A newsletter about Pop Culture, Software Studies, Business Strategy, Media Platforms, Algorithmic Management, Game Design, and everything in between.
FEATURED
How AI Tokens Challenge Broadband Economics
The parallel evolution of two foundational commodities in a new economic layer.
-
Listen: https://ift.tt/U6sy1ur Neal Stephenson came on the podcast. What else do I have to tell you? The man has a weird mind portal into how technology will develop and has influenced generations of nerds. As a result, I seem to… more ›
-
The coding interview is dead, at least for my team at Anthropic. I’ve seen enough to know that it no longer provides signal. I have a spicily optimistic take: I think there’s a huge opportunity for junior engineers. https://felixrieseberg.com/hunger-beats-tenure-advice-for-junior-engineers/ more ›
-
A new study reveals that AI models require up to 17 times more tokens for less dominant languages, inflating costs, increasing latency, and penalizing startups in places like Bengaluru. https://restofworld.org/2026/ai-tokenizer-tax-non-english-languages-cost-inequity/ more ›
-
Do not fear the end. Dune: Part Three only in cinemas and IMAX December 18. Tickets on sale now around the world. Link/Link in bio. From Warner Bros. Pictures and Legendary Pictures comes Dune: Part Three, bringing Academy Award-nominated filmmaker… more ›
-
Listen: https://ift.tt/SV7Y4PA On July 4, 2025, a group of 10 antifa protesters was arrested, accused of what the federal government called a planned attack on the Prairieland detention facility in Texas. They were prosecuted as terrorists. Janet Reitman, who has… more ›
-
Under new rules, the EU border agency will be allowed to transfer migrants between third countries, expanding its operations beyond Europe and facilitating deportations from return hubs. https://www.euronews.com/2026/10/26/exclusive-eu-to-give-frontex-new-powers-to-deport-migrants-from-outside-europe more ›
-
AI panic weirdly resembles the anxiety that accompanied early capitalism https://contraptions.venkateshrao.com/p/cognitive-mercantilism?open=false more ›
-
Hurricane forecasters are increasingly using artificial intelligence to make predictions. https://www.npr.org/2026/10/26/nx-s1-6012820/ai-hurricane-forecast-google-deepmind-isaias more ›
-
In Brighton, for a special recording of Downstream IRL, Ash Sarkar sat down with Naomi Klein, and organiser, writer and co-founder of the Debt Collective, Astra Taylor. They gathered to discuss their new book, End Times Fascism: And the Fight… more ›
-
2025-09-06 Ogíjares — more ›