Medicine Has a Garbage-In Problem
The internet was already full of medical misinformation, commercial health sites, miracle claims and cyberchondria. AI didn't create the garbage. It gave the garbage industrial production capacity.
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FIELD NOTES FROM THE FEED
DON’T FALL
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Field notes from an internet becoming easier to fill and harder to trust. AI slop, algorithm bait, fake authority, corporate goo, and the occasional thing still worth paying attention to.
ATTENTION ≠ VALUE
The Country Is On Fire. Politics Is Fighting a Streamer
Hasan Piker doesn't hold office, write laws or command an institution. So why does American politics spend so much energy fighting about him? Because personalities make better content than governing.
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The Therapist Who Never Says You're Wrong
AI chatbots are always available, patient and validating. Those are attractive qualities in a therapist. They can also become dangerous when agreement starts impersonating care.
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Your Feed Is Not Public Opinion
They are furious about Gaza, Israel, Trump, Democrats, Republicans, the economy, pronouns, eggs, flags, schools, billionaires, socialism, capitalism, whatever somebody said on a podcast and whatever somebody else said about what somebody said on the podcast.
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The Nursery Has Been Automated
Children’s media used to require writers, animators, performers and time. AI did not remove the audience. It removed the friction between an idea and an infinite feed.
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Why Boomers Love AI So Much
Boomers don't actually use generative AI more than younger generations. So why have AI Jesus, impossible crafts and synthetic Facebook imagery become so associated with them? The answer says less about age than it does about what happens when technology finally stops making you feel stupid.
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Your Kid’s Favorite Cartoon Was Made by Nobody
AI can imitate the surface of children’s entertainment almost instantly. What it cannot manufacture so easily is the human point of view that gives a story somewhere to come from.
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The Slop Factory Finally Got a Warning Label
YouTube says mass-produced and repetitive content should not be rewarded as authentic work. That is not an AI ban. It is still an admission that the factory smell has become hard to ignore.
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The Algorithm Is the Babysitter Now
Parents did not invent autoplay, infinite scroll or synthetic content farms. Yet somehow the person trying to make dinner is expected to personally audit the entire internet.
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What Is Slop Culture, Exactly?
Slop culture is what happens when making content becomes easier than deciding whether it deserves to exist.
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Why Everything Online Suddenly Feels Fake
The disturbing part is not that the internet can fake almost anything. It is that we are getting used to wondering whether everything is fake.
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The Anatomy of Rage Bait
The worst person in your feed may not believe a word they are saying. That is what makes rage bait so efficient.
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SLOPULOUS MANIFESTO / 001
THE FEED CAN MAKE MORE OF ALMOST ANYTHING. YOUR ATTENTION IS STILL FINITE.
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