Spotify Acquires Gimlet Media

Nice podcasts, I'll take them! Why Spotify's acquisition of Gimlet Media might be a bad thing for consumers.

“All Systems Red” by Martha Wells

A security-for-hire cyborg becomes self-aware, and secretly names itself "Murderbot". What can possibly go wrong? Here's my review of All Systems Red by Martha Stuart.

1 the Road

Back in 2016, an AI wrote a movie script. Fast forward to last year, when another AI took it upon itself to write a novel, 1 the Road.

Caution

It looks like you're using Google's Chrome browser, which records everything you do on the internet. Personally identifiable and sensitive information about you is then sold to the highest bidder, making you a part of surveillance capitalism.

The Contra Chrome comic explains why this is bad, and why you should use another browser.