I heard the ChatGPT ads were bad but damn
If you don’t think Larry Ellison / Oracle and the other Trump-friendlies who took over TikTok US are going to suppress the ever-loving hell out of your algorithm, you’re wrong. Don’t give them that power.
Skylight is built on AT Protocol, the same open protocol Bluesky uses. That matters because the incentive structure is moved to the edge, not consolidated by the billionaires who own the platform.
I know social graphs almost always pull people back to the largest mass, but if you make shortform content, please consider trying Skylight as a TikTok alternative right now
https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/26/tiktok-alternative-skylight-soars-to-380k-users-after-tiktok-u-s-deal-finalized/
TikTok alternative Skylight soars to 380K+ users after TikTok US deal finalized | TechCrunch
Skylight, co-founded by CEO Tori White and CTO Reed Harmeyer, offers a built-in video editor; user profiles; support for likes, commenting, and sharing; and the ability for community curators to create custom feeds for others to follow.
TechCrunchI wish Google Recorder was on iOS, or that Apple would update voice memos to be remotely competitive
I wish Google Recorder was on iOS, or that Apple would update voice memos to be remotely competitive
I am not a betting man and it’s gonna remain that way after today

Leica’s latest black-and-white-only camera is the $7,800 Q3 Monochrom
Leica’s new Q3 Monochrom camera is its latest black-and-white-only digital camera. The $7,800 camera is based on the standard Q3, complete with the same 28mm lens and up to 8K video.
The VergeSteering my ad targeting algorithms towards cool lamps by clicking through to a cool lamp ad every couple days. Life is good