Another week is ending and I’ve got more links to share! This week, Donald Trump sits for an interview with Time magazine, Tesla decimates their Supercharger team, AI spam takes over Facebook, Amy Tan writes about her backyard bird garden, we get a look at the making of 1999’s Go, and more!
How Far Trump Would Go
from Time
One of the many things former president and presumptive Republican nominee for the office this year Donald Trump loves is appearing on the cover of Time magazine, and so it is no surprise that he agreed to sit down for this interview with reporter Eric Cortellessa. The result may be one of the most thorough examinations of the intentions both he and his closest advisors have should he win November’s election. One example: “Allies are laying the groundwork to restructure the presidency in line with a doctrine called the unitary executive theory, which holds that many of the constraints imposed on the White House by legislators and the courts should be swept away in favor of a more powerful Commander in Chief.”
Link (Free): https://time.com/6972021/donald-trump-2024-election-interview/
For completists, the full transcript of the interview is available free here: https://time.com/6972022/donald-trump-transcript-2024-election/
“Quality Is Going to Deteriorate”: Laid-Off Tesla Employees on Superchargers’ Future
from InsideEVs
Writer Patrick George talks with some of the recent employees laid-off from Tesla, which includes “most, if not all, of the team developing and servicing Tesla’s Sueprcharger network”, to determine what the move could mean for the nation’s largest fast-charging service going forward.
Link (Free): https://insideevs.com/news/718132/tesla-laid-off-employee-interview/
Facebook’s AI Spam Isn’t the “Dead Internet”: It’s the Zombie Internet
from 404
Jason Koebler examines the recent rise of AI-generated-and-controlled spam that has been inundating some people’s Facebook feeds, and what it means for the state of the site.
Link (Free*): https://www.404media.co/facebooks-ai-spam-isnt-the-dead-internet-its-the-zombie-internet/
Heat Death of the Internet
from Takahē
Speaking of the death of the internet as we once knew it (useful. enjoyable. etc…), New Zealand writer Gregory Bennett offers up this satirical look at a day spent online that rings very true.
Link (Free): https://www.takahe.org.nz/heat-death-of-the-internet/
The Real Death of Print
from Stack
In unique magazine subscription service Stack’s blog, Steve Watson offers up a fascinating look at the reality behind the “death of print” in as much as it relates to magazines, and offers up a ray of hope for the medium’s future.
Link (Free): https://www.stackmagazines.com/update/the-real-death-of-print/
But Why a Penguin?
from JSTOR Daily
And on the topic of print history, writer Matthew Wills has the origins of the iconic Penguin Books logo.
Link (Free): https://daily.jstor.org/but-why-a-penguin/
Amy Tan: How I Lured Birds Into My Yard and (Tried to) Befriend Them
from The Washington Post
And sticking with birds and books, in an excerpt The Backyard Bird Chronicles, the bestselling author of The Joy Luck Club writes about the ways she turned her yard into a haven for birds.
Link (Gift): https://wapo.st/3QstRBp
How Fiction Became Edible
from Esquire
Sticking with books, in recent years, cookbooks themed around pop culture properties have become increasingly popular. Callum Bains talks with the publishers and writers behind the trend to figure out how it got started and what goes into producing one of these books.
Link (Free*): https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/books/a60620169/fictional-cookbooks/
How Go, the Wildest, Druggiest, Horniest Cult Movie of 1999 Got Made (And Almost Didn’t)
from GQ
GQ writer Paul Schrodt interviews the director, writer, and cast of Doug Liman’s cult favorite rave 90’s rave movie to look back on how it came to be.
Link (Free*): https://www.gq.com/story/how-the-craziest-cult-movie-of-1999-got-made
The Central Object of Your Disgust Over These Past Several Weeks Has Not Been External
from Deez Links
The Hate Read series of posts comes to an end with a clever and savage takedown of hate reads themselves. “You don’t hate karaoke; you hate that you’re no longer fun at karaoke. You don’t hate menswear; you just hate that society and fashion culture has inexorably moved beyond you. You don’t hate asking for photos; you just think you’re too good to do so.”
Link (Free): https://www.deezlinks.com/p/the-central-object-of-your-disgust
A.J. Jacobs Reveals the 5 Weirdest Things About the Constitution
from Entertainment Weekly
With the impending release of his latest book, The Year of Living Constitutionally, Jacobs points out some of the oddities of our nation’s most revered document.
Link (Free): https://ew.com/a-j-jacobs-year-of-living-constitutionally-five-weirdest-things-constitution-8639097
The 27 Best Mother’s Day Gifts
from The New York Times’ Wirecutter
And don’t forget, Mother’s Day is May 12th! Here are some great gift ideas from Samantha Schoech of The New York Times‘ product-testing-focused Wirecutter division.
Link (Free*): https://www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/gifts/best-mothers-day-gifts/
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Cover image made using Midjourney with prompt: “the zombie internet”.
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