Amanda Bang🪴
@amandie.bsky.social
A designer learning to code. ✝️
Crochet, sewing, tiny garden, based in New Zealand
Crochet, sewing, tiny garden, based in New Zealand
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NEW: AI “recipe slop” is overrunning search and social. Food creators say Google’s AI Overviews and glossy fake food pics are drowning out real, tested recipes — collapsing traffic and setting home cooks up for disaster, especially this Thanksgiving.
Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
AI Slop Recipes Are Taking Over the Internet -- And Thanksgiving Dinner
Food bloggers see traffic dip as home cooks turn to AI, inspired by impossible pictures
www.bloomberg.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:16 PM
NEW: AI “recipe slop” is overrunning search and social. Food creators say Google’s AI Overviews and glossy fake food pics are drowning out real, tested recipes — collapsing traffic and setting home cooks up for disaster, especially this Thanksgiving.
Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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With the AWS outage, now‘s as good a time as any to post this old strip.
October 20, 2025 at 10:18 AM
With the AWS outage, now‘s as good a time as any to post this old strip.
I haven't been using instagram for a long while now (since they started serving ads), but this still feels sad.
www.businessinsider.com/instagram-re...
www.businessinsider.com/instagram-re...
Instagram as you knew it is dead. Get over it.
Instagram will change its home screen to prioritize Reels and DM. The platform now has 3 billion users.
www.businessinsider.com
September 25, 2025 at 2:40 AM
I haven't been using instagram for a long while now (since they started serving ads), but this still feels sad.
www.businessinsider.com/instagram-re...
www.businessinsider.com/instagram-re...
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I think the comments on this (very good, if I do say so myself) article are fascinating. If the AI industry has lost the Verge commenter, who do they have on their side? www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
AI is ruining houseplant communities online
AI-generated images and chatbot misinformation plague plant collectors.
www.theverge.com
June 27, 2025 at 6:50 PM
I think the comments on this (very good, if I do say so myself) article are fascinating. If the AI industry has lost the Verge commenter, who do they have on their side? www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
June 18, 2025 at 10:11 AM
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People Are Becoming Obsessed with ChatGPT and Spiraling Into Severe Delusions:
"What these bots are saying is worsening delusions, and it's causing enormous harm."
⏬ Bluesky 'bite-sized' article thread (18 min) with added links 📖🍿🔊
"What these bots are saying is worsening delusions, and it's causing enormous harm."
⏬ Bluesky 'bite-sized' article thread (18 min) with added links 📖🍿🔊
People Are Becoming Obsessed with ChatGPT and Spiraling Into Severe Delusions
A startling number of ChatGPT uses are developing intense, reality-bending AI delusions. The impacts on their real lives are often disastrous.
futurism.com
June 10, 2025 at 6:32 PM
People Are Becoming Obsessed with ChatGPT and Spiraling Into Severe Delusions:
"What these bots are saying is worsening delusions, and it's causing enormous harm."
⏬ Bluesky 'bite-sized' article thread (18 min) with added links 📖🍿🔊
"What these bots are saying is worsening delusions, and it's causing enormous harm."
⏬ Bluesky 'bite-sized' article thread (18 min) with added links 📖🍿🔊
This is genius!
To whomever it may help:
I used to travel and buy tchotchkes that then sat forgotten in a drawer. Then I only took photos—but I post my phone 😭. Now I make shadowboxes of ticket stubs and cute knickknacks that I hang on my wall. Anything that doesn’t make it into the box gets thrown away no regrets
I used to travel and buy tchotchkes that then sat forgotten in a drawer. Then I only took photos—but I post my phone 😭. Now I make shadowboxes of ticket stubs and cute knickknacks that I hang on my wall. Anything that doesn’t make it into the box gets thrown away no regrets
May 17, 2025 at 7:38 PM
This is genius!
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Pope Leo XIV speaks out against AI: ‘A challenge of human dignity, justice and labour’
Pope Leo XIV speaks against AI: ‘A challenge of human dignity, justice and labour’
New leader of the Catholic Church says AI poses challenge to humankind and dignity of workers
www.independent.co.uk
May 10, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Pope Leo XIV speaks out against AI: ‘A challenge of human dignity, justice and labour’
Psyched to start knitting my first Musselburgh hat! (after reading so many reviews) 🧶
April 25, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Psyched to start knitting my first Musselburgh hat! (after reading so many reviews) 🧶
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Something I've been working on lately
April 8, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Something I've been working on lately
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What’s most disorienting about Careless People is that it is packaged as a history of sorts, but its real utility to the reader is as a window into our current moment, a field guide to tech autocracy.
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
The Careless People Won
A controversial new book about Facebook serves as a field guide for the DOGE era.
www.theatlantic.com
March 23, 2025 at 9:06 PM
What’s most disorienting about Careless People is that it is packaged as a history of sorts, but its real utility to the reader is as a window into our current moment, a field guide to tech autocracy.
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
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15 yrs ago, I taught a kids’ comics class, and one of my assignments was to adapt a book into a silent comic. I did an example using a popular book. The class loved it, so I said I’d do the whole series if they worked hard. I’m disappointed by the franchise now, but I’m still fond of this comic.
March 11, 2025 at 5:16 PM
15 yrs ago, I taught a kids’ comics class, and one of my assignments was to adapt a book into a silent comic. I did an example using a popular book. The class loved it, so I said I’d do the whole series if they worked hard. I’m disappointed by the franchise now, but I’m still fond of this comic.
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The great point Ezra makes in this episode is that, if AGI is really the biggest revolution in history and is coming in the next few years, why aren't the policy discussions more urgent and detailed? Policymakers just kinda shrug and say they don't know what to do...
March 5, 2025 at 11:36 AM
The great point Ezra makes in this episode is that, if AGI is really the biggest revolution in history and is coming in the next few years, why aren't the policy discussions more urgent and detailed? Policymakers just kinda shrug and say they don't know what to do...
The rose from a cutting from my friend that we planted in September has bloomed! It doesn’t look like any rose I’ve ever seen though! 🌹🌱
January 23, 2025 at 4:14 AM
The rose from a cutting from my friend that we planted in September has bloomed! It doesn’t look like any rose I’ve ever seen though! 🌹🌱
Tulip and Clover brand crochet hooks are my favourites. During a recent trip to Japan I realised I’ve been paying way too much for them all this while.
Clover ¥650 -> $16.90 NZD
Tulip Etimo ¥900 -> $19.50 NZD
Is NZ an anomaly? 🧶
Clover ¥650 -> $16.90 NZD
Tulip Etimo ¥900 -> $19.50 NZD
Is NZ an anomaly? 🧶
January 20, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Tulip and Clover brand crochet hooks are my favourites. During a recent trip to Japan I realised I’ve been paying way too much for them all this while.
Clover ¥650 -> $16.90 NZD
Tulip Etimo ¥900 -> $19.50 NZD
Is NZ an anomaly? 🧶
Clover ¥650 -> $16.90 NZD
Tulip Etimo ¥900 -> $19.50 NZD
Is NZ an anomaly? 🧶
One of the cool things I saw in Japan that I didn’t buy.
A blue Japanese dinosaur ceramic plate casually sitting next to a pile of under plates under a table in an Osaka market (hence the odd angle) 🦕
A blue Japanese dinosaur ceramic plate casually sitting next to a pile of under plates under a table in an Osaka market (hence the odd angle) 🦕
January 15, 2025 at 10:01 PM
One of the cool things I saw in Japan that I didn’t buy.
A blue Japanese dinosaur ceramic plate casually sitting next to a pile of under plates under a table in an Osaka market (hence the odd angle) 🦕
A blue Japanese dinosaur ceramic plate casually sitting next to a pile of under plates under a table in an Osaka market (hence the odd angle) 🦕
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I went out of my comfort zone a bit and made this little ceramic dinosaur! It’s a sinosauropteryx, one of the few dinosaurs we actually know the color of! I just love their fluffy, red striped tails.
This little guy will be available this Friday, January 17th at 12pm Eastern!
This little guy will be available this Friday, January 17th at 12pm Eastern!
January 15, 2025 at 5:43 PM
I went out of my comfort zone a bit and made this little ceramic dinosaur! It’s a sinosauropteryx, one of the few dinosaurs we actually know the color of! I just love their fluffy, red striped tails.
This little guy will be available this Friday, January 17th at 12pm Eastern!
This little guy will be available this Friday, January 17th at 12pm Eastern!
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I don't know how many of y'all are watching the migration of American TikTokers to RedNote, but it's the most fascinating thing I've EVER SEEN HAPPEN ONLINE.
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January 14, 2025 at 2:50 PM
I don't know how many of y'all are watching the migration of American TikTokers to RedNote, but it's the most fascinating thing I've EVER SEEN HAPPEN ONLINE.
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Made my first pompom and added it to the crochet ribbed winter hat I made earlier. It’s a bit small but cute. Probably needs a trim too. 🧶
January 14, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Made my first pompom and added it to the crochet ribbed winter hat I made earlier. It’s a bit small but cute. Probably needs a trim too. 🧶
"The future of social media seems to be one in which the production of content is being privileged over social interactions and social connections. It doesn't need to be that way, though," said Lai-Tze Fan, an associate professor at the University of Waterloo…
https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.7424641
https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.7424641
Is it still 'social media' if it's overrun by AI?
www.cbc.ca
January 10, 2025 at 10:02 PM
"The future of social media seems to be one in which the production of content is being privileged over social interactions and social connections. It doesn't need to be that way, though," said Lai-Tze Fan, an associate professor at the University of Waterloo…
https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.7424641
https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.7424641