Clo Willaerts
@clowillaerts.bsky.social
🗣️ Belgian tech speaker & author | 20+ years in digital | Exploring tech's impact on daily life | Navigating the digital age | More at https://clowillaerts.com #DigitalExpert
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February 16, 2026 at 7:40 AM
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Russia throttles Telegram.
ByteDance’s Seedance 2.0 crosses the uncanny valley.
Gradient horses run like this is normal.
The slightly unhinged, Valentine-flavored edition of Chaos & Amazement #2607 is here.
Read it. Forward it. Subscribe before the horses unionize.
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ByteDance’s Seedance 2.0 crosses the uncanny valley.
Gradient horses run like this is normal.
The slightly unhinged, Valentine-flavored edition of Chaos & Amazement #2607 is here.
Read it. Forward it. Subscribe before the horses unionize.
open.substack.com/pub/clowilla...
February 14, 2026 at 9:33 AM
Russia throttles Telegram.
ByteDance’s Seedance 2.0 crosses the uncanny valley.
Gradient horses run like this is normal.
The slightly unhinged, Valentine-flavored edition of Chaos & Amazement #2607 is here.
Read it. Forward it. Subscribe before the horses unionize.
open.substack.com/pub/clowilla...
ByteDance’s Seedance 2.0 crosses the uncanny valley.
Gradient horses run like this is normal.
The slightly unhinged, Valentine-flavored edition of Chaos & Amazement #2607 is here.
Read it. Forward it. Subscribe before the horses unionize.
open.substack.com/pub/clowilla...
Chaos & Amazement #2606 is out 🤖✨ Moltbook goes viral, Bandcamp draws a line 🎵, and humans keep doing bits together 🫡 The internet stays weird, and honestly, that’s the point.
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February 7, 2026 at 10:37 AM
Chaos & Amazement #2606 is out 🤖✨ Moltbook goes viral, Bandcamp draws a line 🎵, and humans keep doing bits together 🫡 The internet stays weird, and honestly, that’s the point.
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New Chaos & Amazement: TikTok microdramas make billions, WhatsApp gets VLOP’d alongside Google, Wikipedia, & Pornhub, and an AI agent renames itself twice while security experts panic. Plus vibe gaming, China’s AI surge, and Springsteen protesting again. open.substack.com/pub/clowilla...
January 31, 2026 at 8:23 AM
New Chaos & Amazement: TikTok microdramas make billions, WhatsApp gets VLOP’d alongside Google, Wikipedia, & Pornhub, and an AI agent renames itself twice while security experts panic. Plus vibe gaming, China’s AI surge, and Springsteen protesting again. open.substack.com/pub/clowilla...
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio) youtu.be/wWKSoxG1K7w?...
The Boss has spoken.
No AI. Real, raw and from the heart.
The Boss has spoken.
No AI. Real, raw and from the heart.
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
youtu.be
January 29, 2026 at 11:21 AM
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio) youtu.be/wWKSoxG1K7w?...
The Boss has spoken.
No AI. Real, raw and from the heart.
The Boss has spoken.
No AI. Real, raw and from the heart.
South Korea drops the first real AI law 🇰🇷, the EU sharpens its fines 💶, Microsoft maps who actually gets to use AI, Apple toys with an AI pin 👀, ElevenLabs releases an album, and “knowledge work” realizes it’s on the list.
🤖📉📈🧠🔍 open.substack.com/pub/clowilla...
🤖📉📈🧠🔍 open.substack.com/pub/clowilla...
January 24, 2026 at 8:55 AM
South Korea drops the first real AI law 🇰🇷, the EU sharpens its fines 💶, Microsoft maps who actually gets to use AI, Apple toys with an AI pin 👀, ElevenLabs releases an album, and “knowledge work” realizes it’s on the list.
🤖📉📈🧠🔍 open.substack.com/pub/clowilla...
🤖📉📈🧠🔍 open.substack.com/pub/clowilla...
Greenland Defense Front - The Hungry Giant (Official Music Video) youtu.be/hS0wFiWpU4U?...
Pretty awesome.
Also: compare quality of AI gen with that of Coca-Cola’s shitty Christmas ad.
Pretty awesome.
Also: compare quality of AI gen with that of Coca-Cola’s shitty Christmas ad.
Greenland Defense Front - The Hungry Giant (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by demonflyingfox
youtu.be
January 18, 2026 at 8:40 AM
Greenland Defense Front - The Hungry Giant (Official Music Video) youtu.be/hS0wFiWpU4U?...
Pretty awesome.
Also: compare quality of AI gen with that of Coca-Cola’s shitty Christmas ad.
Pretty awesome.
Also: compare quality of AI gen with that of Coca-Cola’s shitty Christmas ad.
Half the internet is shocked people don’t want soulless slop. The other half is busy asking if this post was written by AI.
Discuss. 🍿
Discuss. 🍿
January 16, 2026 at 9:22 AM
Half the internet is shocked people don’t want soulless slop. The other half is busy asking if this post was written by AI.
Discuss. 🍿
Discuss. 🍿
Smart LEGO bricks 🧱 Influencer drinks ☕ Hand-drawn luxury ✍️
This week’s Chaos & Amazement looks at where tech feels magical again, and where it quietly changes what we trust.
New edition is out.
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This week’s Chaos & Amazement looks at where tech feels magical again, and where it quietly changes what we trust.
New edition is out.
open.substack.com/pub/clowilla...
January 10, 2026 at 11:21 AM
Smart LEGO bricks 🧱 Influencer drinks ☕ Hand-drawn luxury ✍️
This week’s Chaos & Amazement looks at where tech feels magical again, and where it quietly changes what we trust.
New edition is out.
open.substack.com/pub/clowilla...
This week’s Chaos & Amazement looks at where tech feels magical again, and where it quietly changes what we trust.
New edition is out.
open.substack.com/pub/clowilla...
New Chaos & Amazement just dropped: Meta, Google, YouTube, NotebookLM, Porsche, TikTok, Kapwing, AI slop, nostalgia tech, memes, dead internet vibes, and humans desperately trying to stay relevant.
Subscribe before an LLM with worse taste explains it to you.
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Subscribe before an LLM with worse taste explains it to you.
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January 3, 2026 at 8:47 AM
New Chaos & Amazement just dropped: Meta, Google, YouTube, NotebookLM, Porsche, TikTok, Kapwing, AI slop, nostalgia tech, memes, dead internet vibes, and humans desperately trying to stay relevant.
Subscribe before an LLM with worse taste explains it to you.
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Subscribe before an LLM with worse taste explains it to you.
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Don’t forget to hug a Muncher today
Killing Mario Isn't As Fun As It Sounds youtu.be/o96eDKJMHOo?...
Killing Mario Isn't As Fun As It Sounds youtu.be/o96eDKJMHOo?...
Killing Mario Isn't As Fun As It Sounds
YouTube video by Dorkly
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December 31, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Don’t forget to hug a Muncher today
Killing Mario Isn't As Fun As It Sounds youtu.be/o96eDKJMHOo?...
Killing Mario Isn't As Fun As It Sounds youtu.be/o96eDKJMHOo?...
Reposted by Clo Willaerts
This dog helping its owner fold a heavy truck tarp
December 29, 2025 at 7:04 AM
This dog helping its owner fold a heavy truck tarp
Happy 13th anniversary to the Barry Petchesky ER Report. It is the only day we learn that "slipping in the shower" is a leading cause of accidental diamond ring storage.
Full list (NSFW): defector.com/what-did-we-...
Full list (NSFW): defector.com/what-did-we-...
December 28, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Happy 13th anniversary to the Barry Petchesky ER Report. It is the only day we learn that "slipping in the shower" is a leading cause of accidental diamond ring storage.
Full list (NSFW): defector.com/what-did-we-...
Full list (NSFW): defector.com/what-did-we-...
Chaos & Amazement #2552 is out.
TikTok’s US deal gets weirder, Meta shrugs at ad fraud, iRobot goes bankrupt, and McDonald’s reminds us AI still has no taste.
If tech feels powerful but unserious lately, you’re not imagining it.
open.substack.com/pub/clowilla...
TikTok’s US deal gets weirder, Meta shrugs at ad fraud, iRobot goes bankrupt, and McDonald’s reminds us AI still has no taste.
If tech feels powerful but unserious lately, you’re not imagining it.
open.substack.com/pub/clowilla...
December 20, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Chaos & Amazement #2552 is out.
TikTok’s US deal gets weirder, Meta shrugs at ad fraud, iRobot goes bankrupt, and McDonald’s reminds us AI still has no taste.
If tech feels powerful but unserious lately, you’re not imagining it.
open.substack.com/pub/clowilla...
TikTok’s US deal gets weirder, Meta shrugs at ad fraud, iRobot goes bankrupt, and McDonald’s reminds us AI still has no taste.
If tech feels powerful but unserious lately, you’re not imagining it.
open.substack.com/pub/clowilla...
A new edition of Chaos & Amazement is out. Tech panic, AI nonsense, and internet weirdness, calmly curated so you do not have to doomscroll like a goblin.
Read it.
Subscribe.
Impress yourself. open.substack.com/pub/clowilla...
Read it.
Subscribe.
Impress yourself. open.substack.com/pub/clowilla...
December 14, 2025 at 7:26 AM
A new edition of Chaos & Amazement is out. Tech panic, AI nonsense, and internet weirdness, calmly curated so you do not have to doomscroll like a goblin.
Read it.
Subscribe.
Impress yourself. open.substack.com/pub/clowilla...
Read it.
Subscribe.
Impress yourself. open.substack.com/pub/clowilla...
The feed is dead. The year is tired. The robots are pooping.
In this week’s Chaos & Amazement:
The real state of social media
TikTok’s $500M weekend
AI power moves
One truly cursed moment from Art Basel
Read the full drop → open.substack.com/pub/clowilla...
In this week’s Chaos & Amazement:
The real state of social media
TikTok’s $500M weekend
AI power moves
One truly cursed moment from Art Basel
Read the full drop → open.substack.com/pub/clowilla...
December 6, 2025 at 9:03 AM
The feed is dead. The year is tired. The robots are pooping.
In this week’s Chaos & Amazement:
The real state of social media
TikTok’s $500M weekend
AI power moves
One truly cursed moment from Art Basel
Read the full drop → open.substack.com/pub/clowilla...
In this week’s Chaos & Amazement:
The real state of social media
TikTok’s $500M weekend
AI power moves
One truly cursed moment from Art Basel
Read the full drop → open.substack.com/pub/clowilla...
Reposted by Clo Willaerts
A raccoon entered a liquor store in Virginia and drank his fill: rum, moonshine, even peanut butter whiskey. Then it passed out on the floor of the bathroom.
Don’t worry — he’s OK. trib.al/R3wXGbV
Don’t worry — he’s OK. trib.al/R3wXGbV
December 4, 2025 at 4:53 PM
A raccoon entered a liquor store in Virginia and drank his fill: rum, moonshine, even peanut butter whiskey. Then it passed out on the floor of the bathroom.
Don’t worry — he’s OK. trib.al/R3wXGbV
Don’t worry — he’s OK. trib.al/R3wXGbV
🎉 ChatGPT turns 3.
😺 Mochi Cats are taking over AI slop.
🙏 Priests are raving (literally).
📱 Europe wants to ban teens from social media - good luck.
In this week’s Chaos & Amazement, I decode the mess so you don’t have to:
👉 open.substack.com/pub/clowilla...
😺 Mochi Cats are taking over AI slop.
🙏 Priests are raving (literally).
📱 Europe wants to ban teens from social media - good luck.
In this week’s Chaos & Amazement, I decode the mess so you don’t have to:
👉 open.substack.com/pub/clowilla...
November 29, 2025 at 9:33 AM
🎉 ChatGPT turns 3.
😺 Mochi Cats are taking over AI slop.
🙏 Priests are raving (literally).
📱 Europe wants to ban teens from social media - good luck.
In this week’s Chaos & Amazement, I decode the mess so you don’t have to:
👉 open.substack.com/pub/clowilla...
😺 Mochi Cats are taking over AI slop.
🙏 Priests are raving (literally).
📱 Europe wants to ban teens from social media - good luck.
In this week’s Chaos & Amazement, I decode the mess so you don’t have to:
👉 open.substack.com/pub/clowilla...
This week's Chaos & Amazement is live and it’s a full-blown tech fever dream:
💥 Cloudflare faceplants
🎵 AI music gets monetized, not murdered
🧠 Nano Banana goes full genius
🎭 Timothée Chalamet screams “Schwap” for 18 straight minutes
open.substack.com/pub/clowilla...
💥 Cloudflare faceplants
🎵 AI music gets monetized, not murdered
🧠 Nano Banana goes full genius
🎭 Timothée Chalamet screams “Schwap” for 18 straight minutes
open.substack.com/pub/clowilla...
November 22, 2025 at 8:29 AM
This week's Chaos & Amazement is live and it’s a full-blown tech fever dream:
💥 Cloudflare faceplants
🎵 AI music gets monetized, not murdered
🧠 Nano Banana goes full genius
🎭 Timothée Chalamet screams “Schwap” for 18 straight minutes
open.substack.com/pub/clowilla...
💥 Cloudflare faceplants
🎵 AI music gets monetized, not murdered
🧠 Nano Banana goes full genius
🎭 Timothée Chalamet screams “Schwap” for 18 straight minutes
open.substack.com/pub/clowilla...
This week’s Chaos & Amazement serves fresh GDPR shifts, AI shops that aren’t real, the Alive Internet Theory, long-memory chatbots like Kimi, a new book idea that escaped my notes, and a piano loving octopus 🎹🧠🌍
open.substack.com/pub/clowilla...
open.substack.com/pub/clowilla...
November 15, 2025 at 9:00 AM
This week’s Chaos & Amazement serves fresh GDPR shifts, AI shops that aren’t real, the Alive Internet Theory, long-memory chatbots like Kimi, a new book idea that escaped my notes, and a piano loving octopus 🎹🧠🌍
open.substack.com/pub/clowilla...
open.substack.com/pub/clowilla...
AI isn’t replacing marketers — it’s reshaping marketing.
This week’s Chaos & Amazement covers:
– Amazon vs Perplexity’s AI shopper
– Chatbots taking over daily life
– Coca-Cola’s AI Christmas ad 🎄
Which matters more: automation, attention, or authenticity?
open.substack.com/pub/clowilla...
This week’s Chaos & Amazement covers:
– Amazon vs Perplexity’s AI shopper
– Chatbots taking over daily life
– Coca-Cola’s AI Christmas ad 🎄
Which matters more: automation, attention, or authenticity?
open.substack.com/pub/clowilla...
November 8, 2025 at 8:22 AM
AI isn’t replacing marketers — it’s reshaping marketing.
This week’s Chaos & Amazement covers:
– Amazon vs Perplexity’s AI shopper
– Chatbots taking over daily life
– Coca-Cola’s AI Christmas ad 🎄
Which matters more: automation, attention, or authenticity?
open.substack.com/pub/clowilla...
This week’s Chaos & Amazement covers:
– Amazon vs Perplexity’s AI shopper
– Chatbots taking over daily life
– Coca-Cola’s AI Christmas ad 🎄
Which matters more: automation, attention, or authenticity?
open.substack.com/pub/clowilla...
This week in Chaos & Amazement #2545:
💚 Nvidia hits $5T
🤖 Grokipedia questions who owns “knowledge”
📧 Grammarly → Superhuman and the future of work
🧹 Robots that clean and spy
Tech keeps getting weirder and smarter at the same time.
Read more →
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💚 Nvidia hits $5T
🤖 Grokipedia questions who owns “knowledge”
📧 Grammarly → Superhuman and the future of work
🧹 Robots that clean and spy
Tech keeps getting weirder and smarter at the same time.
Read more →
open.substack.com/pub/clowilla...
November 1, 2025 at 11:44 AM
This week in Chaos & Amazement #2545:
💚 Nvidia hits $5T
🤖 Grokipedia questions who owns “knowledge”
📧 Grammarly → Superhuman and the future of work
🧹 Robots that clean and spy
Tech keeps getting weirder and smarter at the same time.
Read more →
open.substack.com/pub/clowilla...
💚 Nvidia hits $5T
🤖 Grokipedia questions who owns “knowledge”
📧 Grammarly → Superhuman and the future of work
🧹 Robots that clean and spy
Tech keeps getting weirder and smarter at the same time.
Read more →
open.substack.com/pub/clowilla...
October 25, 2025 at 7:46 AM
🤖 New Chaos & Amazement is live! This week: AI is writing 50% of the web now, OpenAI's "Mature Mode" raises eyebrows, MANGO replaced FAANG, and I found the world's most unfortunate Santa Claus doll 🎅💀
Plus: are we in an AI bubble or just really expensive research?
open.substack.com/pub/clowilla...
Plus: are we in an AI bubble or just really expensive research?
open.substack.com/pub/clowilla...
October 18, 2025 at 6:31 AM
🤖 New Chaos & Amazement is live! This week: AI is writing 50% of the web now, OpenAI's "Mature Mode" raises eyebrows, MANGO replaced FAANG, and I found the world's most unfortunate Santa Claus doll 🎅💀
Plus: are we in an AI bubble or just really expensive research?
open.substack.com/pub/clowilla...
Plus: are we in an AI bubble or just really expensive research?
open.substack.com/pub/clowilla...