers to show it off. </p></td></tr><tr><td align="center" valign="top" style="padding-bottom:20px;padding-left:15px;padding-right:15px;padding-top:20px; " class="dd"><table role="none" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="margin:0 auto 0 auto;"><tr><td align="center" valign="top" style="width:630px;"><img src="https://media.beehiiv.com/cdn-cgi/image/fit=scale-down,format=auto,onerror=redirect,quality=80/uploads/asset/file/b575f441-f957-4423-97d2-3d27245339d6/banner.png?t=1779733016" alt="" height="auto" width="630" style="display:block;width:100%;" border="0"/></td></tr><tr><td align="center" valign="top" class="t" style="width:630px; padding: 4px 0px 4px 0px;"><p>Free idea for anyone in Brooklyn: Invite some friends and turn this into the <a class="link" href="https://elink835.www.garbageday.email/ss/c/u001.aAeN6yp8dFKxVQSiya0p6kYmoAjEOZsQDwL0YhCHmK5kQ3huMDBrbhaO7DKAVcAvkb1Hyyz0kYZKOSt-QJTcWQig5QMb94_H0znnXsRPthEvKQ-IQMoHNr5QEWGChuFSMIU79sxCHx7KOAA4ydBlRecULzoz62N7s83zQZ4r1WnJgPRMyDKvo7vKXgkmvCOgVkxgb3u5EH49Pe6zcvjY2IVoXweNDOhIl7RoBAwIFdRYtTVEDFGKf_ZFn9ewRVqQ1v1Qvxe-yzKMnb8kx8DigB3vjUhwbG5LxRNkV3J7XeGp10WTQ_DNYFXR9wvjo2fgouQzLYEHV73NI3RsHePtnk5VepZNyLH3TGSVbKMJ5XkYta9wirB5aJLvPjGMwfBV/4qx/zZJ5ngA2R8CR8_DB7ep2lw/h15/h001.HJSHjLR01EhSEE242AIsgS3HfFjVEo67PQ2SGrmSPMk" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>down with cis bus</span></a>.</p></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"> Here, they’re treating the bus as something similarly noble. Their <a class="link" href="https://elink835.www.garbageday.email/ss/c/u001.Qr6Ovh5taOidqUa5P-dRpQYE8RIusqUvBbezVOx50XpJcPQKu1n-HYhoHmWTJvt1OiRFfMNApP7hhV7s2b0tKuCRo45N7WVViFvYUMZSD3oymqN8kZNtdg-S9-Mk0R5nnssTlUTebhWiT4ZEMZspfEkZh12yeKlaj-NCq17gWpm4bqC5qmEaKqHxGfwF2-67lQEIyafud0ns7lCh0pLPUULwvIqvxrgS5tR_iHGLo6CXlN13AdcTQBbUgqZPszW3Ujp6qj1DOI3xmgttWQM88FI4To11n_yQCscflA73B8osb9-uBNtgFVAyvMU0LR4x/4qx/zZJ5ngA2R8CR8_DB7ep2lw/h16/h001.XSQrh4jVV9_f-ubJNSIWYnZqJHtwGcACxQHOGOT0KIY" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>announcement</span></a> starts “Brooklyn has a transit gap that shouldn’t exist”. The website gets even more high-minded, saying the company’s philosophy “doesn’t stop at skincare”, and they’re applying it to “the city itself”. Which is a little out of pocket if it’s really happening because of one person’s annoyed post. But one post isn’t the only factor here. </p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"> Free buses were a signature policy of Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s campaign — there were some pretty idiotic <a class="link" href="https://elink835.www.garbageday.email/ss/c/u001.Qr6Ovh5taOidqUa5P-dRpQYE8RIusqUvBbezVOx50Xp7CtUuMLWws0dcq_ny6eHyKxImtQYQqsy-_KxjH2GfddKWN5R-RJs8zX5Dy7nsCq4T0IyzhyaRHQNPoMToVM3ISzCtZO3VwzpxflSVHgJ4yH4BdU7PQoX_fyGCZhX63l-0BfNjmakMSFBE-hWDYa4ywJNaRRvjMGdA9h6p1meCaW8bfDN0ASJG9txqQrmTo8ZSWpEkJVgyxE39SEhCaYx6BO9hIjd7T47mLHrFlSujTaz_vNFeUMbwAzZvjL8LPdM/4qx/zZJ5ngA2R8CR8_DB7ep2lw/h17/h001.vliVytV0KB4ol1BiEAyqHPlFnOI4qh0fgOrl7-ihQJM" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>complaints</span></a> when he took office the same day as a fare increase. The bus wouldn’t be the first pop-up directly inspired by one of his campaign promises. That honor goes to the <a class="link" href="https://elink835.www.garbageday.email/ss/c/u001.Qr6Ovh5taOidqUa5P-dRpUSZDdCffi-LSZI-bzeqf7vQCqAKW501suBlJsm9kN48W5Luolh3T3gsPdEuTd8gBb5AfvzjKh3eM2JDofKH04R-M6p8OvZipnQaK_WP-F5Zg_Py8spr9Zhn0ls-2hBNxeOYuok6wb2SklcmaS82mUMm3DgTxmdWtotEVojrGobXdIy8O8RfQfMZe91eQJe21QH1uwvMN5W8NtX9X8DejH0NncxoQbAN5AEnC9_1Sp1Z0utLsb2ltAe2wepB49ucTjMTOtVm43xDOk04hXuoIlKVgXj5jo6jByrZsLDtfX5ccRorUBUxV3krydk-AUB2frEqeGP-9KQ0uQLQkyHrCyFlirFPQEPtQLNdMU3St5lB/4qx/zZJ5ngA2R8CR8_DB7ep2lw/h18/h001.8_Gw5GXBxwfxQPs0Y5JOzBqge2Yf3GikY4Q-fTAGq3o" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>free grocery store</span></a> that the prediction market Kalshi briefly opened in February (Polymarket opened <a class="link" href="https://elink835.www.garbageday.email/ss/c/u001.Qr6Ovh5taOidqUa5P-dRpZYGjAhgVtmZZ1D2u9N4oUbLRjaCa47bAyKcRD_9pnHcJafIr5xnE5KXO1bu2nJ6_3X0wWwwYPV6gWvQl6DJuG_l1n6bhUZ_v-qljbvu6KxQIVjlsQ3zpRF9S-iK096taQWUQWK7Fr_0PZE3uOAUUyw3mqdllBQsB8w0jxWvjQDPPNAwIFRXQAJPKh5yuuP1e6kQOsQdKqetpqn3jaJRykhst79QRjXOdOBV7KXwrdVL9YQ_kRzMYqHvVvt5IORMouPYdNZhUZPvaGhyfcfkrxS3MoixUUbFVozx6E5ZuKTJ8g7qJMty1q0SCln9SXgBSFm29VMWP95ppa3vLPSt2GE/4qx/zZJ5ngA2R8CR8_DB7ep2lw/h19/h001.RKb-4YG4_GO3KBn-_cnsqg9qnRmlzNT36K0pl-IwiTk" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>their own</span></a> not long after). It seems to barely matter to these companies that Mamdani is a politician — he’s a popular online figure, and whatever attention they get from these promos will primarily be downstream from him, like they’re guests on his show. </p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"> Even so, mass transit is a lot more serious of a space to play in. The Ordinary’s ad copy shows they understand that, and they’re cosplaying urbanism for the audience of a single X post anyway. In some ways, it’s the same thing I’ve called “<a class="link" href="https://elink835.www.garbageday.email/ss/c/u001.Qr6Ovh5taOidqUa5P-dRpe1McpL1EdNErS546cDbqU3XJ5_sZuba1vfLHc5Y1Rn6NdELsLB4DhennJbxb9zIY8_XL0YCB73jaDq8HD0__Ed6eN2VAtNXSpxFfWdRl1gryP5Fz0VF9Mv3C6m2uTbYoLnok7zwizvDSVppCmxPMJ50DI8WmXmZUrQEThxqY4urJFmp9Cni8x7rRDRL4NFcPp0Gk_KImMEqV4WPm3HGCHjXS119P7NyGsBTr9quikfbXZwSFCRYYl3qTTRZl1GFq7byPfg5O4ig6jS-g82xioJiBp_de5Bn1p6cpNHpssEnAkdt52L8BG5uRw4c4Ync5LkFmjSwe2pxBZXWck9F4919llYWmgaSixgIvMYPUHTkb_uYdtoLeBtL8jGFHWGBjCzwJY3LdrEA4XWNrTopYqLRdeHzbxGfwFEz4TP70vcvKDK4Nc6rvpVTPGKSTj0ku-kkdoUgmvC6Ahzg0OAaNTJRwNsgzD4aTQWmDbBwRtRUKVjsuj_3IGKBtakn5oS_dDAwoqKVfq_zGTGZABLXUXGMSgp3KtB-yfLuspgN5AL04pkNjAuf8haQcJxXkBSs_2DVqZtO_zSF3Lsrm7-bTxLfUXhfbZOf5MLYGmzzSF1gCgOXba20eUlq8ETMAjitCegVNNdbILVnalUxaM2UkOxtThVMO3ki-BUkKP3jNh5JnseKHSPsaijbhPk2HDgmaypSAb0c13GirS7Cg3E0_w8FBf52L8wpsqSUHqIXSdyxsFZvpXuV1-h4KUMwdJHLjvm5YEVMIB36CLGiAcQDKiO2oF2bIQcdk41y8_5-H2BA/4qx/zZJ5ngA2R8CR8_DB7ep2lw/h20/h001.UTQIkxuXFxtQbu1i2hufMsPAh6Ltj6n3QhXbG8r3diY" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>LOLgislation</span></a>”, treating random posts, ads, and serious government policy as one and the same. </p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"> But this is one of the few times I’ve seen the process work on a policy I don’t just support but personally <i>yearn </i>for. And it’s definitely given me perspective on how intoxicating it can be. In my very earliest days of browsing the web, going through the archives of <a class="link" href="https://elink835.www.garbageday.email/ss/c/u001.lCjQVVVSMXEwG__Y0-pC7D5Pen7ihrlcWbd2IpxqYVTlzlGQpOIHt4fF3tHdd9je9ccZHvO08HrU7CYKrUTb-gs4hhud_i23yyH8yGQ4kf9NxGK-cc6GnMyOqwAW3KuuWwxvOVUQro2668u23i5jyVlm1gJmI3OULDyFmoxtbIHtDGjvu6IkmKbAC6URLD3j7HkhMwc0XLi0NCVEquge6VIFumPzkekXL6smAibzHu4pcyw4L1XZZHKDITO8smAiSd2HXaggHbqXTDPP9hMnbA/4qx/zZJ5ngA2R8CR8_DB7ep2lw/h21/h001.9N3H0cEpPt6q1dPKKfqo8ilhK62Ufsy4KUYZidyTTDQ" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>NYCSubway.org</span></a> on my parents’ iBook G3, the whole thing felt impossibly magical. The idea that if enough people complain about the buses online they’ll just start a new one is similarly magical. </p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"> It’s not real infrastructure, but everything has to start somewhere. And if it really does make Brooklyn travel a little easier for a brief time, then I’ll take all the cleanser samples they give me in the bargain. </p></td></tr><tr><td align="center" valign="top" style="font-size:0px;line-height:0px;padding:30px 0px 30px;" class="dd"><table class="j" role="none" width="50%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td> </td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"><i>The following is not an ad, it’s some good old fashioned promo for promo. If you’re interested in advertising, email Ryan at</i> <span style="text-decoration:underline;"><i><a class="link" href="mailto:ryan@garbageday.email" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" clicktracking="off"><span>ryan@garbageday.email</span></a></i></span><i> and let’s talk. 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Accept no imitators! </p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"><a class="link" href="https://elink835.www.garbageday.email/ss/c/u001.mG2J5p-Gk4O1mrTmzIG-u2b3E4QgY8nuDpx5If56DHvEQlywsWIRktpOVKX4ye63Mzh0_L9AxwXANNLkJb0UourSiSmWB8IXJfIjdKkzxCiYD6nFLl6UCr2PM1BN_Cqy5SZn-uG44z0w4TYVpsgFXcoKFVZAvRqtzUn0hWbrXJNXWuvPh-HkUU3fDpdRSj-I09OK-JxDI-9eD3dZqDeBRWyG6U7F3-64GeUsT-7P79msfEJW4Dzz5F0sAF-9Snyg0A5I2R3bLSiDRZTwmlUXZA/4qx/zZJ5ngA2R8CR8_DB7ep2lw/h23/h001.kBC6Eop6XNeWUdX5GrmaZhjVTBIq4jhA6CVS_0F88TU" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>Check it out here.</span></a></p></td></tr><tr><td align="center" valign="top" style="font-size:0px;line-height:0px;padding:30px 0px 30px;" class="dd"><table class="j" role="none" width="50%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td> </td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" valign="top" style="color:#2A2A2A;font-weight:Bold;padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;"><h2 style="color:#2A2A2A;font-weight:Bold;mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;">Some More Public Transit Glazing</h2></td></tr><tr><td align="center" valign="top" style="padding-bottom:20px;padding-left:15px;padding-right:15px;padding-top:20px;" class="dd"><table role="none" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="margin:0 auto 0 auto; max-width:420px;"><tr><td align="center" valign="top" style="width:100%;"><a href="https://elink835.www.garbageday.email/ss/c/u001.Qr6Ovh5taOidqUa5P-dRpQYE8RIusqUvBbezVOx50Xqu0zbboowXcewpDBvb4TwErfrI0Xu2IcV193u5vqbE_BgyXc12k7l8NjbNIboFcjwulfE-79J4l_V-ZjLIwrGaiVoLYxxorgDzEoX0kAXOvzj4go0kxWopZkK3bZgyrQc/4qx/zZJ5ngA2R8CR8_DB7ep2lw/h24/h001.osnc8juDcH7asKQLsyahF_epvrwrnFBbQ6rJV3baNWQ" style="text-decoration:none !important;"><img src="https://beehiiv-images-production.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/asset/file/01689562-ec66-41a2-9bc1-e30d1d96aac1/instagram_screenshot_DYU78AENGpl_1779732240_0e85f5d3.jpeg?t=1779732243" alt="Instagram reel screenshot" height="auto" width="100%" style="display: block; width: 100%;" border="0"/></a></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="center" valign="top" style="color:#2A2A2A;font-weight:normal;padding:0px 15px;text-align:center;"><h6 style="color:#2A2A2A;font-weight:normal;mso-line-height-alt:87.5%;">(<a class="link" href="https://elink835.www.garbageday.email/ss/c/u001.Qr6Ovh5taOidqUa5P-dRpWGhujkeuKjmjhk8nbx3_JEZ0KSH19UKAfou8GxF9EjVXDU1h2nkha0xCSnq-2uHGY0J_CNGJNZrabCgeGMLetVzaOffOcjQZfi7wohAlXZe6TXWf4L5HMXYHOBX78mIi19LQGfRn41TAS0lUt8XpdpWJzO-TXsgD2DswwF1UJfFqckqyYg0fIHshSn984JoliHTSQfT_wnfdF0Q-ZAVj7wNQlbtQ80t7icTQoW1ZT05/4qx/zZJ5ngA2R8CR8_DB7ep2lw/h25/h001.Kou_KHoBjFee-QP3ounRAjeJLjv5ICa90NX1m1ndnnc" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>https://www</span></a> <a class="link" href="https://elink835.www.garbageday.email/ss/c/u001.RIIx9iIw2vtvRtJJojiavpP-zCL7IaVuSor2R_DeDsugEwdm6JponYFBqiR5NZPL2JVR0WtYKlfnl7nCNAcBiza6mLvIO4YwqiK1WKsEsOhDcsMQFze6q6FjDtvfi_k1TJJPAHkdEX66qzheSNUY5evrhgNP90cMjgaiCXMoIojmKEFhUImT9ZhMgZo-6yp9D6efTrcSFO-hUThiwDf9zohtg2QAkYK5X3sxTDDcNw116QdxLs4oKHAJBKk1uTErnxI7Kn3Ns-4zTVH8CoxwevZAi2pZHnxlb99CsoALf2o/4qx/zZJ5ngA2R8CR8_DB7ep2lw/h26/h001.cn00hCCGL6QPZHN6FxO6lWNhWIn-_wsJL0gPjlPpB8M" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>instagram.com/reel/DYU78AENGpl/</span></a>)</h6></td></tr><tr><td align="center" valign="top" style="font-size:0px;line-height:0px;padding:30px 0px 30px;" class="dd"><table class="j" role="none" width="50%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td> </td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" valign="top" style="color:#2A2A2A;font-weight:Bold;padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;"><h2 style="color:#2A2A2A;font-weight:Bold;mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;">Who Is The Bad Art Chatbot?</h2></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"> Earlier this month, the literary magazine <i>Granta</i> <a class="link" href="https://elink835.www.garbageday.email/ss/c/u001.ICO3RdfKrkjlmxb-SQqsMvgmEAI6dQ8QJ_3rvMd4W0ie8KLc-QRvEeFPsSWJU2mbqLmijCy3SBnJqJ397ZfwHJ1DBsc9kFEoRetgYvPhMXs07iW8rsZxmoW0REzlIvtW9_QNsxZQ7Z9G8-DTKk-vIEerFDo5rRiPe8i4WDtEQ7KzzU_JKWTzCPOrItQJ4emIzgvXvJOLZkvtibrvHaLgxBjr3aSOK4b_OXcQuZJbyn3r2pik11kNNtnBB7qNHJXNIVnx-u-yulyM5HUBaeyKe43bt6-StW9RL8l0kLGUb3W1YF4z2Pu-MY8rb91g6fj0pDO_v6fJQu4XfnXtM15cM-14H5OgnFnkUDicDxcSu68/4qx/zZJ5ngA2R8CR8_DB7ep2lw/h27/h001._iw03QK9ExdERmBVgWypmUbvx4YVONvJHW27oBLFlKY" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>published</span></a> “The Serpent in the Grove”, a prize-winning short story. Last week, people who actually read the story began <a class="link" href="https://elink835.www.garbageday.email/ss/c/u001.lb1dIn65uO3MH7EGkQFpCfewSVK-hM0CUfuqUE1rBJ9xRAEGWstGxluc74kD5cV2OfqiWbKe6EEtoK8D3sFEVUYbyLCoOPspgSxbaaFjlBaisd4t4v0aRBFDike8l8rVtAlkTQo90_I0_LhYc5ZIsDE5N3O6GsjtyQNiQEmOIhyhNxPt44MESsBnWk_KRH7OstY3Ql4wMb128CJaqarafC3klnuGT2e_pVBsYA9SdgjkVNeLvQm2c7mQ8kqxVtC2XnMySMUu2S-vTMkNYyNfog3aLLNnfUOrOHuupY6pQm0daEyRurTAKTsmKVrthG2E/4qx/zZJ5ngA2R8CR8_DB7ep2lw/h28/h001.OiC6qw85eXDVYCqNCloWudkDl2TGnx3O2izG7lnSgpk" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>accusing</span></a> it of being completely AI-generated (people almost universally agree it was). The magazine released a <a class="link" href="https://elink835.www.garbageday.email/ss/c/u001.ICO3RdfKrkjlmxb-SQqsMoBn__lr-Jeo_frmWxo7IyxJ6t3pl58VAxe6haJIxa4Rn52LlNilAne3h-sLNpM-a5J3zGkoNUJHARMWf8zBh9JiZv95lNBaNdiFVntOyr_IcZht4GwsdPvf_OCcjPToR_8ec1QO4jPYxeBAh5avtV5AhyxmNFG1EzZimxyjVCWtp_QFrNtJfzOXgHTK7ZiwBYHtZMVm7OKua0mektzD997L5BX21adave4k2bvFz3k74lnsi5OYiSLgcEHEwGo7uAm_V956MaZro84lMzDKQ_pFg_ZILTgWBC_YbUfzNBpwuYR5-5e5MeltRgE-j0XZ1fMUg_OR9r34wY9O-7mU5WA/4qx/zZJ5ngA2R8CR8_DB7ep2lw/h29/h001.XSuQQrx-JirKLwRUwhOccdbAzvarULCCi-1Lqv_s1AE" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>statement</span></a>, saying they tested the claims by…uh, asking Claude and shrugging. Others are questioning whether the story’s author <a class="link" href="https://elink835.www.garbageday.email/ss/c/u001.gCOUbOB2RhNWIqUcLDafGxLGl1ZM-FYq58xkbShrUjWI87LC17ObDFILRJqMAqanWqZ77pO1Ir8KPdRHp69xM_HQE5sVoMgU_8voTeaUGPCfinkPvU7rtqZ2xIfmv_wQg4Lpew3Z7wvAeWxy9YsBboXOadoQBWy4BubZLX_1uKg1V_3A7mlzbHJ6TD2TAwGFIILyjkQekmOAkrxvrBEs35tovPk09uVClk9a2v6jOqjCLiUJjlqOleXAz795iX7NTU5Oq5MR1KKn5gxAJN9YkFM3Cc1x6-A_kCw4lkQ15ryJzMYwgiK9RcW89lQjywTawnatEu1j6mPXqMoSlO56JLCilaqcZNoPi36or7qaif7ejywGZ73BiQ2NcZi9Xq-XCoMxoda_EXgRej2sg587hw/4qx/zZJ5ngA2R8CR8_DB7ep2lw/h30/h001.XzLzQyyHdC2dubM1FZQyojSu36Ew8KdXAp61xX6lDRA" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>exists at all</span></a>. </p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"> The most interesting take on this shitshow came from Tuhin Chakrabarty, who <a class="link" href="https://elink835.www.garbageday.email/ss/c/u001.ZE3yp4K2Y6WBUz6JXxBv23jpnSBb0Uni_WhpvtY54Hno81ZRUNVRArLALDlYPvDKyN1SKIhDUGuc6a4iE6cyaW4TlgIBzSyaINAidpFepsOWofUOYhNg_SCTxL23Sch5g8ku0QxuVygYX1i5KEohj6putheFLgaUaNMIJWjCKEwgz4OQXV7OtYye8Wvlu0gZMagXyjNsoTmxMSYKUvNgbsn_E9G01sBV9-mZZ7DmmlobiY-f8oB0RG27iKs-cjXagDlamGNKDl0rCEwfd_-o2fFVyv4WCVWxAUzjSdSeZyGgwQmd0DMnfEy1R2GSiPEPII1za6rnM9wVuDgJ5mdzeQ/4qx/zZJ5ngA2R8CR8_DB7ep2lw/h31/h001.PbKSr94zzCYQoMwvD_RN3va4kCN-17_IQCqQuco0wRY" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>ran searches</span></a> on each string of text in the story, and found that many of the weirdest turns of phrase came directly from stories on AO3 or Wattpad, which were then awkwardly shoved into new contexts. </p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"> It’s all a massive example of “<a class="link" href="https://elink835.www.garbageday.email/ss/c/u001.LtzUlAKCirGJRoepixF6cDmh0NB1fL4F_Sh0u6QOl2n57U6OFvcMnJdjkvveo_PuaIL6riQdP9K4s7WcW1RxbseWSp_yfkdJJ_Fb3kN9RRtemJHid8d_-Nbh0dkw1uemDOHDUKFCT8NHPuIQ70axTK5Svr2NOfoLRUWZZ2TJQWzZdt2BofC0MeH8VeX0DNlV_5xk2nzoDGPY4CYkzjH4dym449rt566u_T22L2glmh4EU5LB0CAQkWfMIww-uPXPySrnefOO8IV-ma9egnvlx8h9JOp7NBpZLSfpWKOPQjI0Kl1ngFw1yMVyHO6U0hfJeSqnaRefv9Ec83U_WpmULEfp5sKlLExfoaxfSLhElUM/4qx/zZJ5ngA2R8CR8_DB7ep2lw/h32/h001.KFu3msU6Z2XlUFG7dZuPMyCKGVlBcSkbu8YYGFcwYFE" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>genre glitching</span></a>,” where AI-generated text briefly uses completely inappropriate registers of language. It’s most noticeable when the chatbot starts talking like a commercial — or, as I found, vice versa. I did my own searches for the weirdest phrases Chakrabarty isolated, and found verbiage directly from the story in places like a <a class="link" href="https://elink835.www.garbageday.email/ss/c/u001.Qr6Ovh5taOidqUa5P-dRpZwkqYP-avcNuANIyOatEDS0slAPnnzmH5OPVoF2dRYKh6TGrqHKgZV-YMD3fboh8IQG0HHXiJX0u6ocVkFXzbG4Nilpco9TIYDZo9rrciBz3CI73pD6yRptv2sWeslqX3SmkY2cMrnrmrLHt__SWNZT9s8y6l32jFPhYJiAl8-dfdg8lVOWLsGj8XKh13bVMNJ4EE516xmv_FjulHKpHWVof_GnpY15SKClZwA11IjEQseTB3rUvwC05gM4JlHQu13lLzwIyJcX7LG4Aw33zCk/4qx/zZJ5ngA2R8CR8_DB7ep2lw/h33/h001.YoSlR8_fQZf3T4S6ffhHgP4yQFSC9mxU4mLh89tGjUU" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>Wisconsin construction company</span></a> or a <a class="link" href="https://elink835.www.garbageday.email/ss/c/u001.ZE3yp4K2Y6WBUz6JXxBv2yAbE70vbtpz0DzE4mala-fUVyvLokJaY-TkRqb9FhiK73hhfO7fuQcaEhNxiyb8mVNiGpzWSvniIxGj_4kegtHX7BcgEZupW5eQuaAl6ub_WpQdP5s0tbpkR1aCdTiYQUR-Q_aVelXNn24ssn6xIDpN2O5IqgtXwsO5_gHLSvMqcEiAfKkpfoaAhewLIAXoqrlLJDpys9KcOEuPuTeYaRKHxi8Pkj4fkzK_kXSszAX08ekHF0sSXotJNxuT0i2vqL-AyZdnkGDfEMfYIIjxueE/4qx/zZJ5ngA2R8CR8_DB7ep2lw/h34/h001.IH6zoWO3nVc_z5JCxKd3IEhYy1TNcwWAWww9wm4HOmE" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>German tourism</span></a> site. In a bigger smoking gun, I also found it in the AI-generated response to <a class="link" href="https://elink835.www.garbageday.email/ss/c/u001.Qr6Ovh5taOidqUa5P-dRpcOY-BMJnDxjM3PvLo1L82hYuHi-EVpsi5hFD7IQ1iQueWUFWbg7nCU0QtCC1fm3ov2yV9gBh8BnK6mpmbmzU7DUpnO-nx3d5eDWAZEWMmiIfrZaV6PRbCjXJwB92VhmqMkqnlrH0MrvAKqyZCiAaZVJsRjJrOZj2D16g6ATQT3X54KyIqSN8X9sopgmFCspClna3Vbt3eaKWZVQK-XFQ-Kn1qtAmyXAPJdI_7oR1OzmKEp4hkH48NtTw8OoPRJd3chd5EaopcrejMQVSM23th2GEAqOQsAwqH3UKo8I6HhTDcwLnIWHScBPGaU6xNGWkyuA6aD3gqhqN1UV9Y6NTRB__tdbUuNDauQqj0WiewcjcGarj9hDLJBk5Ccd4VNxsg/4qx/zZJ5ngA2R8CR8_DB7ep2lw/h35/h001.3fyX7Oy0NU20hYybwbrymKu_oXkq88HoG1sZnUkshio" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>this Quora question</span></a> about using more descriptive language in creative writing. </p></td></tr><tr><td align="center" valign="top" style="font-size:0px;line-height:0px;padding:30px 0px 30px;" class="dd"><table class="j" role="none" width="50%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td> </td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" valign="top" style="color:#2A2A2A;font-weight:Bold;padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;"><h2 style="color:#2A2A2A;font-weight:Bold;mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;">Ruining Graduation Ceremonies Is So Hot Right Now</h2></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"> May is graduation season, and recently that’s meant a lot of commencement speakers getting <a class="link" href="https://elink835.www.garbageday.email/ss/c/u001.oUs0D8s_r2G4yHUoIwXgZCpFHdWiQc2lfLX0PbQCcZSQa4Wd-ZgkU7_LUhMZIbEzlvclqXijpopTxzMmHqpAx38kkslChDqtIaZlDjearJ2_NSfzVAQ-2hgLSoggXVTzbbGKmnZoSiOxXdq9plf6fNUl85U5AO_kUGtZWhfTaNXFptL3ZJxVDyFBKpUjbMSLNfXdM00rLOQ1tCJA_vSeFuZfvbDO3nM1N1uVUEArDW1ifZN3_F99ZiIhAlDkaiGqDLjNs1JX_7dc-HfdOZDpgAD_aPBwf4R0391EuiaM3jCQCj_hqTbEZZJFAuizbpQJmVbYvs8XxpniPek6tLNGoll-eU6gWpVeX2iw9MXTLYw/4qx/zZJ5ngA2R8CR8_DB7ep2lw/h36/h001.JsO6ChWbuED810UA_dlDbEiNH83MZK7STeLtL8tpWd4" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>booed by graduates</span></a> for bringing up AI. There’s been so much discourse that even AI people who haven’t made speeches are being asked to join the trend. Google CEO Sundar Pichai was asked to <a class="link" href="https://elink835.www.garbageday.email/ss/c/u001.Qr6Ovh5taOidqUa5P-dRpbz6P3E9vcWv_fwZpkSQ0ydoyKIM-9uH2nbRmNKZ8LUqv21HFho4PYGcSInKFxmWijTRJlerGVVY_BoEcBNi5ZgRNppEtKbe4o6jD2wLvUdFMxy2UEin92QtBYMmmMxRVQXm3SIIvh8obfEh1uPbKA1k9E1IO07A69ee3ZURUfSixuFJ9xmxupWXqP_B07YZeC4KkHHclvNPyNzCnufNLSIu-0grcxp6LjM2nfNnHzDXaKnoEPiEiDAusNfEtV7CwuSAUU0IECxZd_wLuC6eXAf3QHfpmBrZHMPA346CaqdwRVzR2Eqz8ay4rABsXCD-J6KVhcH8oNiD0D1HKLcd0h4yc4RAm0RFX8ob_ERCOJOXumin5vzzmB6r64qRB1Qxi38gCc32kmteEGbYW3E_DGAu81iGApC3hp9gSLZIPAIqlmB6u9xzPhX9LjgjLyWVNg/4qx/zZJ5ngA2R8CR8_DB7ep2lw/h37/h001.fVJtwdYuMqw40JZqWW_pFw2xd9ZUjsllncln9h1IM-E" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>roleplay the scenario</span></a> by the New York <i>Times</i>’<i> </i>Borg Cube bureau chief Kevin Roose. </p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"> There’s one point that hasn’t been brought up much in the debate. AI programs are speaking during graduation, too. More and more schools are leaning on AI-generated voices for <a class="link" href="https://elink835.www.garbageday.email/ss/c/u001.Qr6Ovh5taOidqUa5P-dRpUTLQ80QYSNuExCUXD4E2gCIfg1VGaD1IIL9nRcRik0ganFIDIY7DaCX9nz5QIsrPgLrRp588-b32IRNDOcbPL2MZpFYO6AepbUI9oa5k2A_dDCtNwBOt1WkJ_z5PrBBwEx5371uZOq50LiSP0_VRTW49Zxt4MFSowCdu96_TjFUgWtCS-NTUErOqtKegTBCSVEYnrVsuU-6oArOM-fIwD48oleYILOlE9ST4VVqQ7i4sYnApceKH0wQTQQ-nRWysSPOWZc6zAgqRHRqpGqSbE3sdNfc6Tt8RKJM2FMIaRkIumu09-tcVr-nMgXplQpbiApvo6MEMOqP16l7ytMnjU4/4qx/zZJ5ngA2R8CR8_DB7ep2lw/h38/h001.g6sLc7ItXCUfH8MprCAJ3OVUnrqntcQybNtWERhMVsc" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>announcements</span></a> during ceremonies, and a lot of them are completely <a class="link" href="https://elink835.www.garbageday.email/ss/c/u001.Qr6Ovh5taOidqUa5P-dRpTgClV91-tmARLZogu2grFIFOqazU1o9Mno3BYlQqi1DBS8rixsqLdK3WMgzp9ft7GaFTDnJY7FaETPh34eT8ns2-Lo2LR-ZJ7AbRWWtclNNh8Kyn3kt1xAGNjMw6_i3OQDQkB-kzm32gIKIORRM095ZKTZX5A6ZsmwwY07T9c-c-IizDQIQsZF6mnKMXdjqdJ3ns5-_-dcvHIARQJNOs1Yf9jEI41njbtc1YYxFwdiEKcF5NYo4YWMR8B1j6WSoI-1QsMnj5nP2l3D8TQEldhX8qqJ4IXU--i15Jn5Bt4EGbdx88AzyH51oXE3oWLVGmLQBUS9ADJjOCheczpaDyhw/4qx/zZJ5ngA2R8CR8_DB7ep2lw/h39/h001.eBjFq3CqUwJnKgqIRqxh_ggmR1oy_FMlbU_TOB-2fM4" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>mispronouncing</span></a> the students’ names. </p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"> It’s a great example of what all this booing is expressing. It’s not as if this <a class="link" href="https://elink835.www.garbageday.email/ss/c/u001.Qr6Ovh5taOidqUa5P-dRpUyaqvi52Np88HTWKve2ZxKnkAoKNuyKkbOConj1iuO3uqkvGA3sN9YVorW_-FXZ1BhUO6WmI1nx9sRQdIP5BkvvOu1UTIw9tlgL38w2zC1XEDcYTKWP-3JXl14YdcxTXEBiMil0g1estfvWwoIbpPowd2xL20iSDYKdepe5Ff9RqsrPww89qteFDX8Wf7i6OU67ah0o48mc_dQTY6NVQLxcP95ySNF6dIQhapFz9V3RN4SlzqYU3nFCqQMRFpC97OnQGBme9QcB6vb9L9HIANE/4qx/zZJ5ngA2R8CR8_DB7ep2lw/h40/h001.UaqiQWFBx1Q_2gCnFpqLmEVW-45d7TWWwjsvHzc9QbE" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>never happened</span></a> before AI. The difference is now there’s no specific human who can be <a class="link" href="https://elink835.www.garbageday.email/ss/c/u001.Qr6Ovh5taOidqUa5P-dRpVcOV7sAWeh0IU9ok8MGrblq-wGCXH7VlHQo6QDWeQZLrHtA79f0BppKHHj8TjZA1nGF5LDGUdWwwBIMYzr8do04Yscdzhg1nJphnudkyipVdsBl6uC90-sVs4vTeTwZOnK3U0OQS6NKJCeupiHtrdLVtst910g7D7GzXcVFd01S9IJmsao61WYcBh9jyvPnJEq8znQ1HXTahnng0EqO-5ZsF_sRD2_thvYWRP7XmAKYYxcgzg30IXQaOCVyQ3-CJBXBEgHHYMDjDoJ2N5MCKCwEdgL9WHevlZ1zTmSYu5jhOwPLroh7ot2DI214bmifPr49Bsb2t8d4EdNyVw7idQ7X3dJff_hhIq6TMc4ctNQP/4qx/zZJ5ngA2R8CR8_DB7ep2lw/h41/h001.cMQHd9c_JELxHi9WvKCgpRUH2hRWV4CsfN4pS-wP9IA" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>blamed for the mistake</span></a>, or who can<i> *puts on mortarboard*</i> learn from the experience. </p></td></tr><tr><td align="center" valign="top" style="font-size:0px;line-height:0px;padding:30px 0px 30px;" class="dd"><table class="j" role="none" width="50%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td> </td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td id="sir-a-second-animated-movie-leak-ha" class="dd" align="left" valign="top" style="color:#2A2A2A;font-weight:Bold;padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;"><h2 style="color:#2A2A2A;font-weight:Bold;mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;">Sir, A Second Animated Movie Leak Has Hit The Internet</h2></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="center" valign="top" style="padding:20px;"><a href="https://elink835.www.garbageday.email/ss/c/u001.Qr6Ovh5taOidqUa5P-dRpayqJJO4EEn_ZHoWp5l0deFJ-YFy1n0DnhVv0mL4EL3Bu7LBHXS0qglXCFFpYma3vNWzZzYLBK1OO-G8UOjy-en4XmYy2v9N43SAu9q1oIno7qEx-RLbqtksyyTiKQVlXwWzH0UWx-vgK7dfBa5UolG0piCHOskMC6aC2y6ISfpSrwdJzXN8P8aBjx8FwUneorFBkjpeMeGjwFYXqFSV1HAR_l3cs36zKuiTPwwSI_J7KzPFIG9-qm40qIbEVsrSpAptfe75L83ebAGgxpS8V1s/4qx/zZJ5ngA2R8CR8_DB7ep2lw/h42/h001.mDzw2bzHWLcmmb74Lp7opbfbgaXx3Xp84ZUafDnrPGU" style="text-decoration:none;"><table align="center" width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" role="none" style="max-width:520px;margin:0 auto;"><tr><td class="p" width="100%" style="padding:2px;border:none;"><table width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" role="none"><tr><td align="center" valign="top" style="width:100%;"><div style="max-height:0;position:relative;opacity:0.999;width:100%;mso-hide:all;"><div style="display:inline-block;width:100%;padding-top:25%;"><img width="20%" height="auto" loading="lazy" alt="" style="border:0;" src="https://media.beehiiv.com/cdn-cgi/image/fit=scale-down,format=auto,onerror=redirect,quality=80/static_assets/youtube_play_icon.png"/></div></div><a href="https://elink835.www.garbageday.email/ss/c/u001.Qr6Ovh5taOidqUa5P-dRpayqJJO4EEn_ZHoWp5l0deFJ-YFy1n0DnhVv0mL4EL3Bu7LBHXS0qglXCFFpYma3vNWzZzYLBK1OO-G8UOjy-en4XmYy2v9N43SAu9q1oIno7qEx-RLbqtksyyTiKQVlXwWzH0UWx-vgK7dfBa5UolG0piCHOskMC6aC2y6ISfpSrwdJzXN8P8aBjx8FwUneopoSp5YfOpY_ikAXSG7hZ85d_SkW_Ankd2UzwI-a-RDhCqJoRWLDfgPF2B6DFQo7frD6fu8dqyH-JS1vm1ZKQQI/4qx/zZJ5ngA2R8CR8_DB7ep2lw/h43/h001.ukPhQ7g-SmCqaCKGUOxWZaM0GrRcyx0sW4znL08xSEo" style="text-decoration:none;"><img src="https://i.ytimg.com/vi/qQilWg28HMM/maxresdefault.jpg" width="480" height="auto" loading="lazy" alt="YouTube video by Fathom Entertainment" style="display:block;height:auto;border:0;outline:none;text-decoration:none;background-color:#000000;width:100%;"/></a></td></tr><tr><td><p style="font-size:12px;font-weight:500;font-style:italic;font-family:Helvetica, Calibri, sans-serif;color: #686a6d; padding-top:0 !important;padding-bottom:6px !important; padding-left:4px !important;"> The Amazing Digital Circus: The Last Act | June 4-7 </p></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></a></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"> Last month, the upcoming <i>Avatar: The Last Airbender </i>movie was <a class="link" href="https://elink835.www.garbageday.email/ss/c/u001.Qr6Ovh5taOidqUa5P-dRpaXByXz3KK1mAhywKBPj0MoU7WHcVJiQlZ4e2eEeVcNAX1TkiC9Af6GwEySXx9_lIc64-4h4EJae32bp-zGEgcZCGphBffVCEW4p0gGksoAzzZ6vo2T_5A_vsS6iim44Fx-aYb5FhpsZFxMeg_FDoGMT-y_ftd9tk_Rk1JfiCB1B02M5FL00JRThQ7vEDqLIyQsnX-diyWB07WDXHoVxiRo7-inux8j-aUT8xjUochN82xVvV0YVTdmScr9__Bu6ip9KcavVzIfcyaxB1ukfBxQBUgWLPL1HFfHxEACzN2KCy5ovNl6Zob9mCXm23nRYLVzgO6JZb8D5R4-qsIpNfRyPoEc3TvY5h04oL4saZEWK/4qx/zZJ5ngA2R8CR8_DB7ep2lw/h44/h001.ME7JQGGTiaSXe7tZ7S8h5J0kODILCkYPYtQdPpl1DYg" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>leaked</span></a> to the public. Last week, it happened again, to an animated series it’s even harder to be normal about. The upcoming finale of <i>The Amazing Digital Circus</i>, set to release in theaters June 4th, was <a class="link" href="https://elink835.www.garbageday.email/ss/c/u001.ZE3yp4K2Y6WBUz6JXxBv2-5Xwy8ojLHLf00ZKi21of5myklEjqvMb94RsjL4_JlhMmoedwvjmiV5xfGe3g6pFg0deSGuPuPLLWV2VgwJHT58HMTwgD3ocAAtm37V9bj89XaWTHpOpy_bT10WEhPrJRr-bUZ1T_tF1omPnNMam9h0fshzuWXreQM2_PpIBdFHCgWpN4yx2J6OFdV3KwfzsVejlmbOcgjgMi353_Yrlu_GwfXKe_PUxH7Lq6jBNf256M67yth1NMPQJ2wNCaOy0pkrLzM3Kv4wFFBpzVNUXgMmkqJfI16UMDJAHbTmxu5xuABA1BK6eD9gZtPSfVUUDunIHArTL4NrdgkZO3PHRy4/4qx/zZJ5ngA2R8CR8_DB7ep2lw/h45/h001.ePZQ89LhjYl-99Y-AX8aWhvy-wrJMnPWTsAy4QQmoZw" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>uploaded online</span></a> by someone who had access to the Brazilian Portuguese dub. Everyone saw this coming so far out that the distributors <a class="link" href="https://elink835.www.garbageday.email/ss/c/u001._-qCIiYyp6dD21H99lwa0uqG0uUMSy7jpOxA2KnR6eISVGQ0QmDaKqj4YAPfGzFHPNBwriaRb_kLvoId8Tmv55UQBqPvB6CVGlLGtlWhofOwe1pyVIkXYOAw20hShoZzsiuHGf8-_C30L07fj76PmdI9ck57JkAhp7bwPRXo7XBKL97EZcb41VsuzvTLYzMyt9A8IVjj7kDqdRK3LhJPv5TovB1lUxFXRnwVsHSazVuLNCiRUjmIsT_eyVQr-8M2Tci-p40pQJKCUWbn8g5zgPkNnbxX0_zP69hr9WbY1Jk/4qx/zZJ5ngA2R8CR8_DB7ep2lw/h46/h001.-qwi_L70JFiBzhN3nioHBZ0arHl_mKFqwIVembMLYEk" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>cancelled</span></a> its Korean release over fear of this exact thing happening. </p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"> I’ll have a lot more to say about the show and its fandom when the movie is properly released, so for now I’ll just say the fandom is deranged even by the impressive standards of kids’ cartoons about fucked-up adult themes. That’s been great for business, since the finale’s theatrical release has already broken <a class="link" href="https://elink835.www.garbageday.email/ss/c/u001.Qr6Ovh5taOidqUa5P-dRpW6Z3_Fk4Acsi1HhUDCnUE-bz38zeRA8iBsElk7E0Uazc7B5JnrkuzNIJ2-tDJNVnn6E9lrigiThnXUVqfZsg1WCt29VduXKEhQZFIxEXeb4FSC8A4Rt3PCtMwM1B848VUwwxPD9DDxfYyfkQfncssGMuq65GoBtqIK4R5FvMVMQj9fEfWvadon2oeEfqi6hsgXaZI0M_ez6L7I4QFRHD6VvYFLJmFlt9Z4HEZ2PdCBTEtCqv1w0CrZVkmQqhIrddtjH25Ayg4KZaGnNxqOd-NNQLmf-Ypc4lJazwQLfSz4YJKRUmW3r_bRDVTiZ4iH8LvFa6T7F-dXbGDwKEnvd8DAtxFyE1xmJfwnb0CjNBFOz/4qx/zZJ5ngA2R8CR8_DB7ep2lw/h47/h001.ApBUuKb-z5cuHxwgmxr4t5UBs1sNaZVgsExeSBrxDiI" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>presale records</span></a> with weeks to go. But it’s been tough to handle for a lot of the audience, who have started debates over whether or not a web show in theaters is gatekeeping, paywalling, or losing its indie cred. </p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"> The leak has just turned up the temperature of all of these arguments — not to mention, all of the other arguments over what will/should happen in the actual show. It’s also made things worse for the show’s creator, a trans woman who goes by Gooseworx. Months before all this, she was getting so much backlash on anything she posted she deleted her Reddit account. After the leak, she <a class="link" href="https://elink835.www.garbageday.email/ss/c/u001.lb1dIn65uO3MH7EGkQFpCfewSVK-hM0CUfuqUE1rBJ9c9WO2m59_hHLlWO_iHMs7jOlRQ_9dnzqS7eymies8gZTFmawgn9oAxOv9SZT7fL2Qit8Jvkl2n0O4Wdn620OLIKK1sQJRAk0mCblBxo0HazLKraWivdbWd7q1f4n18svf6OJFF-UjImXd_PwcDMbiBVay0gKWoSDPzbcP_y-KnJ-3Tn4MMocxhf59c5a0-ctvY71u0hU3KJYcuC8UuIaLolWcqMqOstxRi9E6qaqLtqR-9PmygIMDhNYKxYxlIlDxPYwlNpi-7MomKxig9e6H/4qx/zZJ5ngA2R8CR8_DB7ep2lw/h48/h001.TgKvyFIV44y584aQELAqxt2WAeiwltvalkXlWD-gfzY" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>posted</span></a> on Bluesky that she “shouldn’t be the figurehead” of the show at all. </p></td></tr><tr><td align="center" valign="top" style="font-size:0px;line-height:0px;padding:30px 0px 30px;" class="dd"><table class="j" role="none" width="50%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td> </td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" valign="top" style="color:#2A2A2A;font-weight:Bold;padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;"><h2 style="color:#2A2A2A;font-weight:Bold;mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;">I Guess Digital Publishers Are Allowed To Just Not Pay Writers</h2></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"> Valnet is one of the few digital media conglomerates that seems to be doing well for itself in 2026. We recently <a class="link" href="https://elink835.www.garbageday.email/ss/c/u001.Qr6Ovh5taOidqUa5P-dRpTnwi05CLcaAFaArX20yK-8ngIJ4ymMc1mbOnzwqwMWqmTr5wRfrvHIXdZ-diDs9b7uvxXq2CZOZ4Td4yHNloh90HHmoaJ3thSgtrQ7t15vo1LdeVKp7vx_s3Lh9jKRYV2fBCGWzOh4xFiLE5gawi_jb7KO97nMG9_ZPL2S0RxbJFPR7oaMrUj0wDGRAD7YxdxjvNA7kpr7KPQljU9NQNRnQJ28LZ3RaAu3yqmQ3spQOw1AsKFDqF8xC0Eyq6CFDYJu4rjPCtwDBmjnXynR_w4eNkervw3OaYB6Av2J49Qrs/4qx/zZJ5ngA2R8CR8_DB7ep2lw/h49/h001.M6ChrJuVtCv5NSpHSuuN_NYmKMdt55aYC_X9Ej_m-6c" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>learned</span></a> it paid $20 million to acquire Polygon from Vox last year, to run it like a <a class="link" href="https://elink835.www.garbageday.email/ss/c/u001.Qr6Ovh5taOidqUa5P-dRpUnDD12CXnGkKpus6VNIzk83Dfpxu8rZvo8rBQHIG3Ay4ftGW5OKRIri3ZIY97sKwGM6q0BcTboo7fNp4zQZRbXgTMgPDHIsM2esfgd7CAMA3snHYP-ohc953mdpp1hvYrTyiGWXmpoPMu5DoVs9dSP4p28wTAagLVyYCoGRGlyK10cZ4PhEQvShekw9uwJGoZktKCCmWbadHPbEwGfG2r9Je1WfgTF0EfunN9xcaBlOaMThCqPGiktKlW47--WFWxkY1hoOsEctOwCO8coke-c96JBpKOW5fsjWY2vtC6WDrFSUIuOCdyEbRHiF267lPK0EvGb6Biotsq9Y3VoSjns/4qx/zZJ5ngA2R8CR8_DB7ep2lw/h50/h001.TIuE2Pko01o98BYQS3kZDv8seAFq38rYHN0qMiZli64" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>”digital media sweatshop,”</span></a> just like all their other niche news sites. Now, it’s trying to figure out ways to stiff its writers entirely. </p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"><i>Kotaku </i><a class="link" href="https://elink835.www.garbageday.email/ss/c/u001.NMB18wTvet0Rxnv_cCX8dj5tgMeA9UCLaxXVpt2j5vd9CoWwWDo6_WUBLEyyJVzVrVDCsLAatRrWIGpmeDWPt84iaF9xOkySKBQrClaOyswTFCN3Xc1h7j9wDIc9hTt4nE_ab14MPEPjNO3F1Wce8iiJuzFsfkxB0kxxApmguZ1SH4zq-YxSTuCsc5E6_vmhtvjuTcoU0lpAzhXO9HTrUup2a1U_pEeNbI9vwz1f5bbJSqcP3XP-ZtWtu89OBUyQLJYvll78YGQHOa9IM22kNDtNoNXXDCrU1KscERY_pv_mKnDtDO1pQIHRDQgAVD7orJtGtvO4GT8h414YmuD6utpQ-E-E_rESHkKf5rhiJh_SWB4cFEz2G53PPAOobl9a8T4iB7P_xmA817pD8f8ssQ/4qx/zZJ5ngA2R8CR8_DB7ep2lw/h51/h001.AXPZ2otS4r7b6YP3wDlEkIB6hafG0Vcg7moqxoNKfEU" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>reports</span></a> that contractors for their site <i>TheGamer </i>were presented with new contracts that would pay on a sliding scale based on the performance of the articles they wrote for the site. The scale pays out better for high performing articles, but it bottoms out at zero. If the piece doesn’t get enough clicks (meaning less than 1,000) the writer isn’t paid at all. </p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"> The site’s staff — or their contractors, who make up almost the entirety of the site, meaning they’d all be subject to these new contracts — are reportedly in “open revolt”. One speculated this is really a “<a class="link" href="https://elink835.www.garbageday.email/ss/c/u001.lb1dIn65uO3MH7EGkQFpCfewSVK-hM0CUfuqUE1rBJ_TFf2t4J25IJIlfNJ_2jP2XZVw85CYhq36zYIDnlNm445iZQqsqMehOPwc_0a1wj8qAH9K9CBkAb3urJZG3vQU6eMeIoGCVneuOXVJvzDpki6RrICsyDS0JFAaY6LEtHHrqIrGMtyJ8p1qvv79xfm226ELAU7YclyJdGfQQWSsGgyCnMTuAL_jriZ7ezSoXid_C-9C_Gep5XegsnEeAvWOPuXTWmWmuwTCBNUPtVJ11ucoc2uU4uoxP_qUWhH4YwsZrHZJWbP89cTYY_23CUve/4qx/zZJ5ngA2R8CR8_DB7ep2lw/h52/h001.XYTRFKY2CSsyUbpU7skqqUW7euGX5bfEIOXwE6JtUyc" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>soft-layoff</span></a>” to shut the site down entirely. </p></td></tr><tr><td align="center" valign="top" style="font-size:0px;line-height:0px;padding:30px 0px 30px;" class="dd"><table class="j" role="none" width="50%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td> </td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td id="some-stray-links" class="dd" align="left" valign="top" style="color:#2A2A2A;font-weight:Bold;padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;"><h2 style="color:#2A2A2A;font-weight:Bold;mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;">Some Stray Links</h2></td></tr><tr><td style="padding-bottom:12px;padding-left:37px;padding-right:27px;padding-top:12px;" class="ee"><div style="margin-left:0px;" class="edm_outlooklist"><ul style="font-weight:normal;list-style-type:disc;margin-bottom:12px !important;margin-top:12px !important;padding:0px 0px 0px 0px;"><li class="listItem ultext"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;padding:0px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><a class="link" href="https://elink835.www.garbageday.email/ss/c/u001.Qr6Ovh5taOidqUa5P-dRpYbBZuuDH0SHoY8X6ul0GDaj9egipaat5ugmMG1Jd8JgQ5P3p4nTtFUDmFXsHdn6Pfgjrh8FBZr2VjOMVqWpodopXUhkXxfCZcDnjW5EWGaYIznDuBpvEdt460kLXAFfA5XeW-LjCf1Wb4DpBMbbK4k2KrAV0U_Fmf2KHxkSb3C_G_L1Cwx_MKQ10rfx0g_uvL8kRvzBnkresIJ4HAIUOwJ7-rpzQVYz8xRuNXUG20RFUo9gn321Tjr0EtJzkMOefzmedv44ZxL12W-F7BtdeUpucFw7QufOvFVX_kzW-mcS/4qx/zZJ5ngA2R8CR8_DB7ep2lw/h53/h001.xNfCWeomxuDh0XrMipp8GyFjfjl0-AjOvHLoI7vUpi0" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>“Trevor Paglen and Holly Herndon on Making Art with AI and What the Discourse Is Missing”</span></a></p></li><li class="listItem ultext"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;padding:0px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><a class="link" href="https://elink835.www.garbageday.email/ss/c/u001.Qr6Ovh5taOidqUa5P-dRpT4awxd5JO5Rg-ZSpIEybUoOkA1M_dt1RK54QqGr0aA4tLhJ-9uHKV786SEfJMUgqpFuyeVIYb3dBZnzM1jQwB-UNn7gnYdQDP6VjjlqYBZoXPGa-0H2cazsNbNdtRulnOa_-hnvE6dxr6ENFxiYEMGX4n-oU0G5Aipy2MTMD_J4ZFhEncFPD_-AFvjUJ5pK-EYkqnkeZPz4MTEmY5yYu2Mc8mDOS8Os_3md6OA5chNeADKZKLkc6kSFpkFd6hhiu0RqccDX9zjgYjLq_2s2v602LKcaw9XN_xllz1ziFoKqXPckm16Z5IJ05oGVmfs4gw/4qx/zZJ5ngA2R8CR8_DB7ep2lw/h54/h001.Z26d_6j0z5kKJOCyJtBKcrgTEMn1xoivY3DW7CPQ5QU" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>“The Interracial Cuck Porn Theory of Everything”</span></a></p></li><li class="listItem ultext"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;padding:0px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><a class="link" href="https://elink835.www.garbageday.email/ss/c/u001.Qr6Ovh5taOidqUa5P-dRpVWDVDU8FV31CPzDdfnZ5xwM-Ub3QwXHYzb7swKsgQ-DPOrUXvOXHQeBHSYAeIIOkweqYW-Fnwx41uuFQwpQT9Hnvtt4_3Gujtx58xA-NwsAbV9Cfl101XaeG78bWy1m5n6gws97VPUim9RZCe_FfbVKmDJ6HY_OtiWfnIp9sOWdGsYPDY1ku1RKGI-Xdqz0GoBpP3TbvmKraX_WpRzzBEUBP9-Okefwi-8INS9muo1lSduIpiCk0y8qIL0o_nAtiuMcuYf53GkLfRllhpw0fk3nwybj0X1PV0Rfaxm8SA0eIrdO63m-n2df39TfTzdKPUkuHKooUBEgMBxlgYCXWG51Sor6qUnbZw5pxUGd5Bn5L_ZTJ3RINiZmsXu1kFC32Q/4qx/zZJ5ngA2R8CR8_DB7ep2lw/h55/h001.FbbUyjmD1d-dPrJNuVseXHM_7MMzmgfmtU7RLQSoyi0" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>“Sam Altman Won in Court Against Elon Musk. 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