Crescendo
paper on the "crescendo strategy" dealing with LLM guardrails...
What is Open Notebook? | Open Notebook
this one looks interesting, an open source alternative to google's notebookLM
iReal Pro custom chord chart protocol — iReal Pro
here is teh protocol for chord charts in iReal Pro
The Ghosts in the Machine, by Liz Pelly
here's a story of one way Spotify exploits users and musicians
The Ugly Truth About Spotify Is Finally Revealed
here's the dirt on Spotify (i've never liked them)
At Spotify they call this the “Perfect Fit Content” (PFC) program. Musicians who provide PFC tracks “must often give up control of certain royalty rights that, if a track becomes popular, could be highly lucrative.”
Introducing Bellingcat's Collaborative Open Source Toolkit
rationale and description for Bellingcat open source toolkit
Home | Bellingcat's Online Investigation Toolkit
a set of tools for forensic discovery... Bellingcat investigates political conflict with the help of many around the world
WinBoat - Run Windows Apps on Linux with Seamless Integration
actually looks promising
WinBoat on Linux Mint: complete guide - Blog Incastro PC
interesting idea to build a live version of Windows inside linux... (it's a docker VM)
AI companies will fail. We can salvage something from the wreckage | AI (artificial intelligence) | The Guardian
Brilliant piece from Cory Doctorow on how the ai "boom" is connected with tech monopolies and something called "growth stock"
Bookmarks Commander
after trying out a few different bookmark manager extensions, i'm going to sit with this one for a while, mostly because i do like a dual-pane manager (altho... looks like no development since 2024, hmm)
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28 Pirate Coloring Pages (Free Printable PDFs)
source of pages for work project
25 years of Wikipedia
story version of wikipedia history, very engaging
How I use Kanban boards in Obsidian to manage my personal projects
this is actually kinda promising (worth investigating if you already use obsidian)
Android x86 Virtual Machine images for VMware and VirtualBox
here's a system that lets you try out Lineage android (cyanegenmod) in a virtualbox
Wacom Pens And Tablets For Linux - Wacom
aww, this is a bit heartwarming... realising that Wacom has been playing a role in the linux driver situation for some time now
How to Spot AI Hallucinations Like a Reference Librarian
important piece about AI hallucinations
5 Reasons You Should Use iWork Instead of Microsoft Office
worth considering... i've just looked at iWork in the iCloud web app, and it's Really Good btw
Murena Find - Search powered by Qwant
apparently this is a privacy-enhanced search engine from somewhere in europe (unsure of its quality yet)
Checkology® Virtual Classroom - The News Literacy Project
this looks intriguing, could be what i need for teaching digital literacy (is it really free?)
Scams, security and fraud information | Bank Australia
collection of resources around financial safety
‘Digital colonialism’: how AI companies are following the playbook of empire
interesting comparison of the current "tech-bro empire building" to colonialism
Ravenous big tech is here to feast on our resources — and its lobbying playbook is only just getting started
information about the AI data centres and their impact on climate
I quit paying for Adobe Acrobat after trying out this free PDF editor
plenty of hype in this article... i mean with Xournal++ and pdfArranger, i probs don't need any of the functionality this Bento app has, but seems worth investigating
How the internet became enshittified – and how we might be able to deshittify it
good explanation for Doctorow's concept
MW75 Neuro LT
ngl this seems kinda fascinating
How to Install and Log In to Windows 11 Without a Microsoft Account
important information to protect yourself from corporation surveillance (this might be blocked already, microsoft are on the case to prevent privacy and genuine ownership of software)
OpenAndroidInstaller
here's a graphical set of tools for when you want to install an alternative OS / rom on your android device
7 open-source Android apps I’d use even if they weren’t free
not a bad set of apps tbh
Google Issues VPN Warning For All Smartphone Users—Check This List
Check this list if you're using o VPN