Why does the new Weezer video feature two prominent Scientologists 🤔

So MadFit's former yoga instructor, who I liked but annoyed me by taking about God at the end of her practices, is taking down all her videos & rebranding as "yoga-alternative" because the Holy Spirit told her to after she realized yoga had a spiritual aspect, years into teaching. Serenity now!!

When my family members ask questions about our upcoming trip and I'm the trip planner

Why is there an off-brand Mid Year Book Freakout going on today

The second Emily Wilson article is better than the first. Kinda like the last two hours of The Odyssey (2026) is better than the first hour

I wrote about the Trojan horse, and what we can learn from her mouth about different cultural attitudes towards deception and violence. As someone comments below, the phrase GIFT ARTICLE is pretty scary in this context.

Chris Suellentrop@suellentrop.bsky.social · yesterday

Turns out @emilyrcwilson.bsky.social knows a lot about ancient epics www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

Stop saying "log into a portal." Sounds way too cool for what's happening.

Want to Fight Back Against Big Tech? Start Here. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/03/o...

Opinion | Want to Fight Back Against Big Tech? Start Here. (Gift Article)

A.I. is a political theory. And it is gobbling up our democracy.

nytimes.com

Just saw The Odyssey, probably good mental preparation for trying to get from Alberta to Cape Breton Island next weekend via West Jet

and GOD IS EMPTY JUST LIKE ME

Gift link if you need something wholesome to read this weekend. These first-love stories are so cute! And I say that as someone who did not have a cute first love, or second, or third... little jealous, tbh www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/1e3eb47...

The forever lessons of first love

Dating may have changed, but the flush of those first teenage romances remains the same

theglobeandmail.com

hello, here is the definitive history of sea salt caramel, just what you wanted to read today

The long, sticky rise of salted caramel

Investigating a modern candy’s origins and evolution from Brittany to Blumenthal to your local candy aisle

snackstack.net

Incredible to see Melissa Auf der Maur onstage with the Smashing Pumpkins last night. She is so great

A scathing review that's actually about a book: www.bookforum.com/culture/stra...

Straw Man

Sean Hotchkiss’s memoir of bad behavior and male vulnerability – Charlotte Shane

bookforum.com

Just saw an author announce their book is available for preorder and someone commented that they are going to preorder, but hate the cover and asked if they can pitch new cover art

Bold Strategy Cotton - Dodgeball

ALT: Bold Strategy Cotton - Dodgeball

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There's no alt text on this, but you don't need to read it. Hank Green says the same thing all these weirdos do: I have ethical concerns about theft and the environment but I also really wanna use it, so *shrug*. They act like they're centrists but they're actually pro-AI.

Winter (is organizing books📚 📖)@winterssprings.bsky.social · 5d ago

On further review he is definitely reading an AI prompt LOL Which means he (or someone) put it in his script, he read it out loud, and (someone) edited this video and thought it sounded fine As the kids say, we're cooked

Guayando@guayandodeer.bsky.social · 5d ago

44:45 youtu.be/C5bwAv9Xdz8

Reminds me of the speculation that a certain very popular yoga instructor on YouTube is using AI to script and come up with their routines. Might have to eventually apply the "before 2023" rule to YouTube videos as well as books I guess????

Lollll he says the "I appreciate the pushback" part was ad libbed which... ok. Even if it was, that's the annoying kind of phrase your boss uses when you point out a mistake they made and they definitely do not appreciate it

Guayando@guayandodeer.bsky.social · 5d ago

His reply is a response to him supposedly reading a ChatGPT prompt from a script 😭😭😭😭 youtu.be/AjmY6pZ8-zA

Omg not Hank Green using AI for research and calling to his “bad habit” 💀😭🤡

Just finishing up and audiobook today and then it's the dilemma of what to pick first for Women in Translation Month. What country, what genre, so difficult to pick. 💙📚

Starting this on Emily Brontë's birthday

DRIVING INSTRUCTOR: okay red means stop and green means go ME: got it DRIVING INSTRUCTOR: okay then let’s start the car and take it on the road ME: before we green can we make a pit red i have to green to the bathroom

Presented without comment edmonton.citynews.ca/video/2026/0...

Downtown Edmonton-area restaurant appears to be mocked by city employee

A City of Edmonton planner appearing to mock a downtown area restaurant’s closure. Why the owner says this shows a disconnect between the city and those making a living by setting up shop here.

edmonton.citynews.ca

Rare LinkedIn w

Joseph Cox@josephcox.bsky.social · 6d ago

New: LinkedIn just introduced a "seems like AI slop" button. That's literally what the button says. The thought leaders are going to have a meltdown www.404media.co/linkedin-int...

Past celeb collabs were cringe (Beiber balls, anyone?) but at least they were Canadian celebs and not, you know, actively campaigning against human rights

Xtra @xtramagazine.com · last wk.

Tim Hortons announced a collaboration with "Harry Potter" this week and that certainly is ... a choice

THEY’RE SHREDDING THE BOOKS

Robin Williams did not agree to this!

Dare Obasanjo@carnage4life.bsky.social · last wk.

“What we need to explain to the world: Number one, we are close to creating a genie that can grant any wish. Number two, we are going to make sure that our first wishes broadly benefit humanity” - Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI — This is definitely the opposite of Anthropic’s AI kills all jobs pitch.

and while I'm subtweeting, I'm definitely going to unsub from booktubers who do extremely awkward transitions to Better Help sponsorships by talking about the mental health struggles of characters in classic novels, like what are we doing here lol