Luddite at the okay corral
Studies suggest people often prefer AI-generated content to human-generated material, or can't tell the difference. / Allure
See also: A clamshell keyboard that turns phones into laptops. / dezeen
A former Instagram researcher says Meta not only doesn't understand how friendship works, it doesn't care. / Meets Most
Remember those "luddite teens?" They're now in college, still relying on laptops and flip phones, and their movement is growing. / The New York Times [+]
The average teen with a smartphone spends nearly a quarter of the school day texting, streaming, or scrolling. / axios
Teenager Andrea Kimi Antonelli, the F1 driver selected by Mercedes to replace Lewis Hamilton, obtains his driver's license. / Sports Illustrated
Almost 96 percent of new cars registered in Norway in January were electric. / France24
Related: Last month was the world's warmest January on record. / BBC News
President Trump may have caused a "counterintelligence disaster" after the CIA sent the White House an unclassified email full of employees' names. / RawStory
The White House says Elon Musk will police his own conflicts of interest. / The New Republic
Arab Americans for Trump changes its name Arab Americans for Peace, citing displeasure over Trump's proposal for the ethnic cleansing of Gaza. / The Associated Press, The Intercept
An argument for calling what we're witnessing a "coup." (E.g., "of course it's a coup.") And an argument for saying it's not a "constitutional crisis" (yet). / The Atlantic [+], Thinking About…, Wake Up to Politics
A proposal to rebuild the American labor movement calls for establishing "strike schools." / n+1
Remembering when Hollywood union members began to embrace "canned music." / Pessimists Archive
See also: How can we be human within an inhuman system? / Desire Paths
Collaborations between the US and Mexico restore the California condor. / Knowable Magazine
Some black and white pictures from the career of Arthur Tress. / Flashbak
It's here! The long-awaited Field Notes x Tournament of Books 2025 Memo Book, with all profits going to the fight against censorship. / Field Notes
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