Between being busy and briefly under the weather over the last several weeks, there hasn’t been enough time to put one of these lists together. I finally seem to be caught up with everything though and am back with another roundup of some of the most interesting articles that I came across while surfing the web. Enjoy!
What Is CrowdStrike, and What Happened?
from The Verge
Emma Roth explains what the company responsible for this morning’s global internet outages does, and how they caused them.
Link (Free): https://www.theverge.com/2024/7/19/24201864/crowdstrike-outage-explained-microsoft-windows-bsod
The Shocking Scale of Sex Trafficking Allegations at Red Roof Inn Hotels Across the United States
from The Independent
It looks like Red Roof Inn allegedly has a problem with being way too permissive in regards to sex work at their hotels, in particular involving unwilling and underage participants. Reporters Richard Hall and Alicja Hagopian investigate the myriad reports from hotels around the country, including one in Cape May County. Be forewarned that this article contains disturbing content.
Link (Free): https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/hotel-sex-trafficking-victims-allegations-b2578905.html
The Rise of Online News Hustlers
from Link I Would Gchat You If We Were Friends
Caitlin Dewey takes an in-depth look at the recent rise of “News Hustlers”, particularly on Elon Musk’s X (once known as Twitter when it was actually worth using). It’s hard to imagine that this new kind of “journalism”, which favors and engagement over accuracy, will be good for anyone aside from the people making money doing it, but it looks like it’s here to stay.
Link (Free): https://linksiwouldgchatyou.substack.com/p/the-rise-of-the-news-hustlers
What Happened to People Magazine?
from Culture Study
While it’s kind of depressing, I am still endlessly fascinated about articles discussing the death of the internet as we knew it and the ways it is dragging other kinds of media down with it. This piece by Anne Helen Petersen that focuses specifically on the venerable human-interest magazine and its website is particularly good.
Link (Free): https://annehelen.substack.com/p/what-happened-to-people-magazine
Elin Hilderbrand Steps into New Water After Retiring from Writing Beach Reads
from People
After announcing that her latest novel, Swan Song, would be the last of her beloved Nantucket tales, the best-selling author sits down with People‘s Carly Tagen-Dye to discuss what’s next.
Link (Free): https://people.com/elin-hilderbrand-final-summer-novel-exclusive-8663711
Keanu Reeves Wrote a Book. A Really Weird One.
from New York Times
Keanu Reeves and his award-winning coauthor China Miéville are interviewed by New York Times reporter Alexandra Alter about the new book they coauthored, The Book of Elsewhere, based on Reeves’ popular graphic novel series BRZKR. It definitely sounds intriguing.
The Encyclopedia Project, or How to Know in the Age of AI
from Public Books
Inspired by her children’s follow-up questions to Kung Fu Panda, social scientist Janet Vertesi-un examines the growing glut of AI-generated nonsense flooding the internet and how we can determine just what is objectively real.
Link (Free): https://www.publicbooks.org/the-encyclopedia-project-or-how-to-know-in-the-age-of-ai/
The Canva-ification of Everything
from @Westenberg
We use Canva. It’s a good product. But it’s hard not to feel like Joan Westenberg has a point here.
Link (Free): https://joanwestenberg.com/the-canva-ification-of-everything
Cover image made with Midjourney prompt: a computer monitor that is on a flaming barbecue grill, on the screen is an image of hot dogs on a grill.
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A great informative list of links. So gladI found it on a Sunday afternoon.