Jul 30, 2025
Catherine Liu: I Live in the Future
donotresearch.substack.com · curated by @squitsquirt
Longform essay by Catherine Liu titled “I Live in the Future,” published on Donotresearch Substack — cultural criticism/essay format.
28 ATTN
The best of AUX
culture · July 2025
21 culture links earned a place on the AUX Mainstage.
Top culture curators- Jul 28, 2025
vindiesel on Instagram: "Mediterranean moonlit nights…Blessed and grateful.View all 8,694 comments"
instagram.com · curated by @blaiseinberlin
Instagram post by Vin Diesel captioned “Mediterranean moonlit nights…Blessed and grateful.” with photos and comments.
11 ATTN - Jul 27, 2025
Steal This Singularity Part Four: Finite, Multi-Player, Zero-Sum Games of Perfect Information: How Exactly, Pray Tell, Are We Going to Steal This Singularity? (The Everett Interpretation)
magazine.mindplex.ai · curated by @schlomo
Longform essay blending cyberpunk, countercultural critique and game-theory metaphors exploring strategies to 'steal' a technological singularity.
18 ATTN - Jul 24, 2025
Attention Is the Last Scarce Resource
digitalnative.tech · curated by @schlomo
Essay on attention as scarce resource, using the 'Coldplay Kiss Cam' to explore new business models for monetizing audience attention.
26 ATTN - Jul 22, 2025
Jack Dorsey
flickr.com · curated by @maisonde
Public Flickr photostream of Jack Dorsey containing hundreds of uploaded photos and personal images.
22 ATTN - Jul 20, 2025
Perfectly Imperfect and the Growing Currency of the Personal Recommendation
vanityfair.com · curated by @knownquantity
Profile/review of the newsletter Perfectly Imperfect and how personal recommendations shape tastemaking amid algorithmic curation.
25 ATTN - Jul 17, 2025
Tim Heidecker: Irony, Comedy and the Internet | Doomscroll
youtu.be · curated by @schlomo
Longform interview with Tim Heidecker on alt-comedy, internet irony, media ecosystems and politics (Doomscroll podcast episode).
22 ATTN - Jul 16, 2025
No one is bored and everything is boring
open.substack.com · curated by @yana
Longform essay on nostalgia, arguing cultural recycling reflects difficulty imagining or moving toward new futures.
32 ATTN - Jul 16, 2025
Preview | Douglas Rushkoff, from Meta to Soma (NM89) 2025
m.soundcloud.com · curated by @aaallleeexxx
Preview clip of New Models episode featuring Douglas Rushkoff titled 'From Meta to Soma' on SoundCloud (2025).
27 ATTN - Jul 16, 2025
Scientists detect biggest ever merger of two massive black holes
theguardian.com · curated by @bianca
Report on detection of the largest observed merger of two massive black holes via gravitational-wave signals, challenging formation theories.
15 ATTN - Jul 15, 2025
Perfectly Imperfect | PI.FYI
pi.fyi · curated by @schlomo
A curated collection page titled “Perfectly Imperfect” on pi.fyi—brief taste/teaser entry linking to curated content.
24 ATTN - Jul 12, 2025
The Death of Partying in the U.S.A.—and Why It Matters
derekthompson.org · curated by @nick
Longform essay exploring why young Americans attend far fewer parties today and the social, technological, and economic causes and consequences.
26 ATTN - Jul 11, 2025
The economics of self-publishing a book on Metalabel
metalabel.substack.com · curated by @schlomo
A longform Substack essay analyzing the economics and mechanics of self-publishing, using the Dark Forest Anthology as a case study.
20 ATTN - Jul 10, 2025
Team Human
teamhuman.fm · curated by @mike
A podcast hosted by Douglas Rushkoff exploring social, technological, and cultural forces shaping human connection.
27 ATTN - Jul 9, 2025
The chemical secrets that help keep honey fresh for so long
bbc.com · curated by @veggiepuff
Explains chemical and microbial factors—low water activity, acidity, hydrogen peroxide, and antimicrobials—that make honey resistant to spoilage.
35 ATTN - Jul 8, 2025
Amazon.com: Whole Earth: The Many Lives of Stewart Brand eBook : Markoff, John: Kindle Store
amazon.com · curated by @ajw
Kindle edition of John Markoff’s biography of Stewart Brand, tracing his roles from Whole Earth Catalog to environmental and tech influence.
30 ATTN - Jul 7, 2025
‘You know it when you see it’: experts size up scientists’ attempt to define cool
theguardian.com · curated by @01tenny10
Guardian feature on how scientists' attempts to define 'cool' reveal status dynamics and the limits of formal rules.
21 ATTN - Jul 7, 2025
being too ambitious is a clever form of self-sabotage
open.substack.com · curated by @yana
Personal essay on how excessive ambition can act as self-sabotage when starting, doing, being, and becoming.
21 ATTN - Jul 7, 2025
Why I Deleted My Second Brain: A Journey Back to Real Thinking
youtu.be · curated by @chromuh
A personal essay-style YouTube video about deleting a long-used digital 'second brain' and returning to simpler, more present thinking.
25 ATTN - Jul 6, 2025
x.com
x.com · curated by @proxy666
Link to an X (Twitter) post from the Oasis account; content not accessible from metadata provided.
20 ATTN - Jul 3, 2025
Aella: Sex and Ideology in the 21st Century | Doomscroll
youtu.be · curated by @schlomo
Long-form interview (Doomscroll) with writer/sex worker Aella on AI, sex industry, rationalism, religion, transhumanism and online politics.
20 ATTN